“Its title, ‘The Lure of Fame,’ will suggest something of the thread of the story, but one is not prepared for so tender and sympathetic a picture as those pages reveal, or so close an analysis of human feelings and experiences.”—Charles Dexter Allen in the Hartfort Post.
A Stable for Nightmares; or, Weird Tales
By J. Sheridan Le Fanu, and others. Characteristically illustrated. Large 16mo, cloth, 256 pp., 75 cents.
This book has proved to be one of the most popular of the season, and has been heartily commended by all the critics who have reviewed it. The N. Y. Journal, Philadelphia Public Ledger, N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, Boston Times, The Bookman, and scores of other journals unite in praising it.
The XIth Commandment
By Halliwell Sutcliffe. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25.
“Full of deep thought, tempered with a bright appreciation of the ridiculous and invested with delicate sarcasm, is the new novel of Halliwell Sutcliffe, called ‘The XIth Commandment.’ Mr. Sutcliffe’s theme is the diplomatic attitude of a North-Country vicar in the Church of England, who seeks to maintain an equilibrium in his ministrations to the rich and poor in his parish, while favoring the rich. A pretty and ingenious love story, in which the curate has a part, runs its length through the book and nicely balances the religious discussion.”—Buffalo Express.
Political Parties in the United States—Their History and Influence—1789-1896
By J. Harris Patton, M. A., Ph. D., author of “Four Hundred Years of American History,” “Natural Resources of the United States.” 12mo, cloth, $1.25.
“As a rule political histories are too dry to invite general reading. In Mr. J. Harris Patton’s ‘Political Parties in the United States,’ we have a work written in a simple, almost conversational style according to an analytical method and embodying a vast deal of information.... Its convenience as a compact and serviceable book of reference cannot be gainsaid by any one.”—Commercial Advertiser, New York.