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dressed to LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, 254 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. =PASTELS OF MEN.= BY PAUL BOURGET. TRANSLATED BY KATHARINE P. WORMELEY, TRANSLATOR OF BALZAC'S NOVELS. * * * * * =First Series= A SAINT. M. LEGRIMAUDET. TWO LITTLE BOYS: 1. M. Veples' Brother; 2. Marcel. =Second Series= MAURICE OLIVIER. A GAMBLER. ANOTHER GAMBLER. JACQUES MOLAN. A LOWLY ONE. CORSEQUES. The title suggests the character of the stories, which are, for the most part, miniature studies of men and women, done with exquisite grace and with no little power. M. Bourget is just now one of the foremost figures among contemporary French writers. He is a critic as well as a novelist._--Christian Union._ =2 volumes. 16mo. Cloth. Each, $1.00=. * * * * * =A SAINT. By Paul Bourget.= From the "Pastels of Men." Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. With 12 illustrations by Paul Chabas. =12mo. Parchment. $1.00.= The "saint" is an old monk who lives with only two others in one of those old monasteries in Italy which, since the government decree, have gradually fallen into disuse. It is a beautiful little story, in which we are taught the lesson of Christ's manner of dealing with those who are tempted and go astray, and are brought back into the right path.--_Boston Times._ M. Bourget is a master of literary art; his portraits are drawn with a wonderful distinctness, and with a realism that is as true to the possibilities of human nature as it is fascinating.--_Boston Home Journal._ * * * * * LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, 254 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. =The Romances of Victor Hugo=. _LIBRARY EDITION._ _Including important passages and chapters hitherto omitted._ WITH 28 PORTRAITS AND PLATES. * * * * * =LIST OF STORIES.= Les Miserables. 5 vols. Notre Dame. 2 vols. Ninety-Three, 1 vol. The Man who Laughs. 2 vols. Toilers of the Sea. 2 vols. Hans of Iceland, 1 vol. Bug-Jargal; Claude Gueux; The Last Day of a Condemned, 1 vol. 14 vols. 12mo. Decorated cloth, gilt top, $1.50 per volume; plain cloth, $1.25 per volume; half calf or half morocco, gilt top, $3.00 per volume. _Any story supplied separately in cloth._ Large handsome type, clear white paper, and choicely decorated covers combine to make thi
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