Standard Works of Fiction,
Reading edition
PUBLISHED BY
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's Novels.
THAT LASS O' LOWRIE'S. One vol., 12mo, cloth, $1.50; paper, 90 cents.
"We know of no more powerful work from a woman's hand in the English language."—Boston Transcript.
HAWORTH'S. One vol., 12mo, cloth, $1.50.
"Haworth's is a product of genius of a very high order."—N. Y. Evening Post.
LOUISIANA. One vol., 12mo, $1.00.
"We commend this book as the product of a skillful, talented, well-trained pen. Mrs. Burnett's admirers are already numbered by the thousand, and every new work like this one can only add to their number."—Chicago Tribune.
SURLY TIM, and other Stories. One vol., 16mo, cloth, $1.25.
"Each of these narratives has a distinct spirit, and can be profitably read by all classes of people. They are told not only with true art, but deep pathos."—Boston Post.
EARLIER STORIES. Each, one vol., 16mo, paper.
Pretty Polly Pemberton. Kathleen. Each, 40 cents.
Lindsay's Luck. Theo. Miss Crespigny. Each, 30 cents.
"Each of these narratives has a distinct spirit, and can be profitably read by all classes of people. They are told not only with true art, but deep pathos."—Boston Post.
DR. J. G. HOLLAND'S POPULAR NOVELS.
Each one volume, 16mo, cloth, $1.25.
"To those who love a pure diction, a healthful tone, and thought that leads up to higher and better aims, that gives brighter color to some of the hard, dull phases of life, that awakens the mind to renewed activity, and makes one mentally better, the prose and poetical works of Dr. Holland will prove an ever new, ever welcome source from which to draw."—New Haven Palladium.
NICHOLAS MINTURN. A Study in a Story.
"Nicholas Minturn is the most real novel, or rather life-story, yet produced by any American writer."—Philadelphia Press.
SEVENOAKS. A Story of To-Day.
"As a story, it is thoroughly readable; the action is rapid, but not hurried; there is no flagging, and no dullness."—Christian Union.
ARTHUR BONNICASTLE. A Story of American Life.
"The narrative is pervaded by a fine poetical spirit that is alive to the subtle graces of character, as well as to the tender influences of natural scenes.... Its chief merits must be placed in its graphic and expressive portraitures of character, its tenderness and delicacy of sentiment, its touches of heartfelt pathos, and the admirable wisdom and soundness of its ethical suggestions."—N. Y. Tribune.
THE BAY PATH. A Tale of New England Colonial Life.
"A conscientious and careful historical picture of early New England days, and will well repay perusal."—Boston Sat. Eve. Gazette.
MISS GILBERT'S CAREER. An American Story.
The life and incidents are taken in about equal proportions from the city and country—the commercial metropolis and a New Hampshire village. It is said that the author has drawn upon his own early experiences and history for a large part of the narrative.
GEORGE W. CABLE'S NOVELS.
THE GRANDISSIMES. A Story of Creole Life. One vol., 12mo, $1.50.
"The Grandissimes is a novel that repays study. It opens to most of us an unknown society, an unknown world, absolutely fresh characters, a dialect of which we had only fragments before, and it illuminates a historical period that was in the dark.... It is in many respects the most original contribution to American fiction."—Hartford Courant.
OLD CREOLE DAYS. One vol., 16mo, extra cloth, $1.00.
"These charming stories attract attention and commendation by their quaint delicacy of style, their faithful delineation of Creole character, and a marked originality. The careful rendering of the dialect reveals patient study of living models; and to any reader whose ear is accustomed to the broken English, as heard in parts of our city every day, its truth to nature is striking."—New Orleans Picayune.
MADAME DELPHINE. One vol., square 12mo, cloth, 75 cents.
"This is one of the books in which the reader feels a kind of personal interest and is sorry that he cannot continue the acquaintance of their people after the volume is closed."—Philadelphia Inquirer.
EDWARD EGGLESTON'S NOVELS.
ROXY. One vol., 12mo, cloth, with twelve full-page illustrations from original designs by Walter Shirlaw. Price, $1.50.
"One of the ablest of recent American novels, and indeed in all recent works of fiction."—The London Spectator.
THE CIRCUIT RIDER. A Tale of the Heroic Age. One vol., 12mo, extra cloth, illustrated with over thirty characteristic drawings by G. G. White and Sol. Eytinge. Price $1.50.
"The best American story, and the most thoroughly American one that has appeared for years."—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
H. H. BOYESEN'S NOVELS.
FALCONBERG. A Novel. Illustrated. One vol., $1.50.
"It is a good story, out of the ordinary rut, and wholly enjoyable."—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
GUNNAR. A Tale of Norse Life. One vol., square 12mo, $1.25.
"This little book is a perfect gem of poetic prose; every page is full of expressive and vigorous pictures of Norwegian life and scenery. Gunnar is simply beautiful as a delicate, clear, and powerful picture of peasant life in Norway."—Boston Post.
