SANTA BARBARA. 12mo, 303 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
In this collection of the gems of Ouida's storiettes, the author takes the reader to the fog-bound shores of the Adriatic, along enchanting wharves and quays, through gorgeous palaces and cathedrals, and introduces the most charming characters in fiction.
THE TOWER OF TADDEO. 12mo, 313 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
This is a pathetic story of an old bookseller who, having no idea of money, gathers treasures of old books, which, with the extravagance of an ungrateful son, ruins him. He has a daughter who lives, loves and cares for him, who becomes betrothed to a poor artist. It is a story of simple trusting ignorance on the one hand and grasping dishonesty on the other.
A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. 12mo, 211 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
The hero is a manly youth, who has seen service in the English army, and who, upon his return to a civilian's life, finds himself rather out of his element and extremely hard up. For a consideration, he agrees to represent another person, and in this compromising position makes love to a pretty, and, at the same time, wealthy young woman. How he proves himself to be a Soldier and a Gentleman must be left to the reader to discover.
A DAUGHTER OF THE TENEMENTS. 12mo, 301 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
This work is the master product of the author of "Chimmie Fadden." In "Chimmie Fadden," we laugh at the humor of East-side life. In "A Daughter of the Tenements," we have the real pathos and tragedy of life in the tenements of New York, written by one who knows the people and their ways and hearts, and how to write it all--as no one has ever known and written of that district before.
TOOTHSOME TALES TOLD IN SLANG. Illustrated. 16mo, 120 pages. Cloth binding. 75c.
Here are vivid pages from the everyday lives of fascinating women before and behind the foot-lights. The yarns are dainty, sometimes humorously pathetic, sometimes uproariously funny, but always delightful. "One begins the book with a smile, and puts it away with a number one size laugh, and a feeling that it has been worth while to cultivate the acquaintance of Billy Burgundy's slang of the Rialto."
MRS. PEIXADA. 12mo, 317 pages. Cloth binding. 75c.