"No one can deny that it is crammed as full of incident as it will
hold, or that the elaborate plot is worked out with most ingenious
perspicuity."--_The Saturday Review._
_George P. Lathrop._
NEWPORT. (12mo, paper, 50 cts; cloth, $1.25)--AN ECHO OF PASSION.
(12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00)--IN THE DISTANCE. (12mo, paper,
50 cts; cloth, $1.00.)
"His novels have the refinement of motive which characterize
the analytical school, but his manner is far more direct and
dramatic."--_The Christian Union._
_Brander Matthews._
THE SECRET OF THE SEA and Other Stories. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth,
$1.00)--THE LAST MEETING. (12mo, cloth, $1.00.)
"Mr. Matthews is a man of wide observation and of much familiarity
with the world. His literary style is bright and crisp, with a
peculiar sparkle about it--wit and humor judiciously mingled--which
renders his pages more than ordinarily interesting."--_The Rochester
Post-Express._
_George Moore._