  The October night was clear, with a bite in the air which foretold sharp frosts and winter’s snows. There was no wind, only a great silence, as if all nature had tucked itself away for a long night’s rest. On the eastern horizon, there was a dull glow as if it were the reflections of a great conflagration. The light of it brightened, and slowly over the edge of things arose a golden streak, the curved top of the moon. In stately dignity, it ascended towards the zenith, its gold changing to silver and its beams bathing the world in a flood of gentle light. Over field and forest and plain the soft veil advanced, spreading its magic silvery sheen until all it touched became a mysterious fairyland. In this delicate mantle were enfolded the huts of the poor and the palaces of the rich, the lonely dwelling and the massed houses of great cities. The thriving municipality of South Ridgefield was lighted by this mild illumination which painted with a gleaming brush the residence of Mrs. Henderson, and even tinged the bald head of that learned lawyer, Hezekiah Wilkins, who, seated upon the porch railing, gazed heavenward and told the widow, “It’s a beautiful moon, Mary. I have always admired the moon. It’s “And broken, Hezekiah?” suggested Hennie. “What if the moon should turn tattletale, Mary?” “Don’t worry. It’s blind or it would blush red with shame for the fickleness of men,” Mrs. Henderson told him and then went on, “Forget the moon and tell me what you did for Virginia that worked this miracle?” He chuckled. “It was so easy. I told Obadiah that he made me think of a fat hog. As usual he displayed–ahem–confidence in my judgment.” She leaned towards him, her face filled with delight. “Hezekiah Wilkins,” she whispered excitedly, “I could hug you for those words.” “I’ve been waiting a good many years for you to do that, Mary.” She dropped her head. “It’s the moon, Hezekiah,” she warned him. “I forgot how to embrace any one years ago.” In the mysterious light, it seemed to him that a smile played about her mouth. His arm slipped about her waist. He tipped her chin gently and looked down into the face which for so long had meant to him the one woman. “Is it true, Mary? You’ll marry me?” A stray cloud passed in front of the moon, and when it passed, the beams lighted the porch of Aunt Kate’s house at Old Rock. The door opened and Obadiah came out, while his “It’s chilly–it’s really cold,” he objected, shrugging his shoulders. He walked to the end of the porch and looked towards the apple tree where the hammock swung in lonesomeness. “Where is Virginia?” he asked. “She went walking with Joe.” “She’ll freeze,” he worried. Humor glinted in Aunt Kate’s eyes. “Girls take moonlight walks on the coldest winter nights and I never heard of one freezing, Obadiah. Your blood is thin. Come in and I’ll build a fire of chips for you.” “No,” protested Obadiah, “I’ll build one for you.” The moonbeams bathed the meadow and the pond in their soft light. They silvered the great bowlder left by some glacier upon the edge of this inland water. On a depression in its side sat Joe, and Virginia was at his side. Before them stretched the shadowed mirror of the pond. Opposite loomed the tree clad hill in misty gloom. The moon clothed its summit in a mantle of light, reflected the tree-broken sky line in delicate tracery upon the water below, and pushed a shining pathway to their feet. The spell of the night held the girl. It seemed wrong to speak aloud. “Listen, Joe,” she whispered, “the world is asleep.” From the hill came the sound of a cow bell sweetened by distance. Except for this and the crickets all was still. “It’s not a bit lonely,” she sighed. “Did you miss me?” She was watching the pond. He stole a glance at the curves of her face and the flash of her eyes. It seemed to him that never since the beginning of time could there have been such another. He had lured a spirit of the night to a seat beside him. “I nearly died of loneliness,” he answered. “You poor boy.” Her voice was rich in tenderness. “Loneliness is dreadful, Joe. I don’t want you to feel that way.” Surely this was a nymph who had stolen forth to give him sympathy. “I was miserable every moment after you left,” he told her pathetically. She turned her face to him, wonderful in its mysterious moonlight beauty. “Joe,” she pleaded, “you must not be sad. Knowing me must not bring unhappiness to you.” “You must never leave me again, Virginia. When I am away from you I can’t be happy.” Now the blue eyes were drawing a marvelous power of enchantment from the moonbeams, and the black eyes were reflecting the wonder of it. Under the charm of it, he dropped his cane. With a little cry of tenderness she tried to catch it. Losing her balance she fell towards him. He caught her in his arms, and the only other cloud in all the heavens that night drifted before the moon and the world darkened. Yet, on this old rock, lips touched and love blazed and hearts whispered words of gladness. The cloud passed on and the beams fell upon Serena, THE END THE TRIUMPH OF VIRGINIA DALE By John Francis, Jr. Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90 This new novel, marking the advent of a hitherto unknown writer of fiction, offers, along with a delightful romance of youth, a tinge of scintillating humor that stamps itself indelibly on the mind of the reader, and evokes many a sympathetic chuckle. It fairly bubbles over with exuberant cheerfulness, and is sure to inject a good share of its unlimited store of “What’s good for the world” into every one who is lucky enough to read it. Furthermore, the peculiar magnetism of the characters is such that the reader cannot believe they are merely book creatures, and, we wager they are not. Virginia Dale, the heroine, is a Good Samaritan, Miss Sunshine, and Glad Heart–all of these–and yet the most natural young person imaginable, and as she progresses in her mission of “brightening up the corner” she builds for her own future one of the most beautiful characters fiction has ever claimed. The story is essentially a “character” story, but this does not detract from the plot what it just seems to get in the natural course of things, for, as a venerable reader once aptly remarked: “When story folk act natural, we ain’t goin’ to forgit ’em.” THE PRINCESS NAIDA Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated by H. Weston Taylor, $1.90 Adventure and romance are the keynotes of this new novel by Brewer Corcoran–adventure which will stir the blood of every lover of fast-moving action and culminative plot, and romance which will charm all who have a tender spot for a lovably beautiful girl and a regular “he” man. It is a tale of today, set amid the mountains of Switzerland and the ugly rocks of Bolshevism on which is wrecked the mythical principality of Nirgendsberg–a story of a brave little princess who puts unfaltering faith in American manhood and resourcefulness and finds a newer and a better throne. Bill Hale is the sort of hero who would win any girl’s love–a clever, capable chap with two fists and a keen sense of humor. Whether he is matching wits with suave Count Otto, romping with tiny Janos, fighting for his life in the hunting lodge at Wolkensberg or pleading for the love of his “princess who is all girl,” he is a man. The story of his fight for all that counts in life is told with a rush and sweep of action which will hold the reader breathless. The dialogue, like that in Mr. Corcoran’s other books, sparkles with humor, but there is a certain pleasurable grimness in his method of handling the Bolshevik which will strike an answering note in every true American heart today. “A romance of vivid interest, a love story full of youth and adventures that thrill. The dialogue is unusually clever, the characters delightfully real, the plot one that holds the reader’s interest to the end.” New York Sun. A FLOWER OF MONTEREY By Katherine B. Hamill Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90 The wealth, beauty and sunshine of the Californias in the days when Spain controlled our western coast and England looked with covetous eyes, form the setting for this beautiful and artistic romance by a new author. Mrs. Hamill has recreated vividly the little Spanish town where the mission bells rang silvery at dawn, where scarlet uniforms flashed in the stately drill of an afternoon dress parade and beautiful women wore lace mantillas. Pajarita, the “Flower of Monterey,” is an American waif, cast up by the sea, who grows up among the senors and senoritas, happy as the sunshine, but with a healthy American disrespect for the Spanish modes of life. Two men love her–Don Jose, the gobernador proprietaro of all the Californias, and a young American sailor-adventurer, John Asterly. John Asterly, the hero of A FLOWER OF MONTEREY, came to the Californias from Boston. He is perhaps thirty years old, adventurous and impetuous. At a dance on the beach at Monterey, shortly after his arrival in the Californias, he meets Pajarita, “the Flower of Monterey,” and falls in love with the girl, although she is promised to her benefactor, the Spanish Governor. On the very night before her wedding, Asterly tries to dissuade Pajarita