Thefollowing pages contain advertisements of Macmillan books by the same author
Thefollowing pages contain advertisements of Macmillan books by the same author
Thefollowing pages contain advertisements of Macmillan books by the same author
Other Books by E. V. LUCASOver Bemerton’sA NovelAfter seeing modern problems vividly dissected, and after the excitement of thrilling adventure stories, it will be positively restful to drop into the cozy lodgings over Bemerton’s second-hand bookstore for a drifting, delightful talk with a man of wide reading, who has travelled in unexpected places, who has an original way of looking at life, and a happy knack of expressing what is seen. There are few books which so perfectly suggest without apparent effort a charmingly natural and real personality.Decorated cloth, $1.50Mr. InglesideThe author almost succeeds in making the reader believe that he is actually mingling with the people of the story and attending their picnics and parties. Some of them are Dickensian and quaint, some of them splendid types of to-day, but all of them are touched off with sympathy and skill and with that gentle humor in which Mr. Lucas shows the intimate quality, the underlying tender humanity, of his art.Decorated cloth, 12mo, $1.35 netListener’s LureA Kensington ComedyA novel, original and pleasing, whose special charm lies in its happy phrasing of acute observations of life. For the delicacy with which his personalities reveal themselves through their own letters, “the book might be favorably compared,” says the ChicagoTribune, “with much of Jane Austen’s character work”—and the critic proceeds to justify, by quotations, what he admits is high praise indeed.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New YorkAnthologies of Varied Charm Collected by E. V. LUCASThe Gentlest ArtA Choice of Letters by Entertaining HandsAn anthology of letter writing, so human, interesting, and amusing from first to last, as almost to inspire one to attempt the restoration of a lost art. “We do not believe that a more likable book has been published this year.”—The Evening Post, Chicago.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35The Second PostA Further Collection of Entertaining LettersA more charming book of letters could hardly be desired than Mr. Lucas’s “The Gentlest Art”; his new volume has the same delightful savor of interesting personalities, and is equally likable.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35The Ladies’ PageantBetter than any one else whose name comes to mind, Mr. Lucas has mastered the difficult art of the compiler. There is more individuality in “The Gentlest Art,” for instance, than in the so-called original works of many an author. This happy knack of assembling the best things in the world on a given subject is given free play in the present book, the subject of which is the Eternal Feminine. Here are all the best words of the poets on a theme which surely offers scope for more variety than any other within the view of the reader. Like others of Mr. Lucas’s books, this is attractively bound and decorated.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35Some Friends of MineA Rally of MenA companion volume to “The Ladies’ Pageant,” wherein one may meet “soldier and sailor, tinker and tailor,” and all the kinds of men whom it takes to make a most interesting world.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New YorkBooks of Travel by E. V. LUCASA Wanderer in LondonWith sixteen illustrations in color by Mr. Nelson Dawsonand thirty-six reproductions of great picturesCloth, 8vo, $1.75 net; by mail, $1.87“Mr. Lucas describes London in a style that is always entertaining, surprisingly like Andrew Lang’s, full of unexpected suggestions and points of view, so that one who knows London well will hereafter look on it with changed eyes, and one who has only a bowing acquaintance will feel that he has suddenly become intimate.”—The Nation.A Wanderer in HollandWith twenty illustrations in color by Herbert Marshallbesides many reproductions of the masterpieces of Dutch paintersCloth, 8vo, $2.00 net; by mail, $2.14“It is not very easy to point out the merits which make this volume immeasurably superior to nine-tenths of the books of travel that are offered the public from time to time. Perhaps it is to be traced to the fact that Mr. Lucas is an intellectual loiterer, rather than a keen-eyed reporter, eager to catch a train for the next stopping-place. It is also to be found partially in the fact that the author is so much in love with the artistic life of Holland.”—Globe-Democrat, St. Louis.“It is hard to imagine a pleasanter book of its kind.”—Courier-Journal, Louisville.A Wanderer in ParisWith sixteen illustrations in color by Walter Dexterand thirty-two reproductions of works of art in half-toneCloth, crown 8vo, $1.75 net; by mail, $1.87In some respects it is a glorified Baedeker, a guide for the traveller interested in French history, in pictures, and in the distinctive qualities of the French people. There is charm in its vivid painting of the vivacity and gayety of Paris streets, fine analysis in the penetration that sees often a suggestion of anxiety under the animation of face and gesture. He has a happy faculty of creating a desire to see the scenes he describes and a knack of expressing exactly the shade of pleasure the cultivated traveller has felt and perhaps been unable to put into words.PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New YorkVolumes of Essays by E. V. LUCASCharacter and Comedy“Of all the readers of Charles Lamb who have striven to emulate him, Mr. Lucas comes nearest to being worthy of him. Perhaps it is because it is natural to him to look upon life and letters and all things with something of Lamb’s gentleness, sweetness, and humor.”