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ger, bravery, plottings, and nobility of action incident to life on the rail are all realistically depicted, and the reader feels the charm which attaches to the new or strange. BOSTON ADVERTISER. The reader will find much pleasure, and no disappointment, in reading these pages. THE WHITE MAIL 12mo. $1.25 * * * * * OPINIONS OF THE PRESS THE NATION. Cy Warman can always impart a living interest to a story through his close intimacy with locomotives, yard-masters, signals, switches, with all that pertains to railroading, in a word--from a managers' meeting to a frog. The tender enthusiasm he feels for the denizens of his iron jungle is contagious. THE OUTLOOK Mr. Cy Warman, by long personal experience, acquired a close and exact knowledge of the life of railroad men. "The White Mail" brings out realistically the actual life of the engineer, the brakeman, and the freight handler. THE CONGREGATIONALIST Cy Warman writes excellent railroad stories, of course, and his new one, "The White Mail," is short, lively, and eminently readable. ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT In "The White Mail," Cy Warman, in the pleasant, witty style for which this poet of the Rockies has become noted, has presented a tender, touching picture. TALES OF AN ENGINEER _With Rhymes of the Rail_ 12mo. $1.25 * * * * * OPINIONS OF THE PRESS THE CONGREGATIONALIST There is true power in Cy Warman's "Tales of an Engineer," and the reader yields willingly to the attraction of its blended novelty, spirit, and occasional pathos. It does not lack humor, and every page is worth reading. THE CHURCHMAN A new departure in literature should be interesting even if lacking in the brilliant off-hand sketchiness of these pages. One steps into a new life. There is not a dull page in this book, and much of it is of more than ordinary interest. NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER There is a rugged directness about the description of rushing runs on the rail, through which one can hear the thump-thump of the machinery as the engine dashes over the rails, and which seems to be illumined by the glow of the headlights and the colored signals. THE EXPRESS MESSENGER _And Other Tales of the Rail_ 12mo. $1.25 * * * * * OPINIONS OF THE PRESS BOSTON TRANSCRIPT The author's work is familiarly and pleasantly known to magaz
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