UP AND DOWN THE SANDS OF GOLD
A PRESENT-DAY NOVEL
BY MARY DEVEREUX
Author of "From Kingdom to Colony" and "Lafitte of Louisiana."
12mo. Decorated Cloth. $1.50.
A love story, told with delicacy and grace.—Brooklyn Times.
Humor and pathos, love and adventure, abound throughout the work. Spicy incidents are plentiful.—Atlanta Constitution.
Margaret Leslie is a heroine who deserves a place in Mr. Howells' gallery of immortal heroines in fiction.—Rochester Herald.
Margaret Leslie's brave service in the battle with self is as attractive as the patriotic deeds of Mary Devereux's former heroine.—New York Times Saturday Review.
The story is one of sunshine and shade, of smiles and tears. The author has created for us a little company of people whom we learn to love, and from whom it is hard to part.—Boston Transcript.
The book is charmingly written, the style pure and strong, and the play of native wit engaging.—Outlook, New York.
A genius for depicting character in a telling way, and in a style that is charming as well as pungent, is one of Mary Devereux's strongest points.—Rocky Mountain News, Denver.
It is a positive treat to read such a pure, sweet story,—a genuine story of natural men and women in a seashore town in New England.—Buffalo Commercial.
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NEW & POPULAR FICTION
LAFITTE OF LOUISIANA
By MARY DEVEREUX. Illustrated by Harry C. Edwards.
12mo. 427 pages. $1.50.
The remarkable career of Jean Lafitte during the French Revolution and the War of 1812, and the strange tie between this so-called "Pirate of the Gulf" and Napoleon Bonaparte, is the basis of this absorbing and virile story,—a novel of love and adventure written by a skilled hand.
This work is one of the most ambitious of its class, and it has in the introduction of Napoleon as Lafitte's guardian angel a picturesque feature which makes it of rather unusual interest.—Philadelphia Record.
By the Same Author
FROM KINGDOM TO COLONY. Illustrated by Henry Sandham. 12mo. $1.50.
UP AND DOWN THE SANDS OF GOLD. 12mo. $1.50.
THE GOD OF THINGS
By FLORENCE BROOKS WHITEHOUSE. Illustrated by the author. 12mo. 288 pages. $1.50.
Of this novel of modern Egypt the Philadelphia Telegraph says: "It is a tale of fresh, invigorating, unconventional love, without the usual thrilling adventures. It is wholesome, although daring, and through its pages there vibrates a living spirit such as is only found in a few romances."
The Boston Herald says: "Engages the attention of the reader from the skill shown in the handling of the subject,"—divorce.
THE GOLDEN WINDOWS
A Book of Fables for Old and Young. By LAURA E. RICHARDS, author of "Captain January," "The Joyous Story of Toto," etc. With illustrations and decorations by Arthur E. Becher and Julia Ward Richards. 12mo. $1.50.
This charming book will be a source of delight to those who love the best literature. The stories are so simple and graceful that they suggest Tolstoi at his best, and the moral attached to each fascinating tale is excellent. Mrs. Richards' charm of style pervades this unique collection of stories. The book is handsomely embellished.
THE AWAKENING OF THE DUCHESS
By FRANCES CHARLES, author of "In the Country God Forgot," "The Siege of Youth," etc. With illustrations in color by I. H. Caliga. 12mo. $1.50.
Frances Charles, the author of "In the Country God Forgot," writes in an entirely new vein in her latest book, the best that this talented young author has written. It is a pretty and touching story of a lonely little heiress, Roselle, who called her mother, a society favorite, "the Duchess"; and the final awakening of a mother's love for her own daughter.
THE COLONEL'S OPERA CLOAK
By CHRISTINE C. BRUSH. New Edition. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble. 12mo. $1.50.
This favorite story is now issued in a new and attractive form, with artistic renderings of its principal characters and scenes by E. W. Kemble, the celebrated artist of negro character. This bright, clever, and entertaining book is a story with a very novel idea, that of making the "Colonel's Opera Cloak" the hero.
A DAUGHTER OF THE RICH
By M. E. WALLER, author of "The Little Citizen." Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50.
A delightful book, telling the story of a happy summer in the Green Mountains of Vermont and a pleasant winter in New York. Two of the characters are Hazel Clyde, the daughter of a New York millionaire, and Rose Blossom, a Vermont girl. The book is replete with interesting conversation and bright incident.
A ROSE OF NORMANDY
By WILLIAM R. A. WILSON. Illustrated by Ch. Grunwald. 12mo. $1.50.
No more entertaining character has stalked through the pages of any recent novel than that of Henri de Tonti, gentleman, soldier, courtier, gallant—the Intrepid hero of countless adventures, but withal the true and constant man and lover.—Baltimore American.
LOVE THRIVES IN WAR
A Romance of the Frontier in 1812. By MARY CATHERINE CROWLEY, author of "A Daughter of New France," etc. Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50.
To a fine historical background, rich with incident and romance, Miss Crowley has added her own originality, her wonderful descriptive powers, in short her gift of story-telling, and has obtained a brilliant and entertaining result. The whole story is crowded with exciting events, tender love scenes, and brilliant description.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
A DETACHED PIRATE
By HELEN MILECETE. With illustrations in color by I. H. Caliga. 12mo. $1.50.
There is the sparkle of champagne in Helen Milecete's latest book. Gay Vandeleur is the pirate, detached by a divorce court, and her first name is no misnomer—not a bit of it.—Chicago Evening Post.
One of the clever books of the season.—Philadelphia North American.
THE SHADOW OF THE CZAR
By JOHN R. CARLING. Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50.
A romance of the sturdy, wholesome sort, in which the action is never allowed to drag.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Excels in interest Anthony Hope's best efforts.—Boston Herald.