DELIGHTFUL POCKET ANTHOLOGIES
The following books are uniform, with full gilt flexible covers and pictured cover linings. 16mo. Each, cloth, $1.50; leather, $2.50.
THE GARLAND OF CHILDHOOD
A little book for all lovers of children. Compiled by Percy Withers.
THE VISTA Of ENGLISH VERSE
Compiled by Henry S. Pancoast. From Spencer to Kipling.
LETTERS THAT LIVE
Compiled by Laura E. Lockwood and Amy R. Kelly. Some 150 letters.
POEMS FOR TRAVELLERS
(About "The Continent.") Compiled by Miss Mary R. J. DuBois.
THE OPEN ROAD
A little book for wayfarers. Compiled by E. V. Lucas.
THE FRIENDLY TOWN
A little book for the urbane, compiled by E. V. Lucas.
THE POETIC OLD-WORLD
Compiled by Miss L. H. Humphrey. Covers Europe, including Spain, Belgium and the British Isles.
THE POETIC NEW-WORLD
STANDARD CONTEMPORARY NOVELS
WILLIAM DE MORGAN'S JOSEPH VANCE
The story of a great sacrifice and a lifelong love. Over fourteen printings. $1.75.
* * * List of Mr. De Morgan's other novels sent on application.
PAUL LEICESTER FORD'S THE HON. PETER STIRLING
This famous novel of New York political life has gone through over fifty impressions. $1.50.
ANTHONY HOPE'S PRISONER OF ZENDA
This romance of adventure has passed through over sixty impressions. With illustrations by C. D. Gibson. $1.50.
ANTHONY HOPE'S RUPERT OF HENTZAU
This story has been printed over a score of times. With illustrations by C. D. Gibson. $1.50.
ANTHONY HOPE'S DOLLY DIALOGUES
Has passed through over eighteen printings. With illustrations by H. C. Christy. $1.50.
CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS'S CHEERFUL AMERICANS
By the author of "Poe's Raven in an Elevator" and "A Holiday Touch." With 24 illustrations. Tenth printing. $1.25.
MAY SINCLAIR'S THE DIVINE FIRE
By the author of "The Helpmate," etc. Fifteenth printing. $1.50.
BURTON E. STEVENSON'S MARATHON MYSTERY
This mystery story of a New York apartment house is now in its seventh printing, has been republished in England and translated into German and Italian. With illustrations in color. $1.50.
E. L. VOYNICH'S THE GADFLY
An intense romance of the Italian uprising against the Austrians. Twenty-third edition. $1.25.
DAVID DWIGHT WELLS'S HER LADYSHIP'S ELEPHANT
With cover by Wm. Nicholson. Eighteenth printing. $1.25.
C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON'S LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR
Over thirty printings. $1.50.
C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON'S THE PRINCESS PASSES
Illustrated by Edward Penfield. Eighth printing. $1.50.
BY INEZ HAYNES GILLMORE
ANGEL ISLAND
Illustrated by John Rae. $1.35 net. Ready in January, 1914.
The story of five shipwrecked men of varied attainments and five equally individual winged women. This picturesque romance, with stirring episodes and high ideals, appears for the first time in complete form, the serial version having been much shortened.
PHOEBE AND ERNEST
With 30 illustrations by R. F. Schabelitz. $1.35 net.
Parents will recognize themselves in the story, and laugh understandingly with, and sometimes at, Mr. and Mrs. Martin and their children, Phoebe and Ernest.
"We must go back to Louisa Olcott for their equals."—Boston Advertiser.
"For young and old alike we know of no more refreshing story."—New York Evening Post.
PHOEBE, ERNEST, AND CUPID
Illustrated by R. F. Schabelitz. $1.35 net.
In this sequel to the popular "Phoebe and Ernest," each of these delightful young folk goes to the altar.
"To all jaded readers of problem novels, to all weary wayfarers on the rocky literary road of social pessimism and domestic woe, we recommend 'Phoebe, Ernest, and Cupid' with all our hearts: it is not only cheerful, it's true."—N. Y. Times Review.
