Winefred: A Story of the Chalk CliffsBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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Winefred: A Story of the Chalk Cliffs
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
English fiction
=Vivian of Virginia.= BEING THE MEMOIRS OF OUR FIRST REBELLION, BY
JOHN VIVIAN, ESQ., OF MIDDLE PLANTATION, VIRGINIA. By HULBERT FULLER.
With ten full-page illustrations by Frank T. Merrill.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, deckle-edge paper, 375 pages
$1.50
"A stirring and accurate account of the famous Bacon rebellion."――_Los
Angeles Sunday Times._
"We shall have to search far to find a better colonial story than
this."――_Denver Republican._
"A well-conceived, well-plotted romance, full of life and
adventure."――_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
"A story abounding in exciting incidents and well-told
conversations."――_Boston Journal._
"Mr. Fuller will find a large circle of readers for his romance who
will not be disappointed in their pleasant expectations."――_Boston
Transcript._
"Instead of using history as a background for the exploits of
the hero, the author used the hero to bring out history and
the interesting events of those early days in Virginia. The
author has preserved the language and customs of the times
admirably."――_Philadelphia Telegram._
=A Man=at=Arms.= A ROMANCE OF ITALY IN THE DAYS OF GIAN GALEAZZO
VISCONTI, THE GREAT VIPER. By CLINTON SCOLLARD.
Author of "Skenandoa," etc.
With six full-page illustrations and title-page by E. W. D. Hamilton.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, deckle-edge paper, 360 pages
$1.50
"The style is admirable, simple, direct, fluent, and sometimes
eloquent; and the story moves with rapidity from start to
finish."――_The Bookman._
"A good story."――_N. Y. Commercial Advertiser._
"It is a triumph in style."――_Utica Herald._
=Bobbie McDuff.= By CLINTON ROSS, AUTHOR OF "THE SCARLET COAT,"
"ZULEIKA," ETC.
Illustrated by B. West Clinedinst.
Large 16mo, cloth decorative, 260 pages $1.00
"'Bobbie McDuff,' by Clinton Ross, is a healthy romance, tersely and
vigorously told."――_Louisville Courier-Journal._
"It is full of mystery and as fascinating as a fairy tale."――_San
Francisco Chronicle._
"It is a well-written story, full of surprises and abounding in vivid
interest."――_The Congregationalist, Boston._
=A Hypocritical Romance= AND OTHER STORIES. By CAROLINE TICKNOR.
Illustrated by J. W. Kennedy.
Large 16mo, cloth decorative $1.00
Miss Ticknor, well known as one of the most promising of the younger
school of American writers, has never done better work than in the
majority of these clever stories, written in a delightful comedy vein.
=A Mad Madonna= AND OTHER STORIES. By L. CLARKSON WHITELOCK.
With eight half-tone illustrations.
1 vol., large 16mo, cloth decorative $1.00
A half dozen remarkable psychological stories, delicate in color and
conception. Each of the six has a touch of the supernatural, a quick
suggestion, a vivid intensity, and a dreamy realism that is matchless
in its forceful execution.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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