“This is the best book I have ever illustrated for any publisher. I have tried to make the pictures all that you hoped for them.”–H. Weston Taylor.
E. J. Anderson, former managing Editor of the Boston Advertiser and Record, is enthusiastic over the story and says:
“I have read ‘Smiles’ in one reading. After starting it I could not put it down. Never in my life have I read a book like this that thrilled me half as much, and never have I seen a more masterful piece of writing.”
THE MAID OF MIRABELLE: A Romance of Lorraine
Illustrated with reproductions of sketches made by the author, and with a portrait of “The Maid of Mirabelle,” from a painting by Neale Ordayne, on the cover.
Cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.90
A story of human and heart interest. The “Maid,” Joan, is a personality just as real and lovable as was Smiles.
“The spirit of all the book is the bubbling, the irrepressibly indomitable, cheerful faith of the people, at their very best, against the grave Quakerism from the United States standing out grimly but faithfully. The tale is simply, but strongly told.”–Montreal Family Herald and Weekly Star.
MAN PROPOSES; Or, The Romance of John Alden Shaw
Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90