A Russian Historical Novel.
Gogol. Taras Bulba, By Nikolai Vassilievitch, translated by Jeremiah Curtin, cloth, 60c. (20c)
“The characters stand forth in bold relief against a dark and gloomy background; they are like the figures of a Greek frieze in their Titanic majesty. Pleasing, no one could call the novel; fascinating it must prove to all. The story of the wars of the Cossacks and of their desperate struggles to maintain their lawless freedom is among the romances of history.”—The Golden Rule, Boston, Mass.
The Woman’s Story,
By Twenty Famous Women.
Holloway. The Woman’s Story, as told by twenty famous American women, whose names are appended. Edited by Laura C. Holloway, with a biographical sketch and a fine portrait of each author. Large 12mo, cloth, $1.00 (30c). AGENTS WANTED.
Harriett Beecher Stowe. Harriett Prescott Spofford. Rebecca Harding Davis. Edna Dean Proctor. “Josiah Allen’s Wife.” Nora Perry. Augusta Evans Wilson. Louise Chandler Moulton. Celia Thaxter. “Grace Greenwood.” Abba Gould Woolson. Mary J. Holmes. Margaret E. Sangster. Oliver Thorne Miller. Elizabeth W. Champney. Julia C. R. Dorr. Marion Harland. Louisa May Alcott. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Rose Terry Cooke.
“The volume is a worthy tribute to our American women of letters, and a fair sample of our best fiction work. It is a book that will commend itself to our patriotism, and to all lovers of our national literature.”—Christian Evangelist, St. Louis, Mo.
“It ought to prove one of the most profitable volumes the publisher has made, for such a collection of admirable short stories seldom is found within the covers of a single book. * * * A galaxy indeed of lustrous stars. The book deserves to be printed with the highest art and to be bound in morocco and gilt; but it appears with propriety in a form which brings it within the reach of persons of moderate means. Such a dollar’s worth seldom can be secured by reading households.”—Christian Intelligencer, New York City.