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The Quality of Mercy

by William Dean Howells

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With Portrait, and Illustrated by H.W. McVickar and Others

So dainty and delightsome a little book may it be everybody’s good hap to possess.—Evangelist, N. Y.

Our Italy

In this book are a little history, a little property, a few fascinating statistics, many interesting facts, much practical suggestion, and abundant humor and charm—Evangelist, N. Y.

A Little Journey in the World

A Novel

The vigor and vividness of the tale and its sustained interest are not its only or its chief merits. It is a study of American life of to-day, possessed with shrewd insight and fidelity.—George William Curtis.

A powerful picture of that phase of modern life in which unscrupulously acquired capital is the chief agent.—Boston Post.

Studies in the South and West, With Comments on Canada

Perhaps the most accurate and graphic account of these portions of the country that has appeared, taken all in all.... A book most charming—a book that no American can fail to enjoy, appreciate, and highly prize.—Boston Traveller.

Their Pilgrimage

Mr. Warner’s pen-pictures of the characters typical of each resort, of the manner of life followed at each, of the humor and absurdities peculiar to Saratoga, or Newport, or Bar Harbor, as the case may be, are as good-natured as they are clever. The satire, when there is any, is of the mildest, and the general tone is that of one glad to look on the brightest side of the cheerful, pleasure-seeking world with which he mingles.—Christian Union, N. Y.

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