The King's Mirror Part 58

"A novel that stands quite by itself, and that in theme as well as in artistic merit should make a very strong appeal to the mind of a sympathetic reader."--_Boston Beacon_.

_THE MERMAID_. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.

"The author of this novel has the gift of contrivance and the skill to sustain the interest of a plot through all its development. 'The Mermaid' is an odd and interesting story."--_New York Times_.

_THE ZEIT-GEIST_. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.

"One of the most remarkable novels."--_New York Commercial Advertiser_.

BOOKS BY GRAHAM TRAVERS.

_WINDYHAUGH_. A Novel. By GRAHAM TRAVERS, author of "Mona Maclean, Medical Student," "Fellow Travellers," etc. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

"'Windyhaugh' shows an infinitely more mature skill and more subtle humor than 'Mona Maclean' and a profounder insight into life. The psychology in Dr. Todd's remarkable book is all of the right kind; and there is not in English fiction a more careful and penetrating a.n.a.lysis of the evolution of a woman's mind than is given in Wilhelmina Galbraith; but 'Windyhaugh' is not a book in which there is only one 'star' and a crowd of 'supers.' Every character is limned with a conscientious care that bespeaks the true artist, and the a.n.a.lytical interest of the novel is rigorously kept in its proper place and is only one element in a delightful story. It is a supremely interesting and wholesome book, and in an age when excellence of technique has reached a remarkable level, 'Windyhaugh' compels admiration for its brilliancy of style. Dr. Todd paints on a large canvas, but she has a true sense of proportion."-_Blackwood's Magazine_.

"For truth to life, for adherence to a clear line of action, for arrival at the point toward which it has aimed from the first, such a book as 'Windyhaugh' must be judged remarkable. There is vigor and brilliancy.

It is a book that must be read from the beginning to the end and that it is a satisfaction to have read."--_Boston Journal_.

"Its easy style, its natural characters, and its general tone of earnestness a.s.sure its author a high rank among contemporary novelists."--_Chicago Tribune_.

"We can cordially eulogize the splendid vitality of the work, its brilliancy, its pathos, its polished and crystalline style, and its remarkable character-painting."--_New York Home Journal_.

_MONA MACLEAN, Medical Student_. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"A high-bred comedy."--_New York Times_.

"'Mona Maclean' is a bright, healthful, winning story."--_New York Mail and Express_.

"Mona is a very attractive person, and her story is decidedly well told."--_San Francisco Argonaut_.

"A pleasure in store for you if you have not read this volume. The author has given us a thoroughly natural series of events, and drawn her characters like an artist. It is the story of a woman's struggles with her own soul. She is a woman of resource, a strong woman, and her career is interesting from beginning to end."--_New York Herald_.

_FELLOW TRAVELLERS_. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"The stories are well told; the literary style is above the average, and the character drawing is to be particularly praised.... Altogether, the little book is a model of its kind, and its reading will give pleasure to people of taste."--_Boston Sat.u.r.day Evening Gazette_.

"'Fellow Travellers' is a collection of very brightly written tales, all dealing, as the t.i.tle implies, with the mutual relations of people thrown together casually while traveling."--_London Sat.u.r.day Review_.

TWO SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN NOVELS.

_LAt.i.tUDE 19_. A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of our Lord 1820. Being a faithful account and true, of the painful adventures of the Skipper, the Bo's'n, the Smith, the Mate, and Cynthia. By Mrs.

SCHUYLER CROWNINs.h.i.+ELD. Ill.u.s.trated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

"'Lat.i.tude 19' is a novel of incident, of the open air, of the sea, the sh.o.r.e, the mountain eyrie, and of breathing, living ent.i.ties, who deal with Nature at first hand.... The adventures described are peculiarly novel and interesting.... Packed with incidents, infused with humor and wit, and faithful to the types introduced, this book will surely appeal to the large audience already won, and beget new friends among those who believe in fiction that is healthy without being maudlin, and is strong without losing the truth."--_New York Herald_.

"A story filled with rapid and exciting action from the first page to the last. A fecundity of invention that never lags, and a judiciously used vein of humor."--_The Critic_.

"A volume of deep, undeniable charm. A unique book from a fresh, sure, vigorous pen."--_Boston Journal_.

"Adventurous and romantic enough to satisfy the most exacting reader....

Abounds in situations which make the blood run cold, and yet, full of surprises as it is, one is continually amazed by the plausibility of the main incidents of the narrative.... A very successful effort to portray the sort of adventures that might have taken place in the West Indies seventy five or eighty years ago.... Very entertaining with its dry humor."--_Boston Herald_.

_A HERALD OF THE WEST_. An American Story of 1811-1815. By J. A.

ALTSHELER, author of "A Soldier of Manhattan" and "The Sun of Saratoga."

12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

"'A Herald of the West' is a romance of our history which has not been surpa.s.sed in dramatic force, vivid coloring, and historical interest....

In these days when the flush of war has only just pa.s.sed, the book ought to find thousands of readers, for it teaches patriotism without intolerance, and it shows, what the war with Spain has demonstrated anew, the power of the American people when they are deeply roused by some great wrong."--_San Francisco Chronicle_.

"The book throughout is extremely well written. It is condensed, vivid, picturesque.... A rattling good story, and unrivaled in fiction for its presentation of the American feeling toward England during our second conflict."--_Boston Herald_.

"Holds the attention continuously.... The book abounds in thrilling attractions.... It is a solid and dignified acquisition to the romantic literature of our own country, built around facts and real persons."--_Chicago Times-Herald_.

"In a style that is strong and broad, the author of this timely novel takes up a nascent period of our national history and founds upon it a story of absorbing interest."--_Philadelphia Item_.

"Mr. Altsheler has given us an accurate as well as picturesque portrayal of the social and political conditions which prevailed in the republic in the era made famous by the second war with Great Britain."--_Brooklyn Eagle_.

BOOKS BY GILBERT PARKER.

Uniform Edition.

The Seats of the Mighty.

Being the Memoirs of Captain Robert MORAY, sometime an Officer in the Virginia Regiment, and afterwards of Amherst's Regiment. Ill.u.s.trated, $1.50.

"Another historical romance of the vividness and intensity of 'The Seats of the Mighty' has never come from the pen of an American. Mr. Parker's latest work may without hesitation be set down as the best he has done.

From the first chapter to the last word interest in the book never wanes; one finds it difficult to interrupt the narrative with breathing s.p.a.ce. It whirls with excitement and strange adventure.... All of the scenes do homage to the genius of Mr. Parker, and make 'The Seats of the Mighty' one of the books of the year."--_Chicago Record_.

"Mr. Gilbert Parker is to be congratulated on the excellence of his latest story, 'The Seats of the Mighty,' and his readers are to be congratulated on the direction which his talents have taken therein....

It is so good that we do not stop to think of its literature, and the personality of Doltaire is a masterpiece of creative art."--_New York Mail and Express_.