_AN IMAGINATIVE MAN._ By ROBERT S. HICHENS, author of “The Green
Carnation.” 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
“One of the brightest books of the year.”--_Boston Budget._
“Altogether delightful, fascinating, unusual.”--_Cleveland Amusement
Gazette._
“A study in character.... Just as entertaining as though it were the
conventional story of love and marriage. The clever hand of the author
of ‘The Green Carnation’ is easily detected in the caustic wit and
pointed epigram.”--_Jeannette L. Gilder, in the New York World._
_MASTER AND MAN._ By Count LEO TOLSTOY. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
“Crowded with these characteristic touches which mark his literary
work.”--_Public Opinion._
“From the very start the reader feels that it is from a master’s
pen.”--_Boston Times._
“Reveals a wonderful knowledge of the workings of the human mind, and
it tells a tale that not only stirs the emotions, but gives us a better
insight into our own hearts.”--_San Francisco Argonaut._
_THE ZEIT-GEIST._ By L. DOUGALL, author of “The Mermaid,” “Beggars
All,” etc. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
“It is impossible for one to read it without feeling better for having
done so; without having a desire to aid his fellow-men.”--_New York
Times._
“One of the best of the short stories of the day.”--_Boston Journal._
“One of the most remarkable novels of the year.”--_New York Commercial
Advertiser._
“Powerful in conception, treatment, and influence.”--_Boston Globe._
_THE LAND OF THE SUN. Vistas Mexicanas._ By CHRISTIAN REID, author
of “The Land of the Sky,” “A Comedy of Elopement,” etc. Illustrated.
12mo. Cloth, $1.75.
“Perhaps no book of recent date gives a simpler and at the same time
more effective picture of this truly beautiful ‘land of the sun’ than
is to be found in this striking volume.”--_St. Louis Republic._
“One of the most charming books of travel that we have read for a long
time.... Certainly no one should ever think of visiting Mexico without
taking this book of splendid description and delightful romance with
him.”--_Boston Home Journal._
“He who would see the grandeurs of Mexico through the eyes of another
should give careful perusal to Christian Reid’s portrayal of ‘The Land
of the Sun,’ which in every detail is a fitting tribute to the past,
present, and future conditions of the new Spain.”--_Chicago Evening
Post._
_A STREET IN SUBURBIA._ By EDWIN PUGH. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
“Simplicity of style, strength, and delicacy of character study will
mark this book as one of the most significant of the year.”--_New York
Press._
“Thoroughly entertaining, and more--it shows traces of a creative
genius something akin to Dickens.”--_Boston Traveler._
“In many respects the best of all the books of lighter literature
brought out this season.”--_Providence News._
“A clever series of character sketches.”--_Elmira Telegram._
“Rippling over from end to end with fun and humor.”--_London Academy._
_MAJESTY._ A Novel. By LOUIS COUPERUS. Translated by A. TEIXEIRA DE
MATTOS and ERNEST DOWSON. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
“No novelist whom we can call to mind has ever given the world such a
masterpiece of royal portraiture as Louis Couperus’s striking romance
entitled ‘Majesty.’”--_Philadelphia Record._
“A very powerful and cleverly written romance.”--_New York Times._
“There is not an uninteresting page in the book, and it ought to be
read by all who desire to keep in line with the best that is published
in modern fiction.”--_Buffalo Commercial._
_THE NEW MOON._ By C. E. RAIMOND, author of “George Mandeville’s
Husband,” etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
“A delicate pathos makes itself felt as the narrative progresses, whose
cadences fall on the spirit’s consciousness with a sweet and soothing
influence not to be measured in words.”--_Boston Courier._
“One of the most impressive of recent works of fiction, both for its
matter and especially for its presentation.”--_Milwaukee Journal._
“The story is most graphically told, the characters are admirably
drawn, and the moral of the whole thing is very desirable as
inculcating an important lesson.”--_Chicago Journal._
“A surprisingly clever book in its way, being direct and simple, and
true on every page to the author’s purpose.”--_New York Times._
_THE WISH._ A Novel. By HERMANN SUDERMANN. With a Biographical
Introduction by ELIZABETH LEE. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
“Contains some superb specimens of original thought.”--_New York World._
“The style is direct and incisive, and holds the unflagging attention
of the reader.”--_Boston Journal._
“A powerful story, very simple, very direct.”--_Chicago Evening Post._