ania. It is old, and vast and
picturesque. Bayard Taylor and Weir Mitchell have given the
Philadelphia end of the State some importance in fiction. John
Luther Long has written several effective tales in the Dutch
dialect, and the Moravians of Bethlehem have inspired a novel or
two. These writers, however, have hardly scratched around the
corners of the great state. Mr. Lloyd does not try to palm off a
weak imitation of a Miss Wilkins Yankee as a rustic Pennsylvanian.
His humor comes spontaneously from the soil."

_BOOK BUYER_:

"Mr. Lloyd is an excellent workman. He makes us see the quiet of
the hills and the allurements of the trout-stream, yet he refrains
as scrupulously as Mr. Howells himself from obtruding his own
personality. His characters themselves apparently produce the
effects due to his skill. His subject-matter is remarkably fresh.
Pervading it all is a delightful humor."

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_PARLOUS TIMES_

DAVID DWIGHT WELLS

A Novel of Modern Diplomacy

BY THE AUTHOR OF

_"Her Ladyship's Elephant."_

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Parlous Times is a society novel of to-day. The scene is laid in London
in diplomatic circles. The romance was suggested by experiences of the
author while Second Secretary of the United States Embassy at the Court
of St. James. It is a charming love story, with a theme both fresh and
attractive. The plot is strong, and the action of the book goes with a
rush. Political conspiracy and the secrets of an old tower of a castle
in Sussex play an important part in the novel. The story is a bright
comedy, full of humor, flashes of keen wit and clever epigram. It will
hold the reader's attention from beginning to end. Altogether it is a
good story exceedingly well told, and promises to be Mr. Wells' most
successful novel.

_Cloth, 8vo, $1.50_

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NORTH
WEST _But One Verdict_ EAST
SOUTH

_THE CHRONIC LOAFER_

_BY NELSON LLOYD_

8vo, Cloth, $1.25

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Outlook, New York

"A new American humorist. The stones have the point and dry force
found in those told by the late lamented _David Harum_."

San Francisco Argonaut

"Will bring a smile when it is read a second or third time."

New Orleans Picayune

"Racy