from her marriage with some one other than an American, and then the romance, rivalry and adventure begin. The historical setting of the story is correct and the romance unfolds with dash and symmetry. WILD WINGS Margaret R. Piper Author of “Sylvia’s Experiment,” “The House Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90 In this “story of youth for grown-ups,” the vigorous, happy Holiday youngsters who lived in the “House on the Hill” develop into keen, lovable young people, thoroughly worth knowing. To Tony, as brilliant and beautiful as a girl can well be and still be human, comes a successful theatrical career on Broadway, and a great love, and Larry grows into the industrious, reliant young doctor that one would expect him to be. Few writers today display the ability which Miss Piper does to “grow up” a large family of boys and girls, each with an individuality well developed and attractive, and her Holiday family holds a distinctive place in American fiction for young people today. As the charming characters work their way out of problems which face all young people of buoyant spirits and ambitions, WILD WINGS gives a definite message as to the happiest relationship between old and young. “There is a world of human nature and neighborhood contentment in Margaret R. Piper’s books of good cheer. Her tales are well proportioned and subtly strong in their literary aspects and quality.” North American, Philadelphia. Selections from WORKS OF POLLYANNA: The GLAD Book (500,000) (Trade Mark) Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90 Mr. Leigh Mitchell Hodges, The Optimist, in an editorial for the Philadelphia North American, says: “And when, after Pollyanna has gone away, you get her letter saying she is going to take ‘eight steps’ tomorrow–well, I don’t know just what you may do, but I know of one person who buried his face in his hands and shook with the gladdest sort of sadness and got down on his knees and thanked the Giver of all gladness for Pollyanna.” POLLYANNA: The GLAD Book. Mary Pickford Edition (Trade Mark) Illustrated with thirty-two half-tone reproductions of scenes from the motion picture production, and a jacket with a portrait of Mary Pickford in color. Cloth decorative, 12mo, $2.25 While preparing “Pollyanna” for the screen, Miss Pickford said enthusiastically that it was the best picture she had ever made in her life, and the success of the picture on the screen has amply justified her statement. Mary Pickford’s interpretation of the beloved little heroine as shown in the illustrations, adds immeasurably to the intrinsic charm of this popular story. POLLYANNA GROWS UP: The Second GLAD Book, Trade Mark (250,000) Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90 When the story of Pollyanna told in The Glad Book was ended, a great cry of regret for the vanishing “Glad Girl” went up all over the country–and other countries, too. Now Pollyanna appears again, just as sweet and joyous-hearted, more grown up and more lovable. “Take away frowns! Put down the worries! Stop fidgeting and disagreeing and grumbling! Cheer up, everybody! Pollyanna has come back!”–Christian Herald. MISS BILLY (93rd thousand) Cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color from a painting by G. Tyng, $1.90 “There is something altogether fascinating about ‘Miss Billy,’ some inexplicable feminine characteristic that seems to demand the individual attention of the reader from the moment we open the book until we reluctantly turn the last page.”–Boston Transcript. MISS BILLY’S DECISION (78th thousand) Cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color from a painting by Henry W. Moore, $1.90 “The story is written in bright, clever style and has plenty of action and humor. Miss Billy is nice to know and so are her friends.”–New Haven Leader. MISS BILLY–MARRIED (86th thousand) Cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color from a painting by W. Haskell Coffin, $1.90 “Although Pollyanna is the only copyrighted glad girl, Miss Billy is just as glad as the younger figure and radiates just as much gladness. She disseminates joy so naturally that we wonder why all girls are not like her.”–Boston Transcript. SIX STAR RANCH (45th thousand) Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated by R. Farrington Elwell, $1.90 “‘Six Star Ranch’ bears all the charm of the author’s genius and is about a little girl down in Texas who practices the ‘Pollyanna Philosophy’ with irresistible success. The book is one of the kindliest things, if not the best, that the author of the Pollyanna books has done. It is a welcome addition to the fast-growing family of Glad Books.”