tract especial
attention, the account of the meeting of the kings on the historic
"field of the cloth of gold" would entitle the story to the most
favorable consideration of every reader.
There is really but little pure romance in this story, for the
author has taken care to imagine love passages only between those
whom history has credited with having entertained the tender
passion one for another, and he succeeds in making such lovers as
all the world must love.
CAPTAIN BRAND, OF THE SCHOONER CENTIPEDE. By Lieut. Henry A. Wise,
U.S.N. (Harry Gringo). Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by J. Watson
Davis. Price, $1.00.
The re-publication of this story will please those lovers of sea
yarns who delight in so much of the salty flavor of the ocean as
can come through the medium of a printed page, for never has a
story of the sea and those "who go down in ships" been written by
one more familiar with the scenes depicted.
The one book of this gifted author which is best remembered, and
which will be read with pleasure for many years to come, is
"Captain Brand," who, as the author states on his title page, was a
"pirate of eminence in the West Indies." As a sea story pure and
simple, "Captain Brand" has never been excelled, and as a story of
piratical life, told without the usual embellishments of blood and
thunder, it has no equal.
NICK OF THE WOODS. A story of the Early Settlers of Kentucky. By Robert
Montgomery Bird. Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by J. Watson
Davis. Price, $1.00.
This most popular novel and thrilling story of early frontier life
in Kentucky was originally published in the year 1837. The novel,
long out of print, had in its day a phenomenal sale, for its
realistic presentation of Indian and frontier life in the early
days of settlement in the South, narrated in the tale with all the
art of a practiced writer. A very charming love romance runs
through the story. This new and tasteful edition of "Nick of the
Woods" will be certain to make many new admirers for this
enchanting story from Dr. Bird's clever and versatile pen.
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the
publishers, A. L. BURT COMPANY, 52-58 Duane St., New York.
Good Fiction Worth Reading.
A series of romances containing several of the old
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