Out of the Past — page 174: what you’re looking at

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Che Rose Series — Continued No. No. 3C 7». A Yale Man, by Rospert Lee Tyter. Thousands have read this book. Thousands more should and will. Absorbing from start to finish. .8 Her Faithful Knight, by GertrRuDE WARDEN. This author is well known as one of the foremost writers of interesting and entertaining fiction. Wecon- sider this to be about the best story she has ever pro- duced. .9. A Gentleman from Gascony, by BICKNELL DUDLEY. Here we have a romance of the same order as Du- mas’ ‘‘Three Musketeers”? and Stanley Weyman’s ‘*A Gentleman of France.’’ The San Francisco Chronicle says: ‘‘ ‘A Gentle- man from Gascony,’ by Bicknell Dudley, while it at once recalls our dear old friends of the ‘Three Mus- keteers,’ is a bright, clever, well written and entertain- ing story. The book gives a graphic and vivid picture of one of the great historic epochs of France.’’ The Baltimore American says: ‘*‘ ‘A Gentleman from Gascony,’ by Bicknell Dudley. ‘This is a tale of the time of Charles [X., the story opening in the year 1572. Raoul de Puycadere is of a noble family, but his possessions have been squandered by his ancestors, and he leaves tor Paris to better his position at court. He arrives on the eve of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and his lady love, Gabrielle, having heard of the con- templated killing, binds a sign on his arm to protect him. By great good luck he is made equerry to the King of Navarre, and between his duties as equerry and his lovemaking passes through many exciting adventures.’’ io. A King and a Coward, by EFrFrir ADELAIDE ROWLANDS. This is a charming love story of great interest and dramatic strength. It was recently published in serial form, and was so unanimously approved that it has been brought out in book form at the special request of a large number of our patrons. CONMICOOOKS.: