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-_Boston Courier._ "Of interest from first to last."--_Public Opinion._ "A good, strong, skillfully told American novel."--_Chicago News._ "A story that will create a sensation."--_Boston Globe._ "One of the most original, able and remarkable of recent novels."--_Minneapolis Tribune._ "The book is thrilling and dramatic."--_New Orleans Item._ "Will not lack for admirers."--_Boston Times._ "Very attractive story."--_Plain Dealer._ "One of the best Southern novels we have ever read."--_Atlanta Star._ NEW YORK R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 AND 11 EAST 16TH STREET _12mo, cloth, $1,25._ "When The World Was Younger" By M. E. BRADDON "Miss Braddon skilfully uses as a background the great plague and fire in London, which gives realism to her picture."--_Rochester Herald._ "The characters are clearly drawn and strongly contrasted. The manners of the times, the intrigues of the court, the landmarks of London, are unerringly painted." _Boston Times._ "The first attempt Miss M. E. Braddon has made in the line of the historical novel."--_Literary World._ "She has chosen the period of the Restoration of Charles the Second for her romance, and has given us an excellent description of the state of society in London and at the Court during the reign of that dissolute monarch."--_Home Queen._ "It is needless to say that the story is well told."--_San Francisco Chronicle._ "One of the strongest and most enjoyable of her stories"--_Philadelphia Inquirer._ "It abounds in mystifying plot, lovable characters, rapid and thrilling incident and delightful descriptions of English scenery."--_Boston Globe._ "A tale worth reading."--_San Francisco Call._ "Full of incident, chapter after chapter, brimming with vital meanings."--_Boston Courier._ "Beautiful, innocent and brave was Angela, the heroine."--_Philadelphia Bulletin._ "It is a Braddon story in the famous old Braddon vein."--_St. Louis Mirror._ "This one reviewing the days of Cromwell and the Charles is no shallow piece of work."--_Philadelphia American._ "Miss Braddon has caught the atmosphere cleverly and manufactured a stirring novel which bears evidence of careful thought and planning."--_Chicago Record._ "The scene is laid in England in the early days of the Restoration. Charles II., Nell Gwynne, Pepys, and Milton are among the characters."--_Buffalo Express._ "None of her books tells a more interesting story."--_St
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