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"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 cf I T\ 

 ti.e year it may happen to be." — Boston Herald. I \f 



LATEST ISSUES. 



No. 282. The Immortal Garland. 



By Anna Robeson Brown, author of" Sir Mark,'* " A Cosmopolitan Comedy," etc. 

 In this striking novel of American life the author develops contrasting careers which have to do with 

 literature, the stage, and society. Her treatment of her theme is vigorous and effective, and no reader 

 of the book will fail to feel the actuality of her characters and the logic of their development. The action 

 of the novel passes largely in New York. The story abounds in vivid pictures and well-realized situa- 

 tions, and the phases of American life which it depicts are presented with a vigor and power of graphic 

 delineation which will arrest attention and gain for this strong novel a high place among contemporary 

 American fiction. 



No. 281. Mirry-Ann. 



A Manx Story. By Norma Lorimer. 

 This is a quaint and delightful novel of life in the Isle of Man, by a writer new to American readers. 

 It is a love story rather than a drama, although there are dramatic episodes. The local color of the 

 scene is cleverly suggested but not insisted upon, and the tale is one of universal interest, excellent in its 

 characterization and contrasts of types, entertaining in its humorous by-play, thoroughly sympathetic 

 and full of interest. 



No. 280. A Maker of Nations. 



By Guy Boothby, author of " Dr. Nikola's Experiment," " Pharos, the Egyptian," etc. 

 In these graphic pages Mr. Boothby pictures the adventures of a modern soldier of fortune. The 

 opening scene shows the picturesque and curious mingling of all nations in Cairo. From Egypt the 

 reader follows the hero to South America, and takes part in the dramatic episodes of a revolution, 

 which are lightened by the love story that runs throughout. It is unnecessary to say that the author 

 has full command of the reader's interest from the first page to the last. 



No. 279. The Gentleman Pensioner. 



By Albert Lee, author of " The Key of the Holy House." 

 The scene of this admirable historical romance is laid in the tumultuous England of the sixteenth 

 century, at the tima when the plots of the partisans of Mary Stuart against Elizabeth seemed to be ap- 

 proaching a culmination. The hero, Queen Elizabeth's confidential messenger, has a trust to execute 

 which involves a thrilling series of adventures. This stirring romance has been compared to " A Gentle- 

 man of France," and it is safe ta say that no reader will find in its pages any reason for flagging interest 

 or will relinquish the book until the last page has been reached. 



No. 278. The World's Mercy. 



By Maxwell Gray, author of " The Silence of Dean Maitland," etc. 

 "Maxwell Gray is one of the most finished, thoughtful, artistic, and satisfying novelists of the day 

 Whatever she does is distinguished by its artistic taste and sense of proportion and by its dignity of 

 ideas." — Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. 



No. 277. The Story of Ronald Kestrel. - 



By A. J. Dawson. 

 The novel is full of interest and active life throughout, and its interest is heightened by its graphic 

 pictures of strongly contrasting environments in Morocco, in the Australian bush, and in London society. 

 A story so much out of the common as this will be certain to secure full recognition for the author's rare 

 talent. * 



No. 276. A Corner of the West. 



By Edith Henrietta Fowler. 

 "There are plenty of clever things in ' A Corner of the West ' said by the characters and the author, 

 but they are never too clever by half. Her people talk in an interesting way, but they are not forever 

 trying to score off each other. ... It matters extremelv little what happens in a story so well written as 

 this. All Miss Fowler's people are properly individualized. This is a book well out of 

 ruck." — London Chronicle. 



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