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AN HONORABLE SURRENDER. (16mo, $1.00.)

"The story belongs distinctly to the realistic school of modern fiction. The situations are those of every day. The characters are not in the least eccentric; the dialogue is never extravagant; the descriptive and analytical passages are neither obtrusive nor too prolix. The sum of all these negations is a charming book, full of a genuine human interest."—The Portland Advertiser.

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VALENTINO: An Historical Romance. (12mo, $1.00.)

"It is well called a romance, and no romance indeed could be more effective than the extraordinary extract from Italian annals of the 16th Century which it preserves in such vivid colors. The incidents are presented with dramatic art. The movement of the story never drags."—The New York Tribune.

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A WHEEL OF FIRE. (12mo, $1.00.)

"The novel deals with character rather than incident, and is evolved from one of the most terrible of moral problems with a subtlety not unlike that of Hawthorne. One cannot enumerate all the fine points of artistic skill which make this study so wonderful in its insight, so rare in its combination of dramatic power and tenderness."—The Critic.

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