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“‘A Virginia Inheritance’ will easily take rank among the best novels that have appeared this year, both for the remarkable interest and artistically skillful development of the story, and for the brilliancy and originality of its character-sketching.”—Boston Home Journal.

“In his ‘Nymph of the West’ Mr. Howard Seely has presented a lively and picturesque, if somewhat highly colored, study of life on the ranch and the range in western Texas, which region, as well as with the habits of its people, he appears to be unusually familiar. Cynthia Dallas, the heroine, is a fresh and original conception—a frank, high-minded girl, with enough of the innocent coquetry of her sex to make her almost irresistible.”—The Sun (New York).

“There is a keenness of social satire, an intimate acquaintance with New York society, and an abundance of wit, which combine to make the book unusually attractive.”—Boston Courier.

“It seems to be the work of a lady who has witnessed what she chronicles. She makes her report on the actualities and illusions of New York society without a particle of sarcasm or ill-feeling.”—Journal of Commerce.

“The tale in itself is true to nature and tenderly pathetic.”—London Post.

“This is a particularly well-told story.”—London Globe.

“It would require us to go back to Miss Austen to find anything that better deserved the praise of fine form, fine grouping, fine coloring, humorous delineation, and precision of design.”—London Spectator.

“There are some good bits of dialogue and strong situations in the book.”—The Athenæum.

“Rich in imaginative beauty and fine insight into the mysteries of spiritual life.”—London Spectator.

“The spiritual grandeur of its conception and the tremendous nature of the forces engaged raise it to the region of tragic drama.... Grandly conceived and grandly executed.”—London Academy.

“It is a marvelous study ... by the creative power of genius.”—Literary World, London.

“Fascinates the mind like the gathering and bursting of a storm.”—Illustrated London News.

“It would not be fair to the readers to outline the strange dénoûment of this tale, or to prompt his attention to the identity of the spirit in the two parts of the romance. So subtile, yet unmistakable, is the suggestion of identity that it is startling. The exquisite language, the poetic power of description, enchant the reader, and the novel is one which will make one of the greatest successes of the day.”—Boston Traveller.

This novel is based upon certain exciting events that occurred in Morocco during the past year. The author is an American gentleman residing in Tangier, who lately came to Washington to expose the cruelties existing in Morocco under the protection of the American flag. The political events of the narrative are secondary to the incidents of the story, while for the novelist’s purpose Russia and Russian personages take the place of the United States and Washington officials.

“The story is well told, and keeps the attention fixed throughout. It passes backward and forward, from Africa to Russia, and deals now with actual personages, now with creations of fancy.”—The Athenæum.

“The book is full of drollery, laughter is rippling over every page.”—London Spectator.

“Deliciously humorous sketches.”—Whitehall Review.

“The funniest book of the year.”—St. Stephen’s Review.

Mr. Fenn has produced many excellent novels, but none more pleasant and enjoyable than this.

“‘Home Again’ is a more compact and complete story than some of his later works. It is, of course, full of good things, pithy sayings, and deep thought.... A master’s hand shows itself in every page.”—Literary World.

An admirable story of the struggles, adventures, and ultimate successes of a young boy in London.

A powerful story that is not merely interesting but exciting, delineating fresh and remarkable phases of life in the north of Ireland, and with some admirably-drawn characters.

“The moral is sound. It is one of duty victoriously achieved though at great cost; and perhaps verisimilitude is not strained by the idealization which imputes to the woman’s superior strength of renunciation and moral stamina the successful passage through the last and most fiery trial. Incidentally there is much bright description of fashionable life and people. Nowhere is there any lack of power or knowledge.”—New York Tribune.

“Miss Warden has surpassed herself in ‘Scheherazade.’ In originality, daring, and startling incident it goes far beyond her previous works.”—London Morning Post.

“Miss Warden has conceived and wrought out a plot of peculiar ingenuity.... We are not aware that any girl exactly like Nouma is to be found within the limits of contemporary fiction. She is entitled to the rank and dignity of a creation.”—London Globe.

“Nouma is a subtle character, far more subtle than anything Dickens ever attempted.... The book is full of real life.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

The author dedicates this suggestive little book “to all whom it may concern.”

“The tale contains two or three delightfully subtle and effective character-creations that give it an enduring value.”—Scottish Leader.

“It is full of incident, the mystery is well guarded and quite unguessable.”—London Athenæum.

“A well-told and neatly-contrived story, with several excellent figures exhibiting broad traits of human character with vivacity and distinctness.”—London Athenæum.

“The book has movement and vigor, and is readable throughout.”—London Academy.

“A Game of Chance,” by Mrs. Coombe, will, in its fresh and vigorous character drawing, and its fidelity to American life, fully justify the expectations awakened by her first novel, “As Common Mortals.”

“‘In the Golden Days’ is an excellent novel of a kind we are always particularly glad to recommend. It has a good foundation of plot and incident, a thoroughly noble and wholesome motive, a hero who really acts and suffers heroically, and two very nice heroines. The historical background is very carefully indicated, but is never allowed to become more than background.”—Guardian.

