town of Sarajevo, and by fall all Europe was at war. The United States
had just opened the Panama Canal to the world’s seaborne traffic. At
home, everyone was singing one of Jerome Kern’s first great song hits,
“They Didn’t Believe Me,” from _The Girl from Utah_. Harold Bell Wright
attained first place as most popular novelist of the year, closely
followed by Eleanor Porter with _Pollyanna_ and Winston Churchill with
his story of a liberal minister, which had been the 1913 leader. Among
the new names were those of Owen Johnson, already known for his
appealing stories of Lawrenceville School, Leona Dalrymple, with _Diane
of the Green Van_ under the new Chicago imprint of Reilly & Britton (now
Reilly & Lee), and W. B. Maxwell. It is interesting to note that in this
year of 1914 two best sellers were adult novels about boys. Once in a
long while such a story hits the hearts of its readers--as did J. D.
Salinger’s _Catcher in the Rye_ many years later. Perhaps the most
famous book on this list is that novel of youth, whose hero, Penrod,
belongs in the permanent roll of American literature.
1915
Fiction
1. THE TURMOIL, by Booth Tarkington. Harper
2. A FAR COUNTRY, by Winston Churchill. Macmillan
3. MICHAEL O’HALLORAN, by Gene Stratton Porter. Doubleday, Page
4. POLLYANNA GROWS UP, by Eleanor H. Porter. Page
5. K, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Houghton Mifflin
6. JAFFERY, by William J. Locke. John Lane
7. FELIX O’DAY, by F. Hopkinson Smith. Scribner
8. THE HARBOR, by Ernest Poole. Macmillan
9. THE LONE STAR RANGER, by Zane Grey. Harper
10. ANGELA’S BUSINESS, by Henry Sydnor Harrison. Houghton Mifflin
* * * * *
U. S. war industries were booming. The _Lusitania_ was sunk by a German
submarine on May 7. “Hello Frisco” was the song of the day, celebrating
the opening of the New York-San Francisco telephone line; the first
transatlantic speech was given by radio, and the first telephone message
sent across the Atlantic. Poison gas made its appearance on Europe’s
battlefields. Billy Sunday was exhorting a good many Americans into
repentance. _The Birth of a Nation_, first great feature film, based
upon _The Clansman_, a best seller of 1905, opened in New York. F.
Hopkinson Smith, author of _Felix O’Day_, a best seller of 1915, whose
novels had been best sellers ever since the 1890’s, died in his
seventy-seventh year. _The Turmoil_, a Booth Tarkington major novel,
headed the list of fiction. _K_, by Mary Roberts Rinehart, in fifth
place, is her best-known non-mystery novel. Here came the first of the
many Zane Grey books to appear on the lists, and another new name was
that of Ernest Poole, whose novel of New York harbor has a
well-established place in American fiction.
1916
Fiction
1. SEVENTEEN, by Booth Tarkington. Harper
2. WHEN A MAN’S A MAN, by Harold Bell Wright. Book Supply Co.
3. JUST DAVID, by Eleanor H. Porter. Houghton Mifflin
4. MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH, by H. G. Wells. Macmillan
5. LIFE AND GABRIELLA, by Ellen Glasgow. Doubleday, Page
6. THE REAL ADVENTURE, by Henry Kitchell Webster. Bobbs-Merrill
7. BARS OF IRON, by Ethel M. Dell. Putnam
8. NAN OF MUSIC MOUNTAIN, by Frank H. Spearman. Scribner
9. DEAR ENEMY, by Jean Webster. Century
10. THE HEART OF RACHAEL, by Kathleen Norris. Doubleday, Page
* * * * *
The First World War was in its third year. The New York-New Jersey area
was rocked by the Black Tom explosion, supposedly engineered by German
secret agents. Woodrow Wilson was re-elected on the campaign slogan, “He
kept us out of war,” and “preparedness” became the watchword of the day.
For the second year in succession Booth Tarkington headed the list of
best sellers, this time with _Seventeen_, novel of adolescence, almost
as well known as his famous _Penrod_. _Seventeen_ has sold over half a
million copies. In fourth place was _Mr. Britling Sees It Through_, by
H. G. Wells, which gave thousands of Americans a better understanding of
the war. Here is the first appearance of Kathleen Norris with _The Heart
of Rachael_. _Dear Enemy_ was written by the author of the
better-remembered _Daddy Long Legs_, which, because of its slow steady
sale, did not appear on any annual list. Along with such books as
_Penrod_, _Seventeen_, and the Pollyanna stories, it marks a noticeable
trend through this period toward novels about very young people written
to entertain adults.
