  With 2 illustrations by John Rae. $1.35 net. This strange, picturesque romance, with its deep underlying significance, won praise from such high authorities as The Bookman, The Evening Post, The Times Review, The Chicago Record-Herald, and The Boston Transcript, the last of which says: "Fine types of men ... the five women are magnificent creatures.... Always the story carries itself, but always it is pregnant with the larger suggestion, which gives it its place in feminist literature." PHOEBE AND ERNESTWith 30 illustrations by R. F. Schabelitz. $1.35 net. Parents will recognize themselves in the story, and laugh understandingly with, and sometimes at, Mr. and Mrs. Martin and their children, Phoebe and Ernest. "We must go back to Louisa "For young and old alike we know of no more refreshing story."—New York Evening Post. PHOEBE, ERNEST, AND CUPIDIllustrated by R. F. Schabelitz. $1.35 net. In this sequel to the popular "Phoebe and Ernest," each of these delightful young folk goes to the altar. "To all jaded readers of problem novels, to all weary wayfarers on the rocky literary road of social pessimism and domestic woe, we recommend 'Phoebe, Ernest, and Cupid' with all our hearts: it is not only cheerful, it's true."—N. Y. Times Review. "Wholesome, merry, absolutely true to life."—The Outlook. JANEYIllustrated by Ada C. Williamson. $1.25 net. "Being the record of a short interval in the journey thru life and the struggle with society of a little girl of nine." "Depicts youthful human nature as one who knows and loves it. Her 'Phoebe and Ernest' studies are deservedly popular, and now, in 'Janey,' this clever writer has accomplished an equally charming portrait."—Chicago Record-Herald. WILLIAM DE MORGAN'S NOVELS"Why All This Popularity?" asks E. V. Lucas, writing in the Outlook of De Morgan's Novels. He answers: De Morgan is "almost the perfect example of the humorist; certainly the completest since Lamb.... Humor, however, is not all.... In the De Morgan world it is hard to find an unattractive figure.... The charm of the young women, all brave and humorous and gay, and all trailing clouds of glory from the fairyland from which they have just come." JOSEPH VANCEThe story of a great sacrifice and a life-long love. "The book of the last decade; the best thing in fiction since Mr. Meredith and Mr. Hardy; must take its place as the first great English novel that has appeared in the twentieth century."—Lewis Melville in New York Times Saturday Review. ALICE-FOR-SHORTThe romance of an unsuccessful man, in which the long buried past reappears in London of to-day. "If any writer of the present era is read a half century hence, a quarter century, or even a decade, that writer is William De Morgan."—Boston Transcript. SOMEHOW GOODHow two brave women won their way to happiness. "A book as sound, as sweet, as wholesome, as wise, as any in the range of fiction."—The Nation. IT NEVER CAN HAPPEN AGAINA story of the great love of Blind Jim and his little daughter, and of the affairs of a successful novelist. "De Morgan at his very best, and how much better his best is than the work of any novelist of the past thirty years."—The Independent. AN AFFAIR OF DISHONORA very dramatic novel of Restoration days. "A marvelous example of Mr. De Morgan's inexhaustible fecundity of invention.... Shines as a romance quite as much as 'Joseph Vance' does among realistic novels."—Chicago Record-Herald. A LIKELY STORY"Begins comfortably enough with a little domestic quarrel in a studio.... The story shifts suddenly, however, to a brilliantly told tragedy of the Italian Renaissance embodied in a girl's portrait.... The many readers who like Mr. De Morgan will enjoy this charming fancy greatly."—New York Sun. A Likely Story, $1.35 net; the others, $1.75 each. WHEN GHOST MEETS GHOSTThe most "De Morganish" of all his stories. The scene is England in the fifties. 862 pages. $1.60 net. *** A thirty-two page illustrated leaflet about Mr. De Morgan, with complete reviews of his first four books, sent on request. HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY |
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