Part 12 (1/2)
A Transaction in Hearts. By EDGAR SALTUS.
Saltus' latest novel, and in some respects his best. In the character of Christopher Gonfallon the author aims a terrible blow at the hypocrisy of those who, setting themselves up as examples and leaders of men, fall before the temptations of the beast in their own natures. The recreant minister, the evil enigma, Claire, and the pure, sweet wife, make a trinity of characters rarely found in modern fiction.
The Philosophy of Disenchantment. By EDGAR SALTUS.
A philosophical work which ent.i.tles the author to a first place in the ranks of modern thinkers. Even those who disagree with his conclusions cannot deny him a vigorous and pointed logic, keen insight, and powerful reasoning.
The Anatomy of Negation. By EDGAR SALTUS.
A work of superlative excellence and worth.
Divided Lives. By EDGAR FAWCETT.
”A spirited story; the interest is well sustained throughout, and the characters are firmly and clearly drawn.”--_N. Y.
Tribune._
”The book is written in very choice English, and the style is flowing and harmonious.”--_N. Y. Truth._
”A thoroughgoing society novel, whose style moves like a waltz.”--_Richmond States._
Miriam Ballestier. By EDGAR FAWCETT.
”A pathetic and absorbing story of thrilling interest.”--_Syracuse Herald._
”The last chapter, in particular, is one of the most beautiful things in American literature; the picture of Miriam going out into the night on her mission of sublime self-sacrifice deserves to live forever in the memory.”--_Chicago Herald._
Monte Rosa, the Epic of an Alp. By STARR HOYT NICHOLS.
”It is an account in poetic form of an Alpine mountain, beginning with its birth, describing its form, appearance, grandeur, its relations to man physically and metaphysically, and ending with the probable ending of the mountain. It is one of the most successful of recent attempts to wed science and poetry.”--_Albany Journal._
Memories of the Men who Saved the Union. By DONN PIATT.
”Piatt's sketches of the great coterie of men mentioned are of absorbing interest, and no one who takes up the book will lay it down without obtaining new ideas of the character and motives of those so high in place during the rebellion”--_Quincy Whig._
”They are the interesting recollections of one who was personally acquainted with the ill.u.s.trious men of whom he has written, and who had, as well officially as socially, opportunities of studying the character of each, of which he has availed himself in writing one of the ablest books we have had the pleasure to welcome from America.”--_Westminster Review._
The Lone Grave of the Shenandoah. By DONN PIATT.
”Eminently original, they are delightful to read. So extraordinary a compound of poetry and practicality as our author, if sought through the world, could not probably be found.”--_Was.h.i.+ngton Post._
”They are sketches, quaint, delicate, humorous, fanciful, examples of the art of short story-writing in its perfection.”--_Chicago News._