Chapter D: Appleton & Co.'s Publications

_THE FAITH DOCTOR_. By EDWARD EGGLESTON, author of "The Hoosier Schoolmaster," "The Circuit Rider," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

"An excellent piece of work.... With each new novel the author of 'The Hoosier Schoolmaster' enlarges his audience, and surprises old friends by reserve forces unsuspected. Sterling integrity of character and high moral motives illuminate Dr. Eggleston's fiction, and assure its place in the literature of America which is to stand as a worthy reflex of the best thoughts of this age."--_New York World_.

"One of _the_ novels of the decade."--_Rochester Union and Advertiser_.

"It is extremely fortunate that the fine subject indicated in the title should have fallen into such competent hands."--_Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph_.

"Much skill is shown by the author in making these 'fads' the basis of a novel of great interest.... One who tries to keep in the current of good novel-reading must certainly find time to read 'The Faith Doctor.'"--_Buffalo Commercial_.

"A vivid and life-like transcript from several phases of society. Devoid of literary affectation and pretense, it is a wholesome American novel, well worthy of the popularity which it has won."--_Philadelphia Inquirer_.

_AN UTTER FAILURE_. By MIRIAM COLES HARRIS, author of "Rutledge." 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.

"A story with an elaborate plot, worked out with great cleverness and with the skill of an experienced artist in fiction. The interest is strong and at times very dramatic.... Those who were attracted by 'Rutledge' will give hearty welcome to this story, and find it fully as enjoyable as that once immensely popular novel."--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette_.

"The pathos of this tale is profound, the movement highly dramatic, the moral elevating."--_New York World_.

"In this new story the author has done some of the best work that she has ever given to the public, and it will easily class among the most meritorious and most original novels of the year."--_Boston Home Journal_.

"The author of 'Rutledge' does not often send out a new volume, but when she does it is always a literary event.... Her previous books were sketchy and slight when compared with the finished and trained power evidenced in 'An Utter Failure.'"--_New Haven Palladium_.

_A PURITAN PAGAN_. By JULIEN GORDON, author of "A Diplomat's Diary," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.

"Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger grows stronger as she writes.... The lines in her story are boldly and vigorously etched."--_New York Times_.

"The author's recent books have made for her a secure place in current literature, where she can stand fast.... Her latest production, 'A Puritan Pagan,' is an eminently clever story, in the best sense of the word clever."--_Philadelphia Telegraph_.

"Has already made its mark as a popular story, and will have an abundance of readers.... It contains some useful lessons that will repay the thoughtful study of persons of both sexes."--_New York Journal of Commerce_.

"This brilliant novel will, without doubt, add to the repute of the writer who chooses to be known as Julien Gordon.... The ethical purpose of the author is kept fully in evidence through a series of intensely interesting situations."--_Boston Beacon_.

"It is obvious that the author is thoroughly at home in illustrating the manner and the sentiment of the best society of both America and Europe."--_Chicago Times_.

RECENT ISSUES IN APPLETONS' TOWN AND COUNTRY LIBRARY.

_THE THREE MISS KINGS_. By ADA CAMBRIDGE, author of "My Guardian." 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.

"May unreservedly be recommended as one of the choice stories of the season, bright, refined, graceful, thoughtful, and interesting from the first to the final page."--_Boston Literary World_.

_A MATTER OF SKILL_. By BEATRICE WHITBY, author of "The Awakening of Mary Fenwick" and "Part of the Property." 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"A pretty love-story, told in a gracefully piquant manner, and with a frank freshness of style that makes it very attractive in the reading. It is uncommonly well written."--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette_.

"The story is charmingly told, and is very readable."--_Literary World_.

_MAID MARIAN, AND OTHER STORIES_. By MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL, author of "Throckmorton" and "Little Jarvis." 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"There is an unmistakable cleverness in this collection of short stories."--_Boston Literary World_.

"Miss Seawell has a brisk and prolific fancy, and a turn for the odd and fantastic, while she is Past Master in the use of negro dialect and the production of tales of plantation life and manners. All these stories are spirited, well marked by local color, and written with skill and ingenuity."--_New York Tribune_.

"Miss Seawell writes capital stories, and in a special way nothing of late has been done better nor more daintily than 'Maid Marian.'"--_New York Times_.

_ONE WOMAN'S WAY_. By EDMUND PENDLETON, author of "A Conventional Bohemian," "A Virginia Inheritance," etc. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"The author is a Virginian who has written some interesting stories, and who steadily improves upon himself.... This is a thoughtful, semi-philosophical story. There is much discussion in it, but none of it is prosy."--_New York Herald_.