–Howard Russell Bangs in the Boston Post. CROSS CURRENTS Cloth decorative, illustrated, $1.50 “To one who enjoys a story of life as it is to-day, with its sorrows as well as its triumphs, this volume is sure to appeal.”–Book News Monthly. THE TURN OF THE TIDE Cloth decorative, illustrated, $1.50 “A very beautiful book showing the influence that went to the development of the life of a dear little girl into a true and good woman.”–Herald and Presbyter, Cincinnati, Ohio. NOVELS BY A book which has established its author in the front rank of American novelists. SMILES, A ROSE OF THE CUMBERLANDS (26th thousand) Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90 Smiles is a girl who has already made many friends and is destined to make many more. Her real name is Rose, but the rough folk of the Cumberlands preferred their own way of addressing her, for her smile was so bright and winning that no other name suited her so well. “This is the best book I have ever illustrated for any publisher. I have tried to make the pictures all that you hoped for them.”–H. Weston Taylor. E. J. Anderson, former managing Editor of the Boston Advertiser and Record, is enthusiastic over the story and says: “I have read ‘Smiles’ in one reading. After starting it I could not put it down. Never in my life have I read a book like this that thrilled me half as much, and never have I seen a more masterful piece of writing.” THE MAID OF MIRABELLE: A Romance of Lorraine Illustrated with reproductions of sketches made by the author, and with a portrait of “The Maid of Mirabelle,” from a painting by Neale Ordayne, on the cover. Cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.90 A story of human and heart interest. The “Maid,” Joan, is a personality just as real and lovable as was Smiles. “The spirit of all the book is the bubbling, the irrepressibly indomitable, cheerful faith of the people, at their very best, against the grave Quakerism from the United States standing out grimly but faithfully. The tale is simply, but strongly told.”–Montreal Family Herald and Weekly Star. MAN PROPOSES; Or, The Romance of John Alden Shaw Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90 “This is first of all a charming romance, distinguished by a fine sentiment of loyalty to an ideal, by physical courage, indomitable resolution to carry to success an altruistic undertaking, a splendid woman’s devotion, and by a vein of spontaneous, sparkling humor that offsets its more serious phases.”–Springfield Republican. THE ROMANCES OF Each one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.90 ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (355th thousand) Illustrated by M. A. and W. A. J. Claus. “In ‘Anne of Green Gables’ you will find the dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal Alice.”–Mark Twain in a letter to Francis Wilson. “I take it as a great test of the worth of the book that while the young people are rummaging all over the house looking for Anne, the head of the family has carried her off to read on his way to town.”–Bliss Carman. ANNE OF AVONLEA (255th thousand) Illustrated by George Gibbs. “Here we have a book as human as ‘David Harum,’ a heroine who outcharms a dozen princesses of fiction, and reminds you of some sweet girl you know, or knew back in the days when the world was young.”–San Francisco Bulletin. CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA (43d thousand) Illustrated by George Gibbs. “The author shows a wonderful knowledge of humanity, great insight and warmheartedness in the manner in which some of the scenes are treated, and the sympathetic way the gentle peculiarities of the characters are brought out.”–Baltimore Sun. ANNE OF THE ISLAND (65th thousand) Illustrated by H. Weston Taylor. “It has been well worth while to watch the growing up of Anne, and the privilege of being on intimate terms with her throughout the process has been properly valued. The once little girl of Green Gables should have a permanent fictional place of high yet tender esteem.”–New York Herald. FURTHER CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA (20th thousand). Illustrated by John Goss. Nathan Haskell Dole compares Avonlea to Longfellow’s Grand Pre–and says, “There is something in these continued chronicles of Avonlea like the delicate art which has made Cranford a classic.” “The reader has dipped into but one or two stories when he realizes that the author is the most natural story teller of the day.”