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nion._ A series of vivid pictures of the life of a soldier who was also a gentleman.--_N. Y. Press._ THE CRIMSON SIGN. A Narrative of the Adventures of Mr. Gervase Orme, sometime Lieutenant in Mountjoy's Regiment of Foot. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50. Recounts in an able manner the terrible scenes which culminated in the siege and relief of Londonderry, giving his readers a personal interest in the characters he has created, and many and pathetic are the resulting pictures. Mr. Keightley, with a few deft touches of his pen, brings them home to the reader with a force that enables him to realize what such warfare really means. The French soldier is a strange character, strikingly conceived.--_Literary World_, London. THE CAVALIERS. A Novel. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50. Full of adventure, incident, and the wild spirit of the age, yet written withal in so true, simple, and vigorous a manner that it is the people of the narrative as much as their doings and escapades that interest the reader.--_Chicago Journal._ Compels immediate and enduring interest on the part of the reader. From an artistic and literary point of view, indeed, the book is entirely noteworthy. It has swing, verve, and genuine force. The interest is cumulative, and the denouement of the story in no wise disappointing.--_Philadelphia Bulletin._ PUBLISHED By HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK _The above works are for sale by all booksellers, or will be sent by the publishers, postage prepaid, on receipt of the price._ * * * * * BY CAPT. CHARLES KING * * * * * CAMPAIGNING WITH CROOK, AND STORIES OF ARMY LIFE. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25. A WAR-TIME WOOING. Illustrated by R. F. ZOGBAUM. pp. iv., 196. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.00. BETWEEN THE LINES. A Story of the War. Illustrated by GILBERT GAUL. pp. iv., 312. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25. In all of Captain King's stories the author holds to lofty ideals of manhood and womanhood, and inculcates the lessons of honor, generosity, courage, and self-control--_Literary World_, Boston. The vivacity and charm which signally distinguish Captain King's pen.... He occupies a position in American literature entirely his own.... His is the literature of honest sentiment, pure and tender.--_N. Y. Press._ A romance by Captain King is always a pleasure, because he has so complete a mastery of the subjec
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