"Nec sine te quidquam dias in luminis oras Exoritur, neque fit laetum, neque amabile quidquam."

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PEPITA XIMENEZ.

From the Spanish of JUAN VALERA,

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THIS EDITION.

"Pepita Ximenez," by Senor Don Juan Valera, recently Spanish Minister to the Government of the United States, is the most successful of recent novels in Spain, having attained a large number of editions in that country, and been translated into German, French, Italian, and Bohemian. Senor Valera is recognized as the most prominent literary man of the time in Spain. A large number of volumes have come from his pen, all of which enjoy a great popularity in the author's native land. The present translation is authorized by Senor Valera, who is admitted by the publishers to all the rights of a native author.

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ALIETTE

(La Morte).

From the French of OCTAVE FEUILLET,

Author of "The Romance of a Poor Young Man," etc., etc.

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