1917
Fiction
1. MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH, by H. G. Wells. Macmillan
2. THE LIGHT IN THE CLEARING, by Irving Bacheller. Bobbs-Merrill
3. THE RED PLANET, by William J. Locke. John Lane
4. THE ROAD TO UNDERSTANDING, by Eleanor Porter. Houghton Mifflin
5. WILDFIRE, by Zane Grey. Harper
6. CHRISTINE, by Alice Cholmondeley. Macmillan
7. IN THE WILDERNESS, by Robert S. Hichens. Stokes
8. HIS FAMILY, by Ernest Poole. Macmillan
9. THE DEFINITE OBJECT, by Jeffery Farnol. Little, Brown
10. THE HUNDREDTH CHANCE, by Ethel M. Dell. Putnam
General Non-Fiction
1. RHYMES OF A RED CROSS MAN, by Robert W. Service. Barse & Hopkins
2. THE PLATTSBURG MANUAL, by O. O. Ellis and E. B. Garey. Century
3. RAYMOND, by Sir Oliver Lodge. Doran
4. POEMS OF ALAN SEEGER. Scribner
5. GOD THE INVISIBLE KING, by H. G. Wells. Macmillan
6. LAUGH AND LIVE, by Douglas Fairbanks. Britton Publishing Co.
7. BETTER MEALS FOR LESS MONEY, by Mary Green. Holt
War Books
1. THE FIRST HUNDRED THOUSAND, by Ian Hay. Houghton Mifflin
2. MY HOME IN THE FIELD OF HONOR, by Frances W. Huard. Doran
3. A STUDENT IN ARMS, by Donald Hankey. Dutton
4. OVER THE TOP, by Arthur Guy Empey. Putnam
5. CARRY ON, by Coningsby Dawson. John Lane
6. GETTING TOGETHER, by Ian Hay. Houghton Mifflin
7. MY SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR, by Frederick Palmer. Dodd, Mead
8. THE LAND OF DEEPENING SHADOW, by D. Thomas Curtin. Doran
9. ITALY, FRANCE AND BRITAIN AT WAR, by H. G. Wells. Macmillan
10. THE WORN DOORSTEP, by Margaret Sherwood. Little, Brown
* * * * *
The United States declared war on Germany on April 6. The first of the
A.E.F. landed in France in June. Liberty Loans were launched and Mary
Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin drew enormous crowds to
buy bonds, as they made appearances in such places as the steps of the
New York Public Library. Revolution swept imperial Russia. Jazz was the
rage in America. Large hotels and restaurants introduced _thés dansants_
featuring fox trots. As Americans donned khaki and rolled puttees, _Mr.
Britling_ rose to top place in fiction, selling 350,000 copies in
fifteen months. Irving Bacheller reappeared, after sixteen years, with
his _Light in the Clearing_ in second place, followed by many other
familiar names--Locke, Porter, Grey, Hichens, etc.--though none of these
books is remembered as its author’s best. Although most of the fiction
was on the mediocre side, non-fiction and war books (both added
classifications in this year) showed what the war-minded American public
wanted, for most this “general non-fiction” list reflected the emotions
and emergencies of wartime America. First was the poetry of Robert W.
Service, then _The Plattsburg Manual_ for future officers. Sir Oliver
Lodge aroused great interest when he, a noted scientist, proclaimed his
belief in communion with the dead, in this case with his son, who had
been killed in the war. Alan Seeger’s poem, _I Have a Rendezvous with
Death_, was responsible for the continued sale of his book through the
war years. _Over the Top_, best-remembered of World War I books,
glorified the doughboy and sold 350,000 copies in 1917.
