12mo. Decorated Cloth, $1.50
This period of the great French Revolution appeals to the imagination in a way that no other historic event does. It was so very terrible and yet so very recent. The Baroness Orczy’s story deals with the most stirring moment of that exciting time—when the “Law of the Suspect” was in full force, which gave every French man or woman the right to denounce a fellow man or woman to that awful tribunal of the Revolution which knew neither mercy nor justice. The romance of “I Will Repay” is concerned with the tragedy of a soul-conflict ’twixt love and a mistaken sense of duty. The Scarlet Pimpernel, of her former book of this title, plays an important part in the development of the story of “I Will Repay.”
“A good story of action, admirably told.”—Press, Philadelphia.
“It will be read eagerly, closed with a long satisfied sigh.”—Nashville American.
“Clever and well worked out, its details related with dash and spirit, its intrigue and devices adroitly managed.”—Sun, New York.
“The story is well written, is full of incident and rapid movement, is characterized by a thorough knowledge of the spirit of the time, and displays clear characterization and great power of analysis of human nature. It is worth reading, for it will interest from the first page to the last.”—Public Ledger, Philadelphia.
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The Affair at Pine Court
By NELSON RUST GILBERT
A truly American novel of love and mystery, taking place at the Adirondack lodge of a New York millionaire. It is a story of living people set against a background of October-painted forests, azure lakes, and limpid trout-streams.
The reader lives through such exciting days in the depths of this great forest, with characters so well drawn and so intensely human as to seem alive. The arrival of a German count gives direction and impetus to incipient love affairs. He arouses the greed of the humble natives by exhibiting the wonderful “Lens of the Gau” in the presence of his host’s butler. These envious enemies of the rich pleasure-seekers at the court put the house in a stage of siege, during which each guest displays his or her real character. The many incidents of the forest war are told with admirable skill, and a happily ending love affair keeps the reader’s attention taut and eager.
“A tale of mystery, crisply and briskly told.”—Leader, Cleveland.
“An unusual story in which the author has pictured real men, who ring true in the time of danger.”—Buffalo Express.
“A book whose plot is well conceived and wrought out, whose craftsmanship is excellent, and whose ability to hold the interest to the last page is undisputed.”—The Interior, Chicago.
“A book to be read not only for its strong human interest, but for its true picture of life in the Adirondacks.”—Argonaut, San Francisco.
THREE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
BY FRANK H. DESCH.