Part 19
“As a story … there can be no question of its success.… While the beautiful love of Cornelia and Drusus lies at the sound sweet heart of the story, to say so is to give a most meagre idea of the large sustained interest of the whole.… There are many incidents so vivid, so brilliant, that they fix themselves in the memory.”—NANCY HUSTON BANKS in _The Bookman_.
=“God Wills It.”= A Tale of the First Crusade. Illustrated by Louis Betts
“Not since Sir Walter Scott cast his spell over us with _Ivanhoe_, _Count Robert of Paris_, and _Quentin Durward_ have we been so completely captivated by a story as by _‘God Wills It’_. It grips the attention of the reader in the first chapter and holds it till the last.”—_Christian Endeavor World._
=Falaise of the Blessed Voice.= A Tale of the Youth of St. Louis, King of France
“In this tale of the youth of Louis, King of France and afterward saint in the calendar of the Catholic Church, Mr. Davis has fulfilled the promises contained in _A Friend of Cæsar_ and _‘God Wills It’_. The novel is not only interesting and written with skill in the scenes which are really dramatic, but it is convincing in its character drawing and its analysis of motives.”—_Evening Post_, New York.
=A Victor of Salamis.= A Tale of the Days of Xerxes, Leonidas, and Themistocles
“An altogether admirable picture of Hellenic life and Hellenic ideals. It is just such a book as will convey to the average reader what is the eternal value of Greek Life to the world … carried breathlessly along by a style which never poses, and yet is always strong and dignified.… This remarkable book takes its place with the best of historical fiction. Those who have made their acquaintance with the characters in the days of their youth will find delight in the remembrance. Those who would fain learn something of the golden days of Greece could not do better than use Mr. Davis for guide.”—_The Daily Post_, Liverpool.
“It is seldom that the London critics admit that an American may wear the mantle of Scott, but they are declaring that this book entitles Mr. Davis to a place among novelists not far below the author of _The Talisman_.”
MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT’S NOVELS, etc.
(Published originally as by “Barbara,” the Commuter’s wife)
_Each, in decorated cloth binding, $1.50_
=The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife.= Illustrated from photographs
“Reading it is like having the entry into a home of the class that is the proudest product of our land, a home where love of books and love of nature go hand in hand with hearty simple love of ‘folks.’… It is a charming book.”—_The Interior._
=People of the Whirlpool= Illustrated
“The whole book is delicious, with its wise and kindly humor, its just perspective of the true values of things, its clever pen pictures of people and customs, and its healthy optimism for the great world in general.”—_Philadelphia Evening Telegraph._
=The Woman Errant=
“The book is worth reading. It will cause discussion. It is an interesting, fictional presentation of an important modern question, treated with fascinating feminine adroitness.”—Miss JEANNETTE GILDER in _The Chicago Tribune_.
=At the Sign of the Fox=
“Her little pictures of country life are fragrant with a genuine love of nature, and there is fun as genuine in her notes on rural character. A travelling pieman is one of her most lovable personages; another is Tatters, a dog, who is humanly winsome and wise, and will not soon be forgotten by the reader of this very entertaining book.”—_New York Tribune._
=The Garden, You and I=
“This volume is simply the best she has yet put forth, and quite too deliciously torturing to the reviewer, whose only garden is in Spain.… The delightful humor which persuaded the earlier books, and without which Barbara would not be Barbara, has lost nothing of its poignancy, and would make _The Garden, You and I_ pleasant reading even to the man who doesn’t know a pink from a phlox or a _Daphne cneorum_ from a Cherokee rose.”—_Congregationalist._
THE MERWIN-WEBSTER NOVELS
_Each, in decorated cloth covers, $1.50_
=Calumet “K”= Illustrated by Harry C. Edwards
“_Calumet ‘K’_ is a novel that is exciting and absorbing, but not the least bit sensational. It is the story of a rush.… The book is an unusually good story; one that shows the inner workings of the labor union, and portrays men who are the bone and sinew of the earth.”—_The Toledo Blade._
=The Short Line War=
“A capital story of adventure in the field of railroading.”—_Outlook._
Mr. MARK LEE LUTHER’S NOVELS
_Each, in cloth, decorated covers, $1.50_
=The Henchman=
“It wins admiration on almost every page by the cleverness of its inventions.”—CHURCHILL WILLIAMS in _The Bookman_.
=The Mastery=
“A story of really notable power remarkable for its strength.”—_Times._
Mr. and Mrs. CASTLE’S NOVELS
_Each, in decorated cloth binding, $1.50_
=The Pride of Jennico=
“This lively story has a half-historic flavor which adds to its interest … told with an intensity of style which almost takes away the breath of the reader.”—_Boston Transcript._
=If Youth But Knew=
“They should be the most delightful of comrades, for their writing is so apt, so responsive, so joyous, so saturated with the promptings and the glamour of spring. It is because _If Youth But Knew_ has all these adorable qualities that it is so fascinating.”—_Cleveland Leader._
Mr. JOHN LUTHER LONG’S NOVELS, etc.
