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Our new Catalogue, issued twice a month, 128 pages in size, is sent post-paid for a 2-cent stamp; our books are not sold by dealers; order direct from us. Any book published supplied on the most favorable terms to be had any where. Address, JOHN B. ALDEN, Publisher, 57 Rose St., New York. Copyright. 1892, by The Elzevir Co. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "Solemnly down the street came the parish priest, and the children Paused in their play to kiss the hand he extended to bless them." "Farther down, on the slope of the hill, was the well with its moss-grown Bucket, fastened with iron, and near it a trough for the horses." "Many a youth, as he knelt in the church and opened his missal, Fixed his eyes upon her as the saint of his deepest devotion." Priest and pedagogue both in the village, had taught them their letters Out of the selfsame book, with the hymns of the church and the ILLUSTRATION XII.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER.. "Late, with the rising moon, returned the wains from the marshes, Laden with briny hay, that filled the air with its odor." ILLUSTRATION XIII.-DESIGNED BY JOHN GILBERT... "Not so thinketh the folk in the village,' said warmly, the blacksmith, Shaking his head, as in doubt." ILLUSTRATION XIV.-DESIGNED BY JOHN GILBERT... "More than a hundred Children's children rode on his knee, and heard his great watch tick." ILLUSTRATION XV.-DESIGNED BY JOHN GILBERT.... "In friendly contention the old men Laughed at each lucky hit, or unsuccessful manœuvre." ILLUSTRATION XVI.-DESIGNED BY JANE E. BENHAM... 31 34 36 ILLUSTRATION XVII.-DESIGNED BY JANE E. BENHAM... 38 "For Evangeline stood among the guests of her father; Bright was her face with smiles, and words of welcome and gladness ILLUSTRATION XVIII.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER................. 39 "Now from the country around, from the farms and the neighboring hamlets, Came in their holiday dresses the blithe Acadian peasants." ILLUSTRATION XIX.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER... 40 "Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the dizzying dances Under the orchard-trees and down the path to the meadows." ILLUSTRATION XX.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER.. 41 "Without, in the churchyard, Waited the women. They stood by the graves, and hung on the Garlands of autumn-leaves and evergreens fresh from the forest." ILLUSTRATION XXI.-DESIGNED BY JANE E. BENHAM 45 "Then, all-forgetful of self, she wandered into the village, Cheering with looks and words the disconsolate hearts of the women." ILLUSTRATION XXII.-DESIGNED BY JANE E. BENHAM... 47 "Marching in gloomy procession Followed the long-imprisoned, but patient, Acadian farmers." ILLUSTRATION XXIII.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER.. 50 "Lowing they waited, and long, at the well-known bars of the farmyardWaited and looked in vain for the voice and the hand of the milkmaid." ILLUSTRATION XXIV.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER.. 51 "Suddenly rose from the south a light, as in autumn the blood-red LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. ILLUSTRATION XXV.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER.. "Having the glare of the burning village for funeral torches, But without bell or book, they buried the farmer of Grand-Pré." ILLUSTRATION XXVI.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER..... "Then recommenced once more the stir and noise of embarking; And with the ebb of that tide the ships sailed out of the harbor." 7 PAGE "Long among them was seen a maiden who waited and wandered, Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things. "Into the golden stream of the broad and swift Mississippi, Floated a cumbrous boat, that was rowed by Acadian boatmen." "Now through rushing chutes, among green islands, where plume-like Cotton-trees nodded their shadowy crests, they swept with the current." Safely their boat was moored; and scattered about on the greensward, Tired with their midnight toil, the weary travelers slumbered." "Nearer, and ever nearer, among the numberless islands, "The house itself was of timbers Hewn from the cypress-tree, and carefully fitted together." ILLUSTRATION XXXV.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER......... "Suddenly out of the grass the long white horns of the cattle ILLUSTRATION XXXVI.-DESIGNED BY JANE E. BENHAM.. "Long live Michael,' they cried, 'our brave Acadian minstrel !' ILLUSTRATION XXXVII.-DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER..... "With horses, and guides, and companions, Gabriel left the village, and took the road of the prairies." ILLUSTRATION XXXVIII.-DEsigned by BIRKET FOSTER...................... "Into this wonderful land, at the base of the Ozark Mountains, Gabriel far had entered, with hunters and trappers behind him." |