With a frontispiece by FRANK DESCH
12mo. Decorated cloth, $1.25 net
Phrynette is seventeen, extremely clever and naive, and attractive in
every way. The death of her French father in Paris leaves her an orphan,
and she goes to London to live with an aunt of Scotch descent. Her
impressions of the people, the happenings and the places she becomes
familiar with, peculiarities of customs and every little thing of
interest are all touched upon in a charming and original manner, while
in places there is irresistible humor. Throughout there is a good solid
love story, and the ending is all that is to be desired.
"A very charming novel."--_San Francisco Argonaut._
"Original, clever and extremely well-written."--_Pittsburgh
Dispatch._
"Refreshingly original and full of wholesome mirth. To say that
the book is delightful reading is understating the
fact."--_Philadelphia Public Ledger._
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA
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_ROMANCES by DAVID POTTER_
=The Lady of the Spur=
The scenes of this delightful romance are set in the south-western part
of New Jersey, during the years 1820-30. An unusual situation develops
when Tom Bell, a quondam gentleman highwayman, returns to take up the
offices of the long-lost heir, Henry Morvan. Troubles thicken about him
and along with them the romance develops. Through it all rides "The Lady
of the Spur" with a briskness, charm, and mystery about her that give an
unusual zest to the book from its very first page.
Third edition. Colored frontispiece by Clarence F. Underwood.
12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
=I Fasten a Bracelet=
Why should a young well-bred girl be under a vow of obedience to a man
after she had broken her engagement to him? This is the mysterious
situation that is presented in this big breezy out-of-doors romance.
When Craig Schuyler, after several years' absence, returns home, and
without any apparent reason fastens on Nell Sutphen an iron bracelet. A
sequence of thrilling events is started which grip the imagination
powerfully, and seems to "get under the skin." There is a vein of humor
throughout, which relieves the story of grimness.
Frontispiece in color by Martin Justice.
12mo. Decorated cloth, $1.25 net.
=An Accidental Honeymoon=
A sparkling and breezy romance of modern times, the scenes laid in
Maryland. The plot is refreshingly novel and delightfully handled. The
heroine is one of the "fetchingest" little persons in the realms of
fiction. The other characters are also excellently drawn, each standing
out clear and distinct, even the minor ones. The dialogue of the story
is remarkably good, and through it all runs a vein of delightful humor.
Eight illustrations in color by George W. Gage.
Marginal decorations on each page.
12mo. Ornamental cloth, $1.35 net.
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA
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_By CAROLYN WELLS_
=THE GOLD BAG=
"The Gold Bag" is so unlike the usual products of Miss Wells' pen that
one wonders if she possesses a dual personality or is it merely
extraordinary versatility, for she can certainly write detective stories
just as well as she can write nonsense verse. The story is told in the
first person by a modest young sleuth who is sent to a suburban place to
ferret out the mystery which shrouds the murder of a prominent man.
Circumstantial evidence in the shape of a gold mesh bag points to a
woman as the criminal, and the only possible one is the dead man's niece
with whom the detective promptly falls in love, though she is already
engaged to her uncle's secretary, an alliance which the dead man
insisted must be discontinued, otherwise he would disinherit the girl.
The story is well told and the interest is cleverly aroused and
sustained.
Second edition. With a colored frontispiece. 12mo.
Decorated cloth, $1.20 net.
=THE CLUE=
This is a detective story, and no better or more absorbing one has
appeared in a long time. The book opens with the violent death of a
young heiress--apparently a suicide. But a shrewd young physician waxes
suspicious, and finally convinces the wooden-headed coroner that the
girl has been murdered. The finger of suspicion points at various people
in turn, but each of them proves his innocence. Finally Fleming Stone,
the detective who figured in a previous detective story by this author,
is called in to match his wits against those of a particularly astute
villain. Needless to say that in the end right triumphs.
With a colored frontispiece. 12mo.
Decorated cloth, $1.50.
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA