"A BOOK THAT WILL LIVE/ 9 



David Harurru 



i2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



A Story of American Life. By 

 Edward Noyes Westcott. 



EDWARD NOYES WESTCOTT. 



"Mr. Westcott has created a new and interesting type. We are led 

 into a bright and sunny although quaint atmosphere. David Harum is 

 a character entirely unlike those we have had from Dickens, Thackeray, 

 Charles 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 character 

 s ketching and building, so far as David Harum is concerned, is well-nigh 

 perfect. . . . The book is wonderfully bright, readable, and graphic."— 

 New York Times. 



" 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. ... 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 sod.' " — Boston Herald. 



" ' David Harum ' must be hereafter remembered, we think, among 

 the most curious and most individual creations of recent American fiction. 

 . . . No analysis of his peculiar qualities is likely to convey an adequate 

 conception of his engaging personality." — New York Mail and Express. 



"One of the few distinct and living types in the American gallery." — St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 



A ROMANCE OF THE WEST INDIES. 



Latitude 19°. 



A Romance of the West In- 

 dies in the Year of out 

 Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty. Being a 

 faithful account and true of the painful adventures 

 of the Skipper, the Bo's'n, the Smith, the Mate, 

 and Cynthia. By Mrs. Schuyler Crownin- 

 SHIELD. Illustrated, nmo. Cloth, $1.50. 



" ' Latitude 19 ' is a novel of incident, of the open air, cf the 

 sea, the shore, the mountain eyrie, and of breathing, living enti- 

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 described are peculiarly novel and interesting. . . . Packed with 

 incidents, infused with humor and wit, and faithlul to the types 

 introduced, this book will surely appeal to the large audience 

 aiready won, and beget new friends among those who believe 

 in fiction that is healthy without being maudlin, and is strong 

 without losing the truth." — New York Herald. 



" Adventurous and romantic enough to satisfy the most exact- 

 ing reader. . . . Abounds in situations which make the blood 

 run cold, and yet, full of surprises as it is, one is continually 

 amazed by the plausibility of the main incidents of the narrative, 



sort of adventures that might have taken place in the West Indies seventy-five or eighty years ago 

 entertaining with its dry humor." — Boston Herald. 



MRS. SCHUYLER CROWNINSHIELD. 



A very successful effort to portray the 



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A Herald of the West. 



A Romance of 1811-1815. 

 By J. A. Altsheler, 

 author of " A Soldier of Manhattan " and " The Sun of Saratoga." 

 l2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



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

 nascent period of our national history and founds upon it a story of absorbing in- 

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 place." — Philadelphia Item. 



" A portion of our history that has not before been successfully embodied in fic- 

 tion. . . . Extremely well written, condensed, vivid, picturesque, and there is con- 

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 of the American feeling toward England during our second conflict." — Boston 

 Herald. 



'"A Herald of the West ' is a romance of our history which has not l»en sur- 

 passed in dramatic force, vivid coloring, and historical interest." — San Tranctsco 

 Chronicle. 



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