By MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL
Author of Francezka and The Sprightly Romance of Marsac.
One of Miss Seawell's most brilliant and serious works is this novel of Old Virginia. One lives again the patrician elegance of those mannerly times with all their freedom and all their limitations. In the midst of those quiet people—some rich in worldly goods, all rich in their birth and station—is born a man with the unrest of genius. Miss Seawell's powerful delineations of this man's character, her charming presentation of the old days, her sprightly humor, playing on the foibles of these early nineteenth century aristocrats, the tenderness and beautiful love of her heroine, show her as a brilliant writer and deep thinker. In none of her other books is her art so true and her touch so poised.
With six Illustrations by A. B. Wenzell and a
Cover in Blue and Gold.
12mo, Cloth. Price, $1.50
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis
A SPLENDIDLY VITAL NARRATION