RECENT FICTION.
The Strength of the Weak.
By Chauncey C. Hotchkiss, author of "Betsy Ross," "In Defiance of the King," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
The delightful outdoor quality of Mr. Hotchkiss's novel forms a charming accompaniment to the adventurous happenings of the romance. The diary of a soldier of the New Hampshire Grants and the situation of an English youth holding a seigniory in Canada at the beginning of the French and Indian wars provide a variety of dramatic incident.
A Fool's Year.
By E. H. Cooper. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.
This story of English social and racing life introduces among other striking figures an American millionaire whose remarkable exploits on the turf involve some peculiar complications. The story is one of incident and odd complications, and its interest is unfailing.
The Curious Courtship of Kate Poins.
By Louis Evan Shipman. Illustrated, 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"One of the best-written novels of the year. It will be widely read and generally admired. The romance has vigor, tone, and cumulative interest that increases as the story ascends to its climax."—Philadelphia Item.
The Luck of the Vails.
By E. F. Benson, author of "Dodo," "The Rubicon," "Mammon & Co." 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"A romance of more than usual charm and grace, and, from the literary point of view, of undeniable distinction."—Boston Advertiser.
From the Unsounded Sea.
By Nellie K. Blissett, author of "The Wisdom of the Simple," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.
"Once engaged in its pages, the reader will not be likely to leave the book until it is finished.... A skilfully-wrought-out romance of mystery."—Brooklyn Eagle.
Some Women I have Known.
By Maarten Maartens, author of "God's Fool," etc. With Frontispiece. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"Maarten Maartens stands head and shoulders above the average novelist of the day in intellectual subtlety and imaginative power."—Boston Beacon.
The Wage of Character.
By Julien Gordon, author of "Mrs. Clyde," etc. With Portrait. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
Julien Gordon's new novel is a story of the world of fashion and intrigue, written with an insight, an epigrammatic force, and a realization of the dramatic and the pathetic as well as more superficial phases of life, that stamp the book as one immediate and personal in its interest and convincing in its appeal to the minds and to the sympathies of readers.
The Quiberon Touch.
A Romance of the Sea. By Cyrus Townsend Brady, author of "For the Freedom of the Sea," "The Grip of Honor," etc. With Frontispiece. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"This story has a real beauty; it breathes of the sea. Fenimore Cooper would not be ashamed to own a disciple in the school of which he was master in these descriptions of the tug of war as it was in the eighteenth century between battle-ships under sail."—New York Mail and Express.
Shipmates.
A Volume of Salt-Water Fiction. By Morgan Robertson, author of "Masters of Men," etc. With Frontispiece. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
When Mr. Robertson writes of the sea, the tang of the brine and the snap of the sea-breeze are felt behind his words. The adventures and mysteries of sea life, the humors and strange complications possible in yachting, the inner tragedies of the foks'l, the delightful adventures of Finnegan in war, and the original developments in the course of true love at sea, are among the vivid pictures that make up a volume so vital in its interests and dramatic in its situations, so delightful in its quaint humor and so vigorous and stirring throughout, that it will be read by sea lovers for its full flavor of the sea, and by others as a refreshing tonic.
The Man Who Knew Better.
By T. Gallon, author of "Tatterley," etc. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50.
"The best Christmas story that has appeared since the death of Charles Dickens.... It is an admirably written story, and merits warm welcome and broad recognition."—Baltimore Sun.
Under the Skylights.
By Henry B. Fuller, author of "The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani," "The Cliff Dwellers," etc. 12mo. Deckle edge, gilt top, $1.50.
The charming humor, delightful flavor, and refined quality of Mr. Fuller's work impart a peculiar zest to this subtly satirical picture of the extraordinary vicissitudes of arts and letters in a Western metropolis.
The Apostles of the Southeast.
By Frank T. Bullen, author of "The Cruise of the Cachalot," "Idyls of the Sea," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"Mr. Bullen writes with a sympathy and pathetic touch rare indeed. His characters are living ones, his scenes full of life and realism, and there is not a page in the whole book which is not brimful of deepest interest."—Philadelphia Item.
The Alien.
By F. F. Montrésor, author of "Into the Highways and Hedges," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"May be confidently commended to the most exacting reader as an absorbing story, excellently told."—Kansas City Star.
While Charlie Was Away.
By Mrs. Poultney Bigelow. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
Mrs. Bigelow tells a wonderfully vivid story of a woman in London "smart" life whose hunger for love involves her in perils, but finds a true way out in the end.
