Seven Frozen Sailors
By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, assisted by COMPTON READE, F. ARCHER, andothers. Illustrated by A. BURNHAM SHUTE. Square i6mo, cloth. 75cents.
"Seven Frozen Sailors" is certainly a title possessing enoughoriginality to arouse one's curiosity. The idea is unique, and theseven stories, each by a different author, form an interesting mosaicof imaginative literature... The reading public seems to cravesomething new, and here is a volume, not cumbersome, but of modestsize, that will, no doubt, prove attractive.--Every Saturday (Elgin,Ill.).
The old saying, "too many cooks spoil the broth," does not hold true inthis instance, for the little book is really enjoyable.--BostonTranscript.
The Copsford Mystery
(_Eighth edition, completing seventeenth thousand_). By W. CLARKRUSSELL, author of "An Ocean Free Lance," "The Wreck of the Grosvenor,"etc. Handsomely illustrated by A. BURNHAM SHUTE, and others. Cloth,$1.25; paper, 50 cents.
"The Copsford Mystery; or, Is He the Man?" is by W. Clark Russell,whose name at once suggests rolling billows and dashing spray. Butthis is not a sea tale and is the only story not of the sea that he haswritten. Save in the first chapter, when we are introduced to a girlwho is in the habit of rowing, off Broadstairs, and who gets carriedout to sea by the tide, and is rescued by a dark-browed, sunburnt, buthandsome man, there is nothing of the sea in it. The construction ofthe story is more like Doyle than Russell, but it resembles thelatter's sea stories in its careful attention to detail. There is alsocareful delineation of character. In an introduction is an interestingsketch of Russell and his writings, and the book has full pageillustrations by A. Burnham Shute and others.
An Ocean Free Lance
(_Fifth edition, completing thirteenth thousand_). By W. CLARKRUSSELL. New edition, illustrated by HARRY L. V. PARKHURST. Cloth,superbly bound, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
This dashing romance of the sea is held by some readers to contain Mr.Russell's best work. In it will be found the oft-quoted description ofa naval engagement.
A Noble Haul
By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," "TheCopsford Mystery," "An Ocean Free Lance," etc. _5th thousand_. Cloth,50 cents.
Of this work, we need only say that it is an old-fashioned "ClarkRussell story."
A Sailor's Sweetheart
By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "An Ocean Free Lance," etc. Illustratedby J. STEEPLE DAVIS. 12mo, cloth, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
We have given this superb sea classic a handsome dress, in keeping withits character, and recommend it to the public as an unusuallyinteresting story.
Basile the Jester
(_Second Edition_). A Romance of the Days of Mary Queen of Scots.12mo, Netherland Library, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.25. By J. E.MUDDOCK, author of "The Dead Man's Secret," "Maid Marian and RobinHood," "For God and The Czar," "Lochinvar," etc. Illustrations bySTANLEY WOOD and others.
The author has taken pains to represent truthfully and effectively thelife and times of Mary, Queen of Scots, the Court intrigues of theperiod, the plots and counterplots of the nobles. The book is not aprosy history with a little conversation added, but a stirring novelfull of action, and will undoubtedly rank as one of Mr. Muddock's mostpopular works.
A Bride's Experiment
(Second edition). By CHAS. J. MANSFORD, author of "Shafts from anEastern Quiver," "Bully, Fag and Hero," etc. Holland Library, paper,50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
This strong story will prove to be a welcome addition to our daintyHolland Library. Mr. Mansford is one of the best known contributors tothe Strand Magazine.
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