A richly colored picture of a comparatively unknown but
wonderfully interesting section of the United States, the
Blue-grass region of Kentucky. From end to end the book is a
rapidly moving panorama of brilliant pictures.
A Slave of Circumstance. By E. DE LANCEY PIERSON.
"An interesting work."--_N. Y. Herald._
"A book well written; continually alluring, especially in the
love scenes."--_Washington National Republican._
"The very first paragraph of the book arouses the reader's
interest, and that interest is maintained to the end."--_Sunday
News._
"It is extremely interesting, vividly national, and develops an
unusually original idea."--_Baltimore American._
The Shadow of the Bars. By E. DE LANCEY PIERSON.
"A brilliant and interesting love-story."--_Boston
Commonwealth._
The Black Ball. By E. DE LANCEY PIERSON.
Mr. Pierson's latest and best work, alive with humor and
genuine pathos, at once fantastic and intensely human.
A Dream and a Forgetting. By JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
"A delightful story, told with a charming idyllic sweetness by
this successor of the Seer of Salem."--_Texas Siftings._
"Without much doubt the best piece of work that Mr. Hawthorne
has yet turned out. It is intensely interesting."--_Springfield
(Mass.) Union._
"If it has a fault it is that of brevity."--_Cleveland Leader._
"One of the most perfect pieces of work that Mr. Hawthorne has
ever done in fiction. It has the Hawthorne atmosphere, the
imaginative beauty, the touch of the mystic in it."--_Boston
Traveller._
The Professor's Sister. By JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
"There is no other American writer of the day who can present a
mystery and unfold it in all its details with such consummate
skill as Hawthorne."--_Richmond States._
"Is, without doubt, not only one of the very best that this
author has yet achieved, but it is not too much to say that it
will rank with the strongest novels that have been given to the
public in years."--_Nashville American._
"Human passions and actual life are well mixed into the warp
and woof of the plot, and some striking characters are evolved
in admirable narrative, and colloquial style."--_N. Y. Truth._
Kisses of Fate. By E. HERON-ALLEN.
"A collection of clever tales, three in number, the merit of
which is not suggested in the title he has chosen to give them,
while in grace and finish they reflect to his credit."--_Albany
Union._
Princess Daphne. By E. HERON-ALLEN.
"Somewhat unorthodox, but highly interesting."--_Reading
Union._
"Weird stories are in vogue at present, and some are good and
far more are the reverse. This is one of the best."--_Baltimore
News._
"The book is written in an attractive style, and is intensely
interesting."--_Albany Express._