Frontispiece in full color from a painting by F. W. Read, and six black and white illustrations by John Goss, decorative jacket, net $1.25; carriage paid $1.40
This new story continues the adventures of the once little Fiddling Girl and tells of her triumphs and hardships abroad, of her friends, her love affairs, and finally of Virginia’s wedding bells and return to America. The previous two books in this series have been pronounced excellent and uplift stories, but “The Violin Lady” is far ahead of both in interest and charm.
The press has commented on the author’s previous stories as follows:
“A delightful story told in a charming manner. The Page Company does a real service indeed in the publication of so many of these excellent stories.”—Zion’s Herald, Boston.
“A thoroughly enjoyable tale, written in a delightful vein of sympathetic comprehension.”—Boston Herald.
MAN PROPOSES
Or, The Romance of John Alden Shaw
By Elliot H. Robinson
12mo, cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color and other illustrations by William Van Dresser, net $1.25; carriage paid $1.40
The story of John Alden Shaw is in many respects unique. Containing an enigma of an unusual nature, an odd legal tangle and a deep moral problem, the plot holds the reader’s attention to the very end. Quite as interesting as the major theme of the story are the minor incidents, for the greater part of the action occurs in gay Newport during “tennis week” and one somewhat unusual feature of the book is the introduction of several real and widely known characters—chiefly tennis stars of international reputation—and actual happenings, which give the tale peculiar realism. As the author is recognized as one of our leading writers on tennis, the scenes at the famous Casino during one of the national championships are particularly well drawn.
While primarily a problem love story, Man Proposes is essentially a book “with a difference.” The heroine is a charming Southern girl, decidedly American in her ideas, while John is himself a very real sort of young man, and though possessed of sterling qualities which bring him victoriously through his great test, is no paragon of virtues.
“Man proposes, but God disposes!”—Thomas a Kempis.
“Prithee, why don’t you speak for yourself, John?”—Longfellow.
As the story unfolds the reader will appreciate the significance of the above lines.
ANNE’S WEDDING