Life — November 26, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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Harper & Brothers Fiction Just Jssued THE CRADLE OF THE ROSE By the author of “The Martyrdom of an Empress."’ A story {modern France and the Church and State crisis. A story of a plot to overthrow the French Government—a plot orig- inated in Brittany, the Catholic and Celtic province, which is to France what Ireland is to England. Persons who are in a position to know declare that the book is a brilliant noveliza- tion of an actual conspiracy recently suppressed, news of which has never been allowed to reach the public. Others, equally well informed, that it is a prophecy, a forecast of what may take place at any time in the disturbed state of France. It is a splendid love story either way. Illustrated in color from drawings made by the author. Post 8vo, cloth- = - ee Net, $1.50 AN IMMORTAL SOUL By W. H. Matiock. The central figure is a young girl who is a combination of the ingenuous child and the sophisticated woman. A novel that is bound to be talked about. | Post 8vo, cloth - - ttt $450 EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF By Norman Duncan, Set in the romantic land of Labrador, among the people the author knows so well, and eloquent with Strong passions, these stories are of the order that has set Mr. Duncan’s name apart in fiction. Illustrated. Post 8vo, cloth - - 5 tt ESO THE MAN FROM HOME—A Play By Boorit Tarxixcron and Harry Loy Witsox. Here is a fresh vein of American humor, easy and natural—and a dash- ing love story as well. These authors have done nothing bet- ter than this unctuous American character type—Daniel Voor- hees Pike. He is a lanky, talky lawyer with a nasal twan witty and honest of speech. The love of a sweet, sane Ameri- can girl for a foreign title is the backbone of the play, which lacks nothing of dramatic interest because of its truth and humor. Its great success as a play has compelled its publi- cation as a book. A play with all the delight of the stage b tween the book-covers. Illustrated with photographs of scenes in the play. Cloth, post 8vo- = $4.25 WINTERFEAST—A Play By Ciartes Raxw Kennepy. The sweeping success of “ The Servant in the House’? is the best omen for this new work. The events transpire on the excning of the Winter Night’s Feast, A. D., 1030, within the homestead of Thorkel, an old Iceland Viking. It is a drama of retribution for an’ old lie. The lie has been told long since, and wellnigh forgotten, but the effect of it falls at last on the household of Thorkel and devastates all the happiness he had built upon it in the twenty s since his return from Vineland, the sole survivor of a ¢ of Viking warriors to America. With eight photo- graphs from the play. Cloth, post 8vo = = ° $1.25 MANY KINGDOMS By Extzanetit Jorpax. These stories command attention be- cause they possess rational plots, genuine character, and adroit literary workmanship. Illustrated. Post 8vo, cloth = $1.50 THE BACHELOR AND THE BABY By Marcaret Camrnox. An absolutely funny story—one of the few that make you chuckle all the way through. 16mo, cloth ~~ - = = $0 cents THE GENIAL IDIOT By Joun Kenrick Bancs. The same hand that has cheered and pleased hundreds of thousands in “ Coffee and Repartee ” and “A House-boat on the Styx.’ 16mo, cloth + $1.25 DAVIE AND ELISABETH By Murret Camrpett Dyar. A dear old country couple are Davie and Elisabeth, about whom a sweetly sympathetic story is woven, Post 8vo, cloth - - $1.00 CoesLornt Fur and Fur a Garments Exclusive in Cut, Made from Carefully Selected Skins. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. BROADWAY Con. TWENTY SECOND ST., NEW YORK Cognac (Founded 1715) Kk AND FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE Sote Agents G.S. NICHOLAS&CO, New York comicbooks.com