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The American Claimant.—By Mark Twain. The most widely known character in American fiction, Col. Mulberry Sellers, is again introduced to readers in an original and delightful romance, replete with Mark Twain’s whimsical humor. Fully illustrated by Dan Beard. Cloth, 8vo, $1.50.
Don Finimondone: Calabrian Sketches.—By Elisabeth Cavazza. Though a native and resident of Portland, Me., and belonging to an old New England family, Mrs. Cavazza early became interested in Italian matters. Few American authors have so completely captured the Italian spirit as she has done in these pictures of Italian life among the lowly. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Frontispiece by Dan Beard. Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents.
“Racy of the Calabrian soil.”—Cleveland Plaindealer.
“This little book is something new and rare.”—Atlanta Constitution.
“Each one of these sketches shows the sure touch and the constructive instinct of a born artist in letters.”—The Literary World (Boston).
“The whole book has a pungent originality, very grateful to the jaded reader of commonplace romance.”—Christian Union.
“Mrs. Cavazza has made a great beginning in these stories, which will bear more than one reading, and which, as the work of a New England woman, are very remarkable. They are delightful, and they are mature.”—Richard Henry Stoddard in Mail and Express.
In Beaver Cove and Elsewhere.—By Matt Crim, author of “Adventures of a Fair Rebel.” This volume contains all of Miss Crim’s most famous short stories. These stories have received the highest praise from eminent critics, and have given Miss Crim a position among the leading lady writers of America. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble. Cloth, 8vo, $1.00. Paper, 50 cents.