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The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary

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by Anne Warner


  _An exceedingly clever volume of stories_

  AN ORIGINAL GENTLEMAN

  _By_ ANNE WARNER

  With frontispiece by Alice Barber Stephens

  Cloth. $1.50

  Exhibits her cleverness and sense of humor.--_New York Times_.

  Crisply told, quaintly humorous.--_Boston Transcript_.

  An "Original Gentleman" is truly also one of the most entertaining andwitty gentlemen that it has been our fortune to run across in many a day,not to mention the more original lady that he has to do with.--_LouisvilleEvening Post_.

  * * * * *

  _By the same author_

  A WOMAN'S WILL

  Illustrated. 360 pages. Cloth. $1.50

  A deliciously funny book.--_Chicago Tribune_.

  It is bright, charming, and intense as it describes the wooing of a youngAmerican widow on the European Continent by a German musical genius.--_SanFrancisco Chronicle_.

  As refreshing a bit of fiction as one often finds.--_Providence Journal_.

  LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., PUBLISHERS34 BEACON STREET, BOSTON

  _Anne Warner's Latest Character Creation_

  IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY

  _By_ ANNE WARNER

  Illustrated by J.V. McFall. Cloth. $1.50

  A story of love and sacrifice that teems with the author's originalhumor.--_Baltimore American_.

  The humor peculiar to her pen is here in wonted strength, but in a newguise; and set against it, or interwoven with it, is a story of love andthe strange sacrifice of which a few loving hearts are capable.--_New YorkAmerican_.

  * * * * *

  _By the same author_

  YOUR CHILD AND MINE

  Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50

  The child heart, strange and sweet and tender, lies open to thissympathetic writer, and other human hearts--and eyes--should be opened byher narratives.--_Chicago Record-Herald_.

  The literary charm of the stories is not the least of their attractions.The interest is all the greater for the style in which the story is told,and the author's sympathy with her young friends lends a vital warmth toher narrative.--_Philadelphia Public Ledger_.

  LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., PUBLISHERS34 BEACON STREET, BOSTON

  _By the Author of "Aunt Jane of Kentucky"_

  THE LAND OF LONG AGO

  _By_ ELIZA CALVERT HALL

  Illustrated by G. Patrick Nelson and Beulah Strong 12mo. Cloth. $1.50

  The book is an inspiration.--_Boston Globe_.

  Without qualification one of the worthiest publications of theyear.--_Pittsburg Post_.

  Aunt Jane has become a real personage in American literature.--_HartfordCourant_.

  A philosophy sweet and wholesome flows from the lips of "AuntJane."--_Chicago Evening Post_.

  The sweetness and sincerity of Aunt Jane's recollections have the sameunfailing charm found in "Cranford."--_Philadelphia Press_.

  To a greater degree than her previous work it touches the heart by itswholesome, quaint human appeal.--_Boston Transcript_.

  The stories are prose idyls; the illuminations of a lovely spirit shineupon them, and their literary quality is as rare as beautiful.--_BaltimoreSun_.

  MARGARET E. SANGSTER says: "It is not often that an author competes withherself, but Eliza Calvert Hall has done so successfully, for her secondvolume centred about Aunt Jane is more fascinating than her first."

  LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., PUBLISHERS34 BEACON STREET, BOSTON

 


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