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of its success.... While the beautiful love of Cornelia and Drusus lies at the sound sweet heart of the story, to say so is to give a most meagre idea of the large sustained interest of the whole.... There are many incidents so vivid, so brilliant, that they fix themselves in the memory."--_The Bookman._ _Cloth, 12mo, $1.50_ "God Wills It" A TALE OF THE FIRST CRUSADE "Not since Sir Walter Scott cast his spell over us with 'Ivanhoe,' 'Count Robert of Paris,' and 'Quentin Durward' have we been so completely captivated by a story as by 'God Wills It,' by William Stearns Davis. It grips the attention of the reader in the first chapter and holds it till the last.... It is a story of strenuous life, the spirit of which might well be applied in some of our modern Crusades. While true to life in its local coloring, it is sweet and pure, and leaves no after-taste of bitterness. The author's first book, 'A Friend of Caesar,' revealed his power, and 'God Wills It' confirms and deepens the impression made."--_Christian Endeavor World._ _With Illustrations by Louis Betts_ _Cloth, 12mo, $1.50_ Falaise of the Blessed Voice A TALE OF THE YOUTH OF ST. LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE The story of how his enemies plotted to separate him from his fair Queen Margaret, and even from his throne itself; of how he grew from a pale lad to a most manly king, and of the part played in his life by the blind singer of Pontoise, the maid called "Falaise of the Blessed Voice." _Cloth, 12mo, $1.50_ The Saint of the Dragon's Dale (In the series of "LITTLE NOVELS BY FAVORITE AUTHORS") _Cloth, decorated cover, 16mo, 50 cents_ RECENT MACMILLAN NOVELS -------------- _Each, cloth, $1.50_ The Long Road By JOHN OXENHAM "... It is a thrilling and an absorbing story. Through all the tragedy of life ... there is a rarely sweet accompaniment of tender tones, of love and heroism and intermittent, never quite lost hope. It is a touching and beautiful story."--_Buffalo Evening News._ Coniston By WINSTON CHURCHILL "Coniston has a lighter, gayer spirit, and a deeper, tenderer touch than Mr. Churchill has ever ac
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