THE TWO CAPTAINS 



A STORY OP BONAPARTE AND NBLSOfli 



By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY 

 Author of " A Little Traitor to the South," etc. 



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The action takes place in the years 1793 and 1798. The historic incidents centre around 

 the siege of Toulon in Southern France in 1793, in which General Bonaparte first attracts 

 the attention of the world to his genius; and the epoch-marking Battle of the Nile in the 

 Bay of Aboukir, in Egypt, in 1798, in which Admiral Nelson forever shatters the French- 

 man's dream of empire in the East. The story revolves around the love of Captain Rob- 

 ert Macartney, an Irishman who is an officer in the English Navy under Nelson, and Louise 

 de Vaudemont, granddaughter of Vice-Admiral de Vaudemont, a great Royalist noble and 

 officer of the old Navy of France before the Revolution. One of the leading characters is 

 Brebceuf, a silent Breton sailor he does not speak a dozen words in the whole story 

 who interferes at critical points to promote the welfare of the young lovers in most strik- 

 ing and unconventional ways. The coast of Provence, the land of the minstrel and the 

 troubadour, the city of Toulon, grim-walled, cannon-circled, the blue waters of the Medi- 

 terranean, the great ships-of-the-line, the sandy shores of Egypt, the ancient city of Alex- 

 andria, the palace of the Khedive, the Bay of Aboukir, are the successive settings of the 

 dramatic story. General Bonaparte and Admiral Nelson both take prominent parts in the 

 romance, and the characters of these fascinating men are described with fidelity, accuracy, 

 and brilliancy. 



THE SECRET WOMAN 



By EDEN PHILLPOTTS 

 Author of " The American Prisoner," " My Devon Year," etc. 



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Rude and romantic characters, descriptions of lonely and picturesque Devonshire 

 scenery, and a simple plot in which love and passion play strong parts, are part of the 

 secret of Mr. Eden Phillpotts' very strong hold on the public. Slow-acting and slow- 

 speaking but deep-feeling peasants play their parts in each drama amid a character- 

 istically wild but sympathetic environment. The present powerful story shows the author 

 at his best. The real tragedy is not in the actual murder and in the shadow of the gal- 

 lows, but in the moral situation and the intense, engrossing moral struggle. Despite 

 certain faults, each character in the story is of high mind and purpose, unselfish and 

 deserving of respect. What might else be a gloomy theme is relieved by the minor char- 

 acters. The talk of the Devonshire rustics is amusing, and every minor figure in the 

 book is a distinct, true-to-nature character. The descriptions of external nature are done 

 with feeling and knowledge; in this field no other living romancer equals Mr. Phillpotts. 

 This work has some of the great qualities of serious literature single in purpose, deep 

 in study of motive and passion. 



THE WOMAN ERRANT 



Being Some Chapters from the Wonder Book of Barbara 



By the author of " The Garden of a Commuter's Wife," etc, 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILL GREFE 

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"This clear-visioned writer, calmly surveying life from the wholesome vantage grouno 

 of a modest, co;j*5'-,*ed suburban home, is not merely entertaining each year a growing 

 number of appreciative readers, but she is inculcating in her own incisive way much of 

 that same wise and simple philosophy of life that forms the enduring charm of the essays 

 of Charles Wagner." New York Globe. 



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