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, that hangs in Sir Robert Grainger's strange library? Is he flesh and blood, and responsible for the marauding thefts in the neighborhood? Is he responsible for Prince Kassim's murder? Or is it only coincidence that one of the guests at the masked ball happened to wear the costume of the Red Cavalier? Miss Locke has been able to weave a weird and absorbing tale of modern detective romance, the strangeness of India in modern England. There is Lady Berenice Coningsby, a bit _declasse_; Ethelyn Roydon, more so; Princess Lona Bardai, "Little Lotus-Blossom," sweet and pathetic; Mrs. Dalrymple, the woman of mystery; Miss Vandelia Egerton, the spinster owner of Twin Turrets. There is dashing Max Egerton and the impeccable Lord Borrowdean; Captain Grenville Coningsby; Prince Kassim Bardai, with the impenetrable eyes, and Chand Talsdad, his venerable adviser. Which of them is the Red Cavalier? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Selections from The Page Company's List of Fiction WORKS OF ELEANOR H. PORTER POLLYANNA: The GLAD Book (510,000) Trade Mark 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' to-morrow--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 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 (253,000) Trade Mark Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.90 When the story of POLLYANNA told in The _Glad_ Book was ended, a great cry
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