Nancy the Joyous is a simple little story—simple and clean and true—like a ray of sunshine in a bleak corner; like a wind-and-rain-and-sun-bathed flower on a steep mountainside. It is a story of sentiment, but without weak sentimentality, without tears, a kind of “salt-of-the-earth” optimism.
¶ Brisk with the air of the Tennessee mountains, where Nancy finds the “true values of life,” and warm with the joy of living and loving and laughing, here is a “character” story—a “heart interest” story—a “local color” story of a picturesque locality—and yet a straightforward, unpretentious romance whose charm is based on more than mere uniqueness of characters or setting. Nancy is buoyant with life itself. Nancy is a real girl, a likable girl, and the love she inspires in her fellow creatures of the story is a real affection that shines outside the pages of the book and seizes hold of the heart of the reader.
A delightful book to read. An ideal book to give to a friend.
The make-up of the book is in keeping with the story. A frontispiece in cheerful colors of Nancy herself; each chapter has a specially drawn initial; each cheery letter has a full-width pictorial heading. Bound in extra cloth; decorated cover, with ornaments in gold. Pictorial jacket in full color and gold. 12mo. $1.00 net.
Publishers Reilly & Britton Chicago
CLARK’S FIELD
“In this virile book, Mr. Herrick studies the part played by ‘unearned increment’ in the life of a girl. A notable contribution to American realistic fiction.”
“Few will dispute the statement that Robert Herrick is today the most significant of our novelists. He is always sincere, and he is always worth our while.... Clark’s Field is packed with meaning.”—New York Tribune.