1856 Best Seller.

A poor relation wins the handsome hero away from her wicked rival.

Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1912.

A young man leads a solitary life growing and harvesting medicinal herbs. He dreams of meeting his true love, subsequently sees her in a vision, and finally sets out to find her...

1867 Best Seller.

A young girl wins the heart of a dissipated man.

Thirty years later reviewers looked back on the book as though it was from an earlier culture altogether.

1859 Best Seller.

The novel follows the orphaned Beulah from childhood in the Antebellum South through a troubled and stormy struggle for independence.

1899 Best Seller.

A novel full of wonderful character sketches. David Harum, a dry and somewhat excentric country banker, tells of a young man from a well to do family who finds himself in the small town of Homeville and begins a romance with a young lady.

Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1920.

Milt Dale, the man of the forest, overhears a plot to kidnap a young woman and cannot in good conscience do nothing. He sets out to save the girl ...

Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1910.

"A delightful love story of English Life -- a love story conducted along lines that are refreshingly novel. The story is told with a charm of style that will captivate the reader." -- Publishers Weekly 1909