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THE SELECT SERIES
A SEMI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION,
Devoted to Good Reading in American Fiction.
Subscription Price, $6.00 Per Year. No. 80.—MARCH 21, 1891.
Copyrighted, 1891, by Street & Smith.
Entered at the Post-Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter.

Thrice Wedded,
BUT ONLY ONCE A WIFE.

BY
MRS. GEORGIE SHELDON,
AUTHOR OF
“SIBYL’S INFLUENCE,” “THAT DOWDY,” “TRIXY,” “A TRUE ARISTOCRAT,” “LOST—A PEARLE,” ETC.
NEW YORK:
STREET & SMITH, Publishers,
31 Rose Street.
DENMAN THOMPSON’S OLD HOMESTEAD.
STREET & SMITH’S SELECT SERIES No. 23.
Price, 25 Cents.
Some Opinions of the Press.

“As the probabilities are remote of the play ‘The Old Homestead’ beingseen anywhere but in large cities it is only fair that the story of the piece shouldbe printed. Like most stories written from plays it contains a great deal whichis not said or done on the boards, yet it is no more verbose than such a storyshould be, and it gives some good pictures of the scenes and people who for ayear or more have been delighting thousands nightly. Uncle Josh, Aunt Tildy,Old Cy Prime, Reuben, the mythical Bill Jones, the sheriff and all the other charactersare here, beside some new ones. It is to be hoped that the book will makea large sale, not only on its merits, but that other play owners may feel encouragedto let their works be read by the many thousands who cannot hope to seethem on the stage.”—N. Y. Herald, June 2d.

“Denman Thompson’s ‘The Old Homestead’ is a story of clouds and sunshinealternating over a venerated home; of a grand old man, honest and blunt, wholoves his honor as he loves his life, yet suffers the agony of the condemned inlearning of the deplorable conduct of a wayward son; a story of country life, loveand jealousy, without an impure thought, and with the healthy flavor of thefields in every chapter. It is founded on Denman Thompson’s drama of ‘TheOld Homestead.’”—N. Y. Press, May 26th.

“Messrs. Street & Smith, publishers of the New York Weekly, have broughtout in book-form the story of ‘The Old Homestead,’ the play which, as producedby Mr. Denman Thompson, has met with such wondrous success. It will probablyhave a great sale, thus justifying the foresight of the publishers in giving thedrama this permanent fiction form.”—N. Y. Morning Journal, June 2d.

“The popularity of Denman Thompson’s play of ‘The Old Homestead’ hasencouraged Street & Smith, evidently with his permission, to publish a good-sizednovel with the same title, set in the same scenes and including the same charactersand more too. The book is a fair match for the play in the simple g

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