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A Story from Scottish History. 2 vols. 16mo. Paper, $1; cloth, $1.60

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Dumas's last and best Book.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

HAVE JUST READY THE FIFTH THOUSAND OF

THE FORESTERS.

BY ALEX. DUMAS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE AUTHOR'S ORIGINAL MSS.

1 neat vol. 12mo. in paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.

CONTENTS.--To my Daughter.--The New House on the Road to Soissons.--Mathieu Goguelue.--A Bird of Evil Omen.--Catherine Blum.--The Parisian.--Jealousy.--Father and Mother.--The Return.--Mademoiselle Euphrosine Raisin.--Love's Young Dream.--The Abbe Gregoire.--Father and Son.--The Village Fete.--A Snake in the Gra.s.s.--Temptation and Crime.--The Ranger's Home.--Apprehension.--The Book of the Innocent.--Mathieu's Trial.

=Notices of the Press.=

"A lively story of love, jealousy, and intrigue."--_N. Y. Com.

Advertiser._

"Another proof of Dumas's unrivalled talent."--_Middletown Sentinel._

"The tale is a simple one, but exciting and interesting. The scene is laid in Villers-Cotterets in France. The reputation of the author is so firmly established, that in our stating that the translation is a faithful one, our readers who are novel readers will have heard sufficient."--_Phila. Register._

"A capital story. The reader will find the interest increase to the end."--_Phila. Gaz._

"The present volume fully sustains the high reputation of its author; it shows a very high order of genius. The translation is such perfectly good English, that we easily forget that we are not reading the work in the language in which it was originally written."--_Albany Argus._

"A short, but stirring romance."--_Boston Atlas._

"This work of Dumas's is an interesting one. The plot is well laid, and the incidents hurry on, one after another, so rapidly that the interest is kept up to the close."--_Hartford Courant._

"It is a capital story, and an unmistakable Dumas's work. To say this, is to bestow upon it sufficient praise."--_Troy Times._

"This new story of Dumas will afford a delightful resource for a leisure hour."--_The Bizarre._

"This very entertaining novel is indubitably one of Dumas's best efforts; it cannot fail to become widely popular."--_N. Y. Courier._

"A pleasing, romantic love story, written with the author's usual vigor."--_Newark Adv._

"A quiet domestic tale that must charm all readers."--_Syracuse Daily._

"This is a lively story of love, jealously and intrigue, in a French village."--_Phila. Daily Times._

"The fame of the author will alone secure a wide circulation for this book. He is one of the best novel writers living. 'The Foresters'

fully sustains his great reputation."--_Troy Daily Times._