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"_A series which has given us nothing but good_"
The Ivory Series
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CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, PUBLISHERS
_JUST PUBLISHED_
The Boss of Taroomba
By E. W. HORNUNG
A charming love-story of the Australian bush by the author of "Irralie'sBushranger" and the "Amateur Cracksman."
_PREVIOUS VOLUMES_
Sweethearts and Wives
Stories of Life in the Navy. By ANNA A. ROGERS.
Various episodes, romantic, sentimental, humorous and even tragic, inthe lives of the wives and sweethearts of naval officers, form thesubjects of this group of stories, several of which have met withapproval in the magazines.
If I Were a Man
The Story of a New-Southerner. By HARRISON ROBERTSON.
This is the first novel from the pen of a writer already known to aconsiderable audience as the managing editor of _The LouisvilleCourier-Journal_, and as a story-teller of exceptional ability.
Amos Judd
By J. A. MITCHELL, Editor of "Life."
"This is an excellent story, well told, and with a plot that deservedthe care bestowed upon its elaboration."--_The Critic._
Ia; a Love Story
By "Q" (ARTHUR T. QUILLER-COUCH).
"No story was ever more fearlessly and more thoughtfully aimed at thevery heart of life."--_The Bookman._
The Suicide Club
By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
"There is a great deal of grim humor in the 'Suicide Club,' and no lackof subtle irony, while as an example of plot weaving and invention itcompares favorably with some of Stevenson's later work."--New York_Times_.
Irralie's Bushranger
A Story of Australian Adventure. By E. W. HORNUNG.
"The incidents, just improbable enough to be real, are original andcleverly combined, and there is no flagging in the press and stir of thestory."--_The Nation._
A Master Spirit
By HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD.
"The theme is the old one of how it takes a great loss, a great grief, agreat disappointment to make a really great singer; and this theme Mrs.Spofford has developed with a rare grace and charm."--Boston_Advertiser_.
Madame Delphine
By GEORGE W. CABLE.
"There are few living American writers who can reproduce for us moreperfectly than Mr. Cable does the speech, the manners, the whole socialatmosphere of a remote time and a peculiar people."--New York _Tribune_.
One of the Visconti
By EVA WILDER BRODHEAD.
"The author has succeeded uncommonly well in combining descriptions ofactual scenes, as in a book of travel, with the action of a romantictale."--Boston _Transcript_.
A Book of Martyrs
By CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT.
"Miss Pratt shows a strength and insight into character that haveenabled her, without resorting to the morbid or the ultra-sensational,to produce a volume of short stories of which each is a model of itskind."--New York _Sun_.
A Bride from the Bush
By E. W. HORNUNG.
"The story is prettily told, and is particularly bright in its glimpsesof Bush life. Mr. Hornung has certainly earned the right to be calledthe Bret Harte of Australia."--Boston _Herald_.
The Man Who Wins
By ROBERT HERRICK.
"It is written with admirable restraint, and without affectations ofstyle, in the clearest English. It is a pleasure to welcome Mr. Herrickinto the small company of serious literary workers."--_Chap-Book._
An Inheritance
By HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD.
"Mrs. Spofford has done nothing better than this daintily written story,if, indeed, anything quite so good."--Philadelphia _Press_.
The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock
By THOMAS NELSON PAGE.
"There could hardly be a more appropriate addition to the Scribners'dainty Ivory Series than the little volume before us, with its moralthat, after all, love is best."--_The Critic._
Literary Love Letters
And Other Stories. By ROBERT HERRICK.
"It shows literary elegance and skill, to say nothing of the daintiestof touches."--Chicago _Times-Herald_.
A Romance in Transit
By FRANCIS LYNDE.
"I was surprised at the way he handled the engine, and it was all sonatural, for I have been there. It is not only a good railroad story,but a delightful love story."--_Cy Warman._
In Old Narragansett
Romances and Realities. By ALICE MORSE EARLE.
"Told with all the art of a practiced writer of fiction. Mrs. Earle hasaccurate and delightful knowledge of old-time ways inNarragansett."--_The Outlook._
Seven Months a Prisoner
By Judge J. V. HADLEY.
"The book is a very interesting account of a very rare experience."--NewYork _Times_.
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