The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-10-17
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DEBORAH DEATH. 4 Novel. Published by q.
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II. Morrison * Co., Washington. ID. @. Price 30
cents.
This. the work of q young Washingtonian Of
some literary ability, il producing quite sen
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absorbing. It gives realistic descriptions Of
certain parts of London, In which the plot Is
laid with some excellent character.sk etching
and wel-sustained story. From the recep-
ton the book is having among readers it has
evidently made decided hit.
A MAsQUE OF HONOR. BY Caroline washburn
Lockwood. so oonts. New York: Funk &
Wagnslls.
A racy book, which holds your interest to
the close and makes you wish for more. The
scenes are laid at Saratoga-that national re-
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of people, that the new relationships formed
must often be even stranger than fiction"
The authors style is pleasing. and her lessons
are calculated TO exalt virtuous womanhood
and manly manhood.
THE TENTS or SHEM. By Grant Allen Pub
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Tosay that this Is by Grant Allen. and Is equal
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HELENE. By Emile lola. Published by l. r..
Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia. Pa. Price
Is cents.
Helene" is tale Of love and passion. and
shows the authors remarkable descriptive
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the birth, growth. elimination and death Of
what might have wrought ruin to herself and
brought destruction and misery upon others
so that in two short years, as she stood by the
grave Of the precocious and strangely fragile
daughter whose death put an end to her infatu-
alton. she wondered how such a love ever took
possession of her.
JACOB vALMoNT, MANAGER. BY George A.
Wall and George Il. Heekei. Published by
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Price so cents.
This is another of the interesting series OF
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their Rialto Series" Coming from their
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STORIES FROM CARLETON. With an intro
duetoh by w. H. Yeats Published by w. J.
Gage Co., New York.
These tales are few selected from the best
writings OF the great novelist of the Irish peo-
ple, William Carleton, and are here presented
in very attractive form. These tales abound
in Irish humor, but bear that undercurreut of
Celtic fatalsm, and at times q melancholy.
which marks most Of his works, with an in
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contemporaries.
MoHoPoLIEs AND THE PEOPLE BY Charles
Whiting Baker, O. e. Published by G.. p Put
MANS Sons, New York, aud FOR sale by Robert +,
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This 10 another of the Questions Of the
Day" SERIES which have been so widely read
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