  The following books, arranged in order of popularity, have been “bestsellers” in Chicago during March:
The Little Review is now on sale in the following bookstores: New York: Chicago: Pittsburg: Springfield, Mass.: Cleveland: Detroit: Minneapolis: Los Angeles: Omaha: Columbus, O. By John Galsworthy The Dark Flower $1.35 net; postage extra. This splendid story of love which has drawn more attention than anything else Mr. Galsworthy ever wrote, is now in its fourth large edition. The editor of the new Little Review says of it: “Everything John Galsworthy has done has had its special function in making ‘The Dark Flower’ possible. The sociology of ‘Fraternity,’ the passionate pleading of ‘Justice’ and ‘Strife,’ the incomparable emotional experiments of ‘A Commentary,’ the intellectuality of ‘The Patrician’—all these have contributed to the noble simplicity of ‘The Dark Flower.’” John Galsworthy’s Plays The Fugitive 60 cents net; postage extra. “Mr. Galsworthy deals with the problem of woman’s economic independence, her opportunity and preparation for self-support outside the refuge of marriage.... “‘The Fugitive’ is an admirable piece of dramatic writing. The undeviating exposition of the situation in the first act is certainly the best thing Mr. Galsworthy has yet done in the dramatic field.” —New York Tribune. The Pigeon A Fantasy in Three Acts 60 cents net. The Eldest Son A Domestic Drama in Three Acts. 60 cents net. Justice A Tragedy in Four Acts. 60 cents net. The Little Dream An Allegory in Six Scenes 50 cents net. Three of these plays—“Justice,” “The Little Dream,” and “The Eldest Son”—have been published in the more convenient form of one volume, entitled “Plays by John Galsworthy, Second Series.” $1.50 net. My First Years as a Frenchwoman 1876-1879 By Mary King Waddington, author of “Letters of a Diplomat’s Wife,” “Italian Letters of a Diplomat’s Wife,” etc. $2.50 net; postage extra. The years this volume embraces were three of the most critical in the life of the French Republic. Their principal events and conspicuous characters are vividly described by an expert writer who was within the inmost circles of society and diplomacy—she was the daughter of President King of Columbia, and had just married M. William Waddington, one of the leading French diplomats and statesmen of the time. Notes of a Son and Brother By Henry James. Illustrated. With drawings by William James. $2.50 net; postage extra. Harvard, as it was in the days when, first William, and then Henry, James were undergraduates, is pictured and commented upon by these two famous brothers—by William James through a series of letters written at the time. The book carries forward the early lives of William and Henry, which was begun in “A Small Boy and Others,” published a year ago. Among the distinguished men pictured in its pages are John LaFarge, Hunt, Professor Norton, Professor Childs, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was a close friend of Henry James, Senior. North Africa and the Desert By George E. Woodberry. $2.00 net; postage extra. This is one of that very small group of books in which a man of genuine poetic vision has permanently registered the color and spirit of a region and a race. It is as full of atmosphere and sympathetic interpretation as any that have been written. Chapters like that on “Figuig,” “Tougourt,” “Tripoli,” and “On the Mat”—a thoughtful study of Islam—have a rare value and beauty. By HUDSON STUCK, D.D. Archdeacon of the Yukon. The Ascent of Denali (Mt. McKinley) With illustrations and maps $1.75 net; postage extra. The fact that this narrative describes the only successful attempt to climb this continent’s highest mountain peak, and that the writer led the successful expedition, is enough to give it an intense interest. But when the writer happens to be as sensitive as an artist to all the sights and sounds and incidents of his great adventure, and to be so skilful a writer to convey everything to the reader, the value and interest of the book are irresistible. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled With 48 illustrations, 4 in color. $3.50 net; postage extra. If you would see the vast snow-fields, frozen rivers, and rugged, barren mountains of the Yukon country but cannot visit them you will do the next best thing by reading this often beautiful account of a missionary’s ten thousand miles of travel in following his hard and dangerous work. It is the story of a brave life amid harsh, grand, and sometimes awful surroundings. Charles Scribner’s Sons Fifth Avenue, New York SPRING PUBLICATIONS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 4 Park Street, Boston 1914 16 E. 40th St., New York George Borrow and His Circle By CLEMENT K. SHORTER “A treasure and a delight to admirers of Borrow.”—London AthenÆum. “A sane book about a sane and magnificently wholesome man.”—London Daily Express. With frontispiece. $3.00 net. Postage extra. What Men Live By By RICHARD C. CABOT, M.D. A physician’s contribution to the conduct of life. His application of work, play, love, and worship to daily life and his experience of their healing powers are set forth in this volume in an inspiring and readable way. $1.50 net. Postage extra. Our Friend John Burroughs By Dr. CLARA BARRUS The increasing thousands of lovers of John Burroughs and his writings will welcome this intimate book about the man, his life, and his personality. A picturesque and vivid account of his youth, written by Mr. Burroughs himself, is a prominent and important feature. Illustrated. $2.00 net. Postage extra. Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking By J. O. P. BLAND and EDMUND BACKHOUSE “An extraordinarily vivid picture of life at the Court of Peking from the middle of the sixteenth century down to our day.”—London Truth. “Of the importance to us today of understanding or endeavoring to understand the Chinese, no one will entertain a doubt, and therefore we heartily welcome a book like this in which the attempt is made, and made, we believe, successfully, to trace cause and effect back to the buried foundations of Chinese philosophy and civilization and to look at things from the Chinese point of view.”