Every one, young or old, who reads the story of "Anne of Green Gables,"
will fall in love with her, and tell their friends of her irresistible
charm. In her creation of the young heroine of this delightful tale
Miss Montgomery will receive praise for her fine sympathy with and
delicate appreciation of sensitive and imaginative girlhood.
The story would take rank for the character of Anne alone; but in the
delineation of the characters of the old farmer, and his crabbed,
dried-up spinster sister who adopt her, the author has shown an insight
and descriptive power which add much to the fascination of the book.
* * * * *
*Spinster Farm*
BY HELEN M. WINSLOW, author of "Literary Boston." Illustrated from
original photographs . . . $1.50
Whatever Miss Winslow writes is good, for she is in accord with the life
worth living. The Spinster, her niece "Peggy," the Professor, and young
Robert Graves,--not forgetting Hiram, the hired man,--are the characters
to whom we are introduced on "Spinster Farm." Most of the incidents and
all of the characters are real, as well as the farm and farmhouse,
unchanged since Colonial days.
Light-hearted character sketches, and equally refreshing and unexpected
happenings are woven together with a thread of happy romance of which
Peggy of course is the vivacious heroine. Alluring descriptions of
nature and country life are given with fascinating bits of biography of
the farm animals and household pets.
* * * * *
*Selections from
L. C. Page and Company's
List of Fiction*
*WORKS OF ROBERT NEILSON STEPHENS*
_Each one vol., library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50_
*The Flight of Georgiana*
A ROMANCE OF THE DAYS OF THE YOUNG PRETENDER. Illustrated by H. C.
Edwards.
"A love-story in the highest degree, a dashing story, and a remarkably
well finished piece of work."--_Chicago Record-Herald_.
*The Bright Face of Danger*
Being an account of some adventures of Henri de Launay, son of the Sieur
de la Tournoire. Illustrated by H. C. Edwards.
"Mr. Stephens has fairly outdone himself. We thank him heartily. The
story is nothing if not spirited and entertaining, rational and
convincing."--_Boston Transcript_.
*The Mystery of Murray Davenport*
(40th thousand.)
"This is easily the best thing that Mr. Stephens has yet done. Those
familiar with his other novels can best judge the measure of this
praise, which is generous."--Buffalo News.
*Captain Ravenshaw*
OR, THE MAID OF CHEAPSIDE. (52d thousand.) A romance of Elizabethan
London. Illustrations by Howard Pyle and other artists.
Not since the absorbing adventures of D'Artagnan have we had anything so
good in the blended vein of romance and comedy.
*The Continental Dragoon*
A ROMANCE OF PHILIPSE MANOR HOUSE IN 1778. (53d thousand.) Illustrated
by H. C. Edwards.
A stirring romance of the Revolution, with its scene laid on neutral
territory.
*Philip Winwood*
(70th thousand.) A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain
in the War of Independence, embracing events that occurred between and
during the years 1763 and 1785 in New York and London. Illustrated by
E. W. D. Hamilton.
*An Enemy to the King*
(70th thousand.) From the "Recently Discovered Memoirs of the Sieur de
la Tournoire." Illustrated by H. De M. Young.
An historical romance of the sixteenth century, describing the
adventures of a young French nobleman at the court of Henry III., and on
the field with Henry IV.
*The Road to Paris*
A STORY OF ADVENTURE. (35th thousand.) Illustrated by H. C. Edwards.
An historical romance of the eighteenth century, being an account of the
life of an American gentleman adventurer of Jacobite ancestry.
*A Gentleman Player*
HIS ADVENTURES ON A SECRET MISSION FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH. (48th thousand.)
Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.
The story of a young gentleman who joins Shakespeare's company of
players, and becomes a friend and protege of the great poet.
*Clementina's Highwayman*