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THE FORGED WILL.

BY EMERSON BENNETT,
AUTHOR OF “CLARA MORELAND,” “VIOLA,” “PIONEER'S DAUGHTER,” ETC.

THIS CELEBRATED AND BEAUTIFUL WORK is published complete in one large
volume, of over 300 pages, paper cover, price FIFTY CENTS; or the work is handsomely
bound in one volume, cloth, gilt, price ONE DOLLAR.

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND COPIES OF THE FORGED WILL! will be sold in
a short time, and it will have a run and popularity second only to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The Press everywhere are unanimous in its praise, as being one of the most powerfully
written works in the language.

THE FORGED WILL is truly a celebrated work. It has been running through
the columns of the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, where it has been appearing for ten
weeks, and has proved itself to be one of the most popular nouvelettes that has ever
appeared in the columns of any newspaper in this country. Before the fourth paper appeared,
the back numbers, (although several thousand extra of the three former numbers
were printed,) could not be obtained at any price, and the publishers of the paper
were forced to issue a Supplement sheet of the first three papers of it, for new subscribers
to their paper, which induced the publisher to make an arrangement with the popular
author to bring it out in a beautiful style for the thousands that wish it in book form.

If Emerson Bennett had never written his many delightful and thrilling stories of
border life, of prairie scenes, and Indian warfare, this new story of the `Forged Will'
would have placed his name on the record as one of the best of American novelists. The
scenes, principally, of this most captivating novel, are laid in the city of New York; and
most glowingly the author pictures to us how the guilty may, for a time, escape the
justice of the law, but only to feel the heavy hand of retribution sooner or later; how
vice may, for a time, triumph over virtue, but only for a time; how crime may lie concealed,
until its very security breeds exposure; how true virtue gives way to no temptation,
but bears the ills of life with patience, hoping for a better day, and rejoices
triumphant in the end. In short, from base hypocrisy he tears the veil that hides its
huge deformity, and gives a true picture of life as it exists in the crowded city. We do
cordially recommend this book for its excellent moral. It is one that should be circulated,
for it must do good.

Price for the complete work, in one volume, in paper cover. Fifty Cents only; or a
finer edition, printed on thicker and better paper, and handsomely bound in one volume,
muslin, gilt, is published for One Dollar.

T. B. PETERSON also publishes the following works by Emerson Bennett, either or
all of which will be sent by mail, free of postage, to any one, on receipt of the prices
annexed to them. All should send for one or more of them at once. No one will ever
regret the money sent.

CLARA MORELAND; or, Adventures in the Far South-West. By Emerson
Bennett, author of the “The Forged Will,” “Viola,” etc. This has proved to be one
of the most popular and powerful nouvelettes ever written in America, 336 pages. Price
Fifty Cents in paper covers, or ONE DOLLAR in cloth, gilt.

THE PIONEER'S DAUGHTER. By Emerson Bennett, author of “Clara
Moreland,' `Forged Will,” etc. Price 50 cents.

WALDE-WARREN, a Tale of Circumstantial Evidence. By Emerson Bennett,
author of “Viola,” “Pioneer's Daughter,” etc. Price 25 cents.

VIOLA; or, Adventures in the Far South-West. By Emerson Bennett, author of
“The Pioneer's Daughter,” “Walde-Warren,” etc. Price 50 cents.

Copies of either edition of the above works will be sent to any person at all, to any
part of the United States, free of postage, on their remitting the price of the edition they
wish, to the publisher, in a letter, post paid. Published and for Sale by

T. B. PETERSON,
No. 102 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.