L. C. Page and Company's
Announcement List
of New Fiction
The Kindred of the Wild; a book of animal life. By Charles G. D. Roberts, author of "The Heart of the Ancient Wood," "A Sister to Evangeline," etc. Illustrated with many full-page drawings of animal life by Charles Livingston Bull.
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Mr. Roberts's latest work of fiction makes a most interesting addition to the slender stock of nature classics. He has studied with close and unwearied interest the lives of the great eagle, lord of the air, the panther that rules on the Upsalquitch, the lucifee, haunter of the pine gloom, Kehonka the wild goose, and all the furred and feathered creatures of the wilderness and the hunted trails. In view of the great and growing interest in the study of nature, seen through the eyes of close observers and trained recorders like Mr. Roberts, and reported under the guise of fiction, this will be a book of great popular interest.
The Mystery of Murray Davenport. By Robert Neilson Stephens, author of "Captain Ravenshaw," "Philip Winwood," etc.
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His latest novel is a new departure for Mr. Stephens, and his greatest effort as well. Turning from past days and distant scenes, the themes of his previous successes, he has taken up American life of modern days for his serious choice as a field for romance. It is said that this is the most vital and absorbing of all Mr. Stephens's novels. It is certain, at any rate, that the hundreds of thousands of his readers will look forward with pleasure, as well as some degree of curiosity, to his latest work.
Barbara Ladd. A Novel of Early Colonial Days. By Charles G. D. Roberts, author of "The Heart of the Ancient Wood," "A Sister to Evangeline," etc.
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Stephen Holton: A Story of Life as It Is in Town and Country. By Charles Felton Pidgin, author of "Quincy Adams Sawyer" and "Blennerhassett."
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In "Stephen Holton" the author of "Quincy Adams Sawyer," which has been called "the best New England story ever written," has returned to the field of his first success—the annals of homely modern life. The hundreds of thousands who read that widely noticed book are doubtless anticipating the author's second story of New England life.
Abroad with the Jimmies. By Lilian Bell, author of "The Love Affairs of an Old Maid," "The Expatriates," etc.
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This book, one of Lilian Bell's best, is the witty account of a journey through Europe, filled with many amusing incidents and experiences. Although we are afforded vivid and interesting glimpses of Nordau, Tolstoi, and other personages of importance and note, not the least attractive figures in the book are those of the engaging Jimmies, the author's travelling companions.
Hope Loring. By Lilian Bell, author of "The Love Affairs of an Old Maid," "The Expatriates," etc.
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The latest and most important novel of this clever writer is based upon the experiences of a Southern girl in New York society. It is filled with keen and entertaining observation of the life of New York society, and will add not a little to the deserved reputation already enjoyed by Miss Bell.
The Mate of the Good Ship York. By W. Clark Russell, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," etc., with a frontispiece from a drawing by W. H. Dunton.
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W. Clark Russell, past master in his own province, is almost the last of the great sea romancers. This, his latest novel, is a story filled with the savor of the sea and the venturesome spirit of the old hardy merchant service. The story has all the vigor and interest that we are wont to look for in Mr. Russell's sea novels, and will be eagerly welcomed by his wide circle of admirers.
Asa Holmes or At the Cross-roads. By Annie Fellows-Johnston, author of "The Little Colonel's Holidays," etc., with a frontispiece from a drawing by Ernest Fosbery.
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The many readers of Mrs. Johnston's charming stories will look forward with pleasure to her latest book. "Asa Holmes" is a sketch of country life and country humor, done with the simplicity and grace which mark all of Mrs. Johnston's work, and touched with the sunny wisdom of the cheery old Cross-roads philosopher, Asa Holmes.
The Cloistering of Ursula. By Clinton Scollard, author of "A Man-at-Arms," etc. Illustrated by H. C. Edwards.
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It is with much pleasure that the publishers are able to announce another of Mr. Scollard's delightful Italian romances. Italy in the heyday of all her splendid sins and terrible virtues is a fascinating field for any romancer, and it is a fascinating romance which is here unfolded—a story of deadly feud and secret craft, open hatred and hidden love. A strange cloistering is that of the charming Ursula, whose adventures the reader follows with breathless interest from the time when, all unwitting, she aids the enemy of her house to escape from the fatal banquet, to the time when she finds her claustral refuge in the heart of that enemy.
The Seigneur de Beaufoy. By Hamilton Drummond, author of "The King's Pawn," etc.
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These adventures of the proud and powerful Seigneur de Beaufoy throw a striking side light on the political and social condition of France during the time of Charles VII. and his crafty son, Louis XI. How Beaufoy ruled his wide domains, warred with his neighbors, succored the weak and humbled the powerful, opposed priest and abbot, made terms with dauphin and king,—all this is set forth with a purity of style and a dramatic force that stamp Mr. Drummond as one of the leading romancers of the day.
The Last Word. By Alice MacGowan. Library
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This brilliant and original novel is one of the notable additions to the fiction list of the year, in respect both of literary quality and of popular appeal. It is bubbling over with life and humor, buoyant with youth and courage, picturesque in local color, and powerful in the intensity of its emotional interest.
The Prince of the Captivity. By Sydney C. Grier, author of "The Warden of the Marches," "A Crowned Queen," etc.
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Mr. Grier's latest novel, like several of its predecessors, is concerned with the interesting field of political intrigue in the Balkan states. The remarkable success which Mr. Grier's novels have enjoyed in England makes certain the favorable reception on this side of the water of his latest work.
PAGE'S COMMONWEALTH SERIES
Literary growth in America has been of late years as rapid as its material and economical progress. The vast size of the country, the climatic and moral conditions of its different parts, and the separate political and social elements, have all tended to create distinct methods of literary expression in various sections. In offering from time to time the books in the "COMMONWEALTH SERIES," we shall select a novel or story descriptive of the methods of thought and life of that particular section of the country which each author represents. The elegance of paper, press-work, and binding, and the lavish and artistic illustrations, as well as the convenient size, add not a little to the attractiveness of the volumes.
Number 5. (Illinois) The Russells in Chicago. By Emily Wheaton. Illustrated with full-page drawings by F. C. Ransom, and numerous reproductions from original photographs.
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This entertaining story is the narrative of the experiences of two young people from Boston who take up their residence in the wilds by Lake Michigan. The characteristics of life in the great Western metropolis, as well as the foibles of the impeccable Eastern critic, are touched with a gentle and amusing satire, as kindly as it is observant and keen.
Even without the omen of success afforded in the previous numbers of this popular series, it is safe to predict a most favorable reception for this charming story.
Number 6. (New York) Councils of Croesus. By Mary Knight Potter, author of "Love in Art," etc.
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A clever and vivacious story of life in New York society circles.