–Salt Lake City Citizen. WORKS OF L. M. MONTGOMERY (Continued) ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: The Mary Miles Minter Edition Illustrated with twenty-four half-tone reproductions of scenes from the motion picture production, and a jacket in colors with Miss Minter’s portrait. Cloth decorative, 12mo, $2.25 “You pass from tears to laughter as the story unfolds, and there is never a moment’s hesitation in admitting that Anne has completely won your heart.”–Joe Mitchell Chapple, Editor, The National Magazine. “Mary Miles Minter’s ‘Anne’ on the screen is worthy of Mark Twain’s definition of her as the ‘dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal “Alice.”’”–Cambridge Tribune. KILMENY OF THE ORCHARD (52d thousand) Illustrated by George Gibbs. Cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.90 “A purely idyllic love story full of tender sentiment, redolent with the perfume of rose leaves and breathing of apple blossoms and the sweet clover of twilight meadow-lands.”–San Francisco Bulletin. “A story born in the heart of Arcadia and brimful of the sweet and simple life of the primitive environment.”–Boston Herald. THE STORY GIRL (46th thousand) Illustrated by George Gibbs. Cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.90 “It will be read and, we venture to predict, reread many times, for there is a freshness and sweetness about it which will help to lift the load of care, to cheer the weary and to make brighter still the life of the carefree and the happy.”–Toronto, Can., Globe. “‘The Story Girl’ is of decidedly unusual conception and interest, and will rival the author’s earlier books in popularity.”–Chicago Western Trade Journal. THE GOLDEN ROAD (28th thousand) Illustrated by George Gibbs. Cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.90 In which it is proven that “Life was a rose-lipped comrade with purple flowers dripping from her fingers.” “It is a simple, tender tale, touched to higher notes, now and then, by delicate hints of romance, tragedy and pathos. Any true-hearted human being might read this book with enjoyment, no matter what his or her age, social status, or economic place.”–Chicago Record-Herald. NOVELS BY Each, one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.75 THE BLOSSOM SHOP: A Story of the South “Frankly and wholly romance is this book, and lovable–as is a fairy tale properly told.”–Chicago Inter-Ocean. ANNE OF THE BLOSSOM SHOP: Or, the Growing Up of Anne Carter “A charming portrayal of the attractive life of the South, refreshing as a breeze that blows through a pine forest.”–Albany Times-Union. ANNE’S WEDDING “Presents a picture of home life that is most appealing in love and affection.”–Every Evening, Wilmington, Del. THE MT. BLOSSOM GIRLS “In the writing of the book the author is at her best as a story teller. It is a fitting climax to the series.”–Reader. TWEEDIE: The Story of a True Heart “The story itself is full of charm and one enters right into the very life of Tweedie and feels as if he had indeed been lifted into an atmosphere of unselfishness, enthusiasm and buoyant optimism.”–Boston Ideas. NOVELS BY THE FIDDLING GIRL Cloth decorative, illustrated $1.65 “A thoroughly enjoyable tale, written in a delightful vein of sympathetic comprehension.”–Boston Herald. THE PROVING OF VIRGINIA Cloth decorative, illustrated $1.65 “A book which contributes so much of freshness, enthusiasm, and healthy life to offset the usual offerings of modern fiction, deserves all the praise which can be showered upon it.”–Kindergarten Review. THE VIOLIN LADY Cloth decorative, illustrated $1.65 “The author’s style remains simple and direct, as in her preceding books.”–Boston Transcript. DETECTIVE STORIES BY Each one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.75 THE PEMBROKE MASON AFFAIR “Not until the end will the reader ever surmise how Mason was murdered. An absorbing and thrilling story.”–Cleveland Topics. THE MYSTERY OF THE RED FLAME “An admirable story–an engaging story of love, mystery and adventure.”–The Philadelphia Inquirer. THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF BROMLEY BARNES “It would be difficult to find a collection of more interesting tales of mystery so well told. The author is crisp, incisive and inspiring. The book is the best of its kind in recent years and adds to the author’s already high reputation.”–New York Tribune. THE AMBASSADOR’S TRUNK “Mr. Barton is in the front rank of the writers of mystery stories, and this is one of his best.”–Pittsburgh Chronicle. “The book is of the good red-blood type, with few dull lines and stirring action and episodes in almost every page.”