h 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 (259th 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 (45th 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 (68th 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_.
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 bl
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