A NOTABLE AMERICAN NOVEL. 



T^itr</4 T-To«*«<rY-i A S tor y of American Life. By Edward Noyes Westcott. i2mo. 

 l^aVlO narUm, Cloth, $1.50. {Second edition.) 



SOME REMARKABLE OPINIONi. 



" Mr. Westcott has done for central New York what Mr. Caole, Mr. Fage, and Mr. Harris have done for different parts of 

 the South, and what iViia.s Jewett and Mis; Wilkins are doing tor New England, and Mr. Hamlin Garland for ih. Y\ est. . . . 

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

 Haruin live;, 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. 



'"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 s.ory is a strong, fresh picture of American hie, original ar.d true, which is worth the s? me 

 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. Gil- 

 bert 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. 



" ' I >avid Harum' must hereafter be 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 person- 

 ality." — New York Mail and Express. 



The Story of the Railroad. 



By Cy Warman, author of " The Express 

 Messenger," etc. Anew volume in The Story 

 of the West Series, edited by Ripley Hitch- 

 cock. With Maps and mnny Illustrations by 

 B. West Clinedinst and from photographs. 

 Uniform edition. i2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



This book, which follows " The Story of the Cowboy" in 

 this series, pictures the building of the earlier transcontinental 

 lines across the true West. It tells the story of the engineer 

 who found the way and who was the pioneer of permanent 

 civilization among the Indians and buffalo of the plains and 

 in the mountains. Historically, the book is valuable because 

 it gives a comprehensive sketch of a great subject in a brief 

 compass, and furhermore, the strange and picturesque phases 

 of life which are depicted are full of immediate interest. 



Other volumes in this series. Uniform edition, 

 each, i2mo, cloth, $1.50. 



The Story of the Cowboy. 



By E. Hough, author of " The Singing 



Mouse Stories," etc. Illustrated by William 



L. Wells and C. M. Russell. 



" Mr, Hough is to be thanked for having written so excel- 

 lent a book. The cowboy story, as this author has told it, 

 will be the'eowboy's fitting eulogy. This volume will be con- 

 sulted in years to come as an authority on past conditions of 

 the far West. For fine literary work the author is to be highly 

 complimented. Here, ce tainly, we have a choice piece of 

 writing." — New York limes. 



The Story of the Mine, 



As illustrated by the Great Com stock Lode of 

 Nevada. By Chari.es Howard Shinn. 



" While Mr. Shinn'sbook is written from the popular point 

 of view, it is correct as to scientific data, and can be trusted 

 on all points as to accuracy. It is the work of a writer who 

 knows what he is talking about." — Brooklyn Eagle. 



The Story of the Indian. 



By George Bird Grinnell, author of " Taw- 

 nee Hero Stories," " Blackfoot Lodge Tales," 

 etc. 



" Only an author qualified by personal experience could 



offer us a profitable study of a race so alien from our own as is 



>'ie Indian in thought, feeling, and culture. Only long asso- 



iation with Indians can enable a white man measurably to 



imDrehend their thoughts and enter into their feelings. Such 



ssociation has been Mr. Grinnell's." — New York Sun. 



A NEW VOLUME BY J. A. ALTSHELER. 



A Herald of the West. 



A Romance of 1811-1815. By J. A. Alt- 



SHELER. 



"A portion of our history that has not before been suc- 

 cessfully embodied in fiction. . . . Extremely well written, 

 condensed, vivid, picturesque, and there is continual action. 

 ... A rattling good story, and unrivaled in fiction for its pres- 

 entation of the American feeling toward England during our 

 second conflict." — Boston Herald. 



The author's brilliant success in this country and in Fng- 

 land as a writer of American historical romances will direct 

 especial attention to his new book, which embodies his most 

 ambitious work. He opens with some interesting pictures of 

 social life and political conditions in Washington just before the 

 War of 1812, and later the reader gains an insight into the 

 contemporary life of Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. 

 The passages dealing with the war itself include singularly 

 vivid and dramatic accounts of the capture of Washington 

 by the British, and the battle of New Orleans, both noteworthy 

 contributions to American literature. 



Mr. Altsheler's other books. Uniform edition, each, 

 !2mo, cloth, $1.00 ; paper, 50 cents. 



A Soldier of Manhattan, and 



his Adventures at Ticonderoga and Quebec. 



"'A Soldier of Manhattan' illustrates with candor and 

 impartiality that brief period during which the British and 

 Americans were brothers in arms against the French. . . . 

 Mr. Altsheler sets before us a stirring tale of love and war. 

 . . . He writes in a brisk, straightforward style eminently 

 suited to the character of the narrator; the historical person- 

 ages are boldly sketched and the battle pictures full of life and 

 movement. " — London Spectator. 



The Sun of Saratoga. 



A Romance of Burgoyne's Surrender. 



" The incidents leading to the surrender of Burgoyne sup- 

 ply an excellent background for a sprightly and spirited ro- 

 mance by Joseph A. Altsheler, entitled ' The Sun of Sara- 

 toga.' It is gracefully written in a crisp, fresh style that is 

 simply delightful to read and admirably suited to the develop- 

 ment of the rapid movement. Of coinse, a love story is 

 involved. While subservient to the adventurous details, it 

 supplied the main motive for many of the incidents. ... If 

 this is the first book, ... we may well expect brilliant work 

 in the future from an author equipped with a style of such 

 directness and charm, who can tell an interesting story in such 

 an engaging way." — Philadelphia Press. 



These books are for sale by all booksellers ; or they will be sent by mail on receipt of price by the publishers, 



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