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ed all invitations to visit them in London, and until his death, fifteen years later, never left Scarborough, where he became a very popular man, although no persuasions could induce him to take a part in any of its institutions or public affairs. Cuthbert has often declared that the most fortunate event in his life was that he was a besieged resident in Paris through its two sieges. As for Mary she has been heard to declare that she has no patience, whatever, with the persons who frequent platforms and talk about women's rights. Not far from the spot in la Chaise where the pits in which countless numbers of Communists were buried are situated, stands a small marble cross, on whose pedestal are inscribed the words:--"To the memory of Arnold Dampierre and his wife, Minette, whose bodies rest near this place." THE END. _12mo, cloth, $1.25_ THE MASSARENES By OUIDA AUTHOR OF "UNDER TWO FLAGS," "WANDA," ETC. "The finish of the story is as artistic as is that of 'Vanity Fair.'"--_N. Y. Journal._ "Ouida in her old age has written her best book."--_Evening Sun._ "It is the strongest she has written with the possible exception of 'Under Two Flags.'"--_N. Y. Press._ "Ouida beats them all; her latest story is more wicked than those of the modern sensationalist, and better told."--_Chicago Journal._ "In some respects the ablest of all her books."--_N. Y. Herald._ "There is not a dull page in the novel."--_Boston Gazette._ "Ouida's stories are never dull, and this one is quite as lively as any of the others."--_Army and Navy Register._ "She has not lost any of her cynicism nor any of her skill to weave a seductive plot."--_Boston Globe._ "There is a distinct moral purpose running all through the book, a purpose which it will be impossible for the most careless reader to overlook."--_The Beacon, Boston._ "A clever story of English high life as it is represented to-day."--_The Bookseller._ "A decided story-interest and some clever character drawing."--_The Outlook._ "Katherine Massarene is drawn with a skill that makes her one of the best female characters that 'Ouida' has given us."--_Public Opinion._ NEW YORK: R. F. FENNO & COMPANY _12mo, cloth, $1.25_ JASPER FAIRFAX BY MARGRET HOLMES Author of "Chamber Over the Gate," Etc., Etc. "Will be read with interest."--_Chicago Record._ "One of those typical American novels in conception and development."-
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