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 | POLLY THE PAGAN Her Lost Love Letters
With an appreciative Foreword by Basil King Isabel Anderson, who heretofore has confined herliterary talents to writing of presidents and diplomatsand fascinating foreign lands, contributes to our listher first novel, POLLY THE PAGAN, a story ofEuropean life and "high society." The story is unfoldedin the lively letters of a gay and vivacious Americangirl traveling in Europe, and tells of the menwhom she meets in Paris, in London or Rome, herflirtations (and they are many and varied!) and excitingexperiences. Among the letters written to her areslangy ones from an American college boy and somein broken English from a fascinated Russian Prince(or was he disillusioned, when after dining at a smartParisian café with the adorable Polly he was trappedby secret police?); but the chief interest, so far asPolly's affaires d'amour are concerned, centers aroundthe letters from a young American, in the diplomaticservice in Rome, who is in a position to give intimatedescriptions of smart life and Italian society. The character drawing is clever, and the suspense asto whom the fascinating Polly will marry, if indeed themysterious young lady will marry anybody, is admirablysustained. | | ||||||
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| UNCLE MARY A Novel for Young or Old
Author of "The Blossom Shop" books, "Tweedie," etc. Since the great success of POLLYANNA there have been many efforts to achieve the "GLAD (Trade Mark) BOOK" style of fiction, but none so successful as Mrs. Mullins' Here is a story, charming in its New England villagesetting, endearing in its characters, engrossing in itsplot, and diverting in its style. The PAGE imprinthas been given to many books about beautiful charactersin fiction,—Pollyanna, Anne Shirley, Rose Webbof "SMILES," and Lloyd Sherman of the "LITTLECOLONEL" books. To this galaxy we now add"Uncle" Mary's protégé, Libbie Lee. Mrs. Mullins is an author gifted with the ability toappeal to the young in heart of whatever age. Hercharacters are visually portrayed. Her situations havethe interest of naturalness and suspense. The readerof UNCLE MARY will become in spirit an inhabitantof Sunfield; will understand the enjoyment of the suddenacquisition of wealth, a limousine, and—an adoptedchild (!), by the sisters, "Uncle" Mary and "Aunt"Alice; will watch with interest the thawing and rejuvenationof "Uncle" Mary, the cure of Alice, and thesolving of the mystery of the wealth of sweet littleLibbie Lee. | | ||||||
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| THE RED CAVALIER Or, The Twin Turrets Mystery
Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90 Here is a mystery story that is different! The subtletyand strangeness of India—poison and daggers,the impassive faces and fierce hearts of Prince Bardaiand his priestly adviser; a typical English week-endhouse party in the mystery-haunted castle, Twin Turrets,in Yorkshire; a vivid and contrasting background. And the plot! Who is the mysterious Red Cavalier?Is he the ghost of the ancestral portrait, that hangs inSir Robert Grainger's strange library? Is he flesh andblood, and responsible for the marauding thefts in theneighborhood? Is he responsible for Prince Kassim'smurder? Or is it only coincidence that one of theguests at the masked ball happened to wear the costumeof the Red Cavalier? Miss Locke has been able to weave a weird and absorbingtale of modern detective romance, the strangenessof India in modern England. There is Lady Berenice Coningsby, a bit déclassé;Ethelyn Roydon, more so; Princess Lona Bardai, "LittleLotus-Blossom," sweet and pathetic; Mrs. Dalrymple,the woman of mystery; Miss Vandelia Egerton, thespinster owner of Twin Turrets. There is dashing MaxEgerton and the impeccable Lord Borrowdean; CaptainGrenville Coningsby; Prince Kassim Bardai, with theimpenetrable eyes, and Chand Talsdad, his venerableadviser. Which of them is the Red Cavalier? | | ||||||
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired while varied hyphenation has been retained.
Page 11, "asumed" changed to "assumed" (assumed that they had)
Page 75, the ligature was removed from "Phoebe" to conform to the numerous uses without it (turned to Aunt Phoebe's)