"Wholesome, merry, absolutely true to life."—The Outlook.
JANEY
Illustrated by Ada C. Williamson. $1.25 net.
"Being the record of a short interval in the journey thru life and the struggle with society of a little girl of nine."
"Depicts youthful human nature as one who knows and loves it. Her 'Phoebe and Ernest' studies are deservedly popular, and now, in 'Janey,' this clever writer has accomplished an equally charming portrait."—Chicago Record-Herald.
List of Corrections Made by the Transcriber:
[Page 6]: impident (square and compact, that chunky and yet that tender, that no right-minded person could desire him to be changed to an impudent young scaramouch like young Michael Ragstroar four doors)
[Page 55]: scarcly (letter remains, and has been seen by the present writer and others. The dexterity of the thing almost passes belief, only a few scarcely perceptible traces of the old writing being visible, the length of)
[Page 65]: mankleshelf (directness. But he was destined to puzzle his audience by his keen interest in something that was on the mantleshelf, his description of which seemed to relate to nothing this lady's recollection of)
[Page 76]: see to the sacks, ("He sees to the sacks," said Dave.)
[Page 84]: starn (in your antecedents, surely it would be these two leisurely rowers and the superior person in the stern, with the oilskin cape?)
[Page 139]: bliassed (want of shrewdness when he visited Sapps Court. She had been biased towards this suspicion by the fact that the man, when he first referred to Sapps Court, had spoken the name as though)
[Page 277]: backelors (it any hinterland of discussion of the ethics of Love, provocative of practical application to the lives of old maids and old bachelors—if the one, then the other, in this case—strolling in a leisurely)
[Page 320]: [blank] (property did a man's heart good to see, nowadays. The man was Uncle Mo, who got out of the house in plenty of time to stop Michael half-murdering the marauder, as soon as he considered the latter)
[Page 346]: infaturated (If I had ever been engaged, or on the edge of it—I never have, really and truly!—and the infatuated youth had ... had complicated matters to that extent, I never should have been able to)
[Page 360]: up up (premises it was engendered in, was necessary to hold the roof up up tempory, for fear it should come with a run. It was really a'most nothing in the manner of speaking. You just shoved a)
[Page 374]: frostis (through, and setting alight to a bit of fire now and again, and the season keeping mild and favourable, with only light frosts in the early morning—only what could you expect just on to Christmas?—there)
[Page 403]: kncoked (The ex-convict watched him out of sight, and then knocked at the door, and waited. The woman inside had been listening to)
[Page 413]: financée (to his sister Irene one of the long missives he was given to sending to his fiancée in London. It was just such a late October day as the one indirectly referred to above; in fact, it)
[Page 434]: ather ("You mean, you can manage your Bull, and father can't. Is that it?" Assent given. "And how can you manage your)
[Page 580]: [blank] (who had charge of Dave—Strides Cottage, of course! I'm sure she'll be all right as far as that goes. But the whole thing is so odd.... Stop a minute!—perhaps the best way would be for me)
[Page 615]: Egnland.... (you dead. For years she believed you and her sister dead. And when she returned to England....")
[Page 717]: acompany (the last. She then re-enveloped the letter, much pleased with the result, and wrote a short note in pencil to accompany it; then hunted up an envelope large enough to take both, and directed)
[Page 732]: Gwenn ("'Made it like then?'" Gwen was not sure she followed this.)
[Page 740]: mmama (mean—so long as they think I think it was. That's the point. Now, the question is, did or did not my superior mamma descend on your comme-il-faut parent to drum this idea into him, and get)
[Page 756]: differnece (she had loved ungrudgingly throughout. Nor was it only this. It palliated her son's crimes. But then there was a difference between the son and the father. The latter had apparently done nothing)
[Page 799]: Phooebe is so kind, to take every little word I say. ("My dear, I am giving a world of trouble," she said. "But Phoebe is so kind, to take every little word I say.")
[Page 845]: spech. "What the Hell," he repeated, (what he sought—her letter, which she recognised—and opened it before he finished his speech. "What the Hell," he repeated, "is the meaning of this?" He read it in a vicious undertone, biting)