A Nest of Linnets.
By F. Frankfort Moore, author of "The Jessamy Bride," "A Gray Eye or So," etc. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"That 'A Nest of Linnets' is bright, clever, and well written follows as a matter of course, considering that it was written by F. Frankfort Moore."—Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Eternal City.
By Hall Caine, author of "The Christian," "The Manxman," "The Bondman," "The Deemster," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"A powerful novel, inspired by a lofty conception, and carried out with unusual force. It is the greatest thing that Hall Caine has ever attempted."—Brooklyn Eagle.
The Teller.
By Edward Noyes Westcott, author of "David Harum." Illustrated, 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
The publishers of "David Harum" have the pleasure of presenting the only other story written by the lamented Edward Noyes Westcott. Mr. Westcott's business life lay with practical financial matters, and in "The Teller" he has drawn upon his knowledge of life in a bank.
When Love Flies Out o' the Window.
By Leonard Merrick. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.
"The attention of the reader is held from start to finish, because the whole plot is original, and one can not tell what is going to happen next."—Washington Times.
The Beleaguered Forest.
By Elia W. Peattie. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"'The Beleaguered Forest' is not a novel—it is a romance; it is not a romance—it is a poem."—Chicago Post.
Shacklett.
A Story of American Politics. By Walter Barr. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"As a picture of American political life and possibilities it is wonderfully vivid and truthful."—Brooklyn Eagle.
Four-Leaved Clover.
By Maxwell Gray, author of "The Silence of Dean Maitland." 12mo. Cloth, 11.00; paper, 50 cents.
"An honest piece of work by a story-teller who knows her trade thoroughly.... It is a book which ought to be in every hammock."—Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
A Woman Alone.
By Mrs. W. K. Clifford, author of "Love Letters of a Worldly Woman." 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.
"Mrs. Clifford is an adroit writer, whose knowledge of the world and whose brilliancy have not destroyed in her a simple tenderness to which every sensitive reader must respond."—Chicago Tribune.
Mills of God.
By Elinor Macartney Lane. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"It is a good novel in comparison with even the best in current American fiction. Its author, in this her maiden effort, easily takes her place among the Churchills and the Johnstons and the Runkles."—New York Herald.
The Seal of Silence.
By Arthur R. Conder. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.
"A novel of marked originality, of extraordinary strength.... I recommend this very dramatic and exciting story, with its quaint love interest and its dry, quiet humor, to all lovers of a good story capitally conceived and happily told."—George S. Goodwin, in Philadelphia Item.
BOOKS BY GILBERT PARKER.
Uniform Edition.
The Seats of the Mighty.
Being the Memoirs of Captain Robert Moray, sometime an Officer in the Virginia Regiment, and afterwards of Amherst's Regiment. Illustrated, $1.50.
"Another historical romance of the vividness and intensity of 'The Seats of the Mighty' has never come from the pen of an American. Mr. Parker's latest work may without hesitation be set down as the best he has done. From the first chapter to the last word interest in the book never wanes; one finds it difficult to interrupt the narrative with breathing space. It whirls with excitement and strange adventure.... All of the scenes do homage to the genius of Mr. Parker, and make 'The Seats of the Mighty' one of the books of the year."—Chicago Record.
"Mr. Gilbert Parker is to be congratulated on the excellence of his latest story, 'The Seats of the Mighty,' and his readers are to be congratulated on the direction which his talents have taken therein.... It is so good that we do not stop to think of its literature, and the personality of Doltaire is a masterpiece of creative art."—New York Mail and Express.
The Trail of the Sword. A Novel. $1.25.
"Mr. Parker here adds to a reputation already wide, and anew demonstrates his power of pictorial portrayal and of strong dramatic situation and climax."—Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Trespasser. $1.25.
"Interest, pith, force, and charm—Mr. Parker's new story possesses all these qualities.... Almost bare of synthetical decoration, his paragraphs are stirring because they are real. We read at times—as we have read the great masters of romance—breathlessly."—The Critic.
The Translation of a Savage. $ 1.25.
"A book which no one will be satisfied to put down until the end has been matter of certainty and assurance."—The Nation.
Mrs. Falchion. $1.25.
"A well-knit story, told in an exceedingly interesting way, and holding the reader's attention to the end."
The Pomp of the Lavilettes. 16mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"Its sincerity and rugged force will commend it to those who love and seek strong work in fiction."—The Critic.