–Montreal Herald. BUSINESS NOVELS BY Professor of Sales Relations, The College of Business Each one volume, cloth, 12mo, illustrated, $1.75 DAWSON BLACK, RETAIL MERCHANT “Contains much that it would profit a young merchant to know and its fictional interest makes a strong appeal.”–New York Tribune. THE BUSINESS CAREER OF PETER FLINT “Peter Flint is certainly a marvel.... His career reveals a most remarkable metamorphosis from incapacity, stubbornness, and what seemed a chronic inclination to fall down on every job which he undertook, to an amazing exposition of business capacity and skill.”–Boston Transcript. NOVELS BY SYLVIA’S EXPERIMENT: The Cheerful Book (Trade Mark) Cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color $1.75 “An atmosphere of good spirits pervades the book; the humor that now and then flashes across the page is entirely natural.”–Boston Post. SYLVIA OF THE HILL TOP: The Second Cheerful Book (Trade Mark) Cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color $1.75 “There is a world of human nature and neighborhood contentment and quaint quiet humor in Margaret R. Piper’s second book of good cheer.”–Philadelphia North American. “Sylvia proves practically that she is a messenger of joy to humanity.”–The Post Express, Rochester, N. Y. SYLVIA ARDEN DECIDES: The Third Cheerful Book (Trade Mark) Cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color $1.75 “Its ease of style, its rapidity, its interest from page to page, are admirable; and it shows that inimitable power–the storyteller’s gift of verisimilitude. Its sureness and clearness are excellent, and its portraiture clear and pleasing.”–The Reader. FICTION FOR YOUNGER READERS BY THE HOUSE ON THE HILL By Margaret R. Piper. Cloth decorative, illustrated $1.75 “‘The House on the Hill’ presents higher ideals of service and life for boys and girls, and the charming characters worked their way out of problems which face all young people of buoyant spirits and ambition.”–Buffalo News. “The story is a delightful one, with all kinds of interesting adventures and characters.”–Sunday Leader. THE PRINCESS AND THE CLAN By Margaret R. Piper. Cloth decorative, illustrated by John Goss $1.75 “This is a delightful story for young and old, wholesome and uplifting. The chief charm of the story lies in its simplicity,”–Philadelphia North American. NOVELS BY THE GIRL FROM THE BIG HORN COUNTRY Cloth, 12mo, illustrated by E. Farrington Elwell, $1.75 “‘The Girl from the Big Horn Country’ tells how Virginia Hunter, a bright, breezy, frank-hearted ‘girl of the Golden West’ comes out of the Big Horn country of Wyoming to the old Bay State. Then things begin, when Virginia–who feels the joyous, exhilarating call of the Big Horn wilderness and the outdoor life–attempts to become acclimated and adopt good old New England ‘ways.’”–Critic. VIRGINIA, OF ELK CREEK VALLEY Cloth, 12mo, illustrated by E. Farrington Elwell, $1.75 “This story is fascinating, alive with constantly new and fresh interests and every reader will enjoy the novel for its freshness, its novelty and its inspiring glimpses of life with nature.”–The Editor. NOVELS BY OTHER AUTHORS THE GOLDEN DOG. A Romance of Quebec By William Kirby. (45th thousand.) Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated by J. W. Kennedy, $1.90 “A powerful romance of love, intrigue and adventure in the times of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour.”–Boston Herald. SHE STANDS ALONE Being the story of Pilate’s wife. By Mark Ashton. Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.75 Few novels of the present day can stand comparison with this remarkable book, which must be ranked in modern literature dealing with the early Christian era as only second to “Ben Hur.” THE ROAD TO LE RÊVE By Brewer Corcoran. Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated by H. Weston Taylor, $1.90 “A romance of vivid interest, a love story full of youth, the great outdoors and adventures that thrill. The dialogue is unusually clever, the characters delightfully real, the plot one that holds the reader’s interest to the end.”–New York Sun. THE FAMOUS SEA STORIES OF MOBY DICK; Or, The White Whale TYPEE. A Real Romance of the South Sea OMOO. A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; a sequel to TYPEE WHITE JACKET; Or, The World on a Man-of-War Each one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated $1.90 The recent centenary of Herman Melville created renewed interest in his famous sea stories. “Melville wove human element and natural setting into recitals which aroused the enthusiasm of critics and sent a thrill of delight through the reading public when first published, and which both for form and matter have ever since held rank as classics in the literature of travel.”