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E SEA TS OF THE MIGHTY. Being the Mem- oirs of Captain ROBERT MORAY, sometime an Officer in the Virginia Regiment, and afterwards of Amherst s Regiment. i2mo. Cloth, illustrated, $1.50.

&quot;Another historical romance of the vividness and intensity of The Seats of the Mighty has never come from the pen of an American. Mr. Parker s latest work may, without hesitation, be set down as the best he has done. From the first chapter to the last word interest in the book never wanes ; one finds it difficult to interrupt the narrative with breathing space. It whirls with excitement and strange adventure. . . . All of the scenes do homage to the genius of Mr. Parker, and make The Seats of the Mighty one of the books of the year.&quot; Chicago Record.

&quot; Mr. Gilbert Parker is to be congratulated on the excellence of his latest story, The Seats of the Mighty, and his readers are to be con gratulated on the direction which his talents have taken therein. ... It is so good that we do not stop to think of its literature, and the personality of Doltaireis a masterpiece of creative art.&quot; New York Mail and Express.

^THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. A Novel. I2mo. ^ Paper, 50 cents ; cloth, $1.00.

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