_THE THREE MISS KINGS_. By ADA CAMBRIDGE, author of "My Guardian." 12mo.
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"May unreservedly be recommended as one of the choice stories of the
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_A MATTER OF SKILL_. By BEATRICE WHITBY, author of "The Awakening of
Mary Fenwick" and "Part of the Property." 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth,
$1.00.
"A pretty love-story, told in a gracefully piquant manner, and with a
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"The story is charmingly told, and is very readable."--_Literary World_.
_MAID MARIAN, AND OTHER STORIES_. By MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL, author of
"Throckmorton" and "Little Jarvis." 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"There is an unmistakable cleverness in this collection of short
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"Miss Seawell writes capital stories, and in a special way nothing of
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York Times_.
_ONE WOMAN'S WAY_. By EDMUND PENDLETON, author of "A Conventional
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$1.00.
"The author is a Virginian who has written some interesting stories, and
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The close is artistically devised and shows a deep observation. Mr.
Pendleton has a brilliant future before him in his chosen path."--_St.
Louis Republic_.
_A MERCIFUL DIVORCE_. By F. W. MAUDE. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth,
$1.00.
"There have been few more searching studies of the rampant English
plutocracy than is afforded by this brilliantly written
volume."--_Boston Beacon_.
"The book is curiously interesting from the startling side-light it
throws on English society of the upper grades."--_Chicago Times_.
"This work marks an epoch in the history-writing of this country."--_St.
Louis Post-Dispatch_.
_THE HOUSEHOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE_. FOR YOUNG
AMERICANS. By EDWARD EGGLESTON. Richly illustrated with 350 Drawings, 75
Maps, etc. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.50.
[Illustration: COLONIAL COURT-HOUSE. PHILADELPHIA, 1707.]
_FROM THE PREFACE_.
The present work is meant, in the first instance, for the young--not
alone for boys and girls, but for young men and women who have yet to
make themselves familiar with the more important features of their
country's history. By a book for the young is meant one in which the
author studies to make his statements clear and explicit, in which
curious and picturesque details are inserted, and in which the writer
does not neglect such anecdotes as lend the charm of a human and
personal interest to the broader facts of the nation's story. That
history is often tiresome to the young is not so much the fault of
history as of a false method of writing by which one contrives to relate
events without sympathy or imagination, without narrative connection or
animation. The attempt to master vague and general records of kiln-dried
facts is certain to beget in the ordinary reader a repulsion from the
study of history--one of the very most important of all studies for its
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"Fills a decided gap which has existed for the past twenty years in
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executed, and will at once take its place as a standard record of the
life, growth, and development of the nation. It is profusely and
beautifully illustrated."--_Boston Transcript_.
[Illustration: INDIAN'S TRAP.]
"The book in its new dress makes a much finer appearance than before,
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greeted by girls and boys. The lavish use the publishers have made of
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text engages the mind."--_New York Critic_.
[Illustration: GENERAL PUTNAM.]
"The author writes history as a story. It can never be less than that.
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understanding, and by the glow of its statements fix the great events of
the country firmly in the mind."--_San Francisco Bulletin_.
_TOURMALIN'S TIME CHEQUES_. By F. ANSTEY, author of "Vice Versa," "The
Giant's Robe," etc.
"Mr. Anstey has done nothing more original or fantastic with more
success."--_The Nation_.
"A curious conceit and very entertaining story."--_Boston Advertiser_.
"Each cheque is good for several laughs."--_New York Herald_.
"Nothing could be more sprightly and amusingly whimsical."--_Boston
Courier_.
"A very clever tale of fantastic humor.... The literary style is
graceful and sparkling."--_Chicago Times_.
"Certainly one of the most diverting books of the season."--_Brooklyn
Times_.
"Exquisitely printed and bound."--_Philadelphia Times_.
_FROM SHADOW TO SUNLIGHT_. By the MARQUIS OF LORNE.
"In these days of princely criticism--that is to say, criticism of
princes--it is refreshing to meet a really good bit of aristocratic
literary work, albeit the author is only a prince-in-law.... The theme
chosen by the Marquis makes his story attractive to Americans."--_Chicago
Tribune_.
"A charming book."--_Cincinnati Enquirer_.
_ADOPTING AN ABANDONED FARM_. By KATE SANBORN.
"A sunny, pungent, humorous sketch."--_Chicago Times_.
"A laughable picture of the grievous experiences of a young woman who
sought to demonstrate the idea that a woman can farm.... The drakes
refused to lay; the vegetables refused to come up; and the taxes would
not go down."--_Minneapolis Tribune_.
"The book is dainty in exterior as well as rich within; and to those who
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"If any one wants an hour's entertainment for a warm sunny day on the
piazza, or a cold wet day by the log-fire, this is the book that will
furnish it."--_New York Observer_.
"Many is the good laugh the reader will have over its
pages."--_Philadelphia Ledger_.
_ON THE LAKE OF LUCERNE, and other Stories_. By BEATRICE WHITBY, author
of "A Matter of Skill," "The Awakening of Mary Fenwick," etc.
"Six short stories carefully and conscientiously finished, and told with
the graceful ease of the practiced _raconteur_."--_Literary Digest_.
"The stories are pleasantly told in light and delicate vein, and are
sure to be acceptable to the friends Miss Whitby has already made on
this side of the Atlantic."--_Philadelphia Bulletin_.
"Very dainty, not only in mechanical workmanship but in matter and
manner."--_Boston Advertiser_.
Each, 16mo, half cloth, with specially designed cover, 50 cents.
New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 1, 3, & 5 Bond Street.