“Fifty years ago this book would have been viewed with alarm by the pious community. A century ago its author would have been ostracised for profanity: two centuries ago he would have been imprisoned as a heretic, and when Columbus lived he would have been burned at the stake for his risible attack on the old belief.”—Kansas City Star.
Old ’Kaskia Days.
An American Historical Novel. By Elizabeth Holbrook. Large 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.50. Paper, 25 cents.
“A delightful picture of one of the oldest settlements west of the Alleghenies. There is a pleasant quaintness in the style of this novel, which is interesting as a story and as a record, and the local illustrations are important.”—Review of Reviews.
In Sunflower Land.
Stories of God’s Own Country. By Roswell Martin Field. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.25.
“A delightful volume. The title of the book refers to the typical flower of Missouri and Kansas, of which two States Mr. Field is the prose laureate.”—Chicago Tribune.
Francis Bacon and His Secret Society.
An Attempt to Collect and Unite the Lost Links of a Long and Strong Chain. By Mrs. Henry Pott, editor of “Bacon’s Promus.” Illustrated with twenty-seven full-page plates. Post 8vo, 421 pages, cloth extra, gilt top. Price, $2.00.
“Perhaps the most exhaustive study of Bacon and his works possible to any writer of the present, or, indeed, any future age.”—Minneapolis Times.