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Appletons' Town and Country Library. 



Each, i2mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. 



"The beauty of Appletons' Town and Country Library series is that one is always sure of being thoroughly 

 entertained, no matter how much at random he may make his selection or what season of the year it may 

 happen to be." — Boston Herald. 



No. 255. The Key of the Holy House. 



A Romance of Old Antwerp. By Albert Lee. 



This is a stirring romance of Holland's struggle for liberty against the Spaniards in the latter part of the six- 

 teenth century, when Don Luis de Requesens succeeded the Duke of Alva as Viceroy of the Netherlands. The 

 story pictures the terrors of the Inquisition and thrilling episodes of the gallant war for liberty waged by 

 William, Prince of Orange, on the land, and the "Water Beggars" on the sea. The destruction of a Spanish 

 fleet, after a fashion repeated at Manila, is among the dramatic chapters of this fascinating romance. 



No. 254. Belinda— snd Some Others. 



By Ethel Maude. 



" The great charm of the book lies in the fact that most of the troubles and most of the joys shared by this 

 family are common to us all, and yet they are told in so witty a way that the ordinary actions of life become 

 subjects of real amusement. \\ e wish there were more books of this sort." — Londo?i Literary World. 



No. 253. The Impediment. 



By Dorothea Gerard, author of "A Forgotten Sin," " Miss Providence," " A Spotless Repu- 

 tation," " The Wrong Man," etc. 

 " A clean, interesting, and wholesome love story. . . . The tale is well wrought." — Boston Globe. 



" The author holds our interest as she lays scene after scene before us, and keeps the final issue well hidden 

 till the end comes." — Manchester Guardian. 



No. 252. Concerning Isabel Carnaby. 



By Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler. 

 " Rarely does one find such a charming combination of wit and tenderness, of brilliancy and reverence. . . . 

 Bright without being flippant, tender without teing mawkish, and as joyous and as wholesome as sunshine. 

 The characters are closely studied and clearly limned, and they are created by one who knows human nature. . . . 

 As a healthful love story, it would be hard to find its superior for all-round excellence." — Chicago Tribune. 



No. 251. The Scourge of God. 



By J. Bloundelle-Burton, author of "The Clash of Arms," "In the Day of Adversity," 



" Denounced," etc. 

 " The story is a powerful and pathetic description of the sufferings of those who cling to the faith that was 

 dearer to them than their lives. Their constancy and heroism mark one of the proudest, even as their sorrows 

 and tribulations mark one of the saddest, chapters in modern history." — New York Home 'Journal. 



No. 250. The Widower. 



By W. E. Norris, author of " Marietta's Marriage," " The Dancer in Yellow," " A Victim of 

 Good Luck," etc. 

 " The story is very bright and readable." — San Francisco Chronicle. 



"Mr. Norris is always good company. His new novel is very characteristic of his literary manner and 

 standpoint, that of the general satirist of society. There are many brilliantly entertaining scenes in the bonk, 

 which is from first to last an excellent example of this writer's dexterous handling of characters and situations." 

 — London Daily News. 



No. 249. The Gospel Writ in Steel. 



By Arthur Paterson. 

 "The tale illustrates vividly and faithfully the tremendous difficulties, natural and artificial, overcome by 

 Sherman in his advance on Atlanta, and the war scenes and characters, as a whole, are drawn with commend- 

 able fidelity as well as force, while the moral and the lessons of the whole are virile, wholesome, and inspiring." 

 — Chicago Chronicle. 



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