When London Sleeps — page 236: what you’re looking at

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om lassic. HE RISE and decline of the kings of the pen are much like those of kings of the sword. Some gain Fame’s proudest pinnacle swiftly, only to lose it as promptly; but the rise of ROBERT LOUIS STEV- ENSON was as meteoric as his position has remained assured. Cut off in the prime of his days, the works of his few years of labor, which brought him into glory at a bound, still stand the test of the keenest’ criticism an¢ hold their own as classics of English and models of the story teller’s art. ‘Bound in handsomely pictured covers, printed on fine paper. Price, = - 23 Cents. ‘This is no furniture for the scholar’s library, but. a book for the winter evening school-room, when the tasks are over and the hour for bed draws near; and honest Alan, who was a grim old fire-eater in his day, has in this new avatar no more desperate purpose than to steal some young gentleman's attention from his Ovid, carry him awhile into the Highlands and the last century, and pack him to bed with some engaging images to mingle with his dreams.” —&. L, g. AL The Master of Ballantrae. ‘Bound in handsomely pictured covers, printed on fine paper. _ “Here is a tale which extends over many years and travels into many countries By a peculiar fitness of circumstance the writer began, continued it and concluded it among distant and divers scenes. Above all, he was much upon the sea. The character and fortune of the fraternal enemies, the hall and shrubbery of Durris- deer, the problem of MacKellar’s homespun and how to shape it for superior flights: these were his company on deck in many star-reflecting harbors, ran often in,his mind at sea to the tune of slatting canvas, and were dismissed (some- thing of the suddenest) on the approach of squalls.”—From the Author's Dedicatory Letter. For sale by all booksellers and newsdealers, or sent, postage free, on receipt of price, by the publishers, as STREET & SMITH, New York. co im) com cbooks.com > ’ : way. |