The Passenger from Calais
WORKS OFALICE MacGOWAN AND GRACE MacGOWAN COOKE
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A STORY OF THE SEA ISLANDS IN 1739. With six illustrations byC.D. Williams.
Library 12mo, cloth $1.50
"So rich in color is this story, so crowded with figures, it seemslike a bit of old Italian wall painting, a piece of modern tapestry,rather than a modern fabric woven deftly from the threads of fact andfancy gathered up in this new and essentially practical country, andtherein lies its distinctive value and excellence."--_N.Y. Sun._
"At once tender, thrilling, picturesque, philosophical, and dramatic.One of the most delightful romances we have had in many aday."--_Chicago Record-Herald._
The GrappleWith frontispiece in color by Arthur W. Brown.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative $1.50
"The movement of the tale is swift and dramatic. The story is sooriginal, so strong, and so finely told that it deserves a large andthoughtful public. It is a book to read with both enjoyment andenlightenment."--_N.Y. Times Saturday Review of Books._
The Last WordIllustrated with seven portraits of the heroine.
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover $1.50
"When one receives full measure to overflowing of delight in a tender,charming, and wholly fascinating new piece of fiction, the enthusiasmis apt to come uppermost."--_Louisville Post._
HuldahWith illustrations by Fanny Y. Cory.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative $1.50
Here we have the great-hearted, capable woman of the Texas plainsdispensing food and genial philosophy to rough-and-ready cowboys. Hersympathy takes the form of happy laughter, and her delightfully funnyphrases amuse the fancy and stick in one's memory.