D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.
By A. CONAN DOYLE.
_THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD. A Romance of the Life of a Typical
Napoleonic Soldier._ Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
There is a flavor of Dumas's Musketeers in the life of the redoubtable
Brigadier Gerard, a typical Napoleonic soldier, more fortunate than
many of his compeers because some of his Homeric exploits were
accomplished under the personal observation of the Emperor. His
delightfully romantic career included an oddly characteristic glimpse
of England, and his adventures ranged from the battlefield to secret
service. In picturing the experiences of his fearless, hard-fighting
and hard-drinking hero, the author of "The White Company" has given
us a book which absorbs the interest and quickens the pulse of every
reader.
_THE STARK MUNRO LETTERS._ Being a Series of Twelve Letters written by
STARK MUNRO, M. B., to his friend and former fellow-student, Herbert
Swanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the years 1881-1884.
Illustrated. 12mo. Buckram, $1.50.
"Cullingworth, ... a much more interesting creation than Sherlock
Holmes, and I pray Dr. Doyle to give us more of him."—_Richard le
Gallienne, in the London Star._
"Every one who wants a hearty laugh must make acquaintance with Dr.
James Cullingworth."—_Westminster Gazette._
"Every one must read; for not to know Cullingworth should surely argue
one's self to be unknown."—_Pall Mall Gazette._
"One of the freshest figures to be met with in any recent
fiction."—_London Daily News._
"'The Stark Munro Letters' is a bit of real literature.... Its reading
will be an epoch-making event in many a life."—_Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph._
"Positively magnetic, and written with that combined force and grace
for which the author's style is known."—_Boston Budget._
SEVENTH EDITION.
_ROUND THE RED LAMP._ Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life. 12mo.
Cloth, $1.50.
"Too much can not be said in praise of these strong productions, that,
to read, keep one's heart leaping to the throat and the mind in a
tumult of anticipation to the end.... No series of short stories in
modern literature can approach them."—_Hartford Times._
"If Mr. A. Conan Doyle had not already placed himself in the front rank
of living English writers by 'The Refugees,' and other of his larger
stories, he would surely do so by these fifteen short tales."—_New York
Mail and Express._
"A strikingly realistic and decidedly original contribution to modern
literature."—_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette._
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"A better book than 'The Prisoner of Zenda.'"—_London Queen._
_THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO._ By ANTHONY HOPE, author of "The
God in the Car," "The Prisoner of Zenda," etc. With photogravure
Frontispiece by S. W. Van Schaick. Third edition. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"No adventures were ever better worth recounting than are those of
Antonio of Monte Velluto, a very Bayard among outlaws.... To all those
whose pulses still stir at the recital of deeds of high courage, we may
recommend this book.... The chronicle conveys the emotion of heroic
adventure, and is picturesquely written."—_London Daily News._
"It has literary merits all its own, of a deliberate and rather deep
order.... In point of execution 'The Chronicles of Count Antonio' is
the best work that Mr. Hope has yet done. The design is clearer, the
workmanship more elaborate, the style more colored.... The incidents
are most ingenious, they are told quietly, but with great cunning,
and the Quixotic sentiment which pervades it all is exceedingly
pleasant."—_Westminster Gazette._
"A romance worthy of all the expectations raised by the brilliancy of
his former books, and likely to be read with a keen enjoyment and a
healthy exaltation of the spirits by every one who takes it up."—_The
Scotsman._
"A gallant tale, written with unfailing freshness and spirit."—_London
Daily Telegraph._
"One of the most fascinating romances written in English within
many days. The quaint simplicity of its style is delightful, and
the adventures recorded in these 'Chronicles of Count Antonio' are
as stirring and ingenious as any conceived even by Weyman at his
best."—_New York World._
"Romance of the real flavor, wholly and entirely romance, and narrated
in true romantic style. The characters, drawn with such masterly
handling, are not merely pictures and portraits, but statues that are
alive and step boldly forward from the canvas."—_Boston Courier._
"Told in a wonderfully simple and direct style, and with the magic
touch of a man who has the genius of narrative, making the varied
incidents flow naturally and rapidly in a stream of sparkling
discourse."—_Detroit Tribune._
"Easily ranks with, if not above, 'A Prisoner of Zenda.' ...
Wonderfully strong, graphic, and compels the interest of the most
_blasé_ novel reader."—_Boston Advertiser._
"No adventures were ever better worth telling than those of Count
Antonio.... The author knows full well how to make every pulse thrill,
and how to hold his readers under the spell of his magic."—_Boston
Herald._
"A book to make women weep proud tears, and the blood of men to tingle
with knightly fervor.... In 'Count Antonio' we think Mr. Hope surpasses
himself, as he has already surpassed all the other story-tellers of the
period."—_New York Spirit of the Times._
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_THE ONE WHO LOOKED ON._ By F. F. MONTRÉSOR, author of "Into the
Highways and Hedges." 16mo. Cloth, special binding, $1.25.
