The American ClaimantThe Earl of Rossmore is deeply distressed when an American of no account claims his title--Novelist. |
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Page 259 - Moonblight " the artist-author has brought into play all those resources of humor, imagination, and sarcasm for which he is so well known, to teach under the guise of a romance the lesson of the wrongs inflicted by capital on labor. In the light of recent events at the Homestead mills, this book seems to have been prophetic. Illustrated by the author. Cloth, 8vo, $1.00. " A strange but powerful book."— Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Page 257 - The American Claimant.— By MARK TWAIN. The most widely known character in American fiction, Col. Mulberry Sellers, is again introduced to readers in an original and delightful romance, replete with Mark Twain's whimsical humor. Fully illustrated by Dan Beard. Cloth, 8vo, $1.50.