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Cut out the coupon and bring or mail it (filled out), Book Department, Main Floor FOR SUMMER READING. Juleps and Clover By M. VAUGHAN WILDE. 16mo, CLOTH. PRICE 50 CENTS. "Is a man justified, according to the code of honor, in fighting a duel to the death, with another whose only crime consists in his love affair with a certain girl which antedated that of the man who afterwards picks a fatal quarrel with him?" New York Herald.-A bright and interesting story. The scene is laid in the South, and the skill with which the incidents are described and with which the characters have been drawn shows that the author is well acquainted with this phase of American life. Moreover, the plot is cleverly constructed, and there is an entire absence of those wearisome digressions which help to make many a story inordinately long. The author of "Juleps and Clover" was wise to avoid this pitfall. She has given us a comparatively short story, but then there is not a superfluous page, possibly not a superfluous paragraph, in it. No doubt she could have spun out the tale to a much greater length, but she wisely refrained from doing so. Any writer with a little imagination can tell a story, but only the writer who is endowed with the artistic sense of proportion and who has acquired by constant practice the difficult art of condensation can write a story that is likely to be read with undiminished interest from the first page to the last. Of course, the more complex the plot the longer the story must be, but nevertheless at all times the rule holds good that the writer who tells his story in simple, straightforward fashion is far more likely to hold the reader's attention than the writer who occasionally introduces digressions and otherwise breaks the thread of his narrative. A great charm of "Juleps and Clover" is that it is neither too long nor too short. It is a story that can be read and enjoyed at a single sitting. In these hurried times many who might not care to spend their time over a longer and more pretentious volume will be glad to spend an hour or two over this pleasant tale, which they will find full of life and vigor and entirely true to nature. Chicago Dispatch.-Full of atmosphere, and written in an exceedingly attractive narrative style, this book cannot fail to attract the pleased attention of a wide circle of readers. There is nothing melodramatic about this work. It is a story of heart interest naturally developed, entirely devoid of tricks of dialect, and yet full of the characteristics of the sunny southland. Finely contrasted studies of northern and southern character are given, and through it all is woven a story of love that enthralls the attention and appeals to the heart, The author has a charm of style which is most pleasing to the cultivated reader, and at the same time a command of plot and incident which appeals to those who read simply for the story. "Juleps and Clover" is one of the few really clever books published this season, and will meet with a deservedly wide popularity. Home Journal.-This is distinctly a southern story, and there is always something indefinably fascinating in the term southern, whether applied to the low-voiced southern belles, southern hospitality, mint juleps, or stories. Mrs. Vaughan Wilde, in "Juleps and Clover," has certainly caught all this fascination, newly fashioned it, and made it her own. It is a remarkably well-written novel, masculine in breadth and full of stirring episodes. It deals with various phases of southern life, is full of bright and picturesque description, and is delightfully free of padding. The story deals mainly with the love of a northerner for fascinating southern belle, whose innocent coquetries give rise to much trouble and tribulation for both. The author describes the intensity of two passionate natures with skill and earnestness, showing up the folly and blindness of those who wreck their own happiness irretrievably from a too close consideration of outward circumstances and ap pearances. Some of the racial and social contrasts in the work are excellent.... Then, last, but not least, there is an excellent recipe for the making of mint juleps. "Juleps and Clover" is a novel of the day. It deals with a subject that is endlessly interesting-jealousy-and can be heartily recommended to those who desire something bright, piquant, and witty. R. F. FENNO & COMPANY, 9 & 11 EAST 16th STREET, NEW YORK. PRESS OF H. J. RONALDS PTG. 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