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WORKS OFCHARLES G.D. ROBERTS
Red Fox
THE STORY OF HIS ADVENTUROUS CAREER IN THE RINGWAAK WILDS, AND OFHIS FINAL TRIUMPH OVER THE ENEMIES OF HIS KIND. With fiftyillustrations, including frontispiece in color and cover design byCharles Livingston Bull.
Square quarto, cloth decorative $2.00
"Infinitely more wholesome reading than the average tale of sport,since it gives a glimpse of the hunt from the point of view of thehunted."--_Boston Transcript._
"True in substance but fascinating as fiction. It will interest oldand young, city-bound and free-footed, those who know animals andthose who do not."--_Chicago Record-Herald._
"A brilliant chapter in natural history."--_Philadelphia NorthAmerican._
The Kindred of the Wild
A BOOK OF ANIMAL LIFE. With fifty-one full-page plates andmany decorations from drawings by Charles Livingston Bull.
Square quarto, decorative cover $2.00
"Is in many ways the most brilliant collection of animal stories thathas appeared; well named and well done."--_John Burroughs._
The Watchers of the Trails
A companion volume to "The Kindred of the Wild." With forty-eightfull-page plates and many decorations from drawings by CharlesLivingston Bull.
Square quarto, decorative cover $2.00
"These stories are exquisite in their refinement, and yet robust intheir appreciation of some of the rougher phases of woodcraft. Amongthe many writers about animals, Mr. Roberts occupies an enviableplace.--_The Outlook_.
"This is a book full of delight. An additional charm lies in Mr.Bull's faithful and graphic illustrations, which in fashion all theirown tell the story of the wild life, illuminating and supplementingthe pen pictures of the author."--_Literary Digest._
The Heart That Knows
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover $1.50
"A novel of singularly effective strength, luminous in literary color,rich in its passionate, yet tender drama."--_New York Globe._
Earth's Enigmas
A new edition of Mr. Roberts's first volume of fiction, published in1892, and out of print for several years, with the addition of threenew stories, and ten illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. Library12mo, cloth, decorative cover $1.50
"It will rank high among collections of short stories. In 'Earth'sEnigmas' is a wider range of subject than in the 'Kindred of theWild.'"--_Review from advance sheets of the illustrated edition byTiffany Blake in the Chicago Evening Post._
Barbara Ladd
With four illustrations by Frank Verbeck.Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover $1.50
"From the opening chapter to the final page Mr. Roberts lures us on byhis rapt devotion to the changing aspects of Nature and by his keenand sympathetic analysis of human character."--_Boston Transcript._
Cameron of Lochiel
Translated from the French of Philippe Aubert de Gaspe, withfrontispiece in color by H.C. Edwards.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative $1.50
"Professor Roberts deserves the thanks of his reader for giving awider audience an opportunity to enjoy this striking bit of FrenchCanadian literature."--_Brooklyn Eagle._
"It is not often in these days of sensational and philosophical novelsthat one picks up a book that so touches the heart."--_BostonTranscript._
The Prisoner of MademoiselleWith frontispiece by Frank T. Merrill.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top $1.50
A tale of Acadia,--a land which is the author's heart's delight,--of avaliant young lieutenant and a winsome maiden, who first captures andthen captivates.
"This is the kind of a story that makes one grow younger, moreinnocent, more light-hearted. Its literary quality is impeccable. Itis not every day that such a heroine blossoms into even temporaryexistence, and the very name of the story bears a breath ofcharm."--_Chicago Record-Herald._
The Heart of the Ancient WoodWith six illustrations by James L. Weston.
Library 12mo, decorative cover $1.50
"One of the most fascinating novels of recent days."--_BostonJournal._
"A classic twentieth-century romance."--_New York CommercialAdvertiser._
The Forge in the Forest
Being the Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur deBriart, and how he crossed the Black Abbe, and of his adventures in astrange fellowship. Illustrated by Henry Sandham, R.C.A.
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top $1.50
A story of pure love and heroic adventure.
By the Marshes of Minas
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated $1.50
Most of these romances are in the author's lighter and more playfulvein; each is a unit of absorbing interest and exquisite workmanship.
A Sister to Evangeline
Being the Story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into exilewith the villagers of Grand Pre.
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated $1.50
Swift action, fresh atmosphere, wholesome purity, deep passion, andsearching analysis characterize this strong novel.
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