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MARK GRAY'S HERITAGE
A Romance
By Eliot Harlow Robinson
Author of "Smiles: A Rose of the Cumberlands," "Smiling Pass," "The
Maid of Mirabelle," etc.
Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90
"What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh."
Mr. Robinson's distinguished success came with the acclaim accredited to
his novel, SMILES, "The Best-Loved Book of the Year," and its sequel,
SMILING PASS. With delicate humor and a sincere faith in the beautiful
side of human nature, Mr. Robinson has created for himself a host of
enthusiastic admirers. In his new book he chooses a theme, suggested
perhaps by the old proverb quoted above ("Pilpay's Fables"). His setting
is a Quaker village, his theme the conflict between grave Quaker ideals
and the strength and hot blood of impulsive Mark Gray.
Here is a book that is worthy of the reception accorded SMILES by all
readers who appreciate a story of deep significance, simply yet
powerfully built upon fundamental passions, wrought with a philosophy
that always sees the best in troubled times.
The enthusiastic editor who passed on MARK GRAY'S HERITAGE calls
it--hardly too emphatically--"A mighty good story with plenty of
entertainment for those who like action (there is more of that in it
than in any other of Mr. Robinson's novels). The reading public will
unquestionably call it another courage book'--which they called the
SMILES books, you know. The language is both strong and smooth. The
story has a punch!"
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POLLY THE PAGAN
Her Lost Love Letters
By Isabel Anderson
With an appreciative Foreword by Basil King
Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90
Isabel Anderson, who heretofore has confined her literary talents to
writing of presidents and diplomats and fascinating foreign lands,
contributes to our list her first novel, POLLY THE PAGAN, a story of
European life and "high society." The story is unfolded in the lively
letters of a gay and vivacious American girl traveling in Europe, and
tells of the men whom she meets in Paris, in London or Rome, her
flirtations (and they are many and varied!) and exciting experiences.
Among the letters written to her are slangy ones from an American
college boy and some in broken English from a fascinated Russian Prince
(or was he disillusioned, when after dining at a smart Parisian cafe
with the adorable Polly he
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