1918
Fiction
1. THE U. P. TRAIL, by Zane Grey. Harper
2. THE TREE OF HEAVEN, by May Sinclair. Macmillan
3. THE AMAZING INTERLUDE, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Doran
4. DERE MABLE, by Edward Streeter. Stokes
5. OH, MONEY! MONEY! by Eleanor H. Porter. Houghton Mifflin
6. GREATHEART, by Ethel M. Dell. Putnam
7. THE MAJOR, by Ralph Connor. Revell
8. THE PAWNS COUNT, by E. Phillips Oppenheim. Little, Brown
9. A DAUGHTER OF THE LAND, by Gene Stratton Porter. Doubleday, Page
10. SONIA, by Stephen McKenna. Doran
General Non-Fiction
1. RHYMES OF A RED CROSS MAN, by Robert W. Service. Barse & Hopkins
2. TREASURY OF WAR POETRY, by G. H. Clark. Houghton Mifflin
3. WITH THE COLORS, by Everard J. Appleton. Stewart, Kidd
4. RECOLLECTIONS, by Viscount Morley. Macmillan
5. LAUGH AND LIVE, by Douglas Fairbanks. Britton Publishing Co.
6. MARK TWAIN’S LETTERS, ed. by Albert Bigelow Paine. Harper
7. ADVENTURES OF RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, by Richard
Harding Davis. Scribner
8. OVER HERE, by Edgar Guest. Reilly & Lee
9. DIPLOMATIC DAYS, by Edith O’Shaughnessy. Harper
10. POEMS OF ALAN SEEGER. Scribner
War Books
1. MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY, by James W. Gerard. Doran
2. THE GLORY OF THE TRENCHES, by Coningsby Dawson. John Lane
3. OVER THE TOP, by Arthur Guy Empey. Putnam
4. A MINSTREL IN FRANCE, by Harry Lauder. Hearst’s
International Library Co.
5. PRIVATE PEAT, by Harold R. Peat. Bobbs-Merrill
6. OUTWITTING THE HUN, by Lieut. Pat O’Brien. Harper
7. FACE TO FACE WITH KAISERISM, by James W. Gerard. Doran
8. CARRY ON, by Coningsby Dawson. John Lane
9. OUT TO WIN, by Coningsby Dawson. John Lane
10. UNDER FIRE, by Henri Barbusse. Dutton
* * * * *
“The Long Long Trail” wound on into the last year of war, which began
with a great German offensive and ended with dancing in the streets as
the first premature Armistice Day was celebrated. Zane Grey’s _U. P.
Trail_ was the most popular novel of the year, firmly establishing his
reputation as a writer of western adventure that was to last for more
than two decades. _The Tree of Heaven_ introduced an English writer of
consequence to the American best seller list. _Dere Mable_, considered
the prototype of soldier humor, flashed into popularity as did _See
Here, Private Hargrove_ a quarter of a century later. Edward Streeter’s
book, which might well have been classed as a war book instead of
fiction, quickly sold half a million copies. Not for thirty-one years
did Edward Streeter’s name reappear on the annual lists, with _Father of
the Bride_ in 1949, which made almost as big a hit. E. Phillips
Oppenheim, whose stories of intrigue, mystery, and adventure have been
read by at least two generations in England and America, made his first
appearance on the list. There are four books of poetry among
non-fiction, all with wartime appeal--a type of writing that was
noticeably missing among World War II best sellers with one exception.
Edgar Guest, through his thirty-five years of writing, has had probably
the largest popular audience for poetry since James Whitcomb Riley in
the 1890’s. Two important volumes of memoirs received attention in that
war year of 1918--_Mark Twain’s Letters_ edited by Albert Bigelow Paine
and the _Recollections_ of Viscount Morley. Ambassador Gerard’s book on
Germany had a noticeable influence on American public opinion just as
William L. Shirer’s _Berlin Diary_, Ambassador Davies’ _Mission to
Moscow_, and Ambassador Grew’s _Ten Tears in Japan_ were to have in
World War II. One of the most widely discussed books from a literary
point of view was _Under Fire_. Three books by Coningsby Dawson, star
reporter of World War I and extremely popular lecturer in the United
States, appeared on this list of war books.
