A Selection from the Catalogue of
A Selection from the Catalogue of
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
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Rose CottinghamA NovelBy Netta Syrett12o. $1.35Miss Syrett’s novel might be calledThe Making of a Modern Woman. The story begins in 1885, when Rose Cottingham, the heroine, is nine years old. It shows us Rose first as a child at war with her home environment, then her life as a school girl, and then her wider emotional and intellectual experiences when she goes out into the world and mixes in literary society. The book is not only a subtle study of a girl’s development, but is also a striking picture of the social and literary life of the late Victorian period, the period ofThe SavoyandThe Yellow Book, of Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley, of the æsthetic and the earlier Socialist movements.G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew York London
Rose Cottingham
Rose Cottingham
A Novel
By Netta Syrett
12o. $1.35
Miss Syrett’s novel might be calledThe Making of a Modern Woman. The story begins in 1885, when Rose Cottingham, the heroine, is nine years old. It shows us Rose first as a child at war with her home environment, then her life as a school girl, and then her wider emotional and intellectual experiences when she goes out into the world and mixes in literary society. The book is not only a subtle study of a girl’s development, but is also a striking picture of the social and literary life of the late Victorian period, the period ofThe SavoyandThe Yellow Book, of Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley, of the æsthetic and the earlier Socialist movements.
G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew York London
The Iron StairA Romance of DartmoorBy“Rita”In this novel is told how, for the sake of a girl, in pity for her grief, in blind obedience to her entreaties, Aubrey Derrington, a possible peer of the realm, the fastidious, bored, dilettante man about town, whom his friends had known only as such, finds himself not only in love, but in as tight a corner as ever a man was placed, with the risk of criminal prosecution as an accessory after the fact. A love story, full of charm, complexity, and daring, is unfolded in the fresh gorse and heather-strewn setting of the Devonshire moors and against the dark background of frowning prison walls. A girl, an innocent convict, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and the hero of the story are the central figures.G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew York London
The Iron Stair
The Iron Stair
A Romance of Dartmoor
By
“Rita”
In this novel is told how, for the sake of a girl, in pity for her grief, in blind obedience to her entreaties, Aubrey Derrington, a possible peer of the realm, the fastidious, bored, dilettante man about town, whom his friends had known only as such, finds himself not only in love, but in as tight a corner as ever a man was placed, with the risk of criminal prosecution as an accessory after the fact. A love story, full of charm, complexity, and daring, is unfolded in the fresh gorse and heather-strewn setting of the Devonshire moors and against the dark background of frowning prison walls. A girl, an innocent convict, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and the hero of the story are the central figures.
G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew York London
The JesterByLeslie MooreAuthor of “The Peacock Feather”12o. $1.35 netA mediæval story in which romance, magic, and a woman’s fascination are blended effectively. The reader is introduced to Peregrine, son of Nichol the Jester, who, after the death of his father, succeeds to the motley. Nichol on his deathbed unfolds the theory of the Jester’s life. He has been a jester on the surface, but a man inside, and counsels Peregrine to remember that. The Lady Isabel, vain and greedy of power, seeks to ensnare Peregrine. Isabel, who has had dealings with a witch, casts her spell upon Peregrine and provokes him to a jealous brawl, in consequence of which he is dismissed in disgrace. He spends some time in the castle of a mediæval Circe; then, seeing the ideal woman in a dream, he begins the quest of her, a quest which, after many adventures and interesting happenings, results in fulfillment.G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew York London
The Jester
The Jester
By
Leslie Moore
Author of “The Peacock Feather”
12o. $1.35 net
A mediæval story in which romance, magic, and a woman’s fascination are blended effectively. The reader is introduced to Peregrine, son of Nichol the Jester, who, after the death of his father, succeeds to the motley. Nichol on his deathbed unfolds the theory of the Jester’s life. He has been a jester on the surface, but a man inside, and counsels Peregrine to remember that. The Lady Isabel, vain and greedy of power, seeks to ensnare Peregrine. Isabel, who has had dealings with a witch, casts her spell upon Peregrine and provokes him to a jealous brawl, in consequence of which he is dismissed in disgrace. He spends some time in the castle of a mediæval Circe; then, seeing the ideal woman in a dream, he begins the quest of her, a quest which, after many adventures and interesting happenings, results in fulfillment.
G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew York London
The Golden SlipperAnd Other Problems for Violet StrangeByAnna Katharine Green12o. Frontispiece by A. I. Keller. $1.35The dominant figure in this series of detective stories is a young girl, Violet Strange—detectivepar excellence. She observes sharply, thinks intensely, and has the faculty of disentangling, out of a maze of perplexing circumstances, the one explanation that accords with facts, and carries out her reasoning with the most consummate ability.The author wrote “The Leavenworth Case” nearly forty years ago, and ever since has steadily maintained an important position among writers of fiction.G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew York London
The Golden Slipper
The Golden Slipper
And Other Problems for Violet Strange
By
Anna Katharine Green
12o. Frontispiece by A. I. Keller. $1.35
The dominant figure in this series of detective stories is a young girl, Violet Strange—detectivepar excellence. She observes sharply, thinks intensely, and has the faculty of disentangling, out of a maze of perplexing circumstances, the one explanation that accords with facts, and carries out her reasoning with the most consummate ability.
The author wrote “The Leavenworth Case” nearly forty years ago, and ever since has steadily maintained an important position among writers of fiction.
G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew York London
Transcriber’s Notes:On page 7, grimmess has been changed to grimness.On page 9, known has been changed to know.On page 16, solicitiously has been changed to solicitously.On page 33, Brampton has been changed to Brompton.On page 39, MURRL has been changed to MURAL.On page 44, scroll work has been changed to scroll-work.On page 65, circumlocutous has been changed to circumlocutious.On page 110, mischeevousness has been changed to mischievousness.On page 146, carpetted has been changed to carpeted.On page 147, pocketted has been changed to pocketed.On page 176, sumbeam has been changed to sunbeam.On page 270, you has been changed to your.On page 276, comorant has been changed to cormorant.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Transcriber’s Notes:
On page 7, grimmess has been changed to grimness.
On page 9, known has been changed to know.
On page 16, solicitiously has been changed to solicitously.
On page 33, Brampton has been changed to Brompton.
On page 39, MURRL has been changed to MURAL.
On page 44, scroll work has been changed to scroll-work.
On page 65, circumlocutous has been changed to circumlocutious.
On page 110, mischeevousness has been changed to mischievousness.
On page 146, carpetted has been changed to carpeted.
On page 147, pocketted has been changed to pocketed.
On page 176, sumbeam has been changed to sunbeam.
On page 270, you has been changed to your.
On page 276, comorant has been changed to cormorant.