"THE CHEERIEST, HAPPIEST BOOKS" By JULIE M. LIPPMANN
Reading edition
Martha By-the-Day
Thirteenth printing. $1.00 net.
The story of a big, kindly Irish char-woman, a marvel of physical strength and shrewd humor, who takes under her wing a well-born but friendless girl whom she finds alone and helpless in New York.
"No sweeter humor has been written into a book."—Hartford Courant.
"Cheeriest, most warm-hearted and humorous character since Mrs. Wiggs."—Living Age.
"Half an hour with 'Martha' puts one on better terms with the world."—Washington (D. C.) Star.
Making Over Martha
Fifth printing. $1.20 net.
This story follows "Martha" and her family to the country, where she again finds a love affair on her hands.
"Fresh, wholesome, entertaining."—Churchman.
"'Martha' is not of the stuff to die."—Bellman.
"'Martha' brings hard sense and good humor."—New York Sun.
Martha and Cupid
Tells how "Martha" came to choose "Sam Slosson" for her husband, how she spent the fund for her wedding outfit, how she solved the "mother-in-law" and other "problems" in her family life. Just ready. $1.00 net.
By CONINGSBY DAWSON
The Garden Without Walls
The story of the adventures in love of the hero till his thirtieth year is as fascinating as are the three heroines. His Puritan stock is in constant conflict with his Pagan imagination. Ninth printing. $1.35 net.
"Never did hero find himself the adored of three more enchanting heroines. A book which will deserve the popularity it is certain to achieve."—The Independent.
"Mr. Dawson has dared splendidly to write, in a glorious abandon, a story all interwoven with a glow of romance almost medieval in its pagan color, yet wholly modern in its import."—Samuel Abbott, in The Boston Herald.
"All vivid with the color of life; a novel to compel not only absorbed attention, but long remembrance."—The Boston Transcript.
"The most enjoyable first novel since De Morgan's 'Joseph Vance.'"—J. B. Kerfoot, in Life.
The Raft
A story of high gallantry, which teaches that even modern life is an affair of courageous chivalry. The story is crowded with over thirty significant characters, some whimsical, some tender, some fanciful; all are poignantly real with their contrasting ideals and purposes.
"The Raft" is a panorama of everyday, available romance. Just ready. $1.35 net.
Florence on a Certain Night (and Other Poems)
12mo. $1.25 net.
"The work of a true lyric poet who 'utters his own soul.'"—Literary Digest.
"The preeminent quality in all Mr. Dawson's verse is the union of delicacy and strength. A generation which has all but forgotten the meaning of the phrase 'to keep himself unspotted from the world' has great need of this sort of poetry."—Providence Journal.
BY INEZ HAYNES GILLMORE
ANGEL ISLAND
With 2 illustrations by John Rae. $1.35 net.
This strange, picturesque romance, with its deep underlying significance, won praise from such high authorities as The Bookman, The Evening Post, The Times Review, The Chicago Record-Herald, and The Boston Transcript, the last of which says: "Fine types of men ... the five women are magnificent creatures.... Always the story carries itself, but always it is pregnant with the larger suggestion, which gives it its place in feminist literature."
PHOEBE AND ERNEST
With 30 illustrations by R. F. Schabelitz. $1.35 net.
Parents will recognize themselves in the story, and laugh understandingly with, and sometimes at, Mr. and Mrs. Martin and their children, Phoebe and Ernest.
"We must go back to Louisa Alcott for their equals."—Boston Advertiser.
"For young and old alike we know of no more refreshing story."—New York Evening Post.
PHOEBE, ERNEST, AND CUPID
Illustrated by R. F. Schabelitz. $1.35 net.
In this sequel to the popular "Phoebe and Ernest," each of these delightful young folk goes to the altar.
"To all jaded readers of problem novels, to all weary wayfarers on the rocky literary road of social pessimism and domestic woe, we recommend 'Phoebe, Ernest, and Cupid' with all our hearts: it is not only cheerful, it's true."—N. Y. Times Review.
"Wholesome, merry, absolutely true to life."—The Outlook.
JANEY
Illustrated by Ada C. Williamson. $1.25 net.
"Being the record of a short interval in the journey thru life and the struggle with society of a little girl of nine."
"Depicts youthful human nature as one who knows and loves it. Her 'Phoebe and Ernest' studies are deservedly popular, and now, in 'Janey,' this clever writer has accomplished an equally charming portrait."—Chicago Record-Herald.
WILLIAM DE MORGAN'S NOVELS
"Why All This Popularity?" asks E. V. Lucas, writing in the Outlook of De Morgan's Novels. He answers: De Morgan is "almost the perfect example of the humorist; certainly the completest since Lamb.... Humor, however, is not all.... In the De Morgan world it is hard to find an unattractive figure.... The charm of the young women, all brave and humorous and gay, and all trailing clouds of glory from the fairyland from which they have just come."
JOSEPH VANCE
The story of a great sacrifice and a life-long love.
"The book of the last decade; the best thing in fiction since Mr. Meredith and Mr. Hardy; must take its place as the first great English novel that has appeared in the twentieth century."—Lewis Melville in New York Times Saturday Review.
ALICE-FOR-SHORT
The romance of an unsuccessful man, in which the long buried past reappears in London of to-day.
"If any writer of the present era is read a half century hence, a quarter century, or even a decade, that writer is William De Morgan."—Boston Transcript.
SOMEHOW GOOD
How two brave women won their way to happiness.
"A book as sound, as sweet, as wholesome, as wise, as any in the range of fiction."—The Nation.
IT NEVER CAN HAPPEN AGAIN
A story of the great love of Blind Jim and his little daughter, and of the affairs of a successful novelist.
"De Morgan at his very best, and how much better his best is than the work of any novelist of the past thirty years."—The Independent.
AN AFFAIR OF DISHONOR
A very dramatic novel of Restoration days.
"A marvelous example of Mr. De Morgan's inexhaustible fecundity of invention.... Shines as a romance quite as much as 'Joseph Vance' does among realistic novels."—Chicago Record-Herald.
A LIKELY STORY
"Begins comfortably enough with a little domestic quarrel in a studio.... The story shifts suddenly, however, to a brilliantly told tragedy of the Italian Renaissance embodied in a girl's portrait.... The many readers who like Mr. De Morgan will enjoy this charming fancy greatly."—New York Sun.
A Likely Story, $1.35 net; the others, $1.75 each.
WHEN GHOST MEETS GHOST
The most "De Morganish" of all his stories. The scene is England in the fifties. 862 pages. $1.60 net.
*** A thirty-two page illustrated leaflet about Mr. De Morgan, with complete reviews of his first four books, sent on request.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Transcriber's Note:
Spelling and hyphenation have been retained as they appear in the original publication.
Page 175 Inserted "of"—on one side of the gate
Page 190 Added closing quotation mark after Good for Jarge!"
Page 227 Inserted "to"—had happened to Janet
In the advertisements, Louisa Olcott changed to Alcott