1919
Fiction
1. THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE, by V. Blasco Ibanez. Dutton
2. THE ARROW OF GOLD, by Joseph Conrad. Doubleday, Page
3. THE DESERT OF WHEAT, by Zane Grey. Harper
4. DANGEROUS DAYS, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Doran
5. THE SKY PILOT IN NO MAN’S LAND, by Ralph Connor. Doran
6. THE RE-CREATION OF BRIAN KENT, by Harold Bell Wright. Book Supply Co.
7. DAWN, by Gene Stratton Porter. Houghton Mifflin
8. THE TIN SOLDIER, by Temple Bailey. Penn Publishing Co.
9. CHRISTOPHER AND COLUMBUS, by “Elizabeth.” Doubleday, Page
10. IN SECRET, by Robert W. Chambers. Doran
Non-Fiction
1. THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS, by Henry Adams. Houghton Mifflin
2. THE YEARS BETWEEN, by Rudyard Kipling. Doubleday, Page
3. BELGIUM, by Brand Whitlock, Appleton
4. THE SEVEN PURPOSES, by Margaret Cameron. Harper
5. IN FLANDERS FIELDS, by John McCrae. Putnam
6. BOLSHEVISM, by John Spargo. Harper
* * * * *
The fight for the League of Nations was on, after the Paris Peace
Conference, with Henry Cabot Lodge its most vigorous opponent in the
Senate. President Wilson took his dream of world organization to the
people in a nation-wide tour. Calvin Coolidge was settling the Boston
police strike, an act that was to win him national fame and help to
bring him eventually to the White House. The “high cost of living” made
the daily headlines. The first airplane crossed the Atlantic, a Navy
plane that flew from Nova Scotia to Portugal. _The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse_, an outstanding war novel of more romantic appeal that _Mr.
Britling_ of 1916-1917, headed 1919 fiction. Dutton used spectacular
display advertising to push it. Its price, $1.90, was a new high for a
book destined for wide sales. Later, _The Four Horsemen_ became one of
the first movies to build the great popularity of Rudolf Valentino. With
_The Arrow of Gold_, Doubleday, Page succeeded in giving Joseph Conrad
the wide audience he deserved. Here is the first appearance of two very
popular women novelists, “Elizabeth” (Countess von Arnim), and Temple
Bailey, the latter of whom Charles Shoemaker, of the Penn Publishing
Company of Philadelphia, brought to the front and made a competitor of
such writers as Kathleen Norris for the great audience of romantic women
readers. Non-fiction best seller and war book records were merged in
1919. What has become a classic of our literature, _The Education of
Henry Adams_, took top place among non-fiction. Like Alan Seeger’s
_Poems_, John McCrae’s _In Flanders Fields_ became a best seller on the
strength of a single poem, the title poem in this case. Kipling’s _The
Years Between_ contained some poems about World War I.
1920
Fiction
1. THE MAN OF THE FOREST, by Zane Grey. Harper
2. KINDRED OF THE DUST, by Peter B. Kyne. Cosmopolitan Book Co.
3. THE RE-CREATION OF BRIAN KENT, by Harold Bell Wright. Book Supply Co.
4. THE RIVER’S END, by James Oliver Curwood. Cosmopolitan Book Co.
5. A MAN FOR THE AGES, by Irving Bacheller. Bobbs-Merrill
6. MARY-MARIE, by Eleanor H. Porter. Houghton Mifflin
7. THE PORTYGEE, by Joseph C. Lincoln. Appleton
8. THE GREAT IMPERSONATION, by E. Phillips Oppenheim. Little, Brown
9. THE LAMP IN THE DESERT, by Ethel M. Dell. Putnam
10. HARRIET AND THE PIPER, by Kathleen Norris. Doubleday, Page
Non-Fiction
1. NOW IT CAN BE TOLD, by Philip Gibbs. Harper
2. THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE, by John M. Keynes. Harcourt,
Brace
3. ROOSEVELT’S LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN, ed. by Joseph B. Bishop. Scribner
4. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by William Roscoe Thayer. Scribner
5. WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS, by Frederick O’Brien. Century
6. AN AMERICAN IDYLL, by Cornelia Stratton Parker. Atlantic Monthly Press
* * * * *
The first election returns broadcast in the United States announced the
success of Warren G. Harding’s campaign for the Presidency. Women voted
for the first time in the 1920 election and helped to put across the
amendment to the Constitution that ushered in the prohibition era, the
era in which such books as _This Side of Paradise_, _Flaming Youth_,
and _The Plastic Age_ brought into the limelight the uninhibited
“younger generation.” Zane Grey again topped best-selling fiction with
_The Man of the Forest_. William Randolph Hearst was in the book
publishing field for a time; his Cosmopolitan Book Company put two
favorites--Peter B. Kyne and James Oliver Curwood, both writers of
outdoor adventure stories--on the best seller list. Joseph C. Lincoln,
teller of homely New England tales, joined the best sellers with _The
Portygee_. Heading non-fiction was Philip Gibbs, a favorite reporter of
World War I, who found a waiting market for a volume of war episodes,
_Now It Can Be Told_. A new publisher, Harcourt, Brace & Company,
appeared on the list with a book of historical importance, _The Economic
Consequences of the Peace_, by John M. Keynes. Public interest in
President Theodore Roosevelt’s letters, written with charm and
spontaneity, and in the biography of him by William Roscoe Thayer, was
highlighted by his recent death. Frederick O’Brien’s _White Shadows in
the South Seas_ started a new vogue in travel literature and aroused the
public’s interest in exotic lands.
