. MacNamara. I Vol. illustrated.
"This is a genuine American fairy tale, and, so far as we can
remember, the first and only one that can lay claim to the
title."--_Daily Times, Troy, N. Y._
"It is fanciful and fresh, and written out
delightfully."--_Philadelphia Press._
"The story is well told and cleverly illustrated in strong and
delicate pen and ink drawings."--_Brooklyn Eagle._
"A dainty little volume, describing the fate and fortunes of a
Fairy Bride."--_Times-Democrat, New Orleans._
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The Truth about Tristrem Varick
By Edgar Saltus, author of "Mr. Incouls Misadventure," "The
Philosophy of Disenchantment," "Balzac"
In this novel Mr. Saltus has treated a subject hitherto unexplored
in fiction. The scene is Fifth avenue, the plot a surprise. "There
is," some one has said, "as much mud in the upper classes as in the
lower--only in the former it is gilded." This aphorism might serve
as an epigraph to _Tristrem Varick._
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It is the Law
A story of marriage and divorce in New York. By Thomas Edgar
Willson.
"It is the Law" is a unique novel. That it contains a libel in
every chapter is probably an exaggeration, but it certainly conveys
that impression to the average reader. If the law on divorce and
marriage of New York state is in the complex muddle that Mr.
Willson depicts it, then there are extenuating circumstances for
Mr. Willson placing in our hands a novel which shows that a man may
have, and does have, as many legal wives as his sense of propriety
or pleasure desires. The same state of things also applies to
women. It is indeed strong meat, dished up in a fearless, too plain
manner.--_A Critic._
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Man and Labor
A Series of short and simple studies, by Cyrus Elder.
"So excellent a manual of sound, economic philosophy ought to be
widely circulated.... It is not a book written by a capitalist nor
by a workingman. But it gives good advice to all classes, and gives
it in a most attractive manner."--_Philadelphia Evening Bulletin._
"Mr. Elder's book is a compound of sound argument, apt
illustration, noble sentiment and vigorous language."--_Inter
Ocean, Chicago._
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