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BRILLIANT AND SPIRITED NOVELS
AGNES AND EGERTON CASTLE
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THE PRIDE OF JENNICO. Being a Memoir of Captain Basil Jennico.
"What separates it from most books of its class is its distinction ofmanner, its unusual grace of diction, its delicacy of touch, and thefervent charm of its love passages. It is a very attractive piece ofromantic fiction relying for its effect upon character rather thanincident, and upon vivid dramatic presentation."--_The Dial_. "Astirring, brilliant and dashing story."--_The Outlook_.
THE SECRET ORCHARD. Illustrated by Charles D. Williams.
The "Secret Orchard" is set in the midst of the ultra modern society.The scene is in Paris, but most of the characters are English speaking.The story was dramatized in London, and in it the Kendalls scored agreat theatrical success.
"Artfully contrived and full of romantic charm * * * it possessesingenuity of incident, a figurative designation of the unhallowedscenes in which unlicensed love accomplishes and wrecks faith andhappiness."--_Athenaeum_.
YOUNG APRIL. With illustrations by A. B. Wenzell.
"It is everything that a good romance should be, and it carries aboutit an air of distinction both rare and delightful."--_Chicago Tribune_."With regret one turns to the last page of this delightful novel, sodelicate in its romance, so brilliant in its episodes, so sparkling inits art, and so exquisite in its diction."--_Worcester Spy_.
FLOWER O' THE ORANGE. With frontispiece.
We have learned to expect from these fertile authors novels graceful inform, brisk in movement, and romantic in conception. This carries thereader back to the days of the bewigged and beruffled gallants of theseventeenth century and tells him of feats of arms and adventures inlove as thrilling and picturesque, yet delicate, as the utmost seekerof romance may ask.
MY MERRY ROCKHURST. Illustrated by Arthur E. Becher.
In the eight stories of a courtier of King Charles Second, which arehere gathered together, the Castles are at their best, reviving all thefragrant charm of those books, like _The Pride of Jennico_, in whichthey first showed an instinct, amounting to genius, for sunny romances."The book is absorbing * * * and is as spontaneous in feeling as it isartistic in execution."--_New York Tribune_.
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers,--New York
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THE MASTERLY AND REALISTIC NOVELS OF
FRANK NORRIS
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THE OCTOPUS. A Story of California.
Mr. Norris conceived the ambitious idea of writing a trilogy of novelswhich, taken together, shall symbolize American life as a whole, withall its hopes and aspirations and its tendencies, throughout the lengthand breadth of the continent. And for the central symbol he has takenwheat, as being quite literally the ultimate source of American powerand prosperity. _The Octopus_ is a story of wheat raising and railroadgreed in California. It immediately made a place for itself.
It is full of enthusiasm and poetry and conscious strength. One cannotread it without a responsive thrill of sympathy for the earnestness,the breadth of purpose, the verbal power of the man.
THE PIT. A Story of Chicago.
This powerful novel is the fictitious narrative of a deal in theChicago wheat pit and holds the reader from the beginning. In amasterly way the author has grasped the essential spirit of the greatcity by the lakes. The social existence, the gambling in stocks andproduce, the characteristic life in Chicago, form a background for anexceedingly vigorous and human tale of modern life and love.
A MAN'S WOMAN.
A story which has for a heroine a girl decidedly out of the ordinaryrun of fiction. It is most dramatic, containing some tremendouspictures of the daring of the men who are trying to reach the Pole * ** but it is at the same time essentially a _woman's_ book, and thestory works itself out in the solution of a difficulty that iscontinually presented in real life--the wife's attitude in relation toher husband when both have well-defined careers.
McTEAGUE. A Story of San Francisco.
"Since Bret Harte and the Forty-niner no one has written of Californialife with the vigor and accuracy of Mr. Norris. His 'McTeague' settledhis right to a place in American literature; and he has now presented athird novel, 'Blix,' which is in some respects the finest and likely tobe the most popular of the three."--_Washington Times_.
BLIX.
"Frank Norris has written in 'Blix' just what such a woman's name wouldimply--a story of a frank, fearless girl comrade to all men who aretrue and honest because she is true and honest. How she saved the manshe fishes and picnics with in a spirit of outdoor platonic friendship,makes a pleasant story, and a perfect contrast to the author'sMcTeague.' A splendid and successful story."--_Washington Times_.
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers,--New York
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