—The Tribune.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35One Day and Another“The informality, intimacy, unaffected humor, of these unpretentious papers make them delightful reading.”—The Outlook.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35BOOKS FOR CHILDRENAnne’s Terrible Good NatureA book of stories delightfully lighted up with such a whimsical strain of humor as children enjoy.Cloth, 12mo, colored illustrations, $1.75The SlowcoachMr. Lucas has a unique way of looking at life, of seeing the humor of everyday things, which exactly suits the butterfly fancy of a bright child.Decorated cloth, illustrated. Just readyAnother Book of Verse for ChildrenVerses of the seasons, of “little fowls of the air,” and of “the country road”; ballads of sailormen and of battle; songs of the hearthrug, and of the joy of being alive and a child, selected by Mr. Lucas and illustrated in black and white and with colored plates by Mr. F. D. Bedford. The wording of the title is an allusion to the very successful “Book of Verse for Children” issued ten years ago.The Athenæumdescribes Mr. Lucas as “the ideal editor for such a book as this.”Cloth, 8vo, colored illustrations, $1.50 netThree Hundred Games and PastimesOr, What Shall We Do Now?A book of suggestions for the employment of young hands and minds, directions for playing many children’s games, etc.Decorated cloth, x + 392 pages, $2.00 netPUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New York
Other Books by E. V. LUCASOver Bemerton’sA NovelAfter seeing modern problems vividly dissected, and after the excitement of thrilling adventure stories, it will be positively restful to drop into the cozy lodgings over Bemerton’s second-hand bookstore for a drifting, delightful talk with a man of wide reading, who has travelled in unexpected places, who has an original way of looking at life, and a happy knack of expressing what is seen. There are few books which so perfectly suggest without apparent effort a charmingly natural and real personality.Decorated cloth, $1.50Mr. InglesideThe author almost succeeds in making the reader believe that he is actually mingling with the people of the story and attending their picnics and parties. Some of them are Dickensian and quaint, some of them splendid types of to-day, but all of them are touched off with sympathy and skill and with that gentle humor in which Mr. Lucas shows the intimate quality, the underlying tender humanity, of his art.Decorated cloth, 12mo, $1.35 netListener’s LureA Kensington ComedyA novel, original and pleasing, whose special charm lies in its happy phrasing of acute observations of life. For the delicacy with which his personalities reveal themselves through their own letters, “the book might be favorably compared,” says the ChicagoTribune, “with much of Jane Austen’s character work”—and the critic proceeds to justify, by quotations, what he admits is high praise indeed.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New York
Over Bemerton’s
A Novel
After seeing modern problems vividly dissected, and after the excitement of thrilling adventure stories, it will be positively restful to drop into the cozy lodgings over Bemerton’s second-hand bookstore for a drifting, delightful talk with a man of wide reading, who has travelled in unexpected places, who has an original way of looking at life, and a happy knack of expressing what is seen. There are few books which so perfectly suggest without apparent effort a charmingly natural and real personality.
After seeing modern problems vividly dissected, and after the excitement of thrilling adventure stories, it will be positively restful to drop into the cozy lodgings over Bemerton’s second-hand bookstore for a drifting, delightful talk with a man of wide reading, who has travelled in unexpected places, who has an original way of looking at life, and a happy knack of expressing what is seen. There are few books which so perfectly suggest without apparent effort a charmingly natural and real personality.
Decorated cloth, $1.50
Mr. Ingleside
The author almost succeeds in making the reader believe that he is actually mingling with the people of the story and attending their picnics and parties. Some of them are Dickensian and quaint, some of them splendid types of to-day, but all of them are touched off with sympathy and skill and with that gentle humor in which Mr. Lucas shows the intimate quality, the underlying tender humanity, of his art.
The author almost succeeds in making the reader believe that he is actually mingling with the people of the story and attending their picnics and parties. Some of them are Dickensian and quaint, some of them splendid types of to-day, but all of them are touched off with sympathy and skill and with that gentle humor in which Mr. Lucas shows the intimate quality, the underlying tender humanity, of his art.
