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l--L. D. Courtney 1 50 The Forgiving Kiss--M. Loth 1 75 Flirtation--A West Point novel 1 00 Loyal into Death 1 50 That Awful Boy 50 That Bridget of Ours 50 Bitterwood--By M. A. Green 1 50 Phemie Frost--Ann S. Stephens 1 50 Charette--An American novel 1 50 Fairfax--John Esten Cooke 1 50 Hilt to Hilt. Do. 1 50 Out of the Foam. Do. 1 50 Hammer and Rapier. Do. 1 50 Warwick--By M. T. Walworth 1 75 Lulu. Do. 1 75 Hotspur. Do. 1 75 Stormcliff. Do. 1 75 Delaplaine. Do. 1 75 Beverly. Do. 1 75 Kenneth--Sallie A. Brock 1 75 Heart Hungry--Westmoreland 1 50 Clifford Troupe. Do. 1 50 Silcott Mill--Maria D. Deslonde 1 50 John Maribel. Do. 1 50 Love's Vengeance 75 MRS. MARY J. HOLMES' WORKS. TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE. ENGLISH ORPHANS. HOMESTEAD ON HILLSIDE. 'LENA RIVERS. MEADOW BROOK. DORA DEANE. COUSIN MAUDE. MARIAN GREY. EDITH LYLE. DAISY THORNTON. (_New_). DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT. HUGH WORTHINGTON. CAMERON PRIDE. ROSE MATHER. ETHELYN'S MISTAKE. MILLBANK. EDNA BROWNING. WEST LAWN. MILDRED. FORREST HOUSE. (_New_). OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Mrs. Holmes' stories are universally read. Her admirers are numberless. She is in many respects without a rival in the world of fiction. Her characters are always life-like, and she makes them talk and act like human beings, subject to the same emotions, swayed by the same passions, and actuated by the same motives which are common among men and women of every day existence. Mrs. Holmes is very happy in portraying domestic life. Old and young peruse her stories with great delight, for she writes in a style that all can comprehend."--_New York Weekly._ The North American Review, vol. 81, page 557, says of Mrs. Mary J. Holmes' novel, "English Orphans":--"With this novel of Mrs. Holmes' we have been charmed, and so have a pretty numerous circle of discriminating readers to whom we have lent it. The characterization is exquisite, especially so far as concerns rural and village life, of which there are some pictures that deser
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