A NEW NOVEL OF NEW YOKK Utt. 



•^ AVERAGES ^ 



A NOVEL OF MODERN NEW YORK. 



By ELEANOR STUAPT, Author of " Stoncpaslurcs." 



12mo. Cloth, $L50. 



NOVELS of New York have sometimes failed 

 through lack of knowledge of the theme, 

 but the brilliant author of "Averages" and 

 " Stonepastures " has had every opportunitv to 

 know her New York well. She has been able, 

 therefore, to avoid the extremes of " high lite " 

 and "low life," which have seemed to many 

 to constitute the only salient phases of New 

 York, and she paints men and women of everv 

 day, and sketches the curious interdependence 

 and association or impingement of differing 

 circles in New York. It is a story of social life, but of a life exhibitintr 

 ambitions and efforts, whether wisely or ill directed, which are quite out- 

 side of purely social functions. There is a suggestion of the adventurer, 

 a figure not unfamiliar to New-Yorkers, and there are glimpses of profes- 

 sional life and the existence of idlers. With singularlv acute analysis the 

 author makes her characters develop themselves in the Unfolding of her 

 story, and her shrewd discernment is as effective as the witty and epigram- 

 matic qualitv of her style. " Averages " is not a story of froth or slums, 

 but a brilliant studv of actualities, and its publication will attract increased 

 attention to the rare talent of the author. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOP. 

 STONEPASTUfiES. .2mo Cloth 7s c nts 



"The st(>ry is strongly written, there being a decided Bronte flavor about its style and 

 English. It is thoroughly interesting, and extremely vivid in its portrayal of actual life." — 

 Boston Courier. 



" For a heartrending, terribly realistic story of a mining town or settlement ; for a recital of 

 the risks men will run, the sufferings they will undergo, to make money enough to prolong a 

 miserable existence, 'Stonepastures,' by Eleanor Stuart (D. Appleton and Company), is as 

 vivid, thrilling a story as one can read. Yet in the midst of the squalor, sin, and constant 

 menace of sudden death, lovely characters are developed and pure love can make every sacri- 

 fice, it is a short story, but is almost painfully intense." — Buffulo Commercial. 



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