MIRIAM; OR, THE JEW'S DAUGHTER. A TALE OF CITY LIFE.
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DICK & FITZGERALD,
NO 18 ANN STREET.
DICK & FITZGERALD'S CATALOGUE.
PIERCE EGAN'S NOVELS.
- Imogen or the Marble Heart. This is one of the last efforts of Mr. Egan, and is considered by good judges to be the most entertaining story he ever wrote. It is a kind of story that when you once begin to read it, you cannot leave off until it is finished—one that will be apt to make a confirmed novel-reader foolishly set up all night. But no matter for that. If you want a first rate novel, buy this one. It contains nearly 400 large Octavo pages. Price $1 50
- The Poor Girl. This is the most attractive and entertaining novel we have read in a long time. There is not a dull page in the whole book. If you once begin to read it you can't leave off. The incidents are of the most absorbing character. The sorrows and wrongs of the heroine are of that character which would lead to the belief that some people in this world are born to grief. It is a book of over 200 closely-printed double-column pages. Price 75
- Hagar Lot; or The Fate of the Poor Girl. This is a sort of sequel to the novel of "The Poor Girl." It is not one of the plentiful namby-pambycisms of the day, but a sound, vigorous, exciting and entertaining narrative, in which the finest style of writing is made subservient to the elimination of one the grandest plots with which we are acquainted. It is a novel in which old and young can find an abundance of unalloyed pleasure. It is a book of nearly 240 pages. Price 75
- Such is Life. This splendid novel has not a very attractive title, but what it lacks in name it more than makes up in thrilling plot and incident. We hardly know how to praise this novel too much. Pierce Egan has written many books of fiction, and they have all achieved popularity that may not inappropriately be termed unbounded; but we doubt if he has heretofore penned a novel that will surpass in attractive qualities, the one that bears the title at the head of this paragraph. Nearly 300 pages. Price $1 00
- The Scarlet Flower. This is another of Mr. Egan's vigorous productions. To give a synopsis of the plot would be to destroy the interest which the public must anticipate in it. Suffice it to say that it is one of the most absorbing, exciting and delightful plots that ever emanated from the brain of the practiced romancist. Its interest commences in the first chapter, and is unbrokingly sustained to the last. Some of the scenes introduced are thrilling and touching almost beyond imagination. Over 200 pages. Price 75
J. F. SMITH'S CELEBRATED NOVELS.
- Stanfield Hall. A Romantic Historical Novel. This book contains 432 closely-printed large octavo pages, and is illustrated with 16 fine engravings. Price $1 50. Among the multifarious productions of modern romance writers, this noble work stands pre-eminently foremost. It is divided into three parts—and in fact contains three distinct novels—each portion illustrative of one of the most marked and famous epochs in the history of England. The stirring events of these times are worked up with consummate skill by the author, and make up a most entertaining romance, a volume that is unparalleled for intense interest by the greatest books of either Sue, Dumas, Bulwer or James.
- Minnie Grey; or, Who is the Heir? 215 octavo pages. Price 75. This work, by the author of the famous "Stanfield Hall," is written in his very happiest vein. The plot is most artfully designed, and worked out with consummate skill. The reader's attention is secured at the very outset, by the mysterious incidents occurring at the birth of an heir to an ancient family; and the interest thus awakened never flags until the last page of the entrancing tale is reached.
- Woman and Her Master. A novel containing 228 large octavo pages. Price 75. This fascinating book is from the graphic pen of the author of "Stanfield Hall." The plot is one of the most absorbing interest, and bold, startling incidents occur in almost every page. The reader's attention is not allowed to slumber for an instant, but is hurried along with railroad-like rapidity, from the first to the last chapter. Yet the author has not, in a single instance, over-drawn a character, or sacrificed a single touch of nature for effect. If you want a splendid novel send for this.
- Harry Ashton; or, The Will and the Way. A novel containing over 200 pages. Price 75. The above is a romance of the most intense interest; so much so, that you cannot drop it until you arrive at the end. Your mind is excited with emotions of pleasure, and then melted to tears; and again you feel happy to find virtue and manliness meet with its just reward, while villany and meanness are crushed to the earth. Like all the charming novels by the author of "Minnie Grey," the plot is skilfully contrived, and the characters are truthfully drawn to nature.
- Milly Moyne; or, Broken at Last. Large octavo. Price 75. Mr. Smith must have had a stronger motive than usually actuates the romancist when he wrote this book. The characters are so vividly depictured, the scenes are so magnificently framed and wrought up, the incident is so absorbing and so well demonstrated, and the plot is so skilfully conceived and carried out, that we must believe his incentive was extraordinary. Any person who wants a story of most absorbing interest should send for Milly Moyne.
- Dick Tarleton; or, The Last of his Race. Large octavo, with 112 closely-printed pages. Price 25. "Dick Tarleton" is one of the most thrilling productions we have ever read, and yet the incidents are so true to nature, so life-like, that the reader can scarcely realise the fact that he is reading fiction.
For a complete list of J. F. Smith's Novels, see page 14.
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