ONDON. WRITTEN BY HIS ENEMY IN WAR, HERBERT RUSSELL, LIEUTENANT IN
THE LOYALIST FORCES. Presented anew by ROBERT NEILSON STEPHENS, author
of "A Gentleman Player," "An Enemy to the King," etc.
With six full-page illustrations by E.W.D. Hamilton.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, 400 pages. $1.50
"One of the most stirring and remarkable romances that has been
published in a long while, and its episodes, incidents, and actions
are as interesting and agreeable as they are vivid and dramatic. . . .
The print, illustrations, binding, etc., are worthy of the tale, and
the author and his publishers are to be congratulated on a literary
work of fiction which is as wholesome as it is winsome, as fresh and
artistic as it is interesting and entertaining from first to last
paragraph."--_Boston Times_.
Breaking the Shackles. By FRANK BARRETT.
Author of "A Set of Rogues."
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, 350 pages. $1.50
"The story opens well, and maintains its excellence throughout. . . .
The author's triumph is the greater in the unquestionable interest and
novelty which he achieves. The pictures of prison life are most vivid,
and the story of the escape most thrilling."--_The Freeman's Journal,
London_.
The Progress of Pauline Kessler. By FREDERIC CARREL.
Author of "Adventures of John Johns."
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, 350 pages. $1.50
A novel that will be widely read and much discussed. A powerful sketch
of an adventuress who has much of the Becky Sharpe in her. The story
is crisply written and told with directness and insight into the ways
of social and political life. The characters are strong types of the
class to which they belong.
Ada Vernham, Actress. By RICHARD MARSH.
Author of "Frivolities," "Tom Ossington's Ghost," etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, 300 pages. .$1.50
This is a new book by the author of "Frivolities," which was extremely
well received last season. It deals with the inside life of the London
stage, and is of absorbing interest.
The Wallet of Kai Lung. By ERNEST BRAMAH.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, 350 pages. $1.50
This is the first book of a new writer, and is exceedingly well done.
It deals with the fortunes of a Chinese professional storyteller, who
meets with many surprising adventures. The style suggests somewhat the
rich Oriental coloring of the Arabian
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