LIBRARY
OF
CHOICE FICTION
It is the design to present in this Library a series of works by the best authors of the
day, the leading characteristics of which shall be elevation and purity of tone, and entire
freedom from every thing in the remotest degree demoralizing. A broad page, large and
clear type, will make the successive volumes thoroughly readable, and occasionally they
will be carefully illustrated.
The following works have been issued during the Spring and Summer of 1873:
MAY.
A NEW NOVEL, FROM ADVANCE SHEETS.
By Mrs. OLIPHANT, author of “At His Gates,” “Miss Marjoribanks, “Chronicles of
Carlingford,” etc.
One vol. 8vo, cloth, $1.50. Paper, $1.00.
The characters are strongly contrasted, while the quaint Scotch humor one or two of
them display gives to the story a freshness and heartiness quite unusual.
“Mrs. Oliphant is always original. Her books have a certain stamp of their own. The
gem of this novel, “May,” is the character of May, or Marjory herself. She is a grand
creature and we congratulate Mrs. Oliphant on the beauty and harmony of her character.”
—London Saturday Review.
GALAMA; or, The Beggars.
By J. B. DE LIEFDE.
One vol. 8vo, cloth, $1.25. Paper, 75 cents.
This is a story of love and adventure, in the times of the Dutch Republic. The characters
are drawn with wonderful clearness; they attract the warmest sympathy from the
first, and every reader must follow their fortunes to the close with the deepest interest.
“This work gives a striking picture of those famous beggars who founded the `Dutch
Republic,' a nation which has been governed with a thrift not surpassed by the stern
economy of Frederick of Prussia and his successors.”
—N. Y. World.
AT HIS GATES.
By Mrs. OLIPHANT, author of “May.” “Chronicles of Carlingford,” etc.
One vol. 8vo, cloth, $1.50. Paper, $1.00.
Mrs. Oliphant ranks among the first of living novelists, and this is one of the best of
her very popular productions.
“It is a better novel, to our mind, than any woman, `George Eliot' excepted, has given
to the world since Charlotte Bronté laid down her pen.”
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
“Revealing a remarkable knowledge of human nature and keen intellectual appreciation
of the completeness of detail essential to a really good story.”
—Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser.
IN PRESS. WILL BE ISSUED AT AN EARLY DAY:
THE STORY OF WANDERING WILLIE.
By the Author of “Effie's Friends” and “John Hatherton.”
☞ These volumes sent, post-paid, by the publishers on receipt of price.
SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & CO., 654 Broadway, N. Y.
