CHAPPED SKIN. 



From Med. Standard. 



" Chapped skin is a win- 

 ter plague easily avoided 

 by use of 



From Lancet-Clinic. 



"An excellent remedy 

 for chapped skin is found 

 in the use of 



Packer's Tar Soap. 



Prof. D. G. Brinton, M. D., L.L. D., Philadelphia, says: " Packer's Tar Soap is remarkably pure, 

 cleansing, and healing ; contains the balsamic virtues of the pine in a high degree, and is soft and 

 refreshing to the skin." — Med. and Surg. Reporter. 



A ROMANCE OF THE WEST INDIES. 



j_'j_ J 1 Qo A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of our 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 Crowninshield. Illustrated. i2mo. 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 entities, who deal with Nature at first hand. . . . The adventures described are peculiarly 

 novel and interesting. . . . Packed with incidents, infused with humor and wit, and faithlul to the types intro- 

 duced, 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." — The 

 New York Herald. 



" Adventurous and romantic enough to satisfy the most exacting 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. ... A very successful effort to portray the sort of adventures that might have 

 taken place in the West Indies seventy-five or eighty years ago. . . . Very entertaining with its dry humor. " — 

 Boston Herald. 



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." nmo. Cloth, $1.50. 



" In a style that is strong and broad the author of this timely novel take*; up a nascent period of our 

 national history and founds upon it a story of absorbing interest. . . . We predict (or ' A Herald of the West ' 

 a wide reading and a permanent place." — The 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." — The Boston 

 Herald. 



"'A Herald of the West ' is a romance of our history which has not been surpassed in dramatic force, 

 vivid coloring, and historical interest." — 7 he San Francisco Chronicle. 



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