“Does for the humble workingman what ‘The Fat of the Land’ did for the
well-to-do. Will appeal instantly and throughout its entire length to
the lover of the outdoor life.”--_Boston Transcript._
“Unique in literature ... holds many fascinations ... told with the
utmost art.”--_San Francisco Chronicle._
=OVER AGAINST GREEN PEAK= By Zephine Humphrey.
276 pp., 12mo. $1.25 net, by mail $1.33.
The homely experiences of a bright young woman and her Aunt Susan, not
to mention the “hired girl,” in making a New England home.
“Verily it is a delicious piece of work and that last chapter
is a genuine poem. Best of all is the charming sincerity of the
book.”--_George Cary Eggleston._
“A record of country life far above the average of its class in the
qualities which go to make such a book enjoyable.... The author sees
the things that are worth seeing, and she has a rather unusual command
of simple, dignified and effective English.”--_The Nation._
“Characters who are individualized and humor that is gentle and cheery
... the unmistakable air of literary grace and refinement.”--_The
Outlook._
=AS THE HAGUE ORDAINS= By Eliza R. Scidmore.
Journal of a Russian Prisoner’s Wife in Japan.
Illustrated from photographs. 359 pp., 12mo. $1.50 net, by mail $1.62.
“In a class by itself. For sheer graphic force it has a kinship with
Kipling’s ‘Soldiers Three.’ A brave love story, bravely told. Epic not
only in subject, but in treatment.”--_Philip Tillinghast in The Forum._
“A remarkable book, and one that places the author in the very front
rank of living writers of fiction.”--_London Academy._
“First worthy romance with scenes laid in our Eastern islands. The
love story is the real thing.”--_New York Times Review._
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MRS. E. L. VOYNICH’S THE GADFLY
An intense romance of the Italian rising against the Austrians early in
the nineteenth century. Twenty-first printing. $1.25
“One of the most powerful novels of the decade.”--_New York Tribune._
ANTHONY HOPE’S THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
Being the history of three months in the life of an English gentleman.
Illustrated by C. D. Gibson. Fifty-first printing. $1.50.
ANTHONY HOPE’S RUPERT OF HENTZAU
A sequel to “The Prisoner of Zenda.” Illustrated by C. D. Gibson.
Twenty-first printing. $1.50.
These stirring romances established a new vogue in fiction and
are among the most widely-read novels. Each has been successfully
dramatized.
C. N. AND A. M. WILLIAMSON’S THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR
New illustrated edition. Twenty-first printing. $1.50.