—London Globe. Lavishly illustrated. $4.50 net. Postage extra. In the Old Paths By ARTHUR GRANT A series of delightful essays, by a popular English writer, which recreate with charm and delicacy some of the great scenes of literature. Using as a starting-point some poet, Mr. Grant writes of the country in which he lived, or which lives in his work, and allows a sensitive fancy to draw pictures of the past. Illustrated. $1.50 net. Postage extra. Thomas Wentworth Higginson: The Story of His Life By MARY THACHER HIGGINSON This intimate biography tells for the first time the full story of the life of one of the most interesting of American soldiers and writers. Fully illustrated from portraits, views of Colonel Higginson’s homes, friends, etc., and with facsimiles of interesting manuscripts. Illustrated. $3.00 net. Postage extra. The Ministry of Art By RALPH ADAMS CRAM Among the subjects discussed are: Art as an Expression of Religion, the Place of Fine Arts in Public Education, the Significance of the Gothic Revival in American Architecture, American University Architecture. These papers all embody and eloquently exploit that view of the relation of mediÆval ideals to modern life which has made the author the most brilliant exponent of Gothic architecture in America. $1.50 net. Postage extra. Elia W. Peattie’s THE PRECIPICE “One of the most significant novels that have appeared this season ... so absolutely true to life that it is hard to consider it fiction.”—Boston Post. “A book which men and women alike will be better for reading, of which any true hearted author might be proud.... The author knows life and human nature thoroughly, and she has written out of ripened perceptions and a full heart.”—Chicago Record Herald. “An intimate and sympathetic study of new-century womanhood ... presents a profoundly interesting survey of the new social order of things.”—Philadelphia North American. With frontispiece. $1.35 net. Postage extra. Diane of the Green Van The Season’s Great Success By Leona Dalrymple Viewed even in the critical light of the high standard set for the winner of a ten-thousand-dollar prize, “Diane of the Green Van” fully measures up to the expectations of the novel-reading public. This is why it heads the list of best sellers in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. The advertising value of a big prize offer may account in some degree for the heavy advance sale—although the wholesale buyers ordered after reading. Nothing but sheer merit can account for the extremely large retail sale. Friend-to-friend commendation is steadily increasing over-the-counter demand. The judges—the readers—all gave “Diane” first place among five hundred manuscripts, many of them by first-class authors. The trade has applauded the choice. Reviewers have called “Diane of the Green Van” well worth the big prize. We should like to be able to publish the list of twenty or more successful writers who entered stories. On reputation alone, their work would have gone far; but we feel that the story of “Diane” will go farther. “Here are expectation and enthusiasm justified alike. It is a clear, clean, clever romance.... It combines the love and intrigue of the ‘Zenda’ tale with the freedom of a Locke or Farnol story of broad highways.”—New York World. “Just what countless pleased readers will devour with avidity.... Gracefully written, vivid in style and suggestion.... Bright and breezy and exciting.”—Chicago Record Herald. “The tale has unusual dramatic grip, much brilliancy of dialogue.... It is the sort of narrative that no one willingly lays down until the last page has been turned.”—Philadelphia North American. “The novel throbs with the youthful joy of living and the enchantments of summer hover over its pages. Everywhere is there originality in the invention of the incidents and subtlety in the delineation of characters.”—Chicago Tribune. “A heroine whose fascination richly merits study. A hero who will capture the heart of the reader from the moment of his first appearance.”—Boston Globe. “So good a thing, a thing so romantic and thrilling, we have not seen in—lo, these many moons of story telling.”—Louisville Post. “Diane” is a tale with the freshness and spontaneity of youth, with the rich personality of the author shining through its diverting pages. In its imagination and clever dialogue and plot it strikes the keynote of popular appeal. At the same time, “Diane” has all the essentials of lasting popularity. The publishers feel justified in predicting a long journey for the Green Van and its charming young mistress. ($1.35 net) Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago FRANK DANBY’S FULL SWING Ready April 30th A book in whose rushing current glow two love stories of heart-gripping interest, passion and tears are mingled in Frank Danby’s masterly work, “Full Swing.” Vivid, forceful, rich in character-drawing that challenges comparison with the best in English fiction—the author has added a supreme touch to her book—a new type of heroine, incredible as that may appear. A new type that nevertheless is as credible as your oldest friend—who wins and holds your heart through startling incidents that would wreck a less powerful book with the doubt of their possibility. With dramatic scenes in abundance throughout the book, the interest increases steadily to the very end. No jaded reader, seeking a new sensation in literature, will be able to lay down the volume until the tale is finished. $1.35 net. Postage, extra. The Full of the Moon By CAROLINE LOCKHART, Illustrated in color, $1.25 net. Postage extra. JEANNETTE L. GILDER, in the Chicago Tribune: “It would not surprise me if ‘The Full of the Moon’ proves to be the most popular of Miss Lockhart’s novels, and if it does not ultimately find its way to the stage I will be very much surprised, for it has all the elements of popular drama in it.” The Best Man By GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL LUTZ, Illustrated in color. $1.25 net. Postage extra. NEW YORK TIMES: “A romance of startling adventure. The action is rapid, everything moves in a breathless whirl.” The Red Emerald By JOHN REED SCOTT, Illustrated in color. $1.25 net. Postage extra. PHILADELPHIA RECORD: “As always, Mr. Scott exudes modernity, his dialogue scintillates.... His viewpoint is that of a man of the world.... His courage falters not even before Grundy, hence his vogue among the pleasure lovers. That this is his best book many declare.” Anybody But Anne By CAROLYN WELLS, Illustrated in color. $1.25 net. Postage extra. 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