“Miss Seawell has a brisk and prolific fancy, and a turn for the odd and fantastic, while she is Past Master in the use of negro dialect and the production of tales of plantation life and manners. All these stories are spirited, well marked by local color, and written with skill and ingenuity.”—New York Tribune.
“Miss Seawell writes capital stories, and in a special way nothing of late has been done better nor more daintily than ‘Maid Marian.’ ”—New York Times.
ONE WOMAN’S WAY. By Edmund Pendleton, author of “A Conventional Bohemian,” “A Virginia Inheritance,” etc. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
“The author is a Virginian who has written some interesting stories, and who steadily improves upon himself.… This is a thoughtful, semi-philosophical story. There is much discussion in it, but none of it is prosy.”—New York Herald.
“In this genuinely interesting novel the author depicts one of the most charming characters to be found in the vast range of woman’s realm.… The close is artistically devised and shows a deep observation. Mr. Pendleton has a brilliant future before him in his chosen path.”—St. Louis Republic.
A MERCIFUL DIVORCE. By F. W. Maude. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
“There have been few more searching studies of the rampant English plutocracy than is afforded by this brilliantly written volume.”—Boston Beacon.
“The book is curiously interesting from the startling side-light it throws on English society of the upper grades.”—Chicago Times. [[318]]
A NEW HUMOROUS TRAVEL-BOOK.
