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 By CAPT. CHARLES KING,

CAMPAIGNING WITH CROOK, AND STORIES OF ARMY LIFE. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 25.

A WAR-TIME WOOING. Illustrated by R. F. Zogbaum. pp. iv., 196. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 00.

BETWEEN THE LINES. A Story of the War. Illustrated by Gilbert Gaul. pp. iv., 312. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 25.

In all of Captain King's stories the author holds to lofty ideals of man- hood and womanhood, and inculcates the lessons of honor, generosity, courage, and self-control. — Literari/ \Vo7-ld, Boston.

The vivacity and charm which signaUy distinguish Captain King's pen. ... He occupies a position in American literature entirely his own.

. . His is the Uterature of honest sentiment, pure and tender. — iV". Y. Press.

A romance by Captain King is always a pleasure, because he has so complete a mastery of the subjects with which he deals. . . . Captain King has few rivals in his domain. . . . The general tone of Captain King's stories is highly commendable. The heroes are simple, frank, and sol- dierly ; the heroines are dignified and maidenly in the most unconvention- al situations. — Epoch, N. Y.

All Captain King's stories are full of spirit and with the true ring about them. — Philadelphia Item.

Captain King's stories of army life are so brilliant and intense, they have such a ring of true experience, and his characters are so lifelike and vivid that the announcement of a new one is always received with pleas- ure.— iV(?M» Haven Palladium.

Captain King is a delightful story-teller. — Washington Post.

In the delineation of war scenes Captain King's style is crisp and vig- orous, inspiring in the breast of the reader a thrill of genuine patriotic fer- vor. — Boston Commo7iwealth.

Captain King is almost without a rival in the field he has chosen. . ., His style is at once vigorous and sentimental in the best sense of that wordj so that his novels are pleasing to young men as well as young women. — Pittsburgh Bulletin.

It is good to think that there is at least one man who believes that all the spirit of romance and chivalry has not yet died out of the world, and that there are as brave and honest hearts to-day as there were in the days of knights and paladins. — Philadelphia Record.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

8^^ A ny of the above works sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price.