NEW FICTION
THE CROSSING
By WINSTON CHURCHILLAuthor of “The Crisis,” “Richard Carvel,” etc.With Illustrations in Colors by Sydney Adamson and Lilian Bayliss
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The theme of Mr. Churchill’s new novel is largely the peaceful conquest of the great Louisiana Territory by American settlers during the years from the purchase of Louisiana onward. The book’s timeliness is obvious; but what is more to the point is that the story portrays the immigration of Americans into the Louisiana Territory, their settlement therein, and the gradual, sure way in which they brought the empire sold to us by France under American rule, and implanted in it American social and political ideas. Mr. Churchill also describes the life of that age in the States bordering on the east bank of the Mississippi, and the ideals and standards which actuated the people of those States, and puts into the form of fiction the whole American spirit of the early years of the nation. This is the second novel in point of time in the series of novels dealing with American life which Mr. Churchill is writing. “Richard Carvel,” which dealt with the Revolutionary War, was the first, and “The Crisis,” which dealt with the Civil War, was the fourth.
DAUGHTERS OF NIJO: A Romance of Japan
By ONOTO WATANNAAuthor of “A Japanese Nightingale,” “The Heart of Hyacinth,” etc.With Illustrations and Decorations in Colors by Kiyokichi Sano
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Two delicate and dainty love stories woven into one narrative. The plot turns on the marvellous resemblance between two step-sisters, the one a royal princess, the other supposedly the daughter of middle-class people, but really also a “Daughter of Nijo"—Nijo being a prince of Japan. By an odd fatality each of the sisters loves the man to whom the other has been betrothed by the relatives. The sisters meet one another for the first time, and discover this. The happy inspiration occurs to them to exchange clothes and places; but they are careful not to inform their respective lovers until after a good many things have happened. It is a pure romantic story, alive with genuine charm, and written in excellent English with just a touch of naïve quaintness.
THE ADVENTURES OF ELIZABETH IN RÜGEN
By the author of “Elizabeth and Her German Garden,” etc.
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“Elizabeth in Rügen is well worth the time it takes to read it. Its optimism, its wholesome outlook, its bubbling merriment, its frank joy of living—all are so genuine."—The Record-Herald, Chicago.
A LITTLE TRAITOR TO THE SOUTH
A War-time Comedy with a Tragic Interlude
By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY
With Illustrations in Colors by A. D. Rahn, and Decorations by C. E. Hooper
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“A charming story of war-time in Charleston, one in which is breathed the atmosphere of the quaint old town, and from which is gleaned an excellent conception of the spirit of her people.”—Augusta Herald.
THE SINGULAR MISS SMITH
By FLORENCE MORSE KINGSLEY
Author of “Titus: A Comrade of the Cross,” etc.
With Illustrations by Will Grefe
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This new story by Mrs. Kingsley is full of human interest. A rich young orphan endeavors to find out how working women live. So she goes out to service and has various adventures, during which she meets a foundryman who seems to be above his station. Finding that she is falling in love with him, she returns to her own social sphere. Afterwards she meets him on board ship, and he turns out to be a teacher of sociology in Harvard; and they begin life together with the joint determination to spend all of her money in doing good.
THE FAITH OF MEN,AND OTHER STORIES
By JACK LONDON
Author of “The Call of the Wild,” “The Children of the Frost,” etc.
The inspiration to write came to Mr. London first on the Klondike trail. His stories of miners and adventures in contact with Alaskan natives and Esquimaux won him instant fame and popularity; and they rank among the more enduring recent American fiction. Critics have said that Mr. London’s short stories are among the most virile and artistic in the language.
THE MERRY ANNE
By SAMUEL MERWIN
Joint author of “The Short Line War” and “Calumet ‘K’”
With Illustrations and Decorations in Colors by Thomas Fogarty
A story of action pure and simple, virile and vigorous in its movement. As a bit of story telling, the book has decided grip and force.
THE AMERICAN PRISONER
A Romance of the West Country
By EDEN PHILLPOTTS
Author of “Children of the Mist," “My Devon Year,” etc.
With Illustrations by Claude A. Shepperson
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“Intensely readable ... perfectly admirable in its elemental humor and racy turns of speech.”—The Spectator, London.
THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
By SARA ANDREW SHAFER
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“This is one of the pleasantest books of the year.... The story leaves an impression of cleanness and coolness and sweet living on the memory."—New York Evening Post.
THE STORY of KING SYLVAIN and QUEEN AIMÉE
By MARGARET SHERWOOD
With Illustrations and Decorations by Sarah S. Stillwell
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“All those who have a secret longing for the broad sky and the open road, and at times rebel against stone walls and the ceremonies and restrictions with which modern civilization has hedged itself in, will find a rare charm in ‘The Story of King Sylvain and Queen Aimée.’”—New York Globe.
THE FAT OF THE LAND
The Story of an American Farm
BY JOHN WILLIAMS STREETER
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“There is a cheerful spirit throughout, and the book strengthens our love of the soil and of ‘getting close to nature.’”—The Outlook.
THE PRICE OF YOUTH
By MARGERY WILLIAMS
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“The story is markedly original ... and is admirably told, in a manner that is really convincing.”—The Louisville Post.
NEW FICTION
THE QUEEN’S QUAIR
By MAURICE HEWLETT
Author of “Richard Yea-and-Nay,” “The Forest Lovers,” etc.
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The love story of Mary Queen of Scots has always fascinated. Probably no other woman in the world has been so violently attacked or so stanchly defended. Wonderful indeed her fascination and charm must have been. Certainly no one can read the history of her times without realizing that she exercised over men a sway that has hardly been rivalled by any other woman since the world began. Three centuries after her death she still sways men’s minds and hearts. It is the love story of this fascinating woman which Mr. Hewlett has taken for the foundation of his new novel; which opens while Mary, a widow of nineteen, is still at the Court of Catherine de’ Medici, and continues through all the stormy era of her life in Scotland. The story is vital with interest and alive with action; and plot, intrigue, and counterplot mingle and cross and move toward the end. Through it all walks Mary, magnetic, passionately alive, and very human woman.
THE COURT OF SACHARISSA
By HUGH T. SHERINGHAM and NEVILL MEAKIN
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This is a piece of gentle, delicate fooling; as the sub-title puts it, “a midsummer idyl compiled out of the traditions of the Irresponsible Club.” Purely fanciful, and light as air, the tale is instinct with the grace and charm which make Henry Harland’s recent books so captivating. Besides, it contains real humor.
THE WOMAN ERRANT
By the Author of “The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife” and “People of the Whirlpool”
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The same unfailing charm pervades “The Woman Errant” which readers of “The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife” and “People of the Whirlpool” will so well remember. Less a garden book than its predecessors, and more a novel, this new story reveals a growth in power that will delight the admirers of the author’s preceding work, while it will also attract many new friends. One of its phases touches on a curious social phenomenon of the present day, which has become strongly marked, yet which is absolutely untouched hitherto in fiction—the challenge of the woman domestic by the woman errant.
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