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WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER
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A VIVACIOUS ROMANCE OF REVOLUTIONARY DAYS.
ALICE OF OLD VINCENNES
By MAURICE THOMPSON
Mr. Thompson, whose delightful writings in prose and verse have made his reputation national has achieved his master stroke of genius in this historical novel of revolutionary days in Indiana.—The Atlanta Constitution.
There are three great chapters of fiction: Scott's tournament on Ashby field, General Wallace's chariot race, and now Maurice Thompson's duel scene and the raising of Alice's flag over old Fort Vincennes.—Denver Daily News.
More original than "Richard Carvel," more cohesive than "To Have and to Hold," more vital than "Janice Meredith," such is Maurice Thompson's superb American romance, "Alice of Old Vincennes." It is in addition, more artistic and spontaneous than any of its rivals.—Chicago Times-Herald.
12 mo. with five illustrations and a frontispiece in color, drawn by F.C. Yohn,
Price $1.50
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SWEEPERS of the SEA
The Story of a Strange Navy
By CLAUDE H. WETMORE
[From the St. Louis Mirror.]
The recital of the deeds of the "Sweepers of the Sea" is a breathless one.
The romance is heightened by the realism of the technique of naval warfare, by the sureness and voluminosity of nautical knowledge.
Imaginary sea fights are told with all the particularity of real events, and at the same time the descriptions have a breezy swing that hurries the reader along to most startling catastrophes.
Much of the material is evidently worked over from actual fact into the texture of romance.
The romance is evidently modern in action, but the motives are the grand and noble motives of a mysterious and splendid antiquity. The decendants of the Incas, moved by the Inca traditions, are not at all out of harmony with modern war-ships, or with a very modern war-correspondent, who is touched up a little to heroic proportions.
The book is pleasurable all the way through, and some of the descriptive passages are specimens of first-class writing. The work bears every evidence of having been carefully done, and yet the story reels off as naturally and easily as if it were a running record of fact.
That the general public will take to the book is a safe conclusion. It is just different enough from the ordinary, romantic novel to be essentially new.
Illustrated Price, $1.50
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THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN CRUCIFIXION.
THE PENITENTES
By LOUIS HOW.
To describe the customs of this band of intensely religious people without laying on the color too thickly and without melodramatic exaggeration, to retain all the color and picturesqueness of the original scene without excess, was the difficult task which Mr. How had to accomplish, and it is one which he has done well.—Chicago Record.
"The Penitentes" abounds in dramatic possibilities. It is full of action, warm color, and variety. The denouement at the little church of San Rafael, when the soldiers surprise the Penitentes at mass in the early dawn of their fete day, appeals strongly to the dramatizer.—Chicago Tribune.
Mr. How has done a truly remarkable piece of work * * * any hand, however practiced, might well be proud of the marvelously good descriptions, the dramatic, highly unusual story, the able characterizations. If "The Penitentes" does not make its author notable it will not be for lack of every "promising" condition.— The Interior.
12 mo. Cloth, ornamental Price $1.50 The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis
A STORY OF THE MORGAN RAID, DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
THE LEGIONARIES
By HENRY SCOTT CLARK.
"The Legionaries" is pervaded with what seems to be the true spirit of artistic impartiality. The hero, to be sure, is a secessionist, but the author, at least in this book, is simply a narrator. He stands aside, regarding with equal eye all the issues involved and the scales dip not in his hands. To sum up, the first romance of the new day on the Ohio is an eminently readable one—a good yarn well spun.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The appearance of a new novel in the west marks an epoch in fiction relating to the war between the sections for the preservation of the Union. "The Legionaries," by an anonymous writer, said to be a prominent lawyer of the Hoosier state, concerns the raid made by the intrepid Morgan through the southeastern corner of Indiana, through lower Ohio and to the borders of West Virginia, where his depleted command ran into a trap set by the federal authorities. It is a remarkable book, and we can scarcely credit the assurance that it is the work of a new writer.—Rochester Herald.
The scene is laid in Kentucky and Indiana, and the backbone of the story is Morgan's great raid—one of the most romantic and reckless pieces of adventure ever attempted in the history of the world. Mr. Clark's description of the "Ride of the Three Thousand" is a piece of literature that deserves to live; and is as fine in its way as the chariot race from "Ben Hur."—Memphis Commercial Appeal.
12 mo. Illustrated Price $1.50
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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL HISTORICAL NOVEL.
The Black Wolf's Breed
BY HARRIS DICKSON.
A vigorous tale of France in the old and new world during the reign of Louis XIV.—Boston Globe.
As delightfully seductive as certain mint-flavored beverages they make down South.—Philadelphia Press.
The sword-play is great, even finer than the pictures in "Two Have and To Hold."—Los Angeles Herald.
As fine a piece of sustained adventure as has appeared in recent fiction.—San Francisco Chronicle.
There is action, vivid description and intensely dramatic situations.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
So full of tender love-making, of gallant fighting that one regrets it's no longer.—Indianapolis News.
12 mo., Illustrated by C.M. Relyea,
Price $1.50
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A FINE STORY of the COWBOY AT HIS BEST.
WITH HOOPS OF STEEL
By FLORENCE FINCH KELLY.
"The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul With Hoops of Steel."
"With Hoops of Steel," is issued in handsome style, with several striking pictures in colors by Dan Smith, by The Bowen-Merrill Company of Indianapolis, a Western publishing house that has a long record of recent successes in fiction. This firm seems to tell by instinct what the public wants to read, and in Mrs. Kelly's case it is safe to say that no mistake has been made. Western men and women will read because it paints faithfully the life which they know so well, and because it gives us three big, manly fellows, fine types of the cowboy at his best. Eastern readers will be attracted by its splendid realism.—San Francisco Chronicle.
Mrs. Kelly's character stands out from the background of the New Mexican plains, desert and mountain with all the distinctness of a Remington sketch or of the striking colored illustrations drawn for the book by Dan Smith. It is not alone in the superb local coloring or the vivid character work that "With Hoops of Steel" is a notable book. The incidents are admirably described and full of interest, and the movement of the story is continuous and vigorous. The action is spirited and the climaxes dramatic. The plot is cleverly devised and carefully unfolded. After finishing the book one feels that he has just seen the country, has mingled with the characters and has been a witness of the incidents described.—Denver Times.
12 mo. with six illustrations, in color, by Dan Smith
Price, $1.50
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A NOVEL OF EARLY NEW YORK.
PATROON VAN VOLKENBERG
BY HENRY THEW STEPHENSON.
The action of the story begins when New York was a little city of less than 5,000 inhabitants. The conflict between the law-abiding citizens, led by the Governor, Earl Bellamont, and the merchants, headed by Patroon Van Volkenberg, is at its height.
The Governor has forbidden the port to the free traders or pirate ships, which infested the Atlantic and sailed boldly under their own flag; while the Patroon and his merchant colleagues not only traded openly with the buccaneers, but owned and managed such illicit craft.
The atmosphere of the tale is fresh in fiction, the plot is stirring and well knit, and the author is possessed of the ability to write forceful, fragrant English.
12 mo., Illustrated in color
by C.M. Relyea, Price $1.50
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FUN FROM BOB BURDETTE.
Chimes From a Jester's Bells
A volume of humorous and pathetic stories and sketches. By Robert J. Burdette. Beautifully illustrated, bound in uniform style with Bill Nye's "A Guest at the Ludlow."
12 mo., cloth ornamental, illustrated.
Price $1.25
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