“An agreeable and amusing love-story, the scene of which is part of the time in a coal-mining district in Scotland, and afterward in Venice, and a prominent character in which is a shrinking girl whose sensitiveness is suggestive of the little mimosa flower which gives title to the book.”—Cincinnati Times-Star.
DOÑA LUZ. By Don Juan Valera. Translated by Mrs. Mary J. Serrano. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
“A triumph of skillful execution as well as of profound conception of modern Spanish character and social life. It is full of the best traditions of Spanish thought, both sacred and secular, of Spanish proverbial wisdom, and of the humor of Cervantes and other lights of the past in the literature of Spain.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
PEPITA XIMENEZ. By Don Juan Valera. Translated by Mrs. Mary J. Serrano. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
“A very striking and powerful novel.”—Boston Transcript.
“ ‘One of the jewels of literary Spain’ is what a Spanish critic has pronounced the most popular book of recent years in that language, Don Juan Valera’s novel ‘Pepita Ximenez.’ ”—The Nation.
THE PRIMES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. Ten Tales of Middle Georgia. By Richard Malcolm Johnston, author of “Widow Guthrie.” 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.25.
“The best of Southern tales.”—Chicago Herald.
“The thorough excellence of Col. Johnston’s work is well known. He was among the first of the successful short-story writers of this country. The steady increase in his fame is the best indication of the solid appreciation of the reading public. This public will give the new volume the same reception that made ‘Widow Guthrie’ one of the most successful of recent novels.”—Baltimore American. [[316]]
THE IRON GAME. By Henry F. Keenan, author of “Trajan,” “The Aliens,” etc. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.