TWENTY AND THREE STORIES
By TWENTY-THREE AUTHORS $2.50
This collection of stories of a wide range of types, by famous writers, amounts to a cross section of the finest recent work in the short story field.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
New York London
ABSORBING NEW FICTION
THE MEREDITH MYSTERY
By NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN, author of “The Cat’s Paw,” etc.
Ingenuity in constructing baffling mystery stories and skill in narrating them are characteristic of Miss Lincoln. Here is one of her best, with some new elements. The successful efforts of the blind surgeon to clear the girl he loves from a murder charge make a splendid story.
CORDUROY
By RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL, author of “Play the Game,” etc.
The standards of Boston and of a California ranch shrewdly and sympathetically handled in a delicious romance full of charm and vitality. The efforts of “Ginger” and her New England lover to meet each other’s requirements result in a tense and appealing story.
MARY CINDERELLA BROWN
By DOROTHY WHITEHILL
The remarkable and delightful things that happened to Mary Cinderella Brown and Peter Ashton when the ragged little girl and the rich young man happened to meet at a drama-moment. Two kinds of romance delightfully unfolded.