CRITICAL NOTICES.
“‘Roxy’ may be accepted as the latest example of a purely American novel, and to say the least, one of the very best.”—New York Tribune.
“In this novel Mr. Eggleston’s powers appear at their best and amplest, and he has accomplished the by no means easy task of excelling himself.”—Boston Journal.
“There can be no doubt whatever that ‘Roxy’ is the best product of Dr. Eggleston’s activity in the field of fiction.”—New York Eve. Post.
“As a pure, but vigorous American romance, Mr. Eggleston’s new work is better even than his ‘Hoosier Schoolmaster’ and ‘Circuit Rider.’”—Phila. Eve. Bulletin.
“It strengthens the author’s position as a writer who has brought new life and a decided manliness into our native fiction.”—Boston Courier.
“‘Roxy,’ a story whose purport and power are much deeper than the author has before reached.”—Springfield Republican.
“The story is powerfully told, and if Mr. Eggleston had written nothing else, ‘Roxy’ would place him in a foremost position among American authors.”—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
“Its pictures of Western life are vivid, and throughout betray the hand of a master in literature and fiction.”—Episcopal Register.
“As a faithful picture of American life, it ranks far above any novel published in the United States during the past twenty years.”—Brooklyn Times.
“We advise our readers to buy and read ‘Roxy.’ They will find the plot deeply interesting, and will gather from it not only transient pleasure, but permanent good.”—Louisville Post.
“The story of ‘Roxy’ is Dr. Eggleston’s best work. It attains a higher merit than his other works in epic purpose as well as a dramatic form.”—The Methodist.
“Buy the book and read it, as it is well worth the time spent to do it.”—Washington Chronicle.
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JUST PUBLISHED
THE MOST POPULAR BOOK OF THE SEASON.
RUDDER GRANGE,
By FRANK R. STOCKTON.
One Volume, Square 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.
THE RUDDER GRANGE PAPERS—which have been so keenly enjoyed by the readers of Scribner, that the doings of their hero and heroine are already laughingly quoted in hundreds of households—are now published in book form.
The adventures of Mr. Stockton’s young couple in solving the problem of housekeeping on a small income, and the ingenuity of their devices, are as irresistible as the capital quiet humor with which they are told.
Euphemia’s naivete and intense seriousness, and her absolutely woman-like way of approaching every question, are so perfectly typical, too, that she alone is enough to have made “Rudder Grange” famous.
All of the little household are hardly less excellent than this inimitable character; Pomona, the servant who looks at life through the medium of dime-novels, being almost as worthy of an enduring celebrity as her mistress.
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CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS,, Publishers,
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A NEW BOOK
By the Author of “That Lass o’ Lowrie’s.”
SURLY TIM
AND OTHER STORIES.
By MRS. FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT,
Author of “That Lass o’ Lowrie’s.”
One volume, small 12mo. Cloth extra, $1.25.
The volume includes eight of Mrs. Burnett’s shorter stories which have appeared in the magazines during the last few years. It is needless to say that these have been among the most popular tales that have lately been written. Surly Tim (told in Lancashire dialect), which gives the title to the book, is perhaps better known than any short story yet published in Scribner’s.
The present collection, including Esmeralda, Lodusky, Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame, etc., shows that the author can be successful in other scenes than those, the treatment of which has gained her so much critical praise and such wide popularity.