Important New Books. 



Translations of Two Powerful German Novels by Authors 

 New TO American Readers. 



THE LAST VON RECKENBURG. By Louise von Francois. Trans- 

 lated from the third German edition. 370 pages. Cr. 8vo. Cloth, gilt. 

 ^1.50. 



The popularity of this book among the reading public of Europe, and the 

 interest it has excited in critical circles, led to the present translation into 

 English. Gustave P'reytag, one of the greatest of German novelists, says of 

 it : " Clear, terse, with not a word too much, and rich in powerful expres- 

 sions, it depicts everything in short sentences, obedient to every mood, every 

 change of color. Readers will alw ays close this volume with a consciousness 

 that they have received a rare gift." 



MM. F.rckmann-Chatrian have depicted the feverish excitement of France 

 during the height of Napoleon's meteor-like blaze : this equally powerful ro- 

 mance shows the reaction in Germany immediately after his downfall, when 

 the pulse of Europe was striving to regain its normal beat. 



THE MONK'S WEDDING. A novel. By C. F. Meyer. Cr. Svo 

 unique binding, gilt top. $1.25. 

 This is an Italian story, v, ritten by a German, and translated by an American, 

 and purports to be narrated by the poet Dante at the hospitable hearth of his 

 patron, Can Grande. He evolved it from an inscription on a gravestone : 

 "Hie jacet monachus Astorre cum uxore Antiope. Sepeliebat Azzolinus" 

 (Here sleeps the monk Astorre with his wife Antiope. Ezzelin gave them 

 burial). Those who have any acquaintance with the unscrupulous machina- 

 tions of the Italian, and particularly of the Italian ecclesiastic, will have little 

 difficulty in conjuring up what a grim, lurid tale of secret crime and suffering a 

 " Monk's Wedding" is sure to be. It is of sustained and absorbing interest, full 

 of delicate touches and flashes of passion, a tragedy which ca.inot fail to leave 

 an impression of power upon the mind. 



Works by William H. Rideing. 



THACKERAY'S LONDON: HIS HAUNTS AND THE 

 SCENES OF HIS NOVELS. With two original Portraits (etched 

 and engraved) ; a fac-siiuile of a page of the original manuscript of " Tl;e 

 Newcomes ; " together with several exquisitely engraved woodcuts, i vol, 

 square i2rao. Cloth, gilt top, in box. Ji.oo. Fourth Edition. 



LITTLE UPSTART, A. A Novel. Third edition. i6mo. Cloth. $1.25. 

 " As a study of literary and would-be literary life it is positively brilliant- 



^lany well-known figures are drawn with a few sweeping touches. Tke book, 



as a story, is interesting enough for the most experienced taste, and, as a satire, 



it is manly and healthy." — Joh}i Boyle O' Rcilly. 



" Notably free frotn the least sensationalism or unnaturalness. . . Fla.shes of 



sterling wit, with touches of exquisite pathos, and with a quiet mastery of style 



which I have rarely seen surpassed in American fiction and seldom equalled. 



The incidental bits of philosophy, observation, and keen worldly knowledge 



have few parallels in our literature." — Edgar Faivceit. 



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