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Rh George W. Cable.

THE GRANDISSIMES. (12mo, $1.25)—OLD CREOLE DAYS. (12mo, cloth, $1.25—also in two parts, 16mo, cloth, each, 75 cts.; paper, each, 30 cts.)—DR. SEVIER. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—BONAVENTURE. A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana (12mo, $1.25).

The set, 4 vols., $5.00.

"There are few living American writers who can reproduce for us more perfectly than Mr. Cable does, in his best moments, the speech the manners, the whole social atmosphere of a remote time and a peculiar people. A delicious flavor of humor penetrates his stories, and the tragic portions are handled with rare strength."—The New York Tribune.

Mary Mapes Dodge.

THEOPHILUS AND OTHERS. (12mo, $1.50.)

"Mrs. Dodge has a marked gift of being constantly entertaining. There is a certain spiciness and piquancy of flavor in her work which makes even the slightest things that come from her pen pleasant and profitable reading."—The New York Evening Post.

Edward Eggleston.

ROXY. Illustrated (12mo, $1.50)—THE CIRCUIT RIDER. Illustrated (12mo, $1.50)—THE HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER. Illustrated (12mo, $1.25)—THE MYSTERY OF METROPOLISVILLE. Illustrated (12mo, $1.50)—THE END OF THE WORLD. Illustrated (12mo, $1.50).

The set, 5 vols., $7.25.

"Dr. Eggleston's career as a novelist has been a peculiar one. His first work achieved a swift and unmistakable success. Its fresh and vivid portraiture of a phase of life and manners, hitherto almost unrepresented in literature; its boldly contrasted characters; its unconventional, hearty, religious spirit, and its reflection of the vigorous individuality of the author, took hold of the public imagination."—The Christian Union.

Erckmann-Chatrian.

FRIEND FRITZ—THE CONSCRIPT. Illustrated—WATERLOO. Illustrated (Sequel to The Conscript)—MADAME THERESE—THE BLOCKADE OF PHALSBURG. Illustrated—THE INVASION OF FRANCE IN 1814. Illustrated—A MILLER'S STORY OF THE WAR. Illustrated.

Each, 12mo, $1.25.

"Not only are these stories interesting historically, but intrinsically they present pleasant, well-constructed plots, serving in each case to connect the great events which they so graphically treat."—The Philadelphia Inquirer.