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A Woman's Will

Chapter 30: THE NORTH STAR
By Anne Warner
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About This Book

The story follows Rosina, a young woman whose travels and social encounters reveal tensions between her personal desires and family expectations. As suitors, relatives, and friends debate propriety and possible marriages, she maneuvers through flirtations, domestic counsels, and cultural manners. Episodes progress from an initial upheaval through mounting emotional conflicts to an eventual breaking of barriers, mixing vivid scenic description with intimate social observation. Central themes include individual will versus convention, the shaping of personal identity amid external pressure, and the negotiation of affection, autonomy, and social ritual.

WHERE THE TIDE COMES IN

By LUCY MEACHAM THRUSTON, author of “Mistress
Brent,” “A Girl of Virginia,” etc.
Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50

In her new story Mrs. Thruston portrays a heroine as charming as her delightful “Girl of Virginia.” The scenes of the novel are laid at Norfolk and Portsmouth, and the vicissitudes of the Southern vegetable farmer, who depends on the irrepressible negro, are strongly pictured. The novel is a genuine love-story with a touch of politics, and the Southern atmosphere is delightfully unhackneyed.

A Tale of Norway in the Tenth Century

THE NORTH STAR

By M. E. HENRY-RUFFIN. Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50

This Viking romance is a tale of love and adventure with King Olaf Tryggveson for the hero. The story opens with a scene at a fair in Ireland, where Olaf meets a beautiful Irish princess, and later changes to Norway, where Olaf returns to be received as King. Such history and legend as have come to us of that time furnish fertile imagination a frame for stirring incident and rapid action.

By the Author of “The God of Things”

THE EFFENDI

By FLORENCE BROOKS WHITEHOUSE. With
illustrations. 12mo. $1.50

The Prologue of this engrossing romance of the Soudan deals with the siege of Khartoum and the death of the hero, Gordon, and the Epilogue with the retribution which England exacted from the Arab hordes. Between the two is placed a dramatic story of love and adventure.

The author of this stirring story has been highly praised for characterization and imagination, and for her knowledge of the Nile country.

Some New Stories by Sienkiewicz

LIFE AND DEATH

AND OTHER LEGENDS AND STORIES. By HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ,
author of “Quo Vadis,” etc. Translated from the original Polish by
Jeremiah Curtin. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.

Contents: I. Life and Death: a Hindu Legend. II. Is he the Dearest One? III. A Legend of the Sea. IV. The Cranes. V. The Judgment of Peter and Paul on Olympus.

LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., Publishers
BOSTON, MASS.

Transcriber’s Note:

Accents are as they appear in the original book.