_Each, in decorated cloth covers, $1.50_
=The Way of the Gods=
“There can be no doubt as to the artistic quality of his story. It rings true with the golden ring of chivalry and of woman’s love, it rings true for all lovers of romance, wherever they be, … and is told with an art worthy of the idea.”—_New York Mail._
=Heimweh and Other Stories=
“As in _Madam Butterfly_ his subtle appreciation of love’s tender mystery creates an exquisite thrill of ‘the heavenly longing—for the love—the loved ones’ the one thing that through poverty and age can keep the door open to joy.”—_New York Times._
Miss BEULAH MARIE DIX’S NOVELS, etc.
_Each, in decorated cloth covers, $1.50_
=The Making of Christopher Ferringham=
“In brilliancy, exciting interest, and verisimilitude, _The Making of Christopher Ferringham_ is one of the best of the semi-historical novels of the day, and not unworthy of comparison with Maurice Hewlett’s best.”—_Boston Advertiser._
=The Life, Treason, and Death of James Blount of Breckenhow=
“A novel that may fairly challenge comparison with the very best, telling the story of treason and a love, of many good fights, a few mistakes, and a good death at the last.”—_The Boston Transcript._
=The Fair Maid of Greystones=
“The plot of _The Fair Maid of Greystones_ is not unworthy of Weyman at his best. This is strong praise, but it is deserved. From the moment Jack Hetherington, the Cavalier volunteer, assumes the identity of his blackguard cousin, and thus escapes certain death to face the responsibility for his kinsman’s dark deeds, until the end, which is sanely happy, the adventure never flags. This is one of the few historical novels in whose favor an exception may well be made by those who long since lost interest in the school.”—_New York Mail._
Mr. CHARLES MAJOR’S NOVELS
_Each, in decorated cloth binding, $1.50_
=Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall.= Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy
“Dorothy is a splendid creation, a superb creature of brains, beauty, force, capacity, and passion, a riot of energy, love, and red blood. She is the fairest, fiercest, strongest, tenderest heroine that ever woke up a jaded novel reader and made him realize that life will be worth living so long as the writers of fiction create her like.… The story has brains, ‘go,’ virility, gumption, and originality.”—_The Boston Herald._
=A Forest Hearth.= A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties. Illustrated
“This work is a novel full of charm and action, picturing the life and love of the fascinating indomitably adventurous men and women, boys and girls, who developed Indiana. It is a vigorous, breezy, outdoor book, with the especial intimate touch that is possible only when the subject is one which has long lain close to its author’s heart.”—_Daily News._
=Yolanda, Maid of Burgundy= Illustrated
“Charles Major has done the best work of his life in Yolanda. The volume is a genuine romance … and after the reviewer has become surfeited with problem novels, it is like coming out into the sunlight to read the fresh, sweet story of her love for Max.”—_The World To-day._
Mr. JOHN OXENHAM’S NOVEL
=The Long Road= With frontispiece
_Cloth, decorated cover, $1.50_
“Not since Robert Louis Stevenson has there appeared a writer of English who can so thoroughly serve his turn with simple Anglo-Saxon phrases … invested with sympathetic interest, convincing sincerity, and indefinable charm of romance.”—_North American._
“It is original both in plot and in treatment, and its skilful mingling of idyllic beauty and tragedy plays curious tricks with one’s emotions … and leaves an impression of happiness and spiritual uplift. It is a story that any man or woman will be the better for reading.”—_Record-Herald_, Chicago.
Mr. MAURICE HEWLETT’S NOVELS
_Each, in decorated cloth covers, $1.50_
=The Forest Lovers=
“The book is a joy to read and to remember, a source of clean and pure delight to the spiritual sense, a triumph of romance reduced to the essentials, and interpreted with a mastery of expression that is well-nigh beyond praise.”—_The Dial._
=The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay=
“Mr. Hewlett has done one of the most notable things in recent literature a thing to talk about with bated breath, as a bit of master-craftsmanship touched by the splendid dignity of real creation.”—_The Interior._
=The Queen’s Quair=
“_The Queen’s Quair_ is, from every point of view, a notable contribution to historical portraiture in its subtlety, its vividness of color, its consistency, and its fascination.… Above all, it is intensely interesting.”—_The Outlook._
=The Fool Errant=
“It is full of excellent description, of amusing characters, and of picaresque adventure brilliantly related … with infinite humor and vivacity.”—_The New York Herald._
=Little Novels of Italy=
“These singularly romantic stories are so true to their locality that they read almost like translations.”—_New York Times._
=New Canterbury Tales=
“In the key and style of the author’s _Little Novels of Italy_, it shows again the brilliant qualities of that remarkable book; … daring but successful.”—_New York Tribune._