_Cloth, 12mo, $1.50 net_
The stirring story of a man who rises by force of sheer ability and
perseverance from the humblest beginning to a position of fame and
influence. The elemental strength, the vigor and determination of
Martin Eden, make him the most interesting character that Mr. London
has ever created. The plan of the novel permits the author to cover
a wide sweep of society, the contrasting types of his characters
giving unfailing variety and interest to the story of Eden's love
and fight.
ZONA GALE'S
Friendship Village
_Cloth, 12mo, $1.50 net_
"As charming as an April day, all showers and sunshine, and
sometimes both together, so that the delighted reader hardly knows
whether laughter or tears are fittest for his emotion.... The book
will stir the feelings deeply."--_New York Times_.
To be followed by "Friendship Village Love Stories."
CHARLES MAJOR'S
A Gentle Knight of Old Brandenburg
_Illustrated, cloth, 12mo, $1.50 net_
Mr. Major has selected a period to the romance of which other
historical novelists have been singularly blind. The boyhood of
Frederick the Great and the strange wooing of his charming sister
Wilhelmina have afforded a theme, rich in its revelation of human
nature and full of romantic situations.
MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT'S
Poppea of the Post Office
_Cloth, 12mo, $1.50 net_
"A rainbow romance, ... tender yet bracing, cheerily stimulating ...
its genial entirety refreshes like a cooling shower."--_Chicago
Record Herald._
"There cannot be too many of these books by 'Barbara.' Mrs. Wright
knows good American stock through and through and presents it with
effective simplicity."--_Boston Advertiser_.
FRANK DANBY'S
Sebastian
_Cloth, 12mo, $1.50 net_
Whenever a father's ideals conflict with a mother's hopes for the
son of their dreams, you meet the currents underlying the plot of
"Sebastian." Its author's skill in making vividly real the types and
conditions of London has never been shown to better advantage.
EDEN PHILLPOTTS'
The Three Brothers
_Cloth, 12mo, $1.50 net_
"'The Three Brothers' seems to us the best yet of the long series of
these remarkable Dartmo
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