_SLEEPING FIRES._ By GEORGE GISSING, author of “In the Year of
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_STONEPASTURES._ By ELEANOR STUART. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
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_COURTSHIP BY COMMAND._ By M. M. BLAKE. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
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_THE WATTER’S MOU’._ By BRAM STOKER. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
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_MASTER AND MAN._ By COUNT LEO TOLSTOY. With an Introduction by W. D.
HOWELLS. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
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_THE ZEIT-GEIST._ By L. DOUGALL, author of “The Mermaid,” “Beggars
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_THE ONE WHO LOOKED ON._ By F. F. MONTRÉSOR, author of “Into the
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_CORRUPTION._ By PERCY WHITE, author of “Mr. Bailey-Martin,” etc.
12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
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_A HARD WOMAN._ A Story in Scenes. By VIOLET HUNT. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
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slightest difficulty.”—_London Athenæum._
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_AN IMAGINATIVE MAN._ By ROBERT S. HICHENS, author of “The Green
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