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ry of Joseph Smith and of the growth of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, which has again come prominently before the public through the election of a polygamist to Congress.... Miss Dougall has handled her subject with consummate skill.... She has rightly seen that this man's life contained splendid material for a historical novel. She has taken no unwarranted liberties with the truth, and has succeeded in furnishing a story whose scope broadens with each succeeding chapter until the end."--_New York Mail and Express_. "Mormonism is not ordinarily regarded as capable of romantic treatment, but in the hands of Miss Dougall it has yielded results which are calculated to attract the general public as well as the student of psychology.... Miss Dougall has handled a difficult theme with conspicuous delicacy; the most sordid details of the narrative are redeemed by the glamour of her style, her analysis of the strangely mixed character of the prophet is remarkable for its detachment and impartiality, while in Susannah Halsey she has given us a really beautiful study of nobly compassionate womanhood. We certainly know of no more illuminative commentary on the rise of this extraordinary sect than is furnished by Miss Dougall's novel."_--London Spectator_. "Miss Dougall may be congratulated both on her choice of a subject for her new book and on her remarkably able and interesting treatment of it.... A fascinating story, which is even more remarkable and more fascinating as a psychological study."-_The Scotsman_. _THE MADONNA OF A DAY_. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents. "An entirely unique story. Alive with incident and related in a fresh and captivating style."--_Philadelphia Press_. "A novel that stands quite by itself, and that in theme as well as in artistic merit should make a very strong appeal to the mind of a sympathetic reader."--_Boston Beacon_. _THE MERMAID_. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents. "The author of this novel has the gift of contrivance and the skill to sustain the interest of a plot through all its development. 'The Mermaid' is an odd and interesting story."--_New York Times_. _THE ZEIT-GEIST_. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents. "One of the most remarkable novels."--_New York Commercial Advertiser_. BOOKS BY GRAHAM TRAVERS. _WINDYHAUGH_. A Novel. By GRAHAM TRAVERS, author of "Mona Maclean, Medical Student," "Fellow Travellers," etc. 12mo, cloth, $1.50. "'Windyhaugh' shows
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