1921
Fiction
1. MAIN STREET, by Sinclair Lewis. Harcourt, Brace
2. THE BRIMMING CUP, by Dorothy Canfield. Harcourt, Brace
3. THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER, by Zane Grey. Harper
4. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, by Edith Wharton. Appleton
5. THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN, by James Oliver Curwood.
Cosmopolitan Book Co.
6. THE SHEIK, by Edith M. Hull. Small, Maynard
7. A POOR WISE MAN, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Doran
8. HER FATHER’S DAUGHTER, by Gene Stratton Porter. Doubleday, Page
9. THE SISTERS-IN-LAW, by Gertrude Atherton. Stokes
10. THE KINGDOM ROUND THE CORNER, by Coningsby Dawson. Cosmopolitan Book Co.
Non-Fiction
1. THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY, by H. G. Wells. Macmillan
2. WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS, by Frederick O’Brien. Century
3. THE MIRRORS OF DOWNING STREET, by a Gentleman with a Duster (Harold Begbie). Putnam
4. MYSTIC ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS, by Frederick O’Brien. Century
5. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARGOT ASQUITH. Doran
6. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, by Robert Lansing. Houghton Mifflin
* * * * *
“Normalcy” was President Harding’s word for the administration he hoped
to provide--but the best-selling novel of the year was a “debunker” of
normal small-town life, the book that skyrocketed Sinclair Lewis into
fame. _Main Street_ sold 295,000 copies in 1921 and brought a new
realistic vein into American popular literature which had, for many
years, been dominated by royal romance and western adventure. Lewis’s
book was published by the young firm of Harcourt, Brace & Company,
which also provided the second novel on the list, _The Brimming Cup_, by
Dorothy Canfield, one of the most beloved writers of a quarter century.
Edith Wharton, already a literary notable, appeared on the list for the
first time since 1906 with her most famous book, _The Age of Innocence_.
Here, too, was the first appearance of Gertrude Atherton, and of
Coningsby Dawson as a writer of fiction. Next to _Main Street_, the
novel that became most famous was _The Sheik_, by Edith M. Hull, a
writer whose name had been familiar on best seller lists for many years
but whose 1921 book sold like wildfire and eventually became the movie
vehicle which made Rudolf Valentino the screen idol of his day. A
landmark among best sellers headed non-fiction--H. G. Wells’ _Outline of
History_, which was issued first as a two-volume set at $10.50, was
later marketed in one volume at $5.00, and a few years later had an
edition of half a million at $1.00. _White Shadows of the South Seas_
was even more popular in its second year; a second and similar book by
Frederick O’Brien also appeared on this list. One of the first
“debunking” biographies was _The Mirrors of Downing Street_, published
under a pseudonym. The visit to this country of Margot Asquith, wife of
the English Prime Minister, stirred interest in her autobiography, and
Wilson’s Secretary of State scored a success with his history of World
War peace negotiations. This is almost the last of non-fiction best
sellers to deal directly with World War I, only three years after its
close. Hylan had just been elected Mayor of New York City; Curran
defeated Fiorello La Guardia in the Republican primary; and Emperor
Hirohito of Japan went on a world peace tour.
