NEW FICTION
The Devil's Plough
=By= ANNA FARQUHAR
AUTHOR OF "HER BOSTON EXPERIENCES"
_With colored frontispiece by Frank T. Merrill_
Decorative cloth, library 12mo. Price, $1.50
"A priest is but a man after all."--_Father L'Artanges._
"The tale is powerful. There is no lack of incident, and thestyle of the author is carefully adapted to the style of hercharacters."--_Portland Transcript._
"The story is exceedingly interesting, the various scenes are drawnwith great vigor."--_Cambridge Tribune._
"One of the strongest novels of the season. There is hardly anythingin recent fiction more original than the tone and incident of thisfascinating book, which deals so capably with the most powerful humanemotions."--_Buffalo Courier._
"The priest is a splendid character, blessed or cursed--as the tidemight draw him--with a dual nature. There is a tremendous struggle,which the author works out with well-sustained skill."--_The Book Buyer._
"Masterly in its dramatic power is the portrayal of the parting betweenGaston and Heloise, when he has conquered the flesh and the devil andsets out on his journey to the wilderness."--_Nashville American._
Manasseh
=By= MAURUS J?KAI
AUTHOR OF "BLACK DIAMONDS," "THE BARON'S SONS," "PRETTY MICHAL," ETC.,ETC.
_Translated into English by Percy F. Bicknell. Fully illustrated_
12mo, cloth, $1.50
An absorbing story of life among a happy and primitive people hiddenaway in far Transylvania, whose peaceful life is never disturbed exceptby the inroads of their turbulent neighbors. The opening scenes arelaid in Rome; and the view of the corrupt, intriguing society thereforms a picturesque contrast to the scenes of pastoral simplicity andsavage border warfare that succeed. Mr. Bicknell has well performed thedifficult task of losing _none_ of the power of the original work intranslating.
My Strangest Case
=By= GUY BOOTHBY
AUTHOR OF "DOCTOR NICCOLA," "THAT BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL," ETC.
_With a frontispiece by L. J. Bridgman_
Cloth, $1.50
This is in many ways the strongest and most interesting novel as yetwritten by this popular author. As the title indicates, "My StrangestCase" is a detective story, a new departure in the field of literaturefor Mr. Boothby. It has to do with buried treasures stolen from theruined palaces of a forgotten city in China by three adventurers, oneof whom tricks his partners and escapes with the hard-won spoils. Fromthe East the scene shifts to London, Paris, and Italy, in the endeavorby the hero (the detective) to track the principal adventurer andrestore to the latter's partners their portion of the stolen treasure.The hero proves himself to be a second Sherlock Holmes in acumen andsang-froid; and the story holds one's interest to the last.
She Stands Alone
BEING THE STORY OF PILATE'S WIFE
=By= MARK ASHTON
AUTHOR OF "THE NANA'S TALISMAN," "HAGGITH SHY," ETC.
12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, with 12 full-page plates, $1.50
Few novels of the present day can stand comparison with this remarkablebook, which must be ranked in modern literature dealing with the earlyChristian era as only second to "Ben Hur." Its power, its beauty,and above all its deep earnestness of purpose and wonderful life andvitality, mark it at once as a masterpiece. Mr. Ashton has succeededin avoiding the faults which have been common in practically allthe recent novels based on the religio-historical theme--vulgarityand sensationalism. "She Stands Alone," while rapid in movement andintensely dramatic in plot, is pure and noble in every incident. Thereader will be charmed by its dignity and power, as well as by itsdramatic incidents and vivid portrayals of those wonderful earlyChristians whose faith and self-sacrifice have been the theme ofcountless writers throughout the ages.
Arline Val?re
=By= JOSEPH HALLWORTH
_Being a fac-simile of manuscript, with pen sketches by the author_
Large 12mo. Price, $1.50
_The Boston Transcript says:_
"Mr. Hallworth's book is a story of modern New York, and of people whohave wandered from the dull and comfortable plenty of burgher days,when those who had not might ask and receive at the hearths of greathouses. Mr. Hallworth writes of the slum-dwellers with a searching,intimate pen, not shrinking from the painful chapters, but striving tocapture every saving glint of humor. The author, who is artist as well,has helped out his text with over one hundred pen-and-ink sketches,which the publishers have used as marginal illustrations, reproducingthe manuscript as it came from the author, text and sketches line forline. A well-known critic, who has already seen the story, writes:'"Arline Val?re" is in every respect the production of an artist.While Dickens is suggested, it is not because of any imitation, as thefigures in the tale are without exception original.'"
The Washingtonians
=By= PAULINE BRADFORD MACKIE
AUTHOR OF "YE LYTTLE SALEM MAIDE," "A GEORGIAN ACTRESS," ETC.
_Illustrated_
One vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, $1.50
Pauline Bradford Mackie's new novel deals with Washington officialsociety in the early sixties. The plot is based upon the career (notlong since ended) of a brilliant and well-known woman, who was atthat time a power in court circles. The catastrophe which forms theturning-point is the wreck of the great lady's ambition, which was tomake her father President. The book will be of interest in the insightit affords into history, which is, upon the personal side, as yetunwritten, and will please through the charm of its love-story betweenthe niece of a member of Lincoln's Cabinet and his private secretary.
Jarvis of Harvard
=By= REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, $1.50
_Illustrated by Robert Edwards_
A strong and well-written novel, true to a certain side of thecollege atmosphere, not only in the details of athletic life, but inthe spirit of college social and society circles. The local colorappeals not only to Harvard men, but to their rivals, the loyal sonsof Yale, Pennsylvania, and Princeton. Mr. Kauffman is also especiallyat home in his descriptions of the society doings of the smart set inPhiladelphia.
Antonia
A TALE OF COLONIAL NEW YORK
=By= JESSIE VAN ZILE BELDEN
_Beautifully illustrated by Amy M. Sacker_
Library 12mo, cloth. Price, $1.50
_The Philadelphia North American says:_
"A charming and graceful romance, 'Antonia' is in some respects anunusual story. Not that it is pretentious; rather because it is notso, but fresh and simple instead. Here is a story of colonial timeswhich, instead of being filled with the mincing archaisms and struttingpomposities of the usual historical novel, has caught something of thespirit of wide-eyed wonder that held men spellbound at the tales ofthis new world when it was indeed new and marvellous--of the longingfor freedom that drove them beyond seas and into the savage West, thereto carve out new realms from the shaggy wilderness. 'The Frisians shallbe free as long as the wind shall blow in the clouds and as long asthe world shall endure' is the keynote of the story; for its scene isNew Amsterdam and its characters the sturdy Frisians of that colony.The hero is one of the errant adventurers from the Lowlands; and theaccount of his love for the wilful Antonia, as difficult and capriciousas she is charming, and his slow winning of her through the tangle ofmisunderstandings and adventures that beset him, makes a story of vividand unhackneyed interest. In short, 'Antonia' is romance of the kindthat it is a delight to find."
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Transcriber's Notes:
All Small Caps converted to ALL CAPS (except when =By= is used, todistinguish it from author names in final ad pages.)
Single occurrence of "in-doors" changed to "indoors" to be consistentwith other usage in original.
Single occurrence of "upturned" changed to "up-turned" to be consistentwith other usage.
Several other w
ords appear twice, once hyphenated and once not. All ofthese were left as in the original.
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