_CLEG KELLY, ARAB OF THE CITY. His Progress and Adventures._ Uniform
with "The Lilac Sunbonnet" and "Bog-Myrtle and Peat." Illustrated. 12mo.
Cloth, $1.50.
It is safe to predict for the quaint and delightful figure of Cleg Kelly
a notable place in the literature of the day. Mr. Crockett's signal
success in his new field will enlarge the wide circle of his admirers.
The lights and shadows of curious phases of Edinburgh life, and of
Scotch farm and railroad life, are pictured with an intimate sympathy,
richness of humor, and truthful pathos which make this new novel a
genuine addition to literature. It seems safe to say that at least two
characters--Cleg and Muckle Alick--are likely to lead Mr. Crockett's
heroes in popular favor. The illustrations of this fascinating novel
have been the result of most faithful and sympathetic study.
_BOG-MYRTLE AND PEAT._ Third edition. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"Here are idyls, epics, dramas of human life, written in words that
thrill and burn.... Each is a poem that has an immortal flavor. They are
fragments of the author's early dreams, too bright, too gorgeous, too
full of the blood of rubies and the life of diamonds to be caught and
held palpitating in expression's grasp."--_Boston Courier._
"Hardly a sketch among them all that will not afford pleasure to the
reader for its genial humor, artistic local coloring, and admirable
portrayal of character."--_Boston Home Journal._
"One dips into the book anywhere and reads on and on, fascinated by the
writer's charm of manner."--_Minneapolis Tribune._
_THE LILAC SUNBONNET._ Sixth edition. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"A love story pure and simple, one of the old-fashioned, wholesome,
sunshiny kind, with a pure-minded, sound-hearted hero, and a heroine who
is merely a good and beautiful woman; and if any other love story half
so sweet has been written this year, it has escaped our notice."--_New
York Times._
"The general conception of the story, the motive of which is the growth
of love between the young chief and heroine, is delineated with a
sweetness and a freshness, a naturalness and a certainty, which places
'The Lilac Sunbonnet' among the best stories of the time."--_New York
Mail and Express._
"In its own line this little love story can hardly be excelled. It is a
pastoral, an idyl--the story of love and courtship and marriage of a
fine young man and a lovely girl--no more. But it is told in so
thoroughly delightful a manner, with such playful humor, such delicate
fancy, such true and sympathetic feeling, that nothing more could be
desired."--_Boston Traveller._