1922
Fiction
1. IF WINTER COMES, by A. S. M. Hutchinson. Little, Brown
2. THE SHEIK, by Edith M. Hull. Small, Maynard
3. GENTLE JULIA, by Booth Tarkington. Doubleday, Page
4. THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF COOMBE, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Stokes
5. SIMON CALLED PETER, by Robert Keable. Dutton
6. THE BREAKING POINT, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Doran
7. THIS FREEDOM, by A. S. M. Hutchinson. Little, Brown
8. MARIA CHAPDELAINE, by Louis Hemon. Macmillan
9. TO THE LAST MAN, by Zane Grey. Harper
10. BABBITT, by Sinclair Lewis. Harcourt, Brace
HELEN OF THE OLD HOUSE, by Harold Bell Wright. Appleton
Non-Fiction
1. THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY, H. G. Wells. Macmillan
2. THE STORY OF MANKIND, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Boni & Liveright
3. THE AMERICANIZATION OF EDWARD BOK, by Edward Bok. Scribner
4. DIET AND HEALTH, by Lulu Hunt Peters. Reilly & Lee
5. THE MIND IN THE MAKING, by James Harvey Robinson. Harper
6. THE OUTLINE OF SCIENCE, by J. Arthur Thomson. Putnam
7. OUTWITTING OUR NERVES, by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury. Century
8. QUEEN VICTORIA, by Lytton Strachey. Harcourt, Brace
9. MIRRORS OF WASHINGTON, Anonymous (Clinton W. Gilbert). Putnam
10. PAINTED WINDOWS, by a Gentleman with a Duster (Harold Begbie). Putnam
* * * * *
Bobbed hair--short skirts--low waistlines--mah-jongg--Paul Whiteman at
the Palais Royale--and _Babbitt_, which introduced a new descriptive
word into our language, are all reminders of 1922. That was the year,
too, in which the _Reader’s Digest_ was launched. It was to have a
definite effect upon the sale of books it “digested” and to start a
tremendous wave of magazine book digests. The English writer, A. S. M.
Hutchinson, had two novels on the best seller list, with _If Winter
Comes_, which sold 350,000 copies in its first ten months, in first
place. _The Sheik_ carried over into its second year, this time next to
the leader. _The Head of the House of Coombe_ brought Frances Hodgson
Burnett into her fourth decade of best sellerdom. _Simon Called Peter_,
a war novel dealing with a religious problem, was a sensation on both
sides of the Atlantic and sold 152,000 copies. _Maria Chapdelaine_, with
its background the northern Quebec woods, was a critical as well as a
popular success. _The Outline of History_ in its lower-priced edition
made top place in non-fiction for the second year. Along with Hendrik
Van Loon’s _Story of Mankind_, James Harvey Robinson’s _Mind in the
Making_, and J. Arthur Thomson’s _Outline of Science_, it ushered in a
period of “outline” books on various cultural and scientific subjects
that was to reach a climax with the sales of _The Story of Philosophy_
four years later. Edward Bok, who had made a reputation as editor of the
_Ladies’ Home Journal_, provided a new version of the American success
story. Two health books achieved big sales. Lytton Strachey’s first
outstanding biography was his life of Queen Victoria. _Mirrors of
Washington_ and _Painted Windows_ followed in the anonymous footsteps of
_The Mirrors of Downing Street_.
1923
Fiction
1. BLACK OXEN, by Gertrude Atherton. Boni & Liveright
2. HIS CHILDREN’S CHILDREN, by Arthur Train. Scribner
3. THE ENCHANTED APRIL, by “Elizabeth.” Doubleday, Page
4. BABBITT, by Sinclair Lewis. Harcourt, Brace
5. THE DIM LANTERN, by Temple Bailey. Penn Publishing Co.
6. THIS FREEDOM, by A. S. M. Hutchinson. Little, Brown
7. THE MINE WITH THE IRON DOOR, by Harold Bell Wright. Appleton
8. THE WANDERER OF THE WASTELAND, by Zane Grey. Harper
9. THE SEA-HAWK, by Rafael Sabatini. Houghton Mifflin
10. THE BREAKING POINT, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Doran
Non-Fiction
1. ETIQUETTE, by Emily Post. Funk & Wagnalls
2. THE LIFE OF CHRIST, by Giovanni Papini. Harcourt, Brace
3. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WALTER H. PAGE, ed. by Burton J. Hendrick. Doubleday, Page
4. THE MIND IN THE MAKING, by James Harvey Robinson. Harper
5. THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY, by H. G. Wells. Macmillan
6. DIET AND HEALTH, by Lulu Hunt Peters. Reilly & Lee
7. SELF-MASTERY THROUGH CONSCIOUS AUTO-SUGGESTION, by Emile Coué. American Library Service
8. THE AMERICANIZATION OF EDWARD BOK, by Edward Bok. Scribner
9. THE STORY OF MANKIND, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Boni & Liveright
10. A MAN FROM MAINE, by Edward Bok. Scribner
* * * * *