An interesting romance of the days of George III., dealing with the life and adventures of a fair and talented young play-actress, the scene of which is laid in England and America. The success of Miss Mackie"s previous books will justify our prediction that a new volume will receive an instant welcome.
G.o.d--The King--My Brother. A ROMANCE. By MARY F. NIXON.
Author of "With a Pessimist in Spain," "A Harp of Many Chords," etc.
With a frontispiece by H.C. Edwards.
An historical tale, dealing with the romantic period of Edward the Black Prince. The scene is laid for the most part in the sunny land of Spain, during the reign of Pedro the Cruel--the ally in war of the Black Prince. The well-told story records the adventures of two young English knight-errants, twin brothers, whose family motto gives the t.i.tle to the book. The Spanish maid, the heroine of the romance, is a delightful characterization, and the love story, with its surprising yet logical denouement, is enthralling.
Punchinello. By FLORENCE STUART.
A love story of intense power and pathos. The hero is a hunchback (Punchinello), who wins the love of a beautiful young girl. Her sudden death, due indirectly to his jealousy, and the discovery that she had never faltered in her love for him, combine to unbalance his mind. The poetic style relieves the sadness of the story, and the reader is impressed with the power and brilliancy of its conception, as well as with the beauty and grace of the execution.
The Golden Fleece. Translated from the French of Amedee Achard, author of "The Huguenot"s Love," etc.
Ill.u.s.trated by Victor A. Searles.
Amedee Achard was a contemporary writer of Dumas, and his romances are very similar to those of that great writer. "The Golden Fleece"
compares favorably with "The Three Musketeers" and the other D"Artagnan romances. The story relates the adventures of a young Gascon gentleman, an officer in the army sent by Louis XIV. to a.s.sist the Austrians in repelling the Turkish Invasion under the celebrated Achmet Kiuperli.
The Good Ship _York_. By W. CLARK RUSSELL.
Author of "The Wreck of the _Grosvenor_," "A Sailor"s Sweetheart,"
etc.
A romantic and exciting sea tale, equal to the best work of this famous writer, relating the momentous voyage of the clipper ship _York_, and the adventures that befell Julia Armstrong, a pa.s.senger, and George Hardy, the chief mate.
"Mr. Russell has no rival in the line of marine fiction."--_Mail and Express_.
Tom Ossington"s Ghost. By RICHARD MARSH.
Author of "Frivolities," "Ada Vernham, Actress," etc. Ill.u.s.trated by Harold Pifford.
"I read "Tom Ossington"s Ghost" the other night, and was afraid to go up-stairs in the dark after it."--_Truth_.
"An entrancing book, but people with weak nerves had better not read it at night."--_To-day_.
"Mr. Marsh has been inspired by an entirely original idea, and has worked it out with great ingenuity. We like the weird but _not_ repulsive story better than anything he has ever done."--_World_.
The Glory and Sorrow of Norwich. By M.M. BLAKE.
Author of "The Blues and the Brigands," etc., etc., with twelve full-page ill.u.s.trations.
The hero of this romance, Sir John de Reppes, is an actual personage, and throughout the characters and incidents are instinct with the spirit of the age, as related in the chronicles of Froissart. Its main claim for attention, however, is in the graphic representation of the age of chivalry which it gives, forming a series of brilliant and fascinating pictures of mediaeval England, its habits of thought and manner of life, which live in the mind for many a day after perusal, and a.s.sist to a clearer conception of what is one of the most charming and picturesque epochs of history.
The Mistress of Maidenwood. By HULBERT FULLER.
Author of "Vivian of Virginia," "G.o.d"s Rebel," etc.
A stirring historical romance of the American Revolution, the scene of which for the most part being laid in and about the debatable ground in the vicinity of New York City.
Dauntless. A TALE OF A LOST CAUSE. By CAPTAIN EWAN MARTIN.
Author of "The Knight of King"s Guard."
A stirring romance of the days of Charles I. and Cromwell in England and Ireland. In its general character the book invites comparison with Scott"s "Waverley." It well sustains the reputation gained by Captain Martin from "The Knight of King"s Guard."
The Flame Of Life. (IL FUOCO.) Translated from the Italian of Gabriel D"Annunzio, author of "Triumph of Death," etc., by Ka.s.sANDRA VIVARIA, author of "Via Lucis."
This is the first volume in the Third Trilogy, "The Romances of the Pomegranate," of the three announced by the great Italian writer. We were fortunate in securing the book, and also in securing the services as translator of the talented author of "Via Lucis," herself an Italian by birth.