ILKA ON THE HILL-TOP, and Other Stories. One vol., square 12mo, $1.00.
"Mr. Boyesen's stories possess a sweetness, a tenderness, and a drollery that are fascinating, and yet they are no more attractive than they are strong."—Home Journal.
TALES FROM TWO HEMISPHERES. A New Edition. One vol., square 12mo, $1.00.
"The charm of Mr. Boyesen's stories lies in their strength and purity; they offer, too, a refreshing escape from the subtlety and introspection of the present form of fiction. They are robust and strong without caricature or sentimentality."—Chicago Interior.
QUEEN TITANIA. One vol., square 12mo, $1.00.
"One of the most pure and lovable creations of modern fiction."—Boston Sunday Herald.
"The story is a thoroughly charming one, and there is much ingenuity in the plot."—The Critic.
GUERNDALE. By J. S. of Dale. 1 vol., 12mo, $1.25.
"The author of 'Guerndale' has given us a story such as we have not had in this country since the time of Hawthorne."—Boston Advertiser.
CUPID, M. D. A Story. By Augustus M. Swift. 1 vol., 12mo, $1.00
"It is an extremely simple story, with a great and moving dramatic struggle in the heart of it."—The Independent.
AN HONORABLE SURRENDER. By Mary Adams. 1 vol., 12mo, $1.00.
KNIGHTS OF TO-DAY; or Love and Science. By Charles Barnard. One vol., 12mo, $1.00.
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MAGO; or, A Phœnician Expedition, B.C. 1000. BY Leon Cahun. With 73 illustrations by P. Philippoteaux. Translated from the French by Ellen E. Frewer. One vol., 8vo, $2.50.
THEOPHILUS AND OTHERS. By Mary Mapes Dodge. A book for older readers. One vol., 12mo, $1.50.
SAXE HOLM'S STORIES. Two Series. Each one vol., 12mo, $1.50.
HANDICAPPED. By Marion Harland. One vol., 12mo, $1.50.
DR. JOHNS. Being a Narrative of Certain Events in the Life of an Orthodox Minister in Connecticut. By Donald G. Mitchell. Two vols., 12mo, $3.50.
THE COSSACKS. A Story of Russian Life. Translated by Eugene Schuyler, from the Russian of Count Leo Tolstoy. One vol., 12mo, $1.25.
RUDDER GRANGE. By Frank R. Stockton. A New and Enlarged Edition. One vol., 16mo, paper, 60 cents; cloth, $1.25.
THE SCHOOLMASTER'S TRIAL; or, Old School and New. By A. Perry. One vol., 12mo, Second Edition, $1.00.
THE ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN NOVELS.
New Edition in Handsome Binding. Each one vol. 12mo, uniform. Extra Cloth, $1.25 per vol.
"These delightful works well deserve their great success.... Not only is the couleur locale admirably preserved, but the very spirit of those who took part in the events is preserved."—President Andrew D. White, LL.D.
FRIEND FRITZ. A Tale of the Banks of the Lauter. Including a Story of College Life.—"Maître Nablot."
"'Friend Fritz' is a charmingly sunny and refreshing story."—N.Y. Tribune.
THE CONSCRIPT. A Tale of the French War of 1813. With four full-page illustrations.
"It is hardly fiction—it is history in the guise of fiction, and that part of history which historians hardly write, concerning the disaster, the ruin, the sickness, the poverty, and the utter misery and suffering which war brings upon the people."—Cincinnati Daily Commercial.
WATERLOO. A Story of the Hundred Days. Being a Sequel to "The Conscript." With four full-page illustrations.
"Written in that charming style of simplicity which has made the Erckmann-Chatrian works popular in every language in which they have been published."—New York Daily Herald.
THE PLEBISCITE. The Miller's Story of the War. A vivid Narrative of Events in connection with the great Franco-Prussian War of 1871.
THE BLOCKADE OF PHALSBURG. An Episode of the Fall of the First French Empire. With four full-page illustrations and a portrait of the authors.
"Not only are they interesting historically, but intrinsically a pleasant, well-constructed plot, serving in each case to connect the great events which they so graphically treat, and the style being as vigorous and charming as it is pure and refreshing."—Philadelphia Daily Inquirer.
INVASION OF FRANCE IN 1814. With the Night March past Phalsburg. With a Memoir of the Authors. With four full-page illustrations.
"All their novels are noted for the same admirable qualities—simple and effective realism of plot, incident and language, and a disclosure of the horrid individual aspects of war. They are absolutely perfect of their kind."—N. Y. Evening Mail.
MADAME THERESE, or, the Volunteers of '92. With four full-page illustrations.
"It is a boy's story—that is, supposed to be written by a boy—and has all the freshness, the unconscious simplicity and naïveté which the imagined authorship should imply; while nothing more graphic, more clearly and vividly pictorial, has been brought before the public for many a day."—Boston Commonwealth.