An Irish Love Story of 1848. MONONIA. BY JUSTIN McCARTHY, M.P.,
Author of _A History of Our Own Times_, _Dear Lady Disdain_, etc. 12mo,green cloth and gold. $1.50
Mr. McCarthy has written several successful novels; but none, perhaps,will have greater interest for his American readers than this volume,in which he writes reminiscently of the Ireland of his youth andthe stirring events which marked that period. It is pre-eminentlyan old-fashioned novel, befitting the times which it describes,and written with the delicate touch of sentiment characteristic ofMr. McCarthy's fiction. The book takes its name from the heroine,a charming type of the gentle-born Irish-woman. In the development ofthe romance, the attempts for Ireland's freedom, and the dire failuresthat culminated at Ballingary, are told in a manner which give anintimate insight into the history of the _Young Ireland_ movement. Ifthe book cannot be considered autobiographical, the reader will notforget that the author was contemporary with the events described, andwill have little difficulty in perceiving that many of the principalcharacters are strongly suggestive of the Irish leaders of that day,which gives the book scarcely less value than an avowed autobiography.
"Mononia is drawn with all Mr. McCarthy's ancient skill." _London Outlook_.
"Beautiful in every sense is this 'Mononia.' It is a work that we could expect from no other author, for it is largely reminiscent. So, besides its attractiveness as a romance, the book is attractive as an informal historical document. Read in either of these lights, it will be found delightful."--_Boston Journal_.
"Altogether a good story.... Mononia is full of beauty, tenderness, and that sweet and wholesome common sense which is so refreshing when found in a woman."--_The Pilot_ (Boston).
"The description of the affection of Mononia and Philip is a piece of literary splendor."--_Boston Courier_.
"For those who would reject its historical and autobiographic phase, there remains the old-fashioned love romance, full of fine Irish spirit, which is always refreshing."--_Mail and Express_.
TUSKEGEE: ITS STORY & ITS WORK By MAX BENNETT THRASHER
_With an Introduction by_ BOOKER T. WASHINGTON 12mo, cloth, decorative,248 pages, 50 Illustrations, $1.00
THE TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, at Tuskegee, Alabama, isone of the most uniquely interesting institutions in America. Begun,twenty years ago, in two abandoned, tumble-down houses, with thirtyuntaught Negro men and women for its first students, it has becomeone of the famous schools of the country, with more than a thousandstudents each year. Students and teachers are all of the Negrorace. The Principal of the school, Mr. Booker T. Washington, is thebest-known man of his race in the world to-day.
In "Tuskegee: Its Story and its Work," the story of the school istold in a very interesting way. He has shown how Mr. Washington'searly life was a preparation for his work. He has given a history ofthe Institute from its foundation, explained the practical methodsby which it gives industrial training, and then he has gone on toshow some of the results which the institution has accomplished. Thehuman element is carried through the whole so thoroughly that onereads the book for entertainment as well as for instruction.
_COMMENTS_.
"All who are interested in the proper solution of the problem in the South should feel deeply grateful to Mr. Thrasher for the task which he has undertaken and performed so well."--Booker T. Washington.
"Should be carefully and thoughtfully read by every friend of the colored race in the North as well as in the South,"--_New York Times_.
"The book is of the utmost value to all those who desire and hope for the development of the Negro race in America."--_Louisville Courier-Journal_.
"Almost every question one could raise in regard to the school and its work, from Who was Booker Washington? to What do people whose opinion is worth having think of Tuskegee? is answered in this book."--_New Bedford Standard_.
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Small Maynard & Company, Boston.
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