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strated with scenes from the play. A droll little comedy of misunderstandings, told with a light touch, a venturesome spirit and an eye for human oddities. THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL. By Baroness Orczy. Illustrated with scenes from the play. A realistic story of the days of the French Revolution, abounding in dramatic incident, with a young English soldier of fortune, daring, mysterious as the hero. GROSSET & DUNLAP, 526 WEST 26th ST., NEW YORK A FEW OF GROSSET & DUNLAP'S Great Books at Little Prices BRUVVER JIM'S BABY. By Philip Verrill Mighels. An uproariously funny story of a tiny mining settlement in the West, which is shaken to the very roots by the sudden possession of a baby, found on the plains by one of its residents. The town is as disreputable a spot as the gold fever was ever responsible for, and the coming of that baby causes the upheaval of every rooted tradition of the place. Its christening, the problems of its toys and its illness supersede in the minds of the miners all thought of earthy treasure. THE FURNACE OF GOLD. By Philip Verrill Mighels, author of "Bruvver Jim's Baby." Illustrations by J. N. Marchand. An accurate and informing portrayal of scenes, types, and conditions of the mining districts in modern Nevada. The book is an out-door story, clean, exciting, exemplifying nobility and courage of character, and bravery, and heroism in the sort of men and women we all admire and wish to know. THE MESSAGE. By Louis Tracy. Illustrations by Joseph C. Chase. A breezy tale of how a bit of old parchment, concealed in a figurehead from a sunken vessel, comes into the possession of a pretty girl and an army man during regatta week in the Isle of Wight. This is the message and it enfolds a mystery, the development of which the reader will follow with breathless interest. THE SCARLET EMPIRE. By David M. Parry. Illustrations by Hermann C. Wall. A young socialist, weary of life, plunges into the sea and awakes in the lost island of Atlantis, known as the Scarlet Empire, where a social democracy is in full operation, granting every man a living but limiting food, conversation, education and marriage. The hero passes through an enthralling love affair and other adventures but finally returns to his own New York world. THE THIRD DEGREE. By Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow. Illustrations by Clarence Rowe. A novel which exposes the abuses in this country of t
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