Robert L. Stevenson's "Treasure Island," and "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and "The Merry Men and Other Tales," are fair examples of the charm and insight of this author.
He who reads Frank Stockton's "Rudder Grange" is likely to read more of this author's books.
Mrs. H. B. Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is still one of the great stories of the world.
Of Mark Twain, "Huckleberry Finn," "The Innocents Abroad," and the "Story of Joan of Arc" are representative volumes.
Miss Warner's "Wide, Wide World" is unique in American fiction.
John Watson's "Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush," sold 200,000 copies in America.
Lew Wallace's "Ben Hur" is the greatest of scriptural romances.
Thirty-eight books by twenty-eight authors. It would have been easier to name a hundred authors and two hundred books.
I will add from "The Critic" a list whose sales have reached six figures:—
Books of Every-day Life