A Book of Martyrs. By Cornelia Atwood Pratt.
“One of the best collections of bright, short stories given to the world of fiction this year.”—Union and Advertiser.
THREE CLEVER BOOKS BY WOMEN WRITERS:
Tales of the City Room. By Elizabeth G. Jordan. 12mo, $1.00.
These ten newspaper stories present vividly some of the more striking phases of journalistic life and work in a great city. Whether the theme be comedy, tragedy or romance, Miss Jordan writes with a simple directness that is convincing. The tales are:
Ruth Herrick’s Assignment.
The Love Affair of Chesterfield, Jr.
At the Close of the Second Day.
The Wife of the Candidate.
Mrs. Ogilvie’s Local Color.
From the Hand of Dolorita.
The Passing of Hope Abbott.
A Point of Ethics.
A Romance of the City Room.
Miss Van Dyke’s Best Story.
The Dull Miss Archinard. By Anne Douglas Sedgwick. 12mo, $1.25.
Miss Sedgwick’s book is a tale of artist life in London and Paris, and the affecting development of the story is no less striking than is the author’s ability to fix in words the peculiar “color” of the places in which the scenes are laid.
Taken by Siege. By Jeannette L. Gilder, Editor of The Critic, 12mo, $1.25.
“Miss Gilder’s long acquaintance with New York journalism has fully equipped her for writing this novel. No one knows better than she the ins and outs of this life, the picturesque and the seamy side, the privations and joys, the defeats and successes. Her pictures of a reporter’s life, divided between Bohemia and the upper circles, of the clubs and haunts of newspaper men, of scenes before and behind the stage, are all fresh, clear and fascinating.”—Philadelphia Public Ledger.