was trapped by secret police?); but the chief
interest, so far as Polly's _affaires d'amour_ are concerned, centers
around the letters from a young American, in the diplomatic service in
Rome, who is in a position to give intimate descriptions of smart life
and Italian society.

The character drawing is clever, and the suspense as to whom the
fascinating Polly will marry, if indeed the mysterious young lady will
marry anybody, is admirably sustained.

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UNCLE MARY

A Novel for Young or Old

By Isla May Mullins

Author of "The Blossom Shop" books, "Tweedie," etc.

Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.75

Since the great success of POLLYANNA there have been many efforts to
achieve the "GLAD BOOK" style [Trade Mark] of fiction, but none so
successful as Mrs. Mullins' UNCLE MARY.

Here is a story, charming in its New England village setting, endearing
in its characters, engrossing in its plot, and diverting in its style.
The PAGE imprint has been given to many books about beautiful characters
in fiction,--Pollyanna, Anne Shirley, Rose Webb of "SMILES," and Lloyd
Sherman of the "LITTLE COLONEL" books. To this galaxy we now add "Uncle"
Mary's protege, Libbie Lee.

Mrs. Mullins is an author gifted with the ability to appeal to the young
in heart of whatever age. Her characters are visually portrayed. Her
situations have the interest of naturalness and suspense. The reader of
UNCLE MARY will become in spirit an inhabitant of Sunfield; will
understand the enjoyment of the sudden acquisition of wealth, a
limousine, and--an adopted child (!), by the sisters, "Uncle" Mary and
"Aunt" Alice; will watch with interest the thawing and rejuvenation of
"Uncle" Mary, the cure of Alice, and the solving of the mystery of the
wealth of sweet little Libbie Lee.

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THE RED CAVALIER

Or, The Twin Turrets Mystery

By Gladys Edson Locke

Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90

Here is a mystery story that is different! The subtlety and strangeness
of India--poison and daggers, the impassive faces and fierce hearts of
Prince Bardai and his priestly adviser; a typical English week-end house
party in the mystery-haunted castle, Twin Turrets, in Yorkshire; a vivid
and contrasting background.

And the plot! Who is the mysterious Red Cavalier? Is he the ghost of the
ancestral portrait