PUBLICATIONS OF /. B. LIBPINCOTT & CO. 

 " It is the Fas/iion." A Novel. From the German 



of Adelheid von Auer. By the translator of " Over Yon- 



der," " Magdalena," "The Old Countess," etc. i2mo. 



Fine cloth. Si. 50. 



many German novels, which make 

 them rather tedious for American read- 

 ers, but is fresh, spright y and full of 

 common sense applied to the business 

 cf actual life." — Philadelphia. Age. 



" It is a most excellent book, abound- 

 ing in pure sentiment and beautiful 

 thought, and written in a style at once 

 lucid, graceful and epigrammatic" — 

 New i ork Evening Mail. 



"It is one of the most charming 

 books of the times, and is admirable 

 for its practical, wise and beautiful 

 morality. A more natural and grace- 

 ful work of its kind we never before 

 read.'' — Richmond Dispatch. 



"This is a charming novel ; to be 

 commended not only tor the interest 

 of the story, but for the fine healthy 

 tone that pervades it. . . . This work 

 has not the excessive elaboration of 



Dead Men's Shoes. A Novel. By X R. Hadcr- 



mann, author of " Forgiven at Last." i2mo. Fine cloth. 



" One of the best novels of the sea- 

 son." — Philadelphia Press. 



" One of the best novels descriptive 

 of life at the South that has yet been 



published. The plot is well contrived, 

 the characters well contrasted and the 

 dialogue crisp and natural." — Balti- 

 more Gazette. 



Israel Mori, Overman. A Story of the Mine. By 



John Saunders, author of " Abel Drake's Wife." Illus- 

 trated. i6mo. Fine cloth. $1.25. 



" Intensely dramatic. . . . Some of 

 the characters are exquisitely drawn, 

 and show the hand of a master." — 

 Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. 



"The book takes a strong hold on 

 the reader's attention from the first, 

 and the interest does not flag for a 

 moment." — Boston Globe. 



"The denouement, moral and artis- 

 tic, is very fine." — New York Evening 

 Mail. 



" It treats of a variety of circum- 

 stances and characters almost new to 

 the realm of fiction, and has a peculiar 

 interest on this account." — Boston 

 A dvertiser. 



In the Rapids. A Romance. By Gerald Hart. 



i2mo. Toned paper. Extra cloth. $1.50. 



" Full of tragic interest." — Cincin- 

 nati Gazette. 



" It is, on the whole, remarkably 

 well told, and is particularly notable 

 for its resemblance to those older and, 

 in some respects, better models of com- 



position in which the dialogue is sub- 

 ordinated to the narrative, and the 

 effects are wrought out by the analyt- 

 ical powers of the writer." — Baltimore 

 Gazette. 



The Parasite; or, Hozv to Make One's Fortune. 



A Comedy in Five Acts. After the French of Picnrd. 



I2mo. Paper cover. 75 cents. 



a pleasant, sprightly comedy, an- I character, we should svpposs they 

 exceptionable in its moral and chaste would finrl th's a iaiu«o.'e id-ht'C* to 

 in its language. As our amateur actors j their s'ock." — PAi!nd*l//>tn Agt 

 Ve always in pursuit of p'.iys of tins I 



