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! as I looked on Angus's in that moment, I knew to whom my child belonged the most. But the broken emblems of Another's lay before me, and I made the lesser sacrifice with joy. I watched his eager step, nor did he seek to control its pace. Swiftly he walked, and I could not forbear to follow with my eyes till he stood before the door. A moment he paused, I know not why--then he slowly entered and the door was shut. * * * * * _Decorated_ _Cloth, $1.50_ _Doctor Luke of The Labrador_ BY NORMAN DUNCAN "Mr. Duncan is deserving of much praise for this, his first novel.... In his descriptive passages Mr. Duncan is sincere to the smallest detail. His characters are painted in with bold, wide strokes.... Unlike most first novels, 'Doctor Luke' waxes stronger as it progresses."--_N. Y. Evening Post._ _James MacArthur, of Harper's Weekly, says_: "I am delighted with 'Doctor Luke.' So fine and noble a work deserves great success." "A masterpiece of sentiment and humorous characterization. Nothing more individual, and in its own way more powerful, has been done in American fiction.... The story is a work of art."--_The Congregationalist._ _Joseph B. Gilder, of The Critic, says_: "I look to see it take its place promptly among the best selling books of the season." "It fulfills its promise of being one of the best stories of the season. Mr. Duncan evidently is destined to make a name for himself among the foremost novelists of his day.... Doctor Luke is a magnetic character, and the love story in which he plays his part is a sweet and pleasant idyl.... The triumph of the book is its character delineation."--_Chicago Record-Herald._ _Miss Bacon, Literary Editor of The Booklover's Library, says_: "Of all the stories I have read this Autumn there is none that I would rather own." "Norman Duncan's novel is a great enterprise, and will probably prove to be the greatest book yet produced by a native of Canada."--_Toronto Globe._ _8vo, Cloth_ _Price, $1.75 net_ _Denizens of the Deep_ _By_ FRANK T. BULLEN There is a new world of life and intelligence opened to our knowledge in Mr. Bullen's stories of the inhabitants of the sea. He finds the same fascinating interest in the lives of the
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