"Eight stories, all exhibiting notable originality in conception and mastery of art, the first two illustrating them best. They add a dramatic power that makes them masterpieces. Both belong to the period when fencing was most skillful, and illustrate its practice."—Boston Globe.
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS. By Alexandre Dumas. An édition de luxe (limited to 750 copies), with 250 Illustrations by Maurice Leloir. In two volumes. Royal 8vo. Buckram, with specially designed cover. $12.00.
By arrangement with the Frenchpublishers. Messrs. D. Appleton& Company have secured theAmerican rights for this, thefinest edition of Dumas's immortalromance which hasbeen published. The illustrationsare carefully printedfrom the original blocks, andthis edition therefore has anunapproachable distinctionin point of pictorial quality. | ||
The translation has been scrupulouslyrevised, and every effort hasbeen made to present a perfect editionof Dumas's masterpiece. | ||
The translation has been scrupulously revised, and every effort has been made to present a perfect edition of Dumas's masterpiece.
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PAUL AND VIRGINIA. By Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. With a Biographical Sketch, and numerous Illustrations by Maurice Leloir. 8vo. Cloth, gilt top, uniform with "Picciola," "The Story of Colette," and "An Attic Philosopher in Paris." $1.50.