Book Catalogue
JUST DAVID
By Eleanor H. Porter
"Just David" is one of those books that bear a message of courage and inspiration straight to the heart of every reader. If you want to make a lovable, life-long friend, get and read this story of the boy who brought happiness to a whole village, and who will bring happiness to you.
"'Just David' will be read with gladness and gratitude by men and women who need inspiration."—Continent.
"'Just David' is delightful in every way; the best story in many respects that Mrs. Porter has written."—Zion's Herald.
Illustrated in tint. $1.25 net.
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THE SONG OF THE LARK
By Willa Sibert Cather
Author of "O Pioneers!" and "Alexander's Bridge."
The story of a prima donna's life from childhood on a Western ranch to international fame.
"An uncommonly interesting novel. 'The Song of the Lark' is a book to read and not to 'skip.' Its gripping power lies in the reaction of Thea Kronborg's temperament upon the wise and courageous mother and also upon the generous men who made her development possible.... Miss Cather has created a flesh and blood woman."—Boston Transcript.
"A story of something better than suggestiveness and charm—a thing finished, sound and noble."—The Nation.
"Many books have been written of which the chief character has been a singer; there is something about a career behind the footlights that is strangely alluring. None, however, has been more skillfully and sympathetically written than 'The Song of the Lark.'"—Louisville Courier Journal.
"It has the artistic and literary merit of her earlier book, 'O Pioneers!' but it is an immeasurably bigger and richer story."—New York Globe.
$1.40 net.
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"K"
By Mary Roberts Rinehart
Author of "The Street of Seven Stars," etc.
"A brilliant story of hospital wards and work, of nurses, of surgeons, of discouragements, of successes, of poverty, of wealth, of love—in short, of humanity."—Cleveland Town Topics.
"This absorbing tale of mystery, love, and ambition is the climax of Mrs. Rinehart's art."—Kansas City Star.
"No fiction reader can afford to omit the pleasure of knowing 'K.'"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Intensely readable from the first page to the last."—New York Tribune.
"Mrs. Rinehart has never written a more engrossing story."—Literary Digest.
Illustrated by Charles E. Chambers. $1.35 net.
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THE VALLEY ROAD
By Mary Hallock Foote
"A fine portrayal of the progress of a family with good old traditions through more than two decades.... This work deserves praise for its fine workmanship."—Review of Reviews.
"One of the choice novels of the year.... A symmetrical, beautiful story, with passages that fire imagination, that smite with pity, that quicken with the stress of life's great moments. Surrounding it all, and one with it, is the colorful Californian atmosphere."—Milwaukee Free Press.
"In 'The Valley Road' readers who have learned to watch for Mrs. Foote's books will find all her best characteristics revealed.... All her people are delightfully real."—Louisville Courier Journal.
"The vivid character drawing, the insight into people's hearts that is shown and the pictures of their lives combine to make a fine and interesting portrayal of American life.... The story is refreshing."—Indianapolis Star.
"A healthy, whole-souled book, fresh and free, like her own dear California."—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
$1.35 net.
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DAVID PENSTEPHEN
By Richard Pryce
Author of "Christopher," etc., etc.
"A novel of extraordinary insight into the soul of a woman and the heart of a child.... Novelists like Mr. Pryce, with his sympathetic comprehension of the mental processes in both women and children, as well as in men, are all too rare. 'David Penstephen' is an unusual story told in an unusual manner."—Boston Transcript.
"'David Penstephen' is as searching a study of the influence of environment upon character as one can find—a story that grows ever more intensely interesting as it proceeds. One of the notable novels of the year."—New York Tribune.
"Far ahead of anything Mr. Pryce has yet done—even 'Christopher.'"—New York Times.
$1.35 net.
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PENELOPE'S POSTSCRIPTS
By Kate Douglas Wiggin
Author of "Rebecca," "The Birds' Christmas Carol," etc.
The experiences of the ever-fascinating Penelope in Vienna, Switzerland, Wales, Devon, and at home.
"In their delightfully humorous way, with their capital touches of character-drawing, Penelope's travel books will enchant readers to-day as much as they delighted those who read them more than a decade ago."—New York Tribune.
"In its lightness of touch, its gayety and humor, it reveals the qualities that have endeared Mrs. Wiggin's work to such a host of readers."—New York World.
"Age cannot destroy, nor familiarity lessen, Penelope's power to charm. In these, her 'postscripts,' that power is as potent as ever."—Philadelphia Press.
"All the charm of the author's previous books is present in this one."—New Orleans Times-Picayune.
With frontispiece. $1.00 net.
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