Bp Cttomrti ^. 



Author of " Chimmie Fadden," " Days Like These," etc. 



LEES AND LEAVEN 



JJlO novel of New York City has ever por- 

 trayed so faithfully or so vividly our new world 

 Gotham the seething, rushing New York of 

 to-day, to which all the world looks with such 

 curious interest. Mr. Townsend, gives us not a 

 picture, but the bustling, nerve-racking pageant 

 itself. The titan struggles in the world of 

 finance, the huge hoaxes in sensational news- 

 paperdom, the gay life of the theatre, opera, 

 and restaurant, and then the calmer and com- 

 forting domestic scenes of wholesome living, 

 pass, as actualities, before our very eyes. In 

 this turbulent maelstrom of ambition, he finds 

 room for love and romance also. 

 There is a bountiful array of characters, admi- 

 rably drawn, and especially delightful are the 

 two emotional and excitable lovers, young Ban- 

 nister and Gertrude Carr. The book is unlike 

 Mr. To wnsend's " Chimmie Fadden" in everything 

 but its intimate knowledge of New York life. 



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