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Kerchiefs to Hunt Souls.
By M. AMELIA FYTCHE.
Neely’s Popular Library.
Paper, 25c.
Of late years writers have found it necessary to attract the eye of the
passing public toward their work by giving it some striking title.
Unfortunately in many instances these remarkable names serve only that
purpose, and have little or no application for the story. This can
hardly be said of Miss Fytche’s new book, “Kerchiefs to Hunt Souls.” If
for no other reason, this book should certainly arouse considerable
curiosity on account of the remarkable title, which the author has, she
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by one who is thoroughly at home in his subject. It is a charming tale
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romance without learning many interesting things in connection with our
neighbors over border.
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EVEN AS YOU AND I
By
BOLTON HALL.
Author of “Who Pays Your Taxes?” “Equitable Taxation,” “Stories for
Little Citizens,” Etc.
Neely’s Prismatic Library, Cloth, Gilt Top, 50 cents.
The circulation of this book will probably depend upon the number of men
and women who are in search of a religion; not of a new religion, but of
the oldest religion, made applicable and applied to personal, social and
political life. The second part of the book is prefaced by a letter of
Tolstoy’s to the author, endorsing his view of life.
The allegories which form the first part show how in ordinary life, as
Olive Schreiner puts it, greatness is to take the common things of life
and to walk truly among them; happiness is a great love and much
serving; holiness is an infinite compassion for others.
There is an introduction by Ernest Howard Crosby, which is a complete
sketch in itself.
Through Field and Fallow.
A Choice Collection of Original Poems.
By JEAN HOOPER PAGE.
CLOTH, GILT TOP, $1.00.
It is not always the brilliant work which appeals to us most keenly.
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Much of Mrs. Page’s work has appeared first in our great daily
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there a woman has treasured some bit in her scrap book; a man has
clipped a verse and put it away in the drawer of his desk marked
“private.” Sooner or later in this little volume the reader will find
the poem that was written for him.
Father Ryan once wrote: “To uplift the downcast, to sweeten any life, to
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THE KING IN YELLOW.
By
Robert W. Chambers.
Author of “In the Quarter.”
Neely’s Prismatic Library.
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eager to seize on that which borders upon the _bizarre_. The odd and
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By ALICE HOWARD HILTON,
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Neely’s Popular Library, paper 25c.
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