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_A COLONIAL FREE-LANCE._ By Chauncey C. Hotchkiss, author of "In Defiance of the King."
"We have had stories of the Revolution dealing with its statesmen, its soldiers, and its home life, but the good books relating to adventure by sea have been few and far between. The best of these for many a moon is "A Colonial Free-Lance" There is a rattle and dash, a continuity of adventure that constantly chains the reader"s attention and makes the book delightful reading."--_Philadelphia Inquirer._
_THE SUN OF SARATOGA._ By Joseph A. Altsheler.
"Taken altogether, "The Sun of Saratoga" is the best historical novel of American origin that has been written for years, if not, indeed, in a fresh, simple, unpretending, unlabored, manly way, that we have ever read."--_New York Mail and Express._
_MASTER ARd.i.c.k, BUCCANEER._ By F.H. Costello.
"This story is one of the real old-fashioned kind that novel readers will take delight in perusing. There are incident and adventure in plenty. The characters are bold, knightly, and chivalrous, and delightful entertainers."--_Boston Courier._
_THE INTRIGUERS._ A Novel. By John D. Barry.
"The story is a wholesome, enlivening bit of romance. It rings pure and sweet, and is most happy in its characterizations."--_Boston Herald._
"A bright society novel, sparkling with wit and entertaining from beginning to end."--_Boston Times._
_IN DEFIANCE OF THE KING._ A Romance of the American Revolution. By Chauncey C. Hotchkiss.
"Thrills from beginning to end with the spirit of the Revolution.... His whole story is so absorbing that you will sit up far into the night to finish it, and lay it aside with the feeling that you have seen a gloriously true picture of the Revolution."--_Boston Herald._
_IN OLD NEW ENGLAND._ The Romance of a Colonial Fireside. By Hezekiah b.u.t.terworth.
"We do not remember any other volume which holds within its covers a series of such charming legends and traditions of New England"s earlier history.... "In Old New England" possesses a charm rare indeed. It will be welcomed by young and old alike."--_New York Mail and Express._