THE CINDER POND
Illustrated by Ada C. Williamson. $1.25 net.
Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then
turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The factory
was abandoned, and following the habits of small towns, the space
between the dock and the shore became “The Cinder Pond.” Jean started
life in the colony of squatters that came to live in the shanties on the
dock, but fortune, heroism, and a mystery combine to change her fortunes
and those of her friends near the Cinder Pond.
THE CASTAWAYS OF PETE’S PATCH
Illustrated by Ada C. Williamson. $1.25 net.
A tale of five girls and two youthful grown-ups who enjoyed
unpremeditated camping.
DANDELION COTTAGE
Illustrated by Mmes. Shinn and Finley. $1.50.
Four young girls secure the use of a tumbledown cottage. They set up
housekeeping under numerous disadvantages, and have many amusements and
queer experiences.
“A capital story. It is refreshing to come upon an author who can
tell us about real little girls, with sensible ordinary parents,
girls who are neither phenomenal nor silly.”—Outlook.
THE ADOPTING OF ROSA MARIE
A sequel to “Dandelion Cottage.” Illustrated by Mrs. Shinn. $1.50.
The little girls who played at keeping house in the earlier book,
enlarge their activities to the extent of playing mother to a little
Indian girl.
“Those who have read ‘Dandelion Cottage’ will need no urging to
follow further.... A lovable group of four real children, happily not
perfect, but full of girlish plans and pranks.... A delightful sense
of humor.”—Boston Transcript.
THE GIRLS OF GARDENVILLE
Illustrated by Mary Wellman. 12mo. $1.50.
Interesting, amusing, and natural stories of a girls’ club.
“Will captivate as many adults as if it were written for them....
The secret of Mrs. Rankin’s charm is her naturalness ... real
girls ... not young ladies with ‘pigtails,’ but girls of sixteen
who are not twenty-five ... as original as amusing.”—Boston Transcript.
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BOOKS FOR GIRLS
By BEULAH MARIE DIX
BETTY-BIDE-AT-HOME
Illustrated by Faith Avery. 12mo. $1.25 net.
A story of family life. Betty is just ready for college, her brother is
studying medicine, her sister is almost able to make her own way in the
world, when a sudden catastrophe compels Betty to choose between her own
ambitions and her mother’s happiness. Betty stays at home and learns
many things, among them the fact that duty and success can be combined.
The account of her literary ventures will help girls who want to write.
Betty is a spirited, energetic, lovable girl. The style and atmosphere
of the story are both better than is usually the case in girls’ stories.
FRIENDS IN THE END
Illustrated by Faith Avery. 12mo. $1.25 net.
An out-of-door story for girls which tells how Dorothea Marden went,
under protest, from the city to spend the summer at a farm in the New
Hampshire mountains; how she met Jo Gifford from South Tuxboro, who had
red hair, and knew she shouldn’t like her, but did; how Dorothea and Jo,
at the farm, fell out with the young folks close by at Camp Comfort; how
they carried on the war, with varying success, and how they were sorry
that they did so, and how they were glad in the end to make peace.
“Will attract boys and girls equally and be good for both.”—Outlook.
“More than the usual plot and literary completeness.”—Christian
Register.
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BY ALICE CALHOUN HAINES
For Young Folks from 9 to 16 Years old.
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PARTNERS FOR FAIR
With illustrations by Faith Avery. $1.25 net.
A story full of action, not untinged by pathos, of a boy and his
faithful dog and their wanderings after the poorhouse burns down. They
have interesting experiences with a traveling circus; the boy is thrown
from a moving train, and has a lively time with the Mexican Insurrectos,
from whom he is rescued by our troops.
THE LUCK OF THE DUDLEY GRAHAMS
Illustrated by Francis Day. 300 pp., 12mo. $1.50.
A family story of city life. Lightened by humor and an airship.
“Among the very best of books for young folks. Appeals especially
to girls.”—Wisconsin List for Township Libraries.
“Promises to be perennially popular. A family of happy, healthy,
inventive, bright children make the best of restricted conditions and
prove themselves masters of circumstances.”—Christian Register.
“Sparkles with cleverness and humor.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
COCK-A-DOODLE HILL
A sequel to the above. Illustrated by Francis Day.
296 pp., 12mo. $1.50.
“Cockle-a-doodle Hill” is where the Dudley Graham family went to live
when they left New York, and here Ernie started her chicken-farm, with
one solitary fowl, “Hennerietta.” The pictures of country scenes and the
adventures and experiences of this household of young people are very
life-like.
“No better book for young people than ‘The Luck of the Dudley
Grahams’ was offered last year. ‘Cock-a-Doodle Hill’ is another
of similar qualities.”—Philadelphia Press.
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COMPANION STORIES OF COUNTRY LIFE
FOR BOYS By CHARLES P. BURTON
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THE BOYS OF BOB’S HILL
Illustrated by George A. Williams. 12mo. $1.25.
A lively story of a party of boys in a small New England town.
“A first-rate juvenile ... a real story for the live human boy—any
boy will read it eagerly to the end ... quite thrilling adventures.”
—Chicago Record-Herald.
“Tom Sawyer would have been a worthy member of the Bob’s Hill
crowd and shared their good times and thrilling adventures with
uncommon relish.... A jolly group of youngsters as nearly true to
the real thing in boy nature as one can ever expect to find between
covers.”—Christian Register.
THE BOB’S CAVE BOYS
Illustrated by Victor Perard. $1.50.
“It would be hard to find anything better in the literature of New
England boy life. Healthy, red-blooded, human boys, full of fun,
into trouble and out again, but frank, honest, and clean.”
—The Congregationalist.
THE BOB’S HILL BRAVES
Illustrated by H. S. DeLay. 12mo. $1.50.
The “Bob’s Hill” band spend a vacation in Illinois, where they play at
being Indians, hear thrilling tales of real Indians, and learn much
frontier history. A history of especial interest to “Boy Scouts.”
“Merry youngsters. Capital. Thrilling tales of the red men and
explorers. These healthy red-blooded, New England boys.”
—Philadelphia Press.
THE BOY SCOUTS OF BOB’S HILL
Illustrated by Gordon Grant. 12mo. $1.25 net.
The “Bob’s Hill” band organizes a Boy Scouts band and have many
adventures. Mr. Burton brings in tales told around a camp-fire of La
Salle, Joliet, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Northwestern Reservation.
CAMP BOB’S HILL
Illustrated by Gordon Grant. $1.25 net.
A tale of Boy Scouts on their summer vacation.
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PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
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