The Anatomy of Negation. By Edgar Saltus.
A work of superlative excellence and worth.
Divided Lives. By Edgar Fawcett.
"A spirited story; the interest is well sustained throughout, and the characters are firmly and clearly drawn."—N. Y. Tribune.
"The book is written in very choice English, and the style is flowing and harmonious."—N. Y. Truth.
"A thoroughgoing society novel, whose style moves like a waltz."—Richmond States.
Miriam Ballestier. By Edgar Fawcett.
"A pathetic and absorbing story of thrilling interest."—Syracuse Herald.
"The last chapter, in particular, is one of the most beautiful things in American literature; the picture of Miriam going out into the night on her mission of sublime self-sacrifice deserves to live forever in the memory."—Chicago Herald.
Monte Rosa, the Epic of an Alp. By Starr Hoyt Nichols.
"It is an account in poetic form of an Alpine mountain, beginning with its birth, describing its form, appearance, grandeur, its relations to man physically and metaphysically, and ending with the probable ending of the mountain. It is one of the most successful of recent attempts to wed science and poetry."—Albany Journal.
Memories of the Men who Saved the Union. By Donn Piatt.
"Piatt's sketches of the great coterie of men mentioned are of absorbing interest, and no one who takes up the book will lay it down without obtaining new ideas of the character and motives of those so high in place during the rebellion"—Quincy Whig.
"They are the interesting recollections of one who was personally acquainted with the illustrious men of whom he has written, and who had, as well officially as socially, opportunities of studying the character of each, of which he has availed himself in writing one of the ablest books we have had the pleasure to welcome from America."—Westminster Review.