The curse of Clifton

Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
BY MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH.
AUTHOR OF “SELF-RAISED,” “ISHMAEL,” “FAIR PLAY,” “A NOBLE LORD,” “THE CHANGED BRIDES,” “A BEAUTIFUL FIEND,” “HOW HE WON HER,” “RETRIBUTION,” “THE BRIDE’S FATE,” “THE LADY OF THE ISLE,” “CRUEL AS THE GRAVE,” “VIVIA,” “THE WIDOW’S SON,” “ALLWORTH ABBEY,” “THE LOST HEIRESS,” “INDIA,” “THE GYPSY’S PROPHECY,” “THE ARTIST’S LOVE,” “THE THREE BEAUTIES,” “VICTOR’S TRIUMPH,” “THE MISSING BRIDE,” “FALLEN PRIDE,” “THE FATAL SECRET,” “THE SPECTRE LOVER,” “MAIDEN WIDOW,” “THE TWO SISTERS,” “FATAL MARRIAGE,” “THE BRIDAL EVE,” “THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD,” “THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS,” “TRIED FOR HER LIFE,” “DISCARDED DAUGHTER,” ETC.
“The Curse of Clifton; or, The Widowed Bride” will be found, on perusal by all, to be equal, if not superior, to any of the previous works by the celebrated American authoress, Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth, who is now conceded by critics to be the most popular female writer living, and her works to be among the greatest novels in the English language, as well as the most splendid pictures of American life ever written. “The Curse of Clifton” shows all the grace, vigor, and absorbing interest to be found in “Ishmael” and “Self-Raised,” her last two works, and places Mrs. Southworth in the front rank of living novelists. The same indescribable charm pervades all her works, which can only emanate from a female mind, and the excellences of “The Curse of Clifton” are many and great. It is a model book—graphic, brilliant and original. The romance is glowing and bold, possessing an absorbing interest that can attach only to real existences and life-like portraitures. The characters are beautifully drawn, and the novel throughout is highly exciting and of unexceptionable moral tendency. It ought to be read by everybody in the cheap form in which it is now issued.
PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;