“Arias the Libyan” is a stirring and vivid picture of the Christian Church in the latter part of the third and beginning of the fourth century. It is an admirable companion volume to General Wallace’s “Ben Hur.”

“A clever and interesting novel.”—London Literary World.

“Mrs. Pirkis has supplied fresh proof of her skill in turning out very good and workmanlike fiction.”—Academy.

“Two of the scenes of this tale can lay claim to more power than anything of the kind that has yet been written.”—London Post.

The author calls “Miss Churchill” a study, for the reason that it consists so largely of a study of character; but there is no little variety of scene in the story, the action taking place partly in the South and partly in Europe, while the experiences and vicissitudes of the heroine are of great interest. The contrasts of place and character make it a very vivid picture.

“The interest in the plot is skillfully kept up to the end.”—Academy.

“The story is very interesting.”—Athenæum.

Lil Lorimer, the heroine of this novel, is a character marked by many individual and fascinating qualities, and enlists the sympathies of the reader to an unusual degree. The action of the story takes place partly in South America, with an English family residing there, affording some fresh and striking pictures of life.

“A story of unusual merit; by turns romantic, pathetic, and humorous.”—Westminster Review.

The scenes of “A Zealot in Tulle” are laid in Florida, the introductory part in Florida of seventy years ago; the main story in Florida of to-day. The plot turns mainly upon romantic incidents connected with a treasure buried in an old fort by the Spaniards at the time of their occupancy.

“The raison d’être of this book is to provide Americans—and especially those visiting England—with a concise, comprehensive, and comprehensible hand-book which will give them all necessary information respecting ‘how things are’ in England. While it deals with subjects connected with all ranks and classes, it is particularly intended to be an exhibit and explanation of the ways, habits, customs, and usages of what is known in England as ‘high life.’ Such being the society to which American ladies and gentlemen have the entrée, it is hoped that the book will be useful to them.”—From the Preface.

In response to constant applications from all parts of the country for information regarding social forms and usages in New York, the author has prepared a work in which special pains have been taken to make it represent accurately existing customs in New York society, in distinction from the many manuals that have simply reproduced the codes of Paris and London. The subjects treated are of visiting and visiting-cards, giving and attending balls, receptions, dinners, etc., débuts, chaperons, weddings, opera and theatre parties, costumes and customs, addresses and signatures, funeral customs, covering so far as practicable all social usages.

Parchment-Paper Edition. Square 18mo. 30 cents.

Vest-pocket Edition. Cloth, flexible, gilt edges, red lines. 30 cents.

Boudoir Edition (with a new chapter designed for young people). Cloth, gilt. 30 cents.

“Don’t” deals with manners at the table, in the drawing-room and In public, with the rules of taste in dress, with personal habits, with common mistakes in various situations in life, and with the ordinary errors of speech.

The aim of this book is to give in convenient and immediately accessible form information often needed by the American correspondent in regard to forms of address, salutation, complimentary close, superscriptions, etc., and other matters connected with correspondence.

“This genial book gives the first truly American view of the land of Nihilists and Novelists. The author exposes and playfully ridicules the current English misrepresentations of Russia. His epicurean circuit for getting into and out of the empire includes nearly every country of Europe. He keeps on the track of all the comforts and luxuries required by American travelers. Tourists will find the volume a boon companion. But it is no less designed to please those who stay at home and travel only by book.”

CONTENTS: Prefatory. Voyage to Brazil. Getting to Housekeeping. Rio and its People. Life and Manners. The Emperor of Brazil. Tijuca—Pedra Bonita. Situation, Resources, and Climate. American-Brazilian Relations. A Trip into the Interior. Visit to a Coffee-Plantation. Public Instruction. Local Administration. Parliamentary Government. Brazilian Literature. Agriculture and Stock-raising. The Amazon Valley. Beasts of Prey. Slavery and Emancipation. The Religious Orders. Public Lands and Immigration.

“I hope I maybe able to present some facts in respect to the present situation of Brazil which will be both instructive and entertaining to general readers. My means of acquaintance with that empire are principally derived from a residence of three years at Rio de Janeiro, its capital, while employed in the service of the United States Government, during which period I made a few journeys into the interior.”—From the Preface.

“Mr. Wells’s showing is extremely interesting, and its value is great. Nothing like it has been published in many years.”—New York Times.

“Mr. Wells sketches broadly but in firm lines Mexico’s physical geography, her race inheritance, political history, social condition, and present government.”—New York Evening Post.

“Several efforts have been made to satisfy the growing desire for information relating to Mexico since that country has become connected by railways with the United States. But we have seen no book upon the subject by an American writer which is so satisfactory on the score of knowledge and trustworthiness as ‘A Study of Mexico,’ by David A. Wells.”—New York Sun.

“It has peculiar attractions in its literary methods, its rich and quiet humor, and the genial spirit of its author.”—The Critic.