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bt 'Dr. Claudius' is the most interesting book that has been published for many months, and richly deserves a high place in the public favor."--_St. Louis Spectator._ "To our mind it by no means belies the promises of its predecessor. The story, an exceedingly improbable and romantic one, is told with much skill; the characters are strongly marked without any suspicion of caricature, and the author's ideas on social and political subjects are often brilliant and always striking. It is no exaggeration to say that there is not a dull page in the book, which is peculiarly adapted for the recreation of student or thinker."--_Living Church._ TO LEEWARD. "A story of remarkable power."--_Review of Reviews._ "Mr. Crawford has written many strange and powerful stories of Italian life, but none can be any stranger or more powerful than 'To Leeward,' with its mixture of comedy and tragedy, innocence and guilt."--_Cottage Hearth._ * * * * * MACMILLAN & CO., 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. SARACINESCA. "His highest achievement, as yet, in the realms of fiction. The work has two distinct merits, either of which would serve to make it great,--that of telling a perfect story in a perfect way, and of giving a graphic picture of Roman society in the last days of the pope's temporal power. . . . The story is exquisitely told."--_Boston Traveler._ "One of the most engrossing novels we have ever read."--_Boston Times._ SANT' ILARIO. A sequel to "Saracinesca." "The author shows steady and constant improvement in his art. 'Sant' Ilario' is a continuation of the chronicles of the Saracinesca family. . . . A singularly powerful and beautiful story. . . . Admirably developed, with a naturalness beyond praise. . . . It must rank with 'Greifenstein' as the best work the author has produced. It fulfils every requirement of artistic fiction. It brings out what is most impressive in human action, without owing any of its effectiveness to sensationalism or artific
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