–Boston Herald. DETECTIVE STORIES BY Each one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.75 THE GREEN DIAMOND “A clever, ingenious story, with just the right combination of detective skill and mystery and with a touch of Oriental mysticism.”–Kansas City Star. THE RED TRIANGLE “The reader who has a grain of imagination may be defied to lay this book down, once he has begun it, until the last word has been reached.”–Boston Journal. “It is a splendid story of the kind that cannot fail to interest.”–Detroit Journal. THE CHRONICLES OF MARTIN HEWITT “The story is told in a forceful, straightforward style, which gives it impressive realism.”–Boston Herald. “The story is well-written, unique, quite out of the usual order, and a vein of mystery running through it that is most captivating.”–Christian Intelligencer. HISTORICAL ROMANCES OF THE LEOPARD PRINCE Cloth decorative, large 12mo, illustrated in color, $2.00 “With a vividness that is electrifying and a mastery of emotion that thrills, Mr. Gallizier has written this story of Italy–a romance of Venice in the fourteenth century.”–The Lookout, Cincinnati, Ohio. UNDER THE WITCHES’ MOON Cloth decorative, large 12mo, illustrated in color, $2.00 “A highly colored romance of mediaeval Italy with a most interesting background.”–New York World. THE CRIMSON GONDOLA Cloth decorative, large 12mo, illustrated in color, $2.00 “Mr. Gallizier is unusually strong in the use of description, and conveys vividly the gorgeous decadence and luxury of the sybaritic city.”–Los Angeles Sunday Times. THE HILL OF VENUS Cloth decorative, large 12mo, illustrated in color, $2.00 This is a vivid and powerful romance of the thirteenth century in the times of the great Ghibelline wars. “It is vibrant with action and overflowing with human emotions throughout.”–Wilmington Every Evening. THE COURT OF LUCIFER Cloth decorative, large 12mo, illustrated in color, $2.00 “The book is breathless reading, as much for the adventures, the pageants, the midnight excursions of the minor characters, as for the love story of the prince and Donna Lucrezia.”–Boston Transcript. THE SORCERESS OF ROME Cloth decorative, large 12mo, illustrated in color, $2.00 “A splendid bit of old Roman mosaic, or a gorgeous piece of tapestry. Otto is a striking and pathetic figure. Description of the city, the gorgeous ceremonials of the court and the revels are a series of wonderful pictures.”–Cincinnati Enquirer. CASTEL DEL MONTE Cloth decorative, large 12mo, illustrated, $2.00 “There is color; there is sumptuous word-painting in these pages; the action is terrific at times; vividness and life are in every part; and brilliant descriptions entertain the reader and give a singular fascination to the tale.”–Grand Rapids Herald. WORKS OF Signor d’Annunzio is known throughout the world as a poet and a dramatist, but above all as a novelist, for it is in his novels that he is at his best. In poetic thought and graceful expression he has few equals among the writers of the day. He is engaged on a most ambitious work–nothing less than the writing of nine novels which cover the whole field of human sentiment. This work he has divided into three trilogies, and five of the nine books have been published. It is to be regretted that other labors have interrupted the completion of the series. “This book is realistic. Some say that it is brutally so. But the realism is that of Flaubert, and not of Zola. There is no plain speaking for the sake of plain speaking. Every detail is justified in the fact that it illuminates either the motives or the actions of the man and woman who here stand revealed. It is deadly true. The author holds the mirror up to nature, and the reader, as he sees his own experiences duplicated in passage after passage, has something of the same sensation as all of us know on the first reading of George Meredith’s ‘Egoist.’ Reading these pages is like being out in the country on a dark night in a storm. Suddenly a flash of lightning comes and every detail of your surroundings is revealed.”–Review of “The Triumph of Death” in the New York Evening Sun. The volumes published are as follows. Each 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth, $1.75 THE ROMANCES OF THE ROSE THE CHILD OF PLEASURE (Il Piacere) THE ROMANCES OF THE LILY THE MAIDENS OF THE ROCKS (Le Vergini delle Rocce) THE ROMANCES OF THE POMEGRANATE THE FLAME OF LIFE (Il Fuoco) |
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