There are few young writers who begin a promising career with so
much spontaneity and charm of expression as is displayed by Miss
Rives.--_Literary World_, Boston.

The trait which the author seems to take the most pleasure in
depicting is the passionate loyalty of a girl to her lover or of a
young wife to her husband, and her portrayal of this trait has
feeling, and is set off by an unconventional style and brisk
movement.--_The Book Buyer_, N. Y.

There is such a wealth of imagination, such an exuberance of
striking language in the productions of this author, as to attract
and hold the reader.--_Toledo Blade._

Miss Rives is essentially a teller of love stories, and relates
them with such simple, straightforward grace that she at once
captures the sympathy and interest of the reader.... There is a
freshness of feeling and a mingling of pathos and humor which are
simply delicious.--_New London Telegraph._

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A STRANGE MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN A COPPER CYLINDER.

A Romance. Richly Illustrated by GILBERT GAUL. 12mo, Cloth, Extra,
$1 25.

The writer of this book, whose name is still kept from the public,
is in every way qualified to rank with Mr. Haggard. Indeed, his
clever analysis of Kosekin social laws is far more able, from a
strictly literary point of view, than anything Mr. Haggard has ever
done--_N. Y. Herald._

A story of remarkable power and originality, as weird and as wild
as the most extravagant of Rider Haggard's romances, but better
fiction and better literature in every way.... The book is well
worth the reading, not only for the strangeness of the story, but
for the fancy and poetic sentiment that pervade it, for the
brilliancy of the invention that has been brought to bear upon it,
and for the immense vividness and animation of the descriptive
narrative.--Saturday _Evening Gazette_, Boston.

In close connection with the author's fanciful creations there is
noticeable a fine play of irony and humor, which lends a special
charm to the story. The latter is full of movement, and even in the
more exciting passages the exa