The struggle between the heroine's love and her determination to visit
the sin upon the son of the supposed murderer of her father forms the
basis of the story. All of the characters are vividly drawn, and the
action of the story is wonderfully dramatic and lifelike. The period
is about 1875.
"A powerful, well-sustained story, the interest in which does
not flag from the first chapter to the last."--_Philadelphia
North American._
"Unusually powerful. The dramatic plot is intricate, but not
obscure."--_The Congregationalist._
"A graphic and readable piece of fiction, which will
stand with the best of its time concerning humble American
characters."--_Providence Journal._
"Far ahead of most of these latter-day Southern
novels."--_Southern Star._
"The people in the story are persistently real."--_Christian
Advocate._
FREE TO SERVE
A Tale of Colonial New York.
12mo, cloth, with a cover designed by Maxfield Parrish. 434 pages.
$1.50
"One of the very best stories of the Colonial period yet
written,"--_Philadelphia Bulletin._
"We have here a thorough-going romance of American life in the
first days of the eighteenth century. It is a story written
for the story's sake, and right well written, too. Indians,
Dutch, Frenchmen, Puritans, all play a part. The scenes are
vivid, the incidents novel and many."--_The Independent._
"The writing is cleverly done, and the old-fashioned atmosphere
of old Knickerbocker days is reproduced with such a touch
of verity as to seem an actual chronicle recorded by one who
lived in those days."--_Saturday Evening Post_, Philadelphia.
"The supreme test of a long book is the reading of it, and
when one reaches the end of _Free to Serve_, he acknowledges
freely that it is the best book that he has taken up for a
long time,"--_Boston Herald._
An Irish Love Story of 1848.
MONONIA.
BY JUSTIN McCARTHY, M.P.,
Author of _A History of Our Own Times_, _Dear Lady Disdain_, etc. 12mo,
green cloth and gold. $1.50
Mr. McCarthy has written several successful novels; but none, perhaps,
will have greater interest for his American readers than this volume,
in which he writes reminiscently of the Ireland of his youth and
the stirring events which marked that period. It is pre-eminently
an old-fashioned novel, befitting the times which it describes,
and written with the delicate touch of sentiment characteristic of
Mr. McCarthy's fiction. The book takes its name from the heroine,
a charming type of the gentle-born Irish-woman. In the development of
the romance, the attempts for Ireland's freedom, and the dire failures
that culminated at Ballingary, are told in a manner which give an
intimate insight into the history of the _Young Ireland_ movement. If
the book cannot be considered autobiographical, the reader will not
forget that the author was contemporary with the events described, and
will have little difficulty in perceiving that many of the principal
characters are strongly suggestive of the Irish leaders of that day,
which gives the book scarcely less value than an avowed autobiography.
"Mononia is drawn with all Mr. McCarthy's ancient
skill." _London Outlook_.
"Beautiful in every sense is this 'Mononia.' It is a work
that we could expect from no other author, for it is largely
reminiscent. So, besides its attractiveness as a romance, the
book is attractive as an informal historical document. Read in
either of these lights, it will be found delightful."--_Boston
Journal_.
"Altogether a good story.... Mononia is full of beauty,
tenderness, and that sweet and wholesome common sense which
is so refreshing when found in a woman."--_The Pilot_ (Boston).
"The description of the affection of Mononia and Philip is
a piece of literary splendor."--_Boston Courier_.
"For those who would reject its historical and autobiographic
phase, there remains the old-fashioned love romance, full
of fine Irish spirit, which is always refreshing."--_Mail
and Express_.
TUSKEGEE: ITS STORY & ITS WORK
By MAX BENNETT THRASHER
_With an Introduction by_ BOOKER T. WASHINGTON 12mo, cloth, decorative,
248 pages, 50 Illustrations, $1.00
THE TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, at Tuskegee, Alabama, is
one of the most uniquely interesting institutions in America. Begun,
twenty years ago, in two abandoned, tumble-down houses, with thirty
untaught Negro men and women for its first students, it has become
one of the famous schools of the country, with more than a thousand
students each year. Students and teachers are all of the Negro
race. The Principal of the school, Mr. Booker T. Washington, is the
best-known man of his race in the world to-day.
In "Tuskegee: Its Story and its Work," the story of the school is
told in a very interesting way. He has shown how Mr. Washington's
early life was a preparation for his work. He has given a history of
the Institute from its foundation, explained the practical methods
by which it gives industrial training, and then he has gone on to
show some of the results which the institution has accomplished. The
human element is carried through the whole so thoroughly that one
reads the book for entertainment as well as for instruction.
_COMMENTS_.
"All who are interested in the proper solution of the problem
in the South should feel deeply grateful to Mr. Thrasher
for the task which he has undertaken and performed so
well."--Booker T. Washington.
"Should be carefully and thoughtfully read by every friend of
the colored race in the North as well as in the South,"--_New
York Times_.
"The book is of the utmost value to all those who
desire and hope for the development of the Negro race in
America."--_Louisville Courier-Journal_.
"Almost every question one could raise in regard to the
school and its work, from Who was Booker Washington? to What
do people whose opinion is worth having think of Tuskegee? is
answered in this book."--_New Bedford Standard_.
For sale at all Bookstores, or sent, postpaid, on receipt of price,
by the publishers,
Small Maynard & Company, Boston.