"This book is realistic. Some say that it is brutally so. But the realism is that of Flaubert and not of Zola. There is no plain speaking for the sake of plain speaking. Every detail is justified in the fact that it illuminates either the motives or the actions of the man and woman who here stand revealed. It is deadly true. The author holds the mirror up to nature, and the reader, as he sees his own experiences duplicated in passage after passage, has something of the same sensation as all of us know on the first reading of George Meredith's 'Egoist.' Reading these pages is like being out in the country on a dark night in a storm. Suddenly a flash of lightning comes and every detail of your surroundings is revealed."—Review of the Triumph of Death, in the New York Evening Sun.
Ye Lyttle Salem Maide. A Story of Witchcraft. By Pauline Bradford Mackie.
With four full-page photogravures from drawings by E. W. D. Hamilton.
| Printed on deckle-edged paper, with gilt top, and bound in cloth decorative, 321 pages | $1.50 |
A tale of the days of the reign of superstition in New England, and of a brave "lyttle maide" of Salem Town, whose faith and hope and unyielding adherence to her word of honor form the basis of a most attractive story. Several historical characters are introduced, including the Rev. Cotton Mather and Governor and Lady Phipps, and a very convincing picture is drawn of Puritan life during the latter part of the seventeenth century. An especial interest is added to the book by the illustrations, reproduced by the photogravure process from originals by E. W. D. Hamilton.
Mademoiselle de Berny. A Story of Valley Forge. By Pauline Bradford Mackie.
With five full-page photogravures from drawings by Frank T. Merrill.
| Printed on deckle-edged paper, with gilt top, and bound in cloth decorative, 272 pages | $1.50 |
"The charm of 'Mademoiselle de Berny' lies in its singular sweetness."—Boston Herald.
"One of the very few choice American historical stories."—Boston Transcript.