BY ANNA FULLER.
A LITERARY COURTSHIP.
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"A delightful little love story. Like her other book it is bright and breezy; its humor is crisp and the general idea decidedly original. It is just the book to slip into the pocket for a journey, when one does not care for a novel or serious reading."—Boston Times.
A VENETIAN JUNE.
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"A Venetian June bespeaks its materials by its title, and very full the little story is of the picturesqueness, the novelty, the beauty, of life in the city of gondolas and gondoliers—a strong and able work, showing seriousness of motive and strength of touch."—Literary World.
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PRATT PORTRAITS.
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"The lines the author cuts in her vignette are sharp and clear, but she has, too, not alone the knack of color, but, what is rarer, the gift of humor."—New York Times.
PEAK AND PRAIRIE.
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"We may say that the jaded reader fagged with the strenuous art of the passing hour, who chances to select this volume to cheer the hours, will throw up his hat for sheer joy at having hit upon a book in which morbidness and self-consciousness are conspicuous, by their absence."—New York Times.
THE HUDSON LIBRARY
Registered as Second-Class Matter.
16°, paper, 50 cts.; 12°, cloth, $1.00 and $1.25.
I. Love and Shawl-Straps. By Annette Lucile Noble.
"Decidedly a success."—Boston Herald.
II. Miss Hurd: An Enigma. By Anna Katharine Green.
"Miss Hurd fulfils one's anticipations from start to finish. She keeps you in a state of suspense which is positively fascinating."—Kansas Times.
III. How Thankful was Bewitched. By J. K. Hosmer.
"A picturesque romance charmingly told. The interest is both historical and poetic."—Independent.
IV. A Woman of Impulse. By Justin Huntley McCarthy.
"It is a book well worth reading, charmingly written, and containing a most interesting collection of characters that are just like life...."—Chicago Journal.
V. Countess Bettina. By Clinton Ross.
"There is a charm in stories of this kind, free from sentimentality, and written only to entertain."—Boston Times.
VI. Her Majesty. By Elizabeth K. Tompkins.
"It is written with a charming style, with grace and ease, and very pretty unexpected turns of expression."—Droch, in N. Y. Life.
VII. God Forsaken. By Frederic Breton.
"A very clever book.... The characters are well and firmly drawn."—Liverpool Mercury.
VIII. An Island Princess. By Theodore Gift.
"A charming and often brilliant tale."—Literary World.
IX. Elizabeth's Pretenders. By Hamilton Aïdé.
"It is a novel of character, of uncommon power and interest, wholesome, humorous, and sensible in every chapter."—Bookman.
X. At Tuxter's. By G. B. Burgin.
"A very interesting story. The characters are particularly well drawn."—Boston Times.
XI. At Cherryfield Hall. By Frederic H. Balfour (Ross George Deering).
"This is a brilliantly-told tale, the constructive ingenuity and literary excellence of which entitle the author to a place of honor in the foremost rank of contemporary English romancists."—London Telegraph.
XII. The Crime of the Century. By R. Ottolengui.
"It is one of the best-told stories of its kind we have read, and the reader will not be able to guess its ending easily."—Boston Times.
XIII. The Things that Matter. By Francis Gribble.
"A very amusing novel, full of bright satire directed against the New Woman and similar objects."—London Speaker.
XIV. The Heart of Life. By W. H. Mallock.
"Interesting, sometimes tender, and uniformly brilliant.... People will read Mr. Mallock's 'Heart of Life,' for the extraordinary brilliance with which he tells his story."—Daily Telegraph.
XV. The Broken Ring. By Elizabeth K. Tompkins.
"A romance of war and love in royal life, pleasantly written and cleverly composed for melodramatic effect in the end."—Independent.
XVI. The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason. By Melville D. Post.
"This book is very entertaining and original ... ingeniously constructed ... well worth reading."—N. Y. Herald.
XVII. That Affair Next Door. By Anna Katharine Green.
"The success of this is something almost unprecedented. Its startling ingenuity, sustained interest, and wonderful plot shows that the author's hand has not lost its cunning."—Buffalo Inquirer.
