FOOTNOTE:
[1] Watches striking the hour and moving symbolic figures were manufactured as early as the sixteenth century.
The House of the Wizard
By M. Imlay Taylor
12mo, $1.25
“The House of the Wizard” is a tale of life in England in the time of King Henry VIII, and is a fresh proof of Miss Taylor’s versatility. The Wizard is an astrologer and miracle-monger such as the superstition of those days stood in awe of, and through him are united the various threads of interest in the novel. The main interest is furnished by the love story of Betty Carew, who was maid-of-honor to two of Henry’s ill-fated queens, and thus the reader obtains vivid glimpses of the lively court-history of the period. The reader will enjoy the vigorous portraiture, the dramatic force of the scenes, and the quaint dialogue, which bears the impress of the England of long ago.
“This story is a strong, well-studied and striking reproduction of the social and political conditions of the age of King Henry VIII.... As a romance, it is swift, overflowing with life and action.... In respect to the dramatic vividness and force of her picture, Miss Taylor shows the unerring instinct of the born story-teller.”
Chicago Chronicle
“‘The House of the Wizard’ is a bit of English history set into a sweet and charming love story.... One turns to a straightforward story of simple romance and adventure like this with something like genuine relief. It is bracing, after a course of problem novels. The author has evidently studied history carefully to give her tale the proper environment.”
The Detroit Free Press
OTHER BOOKS BY MISS TAYLOR
On the Red Staircase, 12mo, $1.25
“A most vivid and absorbing tale of love and adventure.”
The Churchman, New York
An Imperial Lover, 12mo, $1.25
“Skillfully constructed, well written, and thoroughly interesting.”
The Spectator, London
A Yankee Volunteer, 12mo, $1.25
“A story fraught with such exquisite beauty as is seldom associated with history.”
Boston Times
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By KATHARINE TYNAN
Author of “The Handsome Brandons,” etc.
The Dear Irish Girl
12mo. $1.50.
The very title of this work piques a curiosity and interest which the perusal of the story is sure to satisfy. A more charming story of the educated and refined circles of the Irish people it would be hard to imagine, and the reader is strongly impressed with the belief that the heroine is most appropriately named in the title.
It has delightful bits of character, quaint pictures of places and people, the true Irish atmosphere of sunny innocence and quick mirthfulness, the social ease and insouciance, the ready wit which is not to be analyzed—all the characteristics we look for are there.—The World, London, Eng.
This book is written with delicate literary taste.—The Outlook, New York.
Reflects the fresh, buoyant atmosphere of the emerald isle.—Boston Times.
A tale that American girl readers will heartily enjoy.—The Living Age, Boston.
She Walks in Beauty
12mo. $1.50.
Those who read with pleasure a love story where there is plenty of delightful mirth to qualify the sentiment, exquisite nature touches, and interest in the tale which never flags, will thank Miss Tynan for the new treat she affords them in this book.
Charming as are all this delightful author’s pictures of Irish life, she has never produced a more beautiful story than the present.—The Courier, Manchester, Eng.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.