"In this genuinely interesting novel the author depicts one of the most charming characters to be found in the vast range of woman's realm.... The close is artistically devised and shows a deep observation. Mr. Pendleton has a brilliant future before him in his chosen path."--_St. Louis Republic_.

_A MERCIFUL DIVORCE_. By F. W. MAUDE. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"There have been few more searching studies of the rampant English plutocracy than is afforded by this brilliantly written volume."--_Boston Beacon_.

"The book is curiously interesting from the startling side-light it throws on English society of the upper grades."--_Chicago Times_.

"This work marks an epoch in the history-writing of this country."--_St. Louis Post-Dispatch_.

_THE HOUSEHOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE_. FOR YOUNG AMERICANS. By EDWARD EGGLESTON. Richly illustrated with 350 Drawings, 75 Maps, etc. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.50.

_FROM THE PREFACE_.

The present work is meant, in the first instance, for the young--not alone for boys and girls, but for young men and women who have yet to make themselves familiar with the more important features of their country's history. By a book for the young is meant one in which the author studies to make his statements clear and explicit, in which curious and picturesque details are inserted, and in which the writer does not neglect such anecdotes as lend the charm of a human and personal interest to the broader facts of the nation's story. That history is often tiresome to the young is not so much the fault of history as of a false method of writing by which one contrives to relate events without sympathy or imagination, without narrative connection or animation. The attempt to master vague and general records of kiln-dried facts is certain to beget in the ordinary reader a repulsion from the study of history--one of the very most important of all studies for its widening influence on general culture.

"Fills a decided gap which has existed for the past twenty years in American historical literature. The work is admirably planned and executed, and will at once take its place as a standard record of the life, growth, and development of the nation. It is profusely and beautifully illustrated."--_Boston Transcript_.

"The book in its new dress makes a much finer appearance than before, and will be welcomed by older readers as gladly as its predecessor was greeted by girls and boys. The lavish use the publishers have made of colored plates, woodcuts, and photographic reproductions, gives an unwonted piquancy to the printed page, catching the eye as surely as the text engages the mind."--_New York Critic_.

"The author writes history as a story. It can never be less than that. The book will enlist the interest of young people, enlighten their understanding, and by the glow of its statements fix the great events of the country firmly in the mind."--_San Francisco Bulletin_.

_TOURMALIN'S TIME CHEQUES_. By F. ANSTEY, author of "Vice Versa," "The Giant's Robe," etc.

"Mr. Anstey has done nothing more original or fantastic with more success."--_The Nation_.

"A curious conceit and very entertaining story."--_Boston Advertiser_.

"Each cheque is good for several laughs."--_New York Herald_.

"Nothing could be more sprightly and amusingly whimsical."--_Boston Courier_.

"A very clever tale of fantastic humor.... The literary style is graceful and sparkling."--_Chicago Times_.

"Certainly one of the most diverting books of the season."--_Brooklyn Times_.

"Exquisitely printed and bound."--_Philadelphia Times_.

_FROM SHADOW TO SUNLIGHT_. By the MARQUIS OF LORNE.

"In these days of princely criticism--that is to say, criticism of princes--it is refreshing to meet a really good bit of aristocratic literary work, albeit the author is only a prince-in-law.... The theme chosen by the Marquis makes his story attractive to Americans."--_Chicago Tribune_.

"A charming book."--_Cincinnati Enquirer_.

_ADOPTING AN ABANDONED FARM_. By KATE SANBORN.

"A sunny, pungent, humorous sketch."--_Chicago Times_.

"A laughable picture of the grievous experiences of a young woman who sought to demonstrate the idea that a woman can farm.... The drakes refused to lay; the vegetables refused to come up; and the taxes would not go down."--_Minneapolis Tribune_.

"The book is dainty in exterior as well as rich within; and to those who seek health, moral and physical, we say, 'Buy it.'"--_Montreal Gazette_.

"If any one wants an hour's entertainment for a warm sunny day on the piazza, or a cold wet day by the log-fire, this is the book that will furnish it."--_New York Observer_.

"Many is the good laugh the reader will have over its pages."--_Philadelphia Ledger_.

_ON THE LAKE OF LUCERNE, and other Stories_. By BEATRICE WHITBY, author of "A Matter of Skill," "The Awakening of Mary Fenwick," etc.

"Six short stories carefully and conscientiously finished, and told with the graceful ease of the practiced _raconteur_."--_Literary Digest_.

"The stories are pleasantly told in light and delicate vein, and are sure to be acceptable to the friends Miss Whitby has already made on this side of the Atlantic."--_Philadelphia Bulletin_.

"Very dainty, not only in mechanical workmanship but in matter and manner."--_Boston Advertiser_.

Each, 16mo, half cloth, with specially designed cover, 50 cents.

New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 1, 3, & 5 Bond Street.