RUPERT HUGHES
Miss 318 and Mr. 37
Illustrated, 12mo, cloth, net 75c.
Miss 318 has met her affinity. In this latest story of how she captured
him in the person of a New York fire laddie, "Number 37," Mr. Hughes has
surpassed himself. The narrative is full of the same characters, humor,
department store lingo and vital human interest of MISS 318.
MARY ELIZABETH SMITH
In Bethany House
A Story of Social Service. 12mo, cloth, net $1.25.
"Without any plot at all the book would still be worth reading; with its
earnestness, its seriousness of purpose, its health optimism, its
breadth of outlook, and its sympathetic insight into the depths of the
human heart."--N. Y. Times
MARGARET E. SANGSTER
Eastover Parish Cloth, net $1.00.
A new story by Margaret Sangster is an "event" among a wide circle of
readers. Mary E. Wilkins places Mrs. Sangster as "a legitimate successor
to Louise M. Alcott as a writer of meritorious books for girls, combining
absorbing story and high moral tone." Her new book is a story of "real
life and real people, of incidents that have actually happened in Mrs.
Sangster's life."
THOMAS D. WHITTLES
The Parish of the Pines
The Story of Frank Higgins, the Lumber-Jack's Sky Pilot.
Illustrated, 12mo, cloth, net $1.00.
Norman Duncan, author of "The Measure of a Man," calls this "Walking
boss of the Sky-route Company," "a man's Christian doing an admirable
work in the Woods of the Northwest." The narrative has the ozone, and
the spicyness of the great pine forests in which the scenes are laid.
ANNE GILBERT
The Owl's Nest Cloth, net 75c.
"This is the account of a vacation among 'isms.' Followers of some of
the fantastic cults and simple Christians met together in a country
boarding house and the result is certainly interesting."--Missions.
ISABEL G. and FLORENCE L. BUSH
Goose Creek Folks
A Story of the Kentucky Mountains
Illustrated, 12mo, cloth, net $1.00.
A story of real life among the mountaineers of Kentucky. It is a word
picture of aspiration, sacrifice and honor. Humor and pathos mingle with
purpose and adventure in a vivid tale of "things as they are" in this
primitive Southern community.