ond had been lost in a shipwreck on the Atlantic.
Natalie was the oldest of four children, and the family was left with but
scant means for support.

"I've got to do something--yes, I've just got to!" Natalie said to
herself, and what the brave girl did is well related in "The Oldest of
Four; Or, Natalie's Way Out." In this volume we find Natalie with a strong
desire to become a writer. At first she contributes to a local paper, but
soon she aspires to larger things, and comes in contact with the editor of
a popular magazine. This man becomes her warm friend, and not only aids
her in a literary way but also helps in a hunt for the missing Mr.
Raymond.

Natalie has many ups and downs, and has to face more than one bitter
disappointment. But she is a plucky girl through and through.

"One of the brightest girls' stories ever penned," one well-known author
has said of this book, and we agree with him. Natalie is a thoroughly
lovable character, and one long to be remembered. Published as are all the
Amy Bell Marlowe books, by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, and for sale by all
booksellers. Ask your dealer to let you look the volume over.

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THE GIRLS OF HILLCREST FARM

"We'll go to the old farm, and we'll take boarders! We can fix the old
place up, and, maybe, make money!"

The father of the two girls was broken down in health and a physician had
recommended that he go to the country, where he could get plenty of fresh
air and sunshine. An aunt owned an abandoned farm and she said the family
could live on this and use the place as they pleased. It was great sport
moving and getting settled, and the boarders offered one surprise after
another. There was a mystery about the old farm, and a mystery concerning
one of the boarders, and how the girls got to the bottom of affairs is
told in detail in the story, which is called, "The Girls of Hillcrest
Farm; Or, The Secret of the Rocks."

It was great fun to move to the farm, and once the girls had the scare of
their lives. And they attended a great "vendue" too.

"I just had to write that story--I couldn't help, it," said Miss Marlowe,
when she handed in the manuscript. "I knew just such a farm when I was a
little girl, and oh! what fun I had there! And there was a mystery about
that place, too!"

Published, like all the Marlowe books, by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, and
for sale wherever good books are