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David Harurru 



Noyes Westcott. 



A Story of American 

 Life. By Edward 

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EDWARD NOYES WESTCOTT. 



" ' David Harum ' must be hereafter remembered, we 

 think, among the most curious and most individual crea- 

 tions of recent American fiction. . . . No analysis of his 

 peculiar qualities is likely to convey an adequate concep- 

 tion of his engaging personality." — New York Mail and 

 Express. 



" Mr. Westcott has created a new and interesting type. 



4 We are led into a bright and sunny, although quaint, at- 



mosphere. David Harum is a character entirely unlike 

 those we have had from Dickens, Thackeray, Charles 

 ^ 4\M Reade, or any of the English school. He is distinctly 



American, and yet his portrayal has awaited the hand of 

 Mr. Westcott, in spite of the activity of Miss Wilkins, Miss 

 Jewett, and others. . . . The writer has large knowledge 

 of men and things. It is only when they are presented in 

 such a bright and original light that we realize some of the 

 things which are passing around us. A pleasing portrait 

 of Newport life is incidentally painted for us in words that 

 flash back the color of the various parts, and Newport 

 means more (or less) than it did before. . . . The char- 

 acter sketching and building, so far as ' David Harum ' is concerned, is well-nigh perfect. . . . 

 The book is wonderfully bright, readable, and graphic. "—Nezu York Titnes. 



" Thoroughly a pure, original, and fresh American type. David Harum is a character 

 whose qualities of mind and heart, eccentricities, and dry humor will win for his creator notable 

 distinction. . . . Buoyancy, life, and cheerfulness are dominant notes. In its vividness and 

 force, the story is a strong, fresh picture of American life, original and true, which is worth the 

 same distinction which is accorded the genre pictures of peculiar types and places sketched by 

 Mr. George W. Cable, Mr. Joel Chandler Harris, Mr. Thomas Nelson Page, Miss Wilkins, 

 Miss Jewett, Mr. Garland, Miss French, Miss Murfree, Mr. Gilbert Parker, Mr. Owen Wister, 

 and Bret Harte. ... A pretty love story also adds to the attractiveness of a book that will be 

 appreciated at once by every one who enjoys real humor, strong character, true pictures of life, 

 and work that is ' racy of the soil.' " — Boston Herald. 



" Mr. Westcott has done for central New York what Mr. Cable, Mr. Page, and Mr. Harris 

 have done for different parts of the South, and what Miss Jewett and Miss Wilkins are doing 

 for New England, and Mr. Hamlin Garland for the West. . . . David Harum is a masterly 

 delineation of an American type. . . . There is life, with all its joys and sorrows. . . . David 

 Harum lives in these pages as he will live in the mind of the reader. ... He deserves to be 

 known by all good Americans ; he is one of them in boundless energy, in large-heartedness, 

 in shrewdness, and in humor." — The Critic. 



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A Herald of the West. 



1811-1815. By 



" A Soldier of Manhattan 

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J. A. Altsheler, author of 

 and " The Sun of Saratoga." 



" In a style that is strong and broad the author of this timely 

 novel takes up an ancient period of our national history and founds 

 upon it a story of absorbing interest. . . . We predict for ' A 

 Herald of the West' a wide reading and a permanent place." — 

 Philadelphia Item. 



" A portion of our history that has not before been successfully 

 embodied in fiction. . . . Extremely well written, condensed, vivid, 

 picturesque, and there is continual action. . . . A rattling good story, 

 and unrivaled in fiction for its presentation of the American feeling 

 toward England during our second conflict." — Boston Herald. 



" Mr. Altsheler has suddenly leaped almost to first place among 

 writers of American historical romance. . . . ' A Herald of the West ' 



is a romance of our history which has not been surpassed in dramatic force, vivid coloring, and 

 historical interest. ... In these days when the flush of war has only just passed, thf book 

 ought to find thousands of readers, for it teaches patriotism without intolerance, and it shows, 

 what the war with Spain has demonstrated anew, the power of the American people when they 

 are deeply roused by some great wrong." — San Francisco Chronicle. 



" Holds the attention continuously. . . . The book abounds in thrilling attractions. . . . 

 It is a solid and dignified acquisition to the romantic literature of our own country, built around 

 facts and real persons." — Chicago Times-Herald. 



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