"I am desirous to bear my humble testimony to the great ability and high aim of the work."—Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
"From first to last an exceptionally strong and beautiful story."—London Spectator.
ONE REASON WHY. By Beatrice Whitby, author of "The Awakening of Mary Fenwick," "Part of the Property," etc. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"A remarkably well-written story.… The author makes her people speak the language of every-day life, and a vigorous and attractive realism pervades the book, which provides excellent entertainment from beginning to end."—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
THE TRAGEDY OF IDA NOBLE. By W. Clark Russell, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," etc. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"The best sea-story since 'The Wreck of the Grosvenor.' It shows a determination to abandon the well-worn tracks of fiction and to evolve a new and striking plot.… There is no sign of exhausted imagination in this strong tale."—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
THE JOHNSTOWN STAGE AND OTHER STORIES. By Robert H. Fletcher, author of "A Blind Bargain," etc. 12mo. Paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.
"A collection of as charming short stories as one could wish to find, most of them Western in scene."—San Francisco Argonaut.
"Nine real stories, not studies of character, but narratives of interest … vivaciously and pleasantly told."—Boston Pilot.
A WIDOWER INDEED. By Rhoda Broughton and Elizabeth Bisland. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.