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is a pleasure to say that the author of this "love story of the university" has given us a picture of modern girlhood that goes straight to the heart and stays there. Commercial Advertiser. By the Same Author MISTRESS BRENT. A Story of Lord Baltimore's Colony in 1638. Illustrated, $1.50. NEW & POPULAR FICTION LAFITTE OF LOUISIANA By MARY DEVEREUX. Illustrated by Harry C. Edwards, 427 pages. $1.50. The remarkable career of Jean Lafitte during the French Revolution and the War of 1812, and the strange tie between this so-called "Pirate of the Gulf" and Napoleon Bonaparte, is the basis of this absorbing and virile story, a novel of love and adventure written by a skilled hand. This work is one of the most ambitious of its class, and it has in the introduction of Napoleon as Lafitte's guardian angel a picturesque feature which makes it of rather unusual interest. Philadelphia Record, By the Same Author FROM KINGDOM TO COLONY. Illustrated by Henry Sandham. 12mo. $1.50. UP AND DOWN THE SANDS OF GOLD. 12mo. $1.50. THE GOD OF THINGS By FLORENCE BROOKS WHITEHOUSE. Illustrated by the author. 12mo. 288 pages. $1.50. Of this novel of modern Egypt the Philadelphia Telegraph says: "It is a tale of fresh, invigorating, unconventional love, without the usual thrilling adventures. It is wholesome, although daring, and through its pages there vibrates a living spirit such as is only found in a few romances." The Boston Herald says: "Engages the attention of the reader from the skill shown in the handling of the subject," divorce. NEW & POPULAR FICTION THE HEROINE OF THE STRAIT By MARY CATHERINE CROWLEY. Illustrated by Ch. Grunwald. 373 pages. $1.50. A romance of Detroit in the time of Pontiac, of which the Philadelphia Times says: "A very interesting work, and one that gives a vivid picture of life among the early settlers on the frontier. It is full of local color, and the story is told in a clear and straightforward manner that should give the volume a high place among current historical fiction." Through the story runs the gayety of the French-Canadian, with its peculiar flavoring. New York Times Saturday Review. By the Same Author A DAUGHTER OF NEW FRANCE. Illustrated by Clyde O. De Land. 12mo. $1.50. A MAID OF BAR HARBOR By HENRIETTA G. ROWE. Illustrated by Ellen W. Ahrens. 12mo. 368 pages. $1.50. A fascinating tale of Mt. Desert before and after society had ta
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