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omta. A novel. BY CECIL DUssTAs. Fifty
cents. Philadelphia: .. Is. Lppinoott
Company.
We are never surprised 10 receive we'll
written novel from Lippincott. and Quita
IL no exception 10 the rule; indeed, it Is
one of the most fascinating romances OF
the period.
Ouita, the heroine, who is from the Ar
gentine. upon the death Of her father an
Enplishman, visits England in the hope OF
being welcomed by her relatives as one OF
the family. Half Spanish. she ranks with
her kindred as "a colonial an outer bar
harlan. Nevertheless she is lovely char
acter-spirited, beautiful, pure, and all
aplow with youthful hopes, but withal
totally unprepared to battle with insular
prejudice, caste, and selfishness-
Lord BYRoS's words are remembered in
following her career--that he would prefer
the education of young girl to be con.
Quoted by woman of the world rather
than by prude.
ouita remains brave, steadfast, and true
in her contact with cruel world. and IN
spite of the soul-murder" of her beliefs
and affections by an Englishman, man OF
the world, who is keen. bright, and merci-
less as steel.
The story, written purely and strongly, is
of deathless passion. and creates the
most intense interest-nearly amounting
to pain, and which is maintained without
cessation to the end Of the book.
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United States Book Company, New
York. Cloth. Price not given.
The aim of this story is to illustrate the
evil effects of suddenly acquired riches in
developing the avaricious side Of mans
nature and making him despise and OPP
PRESS his fellow-beings less fortunate than
himself. The leading character is Pudney,
who "struck it rich" and from poverty
and hardship became millionaire and
large employer of labor. As his wealth
grew his scorn of the poor and greed for
gain likewise increased. he oppressed his
employees, cut down their wages, intro
duced cheap foreign labor, thereby
causing strikes, rioting, destruction OF
property, etc. Retributive justice, in the
shape of domestic troubles, finally over
takes him, and causes repentance and
reparation. The story is very we'll told.
Good Bye. BY JOHN STRANGE WINTER
From the United States Book Company,
New York. Paper, Csc.
This is touching and very well
written story of too-credulous and suspi-
cious husband who divorced his faithful
and affectionate wife on manufactured
evidence of her unworthiness, and dis
covered his mistake when it was too late
after he had married again. woman he
did not love. Fate kindly reunited them,
but not until each had suffered much.
The Soul of Countess Adrian. By Mrs.
CAMPBELL PRAKD. From the United
States Book Company. Paper, SOC.
This is another hypnotic novel, of the
sort which is just now the fashion. Itpre-
sents an instance of the TRANSMISSION of
souls, or rather, Of a single soul. The
Countess Adrian, bold, bad woman,
something of an adventures, is desperate
" in love with a handsome artist, who
loves and Is loved by beautiful and
gifted actress. The latter is peculiarly
susceptible to the hypnotic powers of her
strong-willed rival, who, failing to gain the
love she Graves, causes her own soul to
forsake its feshly tenement and take up its
abode in the body of the other,
that her passion might have vicari-
Gus qualification, as it were, she
of course dying in the act The
result of the psychical TRANSMISSION is to
totally change the nature Of the actress;
from a refined, sensitive, and modest
| woman she becomes bold, ardent, and
| sensuous-in short, like the Countess. and
is soon in danger Of alternating and losing
her lover. At the right moment, however,
a sort of high-priest of hypnotlsm appears
and casts out the unclean spirit. The
story is we'll written, but more absurd
motif could hardly be devised.
| The TRAGEDIES of oak Hurst. A Florida Ro-
nance. BY BEATRICE MAREAS. From the
publishers, DoNoHUE, HESsEBERRY d
Co. Chicago: Dearborn Series, No. As.
Subscription price, S13 per year.
This is a clumsily-wrltten story by an
immature hand, and deals chiefly with the
over-reaching practices of sharp and un-
scrupulous usurer. who feeces his too-con-
6ding victim out Of his estate. His son
afterwards marries the daughter of the
man who was cheated, and dying, leaves
her all of the property, which "evens up
matters. There are several tragical occur
rences. all but one of which appear to have
been lugged in merely to swell the size Of
the book, which contains four hundred
pages.
.Jonel Fortindt. A Roumanian Romance.
| By MARCO BRocINRR. Translated from the
German by HETIm Z. MILLER. Chicago
DoNoHUE, HEEEEBERRY d Co. Paper
illustrated. 407 pages.
This is the story of ayoung man who i:
sought to be inveigled into an illicit love
by an unhappily- woman, but who
remains true to the girl he loves and final
iy weds. The book is crowded with char
acters and is very clever.
What's Bred in he Bone. By GRANT ALLEN
Boston, Mass BENJAMIN 4. TUCKER, pub
Usher, 1891.
This novel took the $1,000 prizt
awarded by the London Tit Bits, ant
has now become No. /. of Volume Of
fuckers Library, which is to be issued
monthly by subscription at So pei
annum.
Fsorine or, The Inner Life Of 1,e -Four Hun
dred." BY the author Of Mignonnette,
1.-THE Devil and /, etc., etc. New York
| G.. w. Dn.LNGHAN, publisher, successor
to G. w. CARLETON q Co.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON d Co.
The Cameron Pride or, Purified By Suffering
A Novel. BY Mrs. MARY j. HoLMEs. New
York: G. w. DnLINGHAM, publisher
successor to G.. w. CARLETON d Co.
For sale by West, JOHNSTON d Co.
Moulding Mdiden By ALBERT Ross, author
of Her Husbands Friend, y" In Stella'i
Shadow" Speaking Of Ellen" I" Thou
Shalt Not, %" His Private Character, "etc
New York: G. w. DMLNGHAM, ublisher
successor to q. W. CARLETON Il Co.
For sale by WEsT. JOHNSTON d Co.
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