XVIII. In the Crucible. By Grace Denio Litchfield.
"The reader will find in this book bright, breezy talk, and a more than ordinary insight into the possibilities of human character."—Cambridge Tribune.
XIX. Eyes Like the Sea. By Maurus Jókai.
"A strikingly original and powerful story."—London Speaker.
XX. An Uncrowned King. By S. C. Grier.
"Original and uncommonly interesting."—Scotsman.
XXI. The Professor's Dilemma. By A. L. Noble.
"A bright, entertaining novel ... fresh, piquant, and well told."—Boston Transcript.
XXII. The Ways of Life. Two Stories. By Mrs. Oliphant.
"As a work of art we can praise the story without reserve."—London Spectator.
XXIII. The Man of the Family. By Christian Reid.
"A Southern story of romantic and thrilling interest."—Boston Times.
XXIV. Margot. By Sidney Pickering.
"We have nothing but praise for this excellently written novel."—Pall Mall Gazette.
XXV. The Fall of the Sparrow. By M. C. Balfour.
"A book to be enjoyed ... of unlagging interest and original in conception."—Boston Times.
XXVI. Elementary Jane. By Richard Pryce.
"A heartfelt, sincere, beautiful love story, told with infinite humor."—Chicago Times-Herald.
XXVII. The Man of Last Resort. By Melville D. Post.
"The author makes a strong plea for moral responsibility in his work, and his vivid style and undeniable earnestness must carry great weight with all thinking readers. It is a notable book."—Boston Times.
XXVIII. The Confession of Stephen Whapshare. By Emma Brooke.
In preparation:
XXIX. The Chase of an Heiress. By Christian Reid.
XXX. Lost Man's Lane. By Anna Katharine Green.
THE UNIVERSITY SERIES
I. Harvard Stories. Sketches of the Undergraduate. By W. K. Post. Fifteenth edition. 12°, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.
"Not since the days of Hammersmith have we had such a vivid picture of college life as Mr. W. K. Post has given us in this book. Unpretentious, in their style, the stories are mere sketches, yet withal the tone is so genuine, the local color so truly 'crimson,' as to make the book one of unfailing interest."—Literary World.
II. Pale Yarns. By J. S. Wood. Fifth edition. Illustrated, 12°, $1.00.
"A bright, realistic picture of college life, told in an easy conversational, or descriptive style, and cannot fail to genuinely interest the reader who has the slightest appreciation of humor. The volume is illustrated and is just the book for an idle or a lonely hour."—Los Angeles Times.
III. The Babe, B.A. Stories of Life at Cambridge University. By Edw. F. Benson. Illustrated, 12°, $1.00.
"The story tells of the every-day life of a young man called the Babe.... Cleverly written and one of the best this author has written."—Leader, New Haven.
IV. A Princetonian. A Story of Undergraduate Life at the College of New Jersey. By James Barnes. Illustrated, 12°, $1.25.
"It is fresh, hearty, sensible, and readable, leaving a good impression of college life upon the mind."—Baltimore Sun.
BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
The Leavenworth Case. A Lawyer's Story. 4°, paper, 20 cts.; 16°, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.
"She has worked up a cause celèbre with a fertility of device and ingenuity of treatment hardly second to Wilkie Collins or Edgar Allan Poe."—Christian Union.
".... Told with a force and power that indicate great dramatic talent in the writer."—St. Louis Post.
Hand and Ring. Popular edition. 4°, paper, 20 cts.; 16°, paper, illustrated, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.
"The best, most intricate, most perfectly constructed, and most fascinating detective story ever written."—Utica Herald.
Marked "Personal." 16°, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.
"It is a tribute to the author's genius that she never tires and never loses her readers. It moves on, clean and healthy, and ends without raising images or making impressions which have to be forgotten."—Boston Journal.
That Affair Next Door. Hudson Library, No. 17. Seventh edition. 12°, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.
Other works by Anna Katharine Green are as follows: "A Strange Disappearance," "The Sword of Damocles," "The Mill Mystery," "Behind Closed Doors," "X. Y. Z.," "7 to 12," "The Old Stone House," "Cynthia Wakeham's Money," "The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock," "Dr. Izard."