"A story of unusual merit; by turns romantic, pathetic, and humorous."--Westminster Review.
A ZEALOT IN TULLE. A NOVEL. By Mrs. Wildrick. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.
The scenes of "A Zealot in Tulle" are laid in Florida, the introductory part in Florida of seventy years ago; the main story in Florida of to-day. The plot turns mainly upon romantic incidents connected with a treasure buried in an old fort by the Spaniards at the time of their occupancy.
THE WITCHING TIME: TALES FOR THE YEAR'S END. By F. Marion Crawford, W. E. Norris, Laurence Alma Tadema, Vernon Lee, Edmund Gosse, and others. Uniform with "The Broken Shaft." 12mo. Paper cover, 25 cents.
KATY OF CATOCTIN; or, The Chain-Breakers. A National Romance. By Geo. Alfred Townsend, "Gath." 12mo, cloth, $1.50.
"Katy of Catoctin," now just published, is a stirring national romance, opening with the raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry and closing with the death of Lincoln. It is a picturesque and romantic story, partly historical and partly domestic, full of dramatic incidents, and marked by vivid delineations of character.
THE SILENCE OF DEAN MAITLAND. A Novel. By Maxwell Grey. 12mo, paper, 50 cents.
"The Silence of Dean Maitland" is by a new English author who gives promise in this striking story of a brilliant future. It is a novel of a high intellectual order, strong in plot and character.
"Distinctly the novel of the year."--Academy.
"The work of a literary artist of great promise. It is a brilliantly written novel, but it is more than a novel. It is a work of exceptional dramatic power, and is both rich in melodramatic incident and spectacle, and has in it the essence of the noblest kind of tragedy.... It is full of thrilling incident, powerful description, and scenes of most moving pathos."--Scotsman.