than any one does he hit out from the
shoulder.... He came into the literary world, as he has himself related,
under the protection of the great Flaubert. This was but a dozen years
ago--for Guy de Maupassant belongs, among the distinguished Frenchmen of
his period, to the new generation.--HENRY JAMES.

As a rule I do not take kindly to translations. They are apt to resemble
the originals as canned or dried fruits resemble fresh. But Mr. Sturges
has preserved flavor and juices in this collection. Each story is a
delight. Some are piquant, some pathetic--all are fascinating.--MARION
HARLAND.

What pure and powerful outlines, what lightness of stroke, and what
precision; what relentless truth, and yet what charm! "The Beggar," "La
Mere Sauvage," "The Wolf," grim as if they had dropped out of the
mediaeval mind; "The Necklace," with its applied pessimism; the
tremendous fire and strength of "A Coward"; the miracle of splendor in
"Moonlight"; the absolute perfection of a short story in
"Happiness"--how various the view, how daring the touch! What freshness,
what invention, and what wit! They are beautiful and heart-breaking
little masterpieces, and "The Odd Number" makes one feel that Guy de
Maupassant lays his hand upon the sceptre which only Daudet
holds.--HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD.

PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.

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MARIA:

A South American Romance. By JORGE ISAACS. Translated by ROLLO OGDEN. An
Introduction by THOMAS A. JANVIER. pp. xvi., 302. 16mo, Cloth,
Ornamental, $1 00. (_The Odd Number Series._)

The great forests of cotton-wood, palms, and other tropical plants, the
almost impassable rivers, the rich flowers which seem to spread their
fragrance over every page, make a fascinating background to a story of
tender sentiment.--_Boston Journal._

Jorge Isaacs has given such a picture of home life, and of pure, almost
ideal love in a Spanish American home, as to prove him a poetical genius
and certainly a most charming romancer.... Simple and unaffected in
style, yet with a sublime pathos, it is without doubt worthy to be
ranked with "Paul and Virginia" among the classics.--_Presbyterian
Banner_, Pittsburg.

A treasure in romance which should at once take a well-deserved place in
the front rank of modern fiction.--_North