"The story runs on as smoothly as a brook through lowlands; it excites
your interest at the beginning and keeps it to the end."—_New York
Herald._
"An exquisite story.... No person sensitive to the influence of what
makes for the true, the lovely, and the strong in human friendship and
the real in life's work can read this book without being benefited by
it."—_Buffalo Commercial._
"The book has universal interest and very unusual merit.... Aside from
its subtle poetic charm, the book is a noble example of the power of
keen observation."—_Boston Herald._
_CORRUPTION._ By PERCY WHITE, author of "Mr. Bailey-Martin," etc.
12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"There is intrigue enough in it for those who love a story of the
ordinary kind, and the political part is perhaps more attractive in its
sparkle and variety of incident than the real thing itself."—_London
Daily News._
"A drama of biting intensity, a tragedy of inflexible purpose and
relentless result."—_Pall Mall Gazette._
_A HARD WOMAN._ A Story in Scenes. By VIOLET HUNT. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"An extremely clever work. Miss Hunt probably writes dialogue better
than any of our young novelists.... Not only are her conversations
wonderfully vivacious and sustained, but she contrives to assign to
each of her characters a distinct mode of speech, so that the reader
easily identifies them, and can follow the conversations without the
slightest difficulty."—_London Athenæum._
"One of the best writers of dialogue of our immediate day. The
conversations in this book will enhance her already secure
reputation."—_London Daily Chronicle._
"A creation that does Miss Hunt infinite credit, and places her in the
front rank of the younger novelists.... Brilliantly drawn, quivering
with life, adroit, quiet-witted, unfalteringly insolent, and withal
strangely magnetic."—_London Standard._
_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._
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TWO REMARKABLE AMERICAN NOVELS.
_THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. An Episode of the American Civil War._ By
STEPHEN CRANE. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
"Mr. Stephen Crane is a great artist, with something new to say,
and consequently with a new way of saying it.... In 'The Red Badge
of Courage' Mr. Crane has surely contrived a masterpiece.... He
has painted a picture that challenges comparisons with the most
vivid scenes of Tolstoy's 'La Guerre et la Paix' or of Zola's 'La
Débâcle.'"—_London New Review._
"In its whole range of literature we can call to mind nothing so
searching in its analysis, so manifestly impressed with the stamp
of truth, as 'The Red Badge of Courage.' ... A remarkable study of
the average mind under stress of battle.... We repeat, a really fine
achievement."—_London Daily Chronicle._
"Not merely a remarkable book; it is a revelation.... One feels that,
with perhaps one or two exceptions, all previous descriptions of modern
warfare have been the merest abstractions."—_St. James Gazette._
"Holds one irrevocably. There is no possibility of resistance when once
you are in its grip, from the first of the march of the troops to the
closing scenes.... Mr. Crane, we repeat, has written a remarkable book.
His insight and his power of realization amount to genius."—_Pall Mall
Gazette._
"There is nothing in American fiction to compare with it in the
vivid, uncompromising, almost aggressive vigor with which it depicts
the strangely mingled conditions that go to make up what men call
war.... Mr. Crane has added to American literature something that
has never been done before, and that is, in its own peculiar way,
inimitable."—_Boston Beacon._
"Never before have we had the seamy side of glorious war so well
depicted.... The action of the story throughout is splendid, and all
aglow with color, movement, and vim. The style is as keen and bright
as a sword-blade, and a Kipling has done nothing better in this
line."—_Chicago Evening Post._
_IN DEFIANCE OF THE KING. A Romance of the American Revolution._ By
CHAUNCEY C. HOTCHKISS. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"The whole story is so completely absorbing that you will sit far into
the night to finish it. You lay it aside with the feeling that you have
seen a gloriously true picture of the Revolution."—_Boston Herald._
"The story is a strong one—a thrilling one. It causes the true American
to flush with excitement, to devour chapter after chapter until the
eyes smart; and it fairly smokes with patriotism."—_New York Mail and
Express._
"The heart beats quickly, and we feel ourselves taking part in the
scenes described.... Altogether the book is an addition to American
literature."—_Chicago Evening Post._
"One of the most readable novels of the year.... As a love romance it
is charming, while it is filled with thrilling adventure and deeds of
patriotic daring."—_Boston Advertiser._
"This romance seems to come the nearest to a satisfactory treatment in
fiction of the Revolutionary period that we have yet had."—_Buffalo
Courier._
"A clean, wholesome story, full of romance and interesting
adventure.... Holds the interest alike by the thread of the story
and by the incidents.... A remarkably well-balanced and absorbing
novel."—_Milwaukee Journal._
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