Decorated cloth, 12mo, $1.35 net
Listener’s Lure
A Kensington Comedy
A novel, original and pleasing, whose special charm lies in its happy phrasing of acute observations of life. For the delicacy with which his personalities reveal themselves through their own letters, “the book might be favorably compared,” says the ChicagoTribune, “with much of Jane Austen’s character work”—and the critic proceeds to justify, by quotations, what he admits is high praise indeed.
A novel, original and pleasing, whose special charm lies in its happy phrasing of acute observations of life. For the delicacy with which his personalities reveal themselves through their own letters, “the book might be favorably compared,” says the ChicagoTribune, “with much of Jane Austen’s character work”—and the critic proceeds to justify, by quotations, what he admits is high praise indeed.
Cloth, 12mo, $1.50
PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New York
Anthologies of Varied Charm Collected by E. V. LUCASThe Gentlest ArtA Choice of Letters by Entertaining HandsAn anthology of letter writing, so human, interesting, and amusing from first to last, as almost to inspire one to attempt the restoration of a lost art. “We do not believe that a more likable book has been published this year.”—The Evening Post, Chicago.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35The Second PostA Further Collection of Entertaining LettersA more charming book of letters could hardly be desired than Mr. Lucas’s “The Gentlest Art”; his new volume has the same delightful savor of interesting personalities, and is equally likable.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35The Ladies’ PageantBetter than any one else whose name comes to mind, Mr. Lucas has mastered the difficult art of the compiler. There is more individuality in “The Gentlest Art,” for instance, than in the so-called original works of many an author. This happy knack of assembling the best things in the world on a given subject is given free play in the present book, the subject of which is the Eternal Feminine. Here are all the best words of the poets on a theme which surely offers scope for more variety than any other within the view of the reader. Like others of Mr. Lucas’s books, this is attractively bound and decorated.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35Some Friends of MineA Rally of MenA companion volume to “The Ladies’ Pageant,” wherein one may meet “soldier and sailor, tinker and tailor,” and all the kinds of men whom it takes to make a most interesting world.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New York
The Gentlest Art
A Choice of Letters by Entertaining Hands
An anthology of letter writing, so human, interesting, and amusing from first to last, as almost to inspire one to attempt the restoration of a lost art. “We do not believe that a more likable book has been published this year.”—The Evening Post, Chicago.
An anthology of letter writing, so human, interesting, and amusing from first to last, as almost to inspire one to attempt the restoration of a lost art. “We do not believe that a more likable book has been published this year.”—The Evening Post, Chicago.
Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35
The Second Post
A Further Collection of Entertaining Letters
A more charming book of letters could hardly be desired than Mr. Lucas’s “The Gentlest Art”; his new volume has the same delightful savor of interesting personalities, and is equally likable.
A more charming book of letters could hardly be desired than Mr. Lucas’s “The Gentlest Art”; his new volume has the same delightful savor of interesting personalities, and is equally likable.
Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35
The Ladies’ Pageant
Better than any one else whose name comes to mind, Mr. Lucas has mastered the difficult art of the compiler. There is more individuality in “The Gentlest Art,” for instance, than in the so-called original works of many an author. This happy knack of assembling the best things in the world on a given subject is given free play in the present book, the subject of which is the Eternal Feminine. Here are all the best words of the poets on a theme which surely offers scope for more variety than any other within the view of the reader. Like others of Mr. Lucas’s books, this is attractively bound and decorated.
Better than any one else whose name comes to mind, Mr. Lucas has mastered the difficult art of the compiler. There is more individuality in “The Gentlest Art,” for instance, than in the so-called original works of many an author. This happy knack of assembling the best things in the world on a given subject is given free play in the present book, the subject of which is the Eternal Feminine. Here are all the best words of the poets on a theme which surely offers scope for more variety than any other within the view of the reader. Like others of Mr. Lucas’s books, this is attractively bound and decorated.
Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35
Some Friends of Mine
A Rally of Men
A companion volume to “The Ladies’ Pageant,” wherein one may meet “soldier and sailor, tinker and tailor,” and all the kinds of men whom it takes to make a most interesting world.
A companion volume to “The Ladies’ Pageant,” wherein one may meet “soldier and sailor, tinker and tailor,” and all the kinds of men whom it takes to make a most interesting world.
Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35
PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New York
Books of Travel by E. V. LUCASA Wanderer in LondonWith sixteen illustrations in color by Mr. Nelson Dawsonand thirty-six reproductions of great picturesCloth, 8vo, $1.75 net; by mail, $1.87“Mr. Lucas describes London in a style that is always entertaining, surprisingly like Andrew Lang’s, full of unexpected suggestions and points of view, so that one who knows London well will hereafter look on it with changed eyes, and one who has only a bowing acquaintance will feel that he has suddenly become intimate.”—The Nation.A Wanderer in HollandWith twenty illustrations in color by Herbert Marshallbesides many reproductions of the masterpieces of Dutch paintersCloth, 8vo, $2.00 net; by mail, $2.14“It is not very easy to point out the merits which make this volume immeasurably superior to nine-tenths of the books of travel that are offered the public from time to time. Perhaps it is to be traced to the fact that Mr. Lucas is an intellectual loiterer, rather than a keen-eyed reporter, eager to catch a train for the next stopping-place. It is also to be found partially in the fact that the author is so much in love with the artistic life of Holland.”—Globe-Democrat, St. Louis.“It is hard to imagine a pleasanter book of its kind.”—Courier-Journal, Louisville.A Wanderer in ParisWith sixteen illustrations in color by Walter Dexterand thirty-two reproductions of works of art in half-toneCloth, crown 8vo, $1.75 net; by mail, $1.87In some respects it is a glorified Baedeker, a guide for the traveller interested in French history, in pictures, and in the distinctive qualities of the French people. There is charm in its vivid painting of the vivacity and gayety of Paris streets, fine analysis in the penetration that sees often a suggestion of anxiety under the animation of face and gesture. He has a happy faculty of creating a desire to see the scenes he describes and a knack of expressing exactly the shade of pleasure the cultivated traveller has felt and perhaps been unable to put into words.PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New York
A Wanderer in London
With sixteen illustrations in color by Mr. Nelson Dawsonand thirty-six reproductions of great pictures
Cloth, 8vo, $1.75 net; by mail, $1.87
“Mr. Lucas describes London in a style that is always entertaining, surprisingly like Andrew Lang’s, full of unexpected suggestions and points of view, so that one who knows London well will hereafter look on it with changed eyes, and one who has only a bowing acquaintance will feel that he has suddenly become intimate.”—The Nation.
“Mr. Lucas describes London in a style that is always entertaining, surprisingly like Andrew Lang’s, full of unexpected suggestions and points of view, so that one who knows London well will hereafter look on it with changed eyes, and one who has only a bowing acquaintance will feel that he has suddenly become intimate.”—The Nation.
A Wanderer in Holland
With twenty illustrations in color by Herbert Marshallbesides many reproductions of the masterpieces of Dutch painters
Cloth, 8vo, $2.00 net; by mail, $2.14
“It is not very easy to point out the merits which make this volume immeasurably superior to nine-tenths of the books of travel that are offered the public from time to time. Perhaps it is to be traced to the fact that Mr. Lucas is an intellectual loiterer, rather than a keen-eyed reporter, eager to catch a train for the next stopping-place. It is also to be found partially in the fact that the author is so much in love with the artistic life of Holland.”—Globe-Democrat, St. Louis.“It is hard to imagine a pleasanter book of its kind.”—Courier-Journal, Louisville.
“It is not very easy to point out the merits which make this volume immeasurably superior to nine-tenths of the books of travel that are offered the public from time to time. Perhaps it is to be traced to the fact that Mr. Lucas is an intellectual loiterer, rather than a keen-eyed reporter, eager to catch a train for the next stopping-place. It is also to be found partially in the fact that the author is so much in love with the artistic life of Holland.”—Globe-Democrat, St. Louis.
“It is hard to imagine a pleasanter book of its kind.”—Courier-Journal, Louisville.
A Wanderer in Paris
With sixteen illustrations in color by Walter Dexterand thirty-two reproductions of works of art in half-tone
Cloth, crown 8vo, $1.75 net; by mail, $1.87
In some respects it is a glorified Baedeker, a guide for the traveller interested in French history, in pictures, and in the distinctive qualities of the French people. There is charm in its vivid painting of the vivacity and gayety of Paris streets, fine analysis in the penetration that sees often a suggestion of anxiety under the animation of face and gesture. He has a happy faculty of creating a desire to see the scenes he describes and a knack of expressing exactly the shade of pleasure the cultivated traveller has felt and perhaps been unable to put into words.
PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New York
Volumes of Essays by E. V. LUCASCharacter and Comedy“Of all the readers of Charles Lamb who have striven to emulate him, Mr. Lucas comes nearest to being worthy of him. Perhaps it is because it is natural to him to look upon life and letters and all things with something of Lamb’s gentleness, sweetness, and humor.”—The Tribune.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35One Day and Another“The informality, intimacy, unaffected humor, of these unpretentious papers make them delightful reading.”—The Outlook.Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35BOOKS FOR CHILDRENAnne’s Terrible Good NatureA book of stories delightfully lighted up with such a whimsical strain of humor as children enjoy.Cloth, 12mo, colored illustrations, $1.75The SlowcoachMr. Lucas has a unique way of looking at life, of seeing the humor of everyday things, which exactly suits the butterfly fancy of a bright child.Decorated cloth, illustrated. Just readyAnother Book of Verse for ChildrenVerses of the seasons, of “little fowls of the air,” and of “the country road”; ballads of sailormen and of battle; songs of the hearthrug, and of the joy of being alive and a child, selected by Mr. Lucas and illustrated in black and white and with colored plates by Mr. F. D. Bedford. The wording of the title is an allusion to the very successful “Book of Verse for Children” issued ten years ago.The Athenæumdescribes Mr. Lucas as “the ideal editor for such a book as this.”Cloth, 8vo, colored illustrations, $1.50 netThree Hundred Games and PastimesOr, What Shall We Do Now?A book of suggestions for the employment of young hands and minds, directions for playing many children’s games, etc.Decorated cloth, x + 392 pages, $2.00 netPUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New York
Character and Comedy
“Of all the readers of Charles Lamb who have striven to emulate him, Mr. Lucas comes nearest to being worthy of him. Perhaps it is because it is natural to him to look upon life and letters and all things with something of Lamb’s gentleness, sweetness, and humor.”—The Tribune.
“Of all the readers of Charles Lamb who have striven to emulate him, Mr. Lucas comes nearest to being worthy of him. Perhaps it is because it is natural to him to look upon life and letters and all things with something of Lamb’s gentleness, sweetness, and humor.”—The Tribune.
Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35
One Day and Another
“The informality, intimacy, unaffected humor, of these unpretentious papers make them delightful reading.”—The Outlook.
“The informality, intimacy, unaffected humor, of these unpretentious papers make them delightful reading.”—The Outlook.
Cloth, 16mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.35
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Anne’s Terrible Good Nature
A book of stories delightfully lighted up with such a whimsical strain of humor as children enjoy.
A book of stories delightfully lighted up with such a whimsical strain of humor as children enjoy.
Cloth, 12mo, colored illustrations, $1.75
The Slowcoach
Mr. Lucas has a unique way of looking at life, of seeing the humor of everyday things, which exactly suits the butterfly fancy of a bright child.
Mr. Lucas has a unique way of looking at life, of seeing the humor of everyday things, which exactly suits the butterfly fancy of a bright child.
Decorated cloth, illustrated. Just ready
Another Book of Verse for Children
Verses of the seasons, of “little fowls of the air,” and of “the country road”; ballads of sailormen and of battle; songs of the hearthrug, and of the joy of being alive and a child, selected by Mr. Lucas and illustrated in black and white and with colored plates by Mr. F. D. Bedford. The wording of the title is an allusion to the very successful “Book of Verse for Children” issued ten years ago.The Athenæumdescribes Mr. Lucas as “the ideal editor for such a book as this.”
Verses of the seasons, of “little fowls of the air,” and of “the country road”; ballads of sailormen and of battle; songs of the hearthrug, and of the joy of being alive and a child, selected by Mr. Lucas and illustrated in black and white and with colored plates by Mr. F. D. Bedford. The wording of the title is an allusion to the very successful “Book of Verse for Children” issued ten years ago.The Athenæumdescribes Mr. Lucas as “the ideal editor for such a book as this.”
Cloth, 8vo, colored illustrations, $1.50 net
Three Hundred Games and Pastimes
Or, What Shall We Do Now?A book of suggestions for the employment of young hands and minds, directions for playing many children’s games, etc.
Or, What Shall We Do Now?A book of suggestions for the employment of young hands and minds, directions for playing many children’s games, etc.
Decorated cloth, x + 392 pages, $2.00 net
PUBLISHED BYTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYSixty-four and Sixty-six Fifth Avenue, New York