Mostly Mary Part 16

"Is she seven years old, too, Uncle?"

"Not quite seven. Her birthday is in January, so you are nearly eight months older than she is; but she is large and strong for her age. No one but her mother ever thinks of calling her by her full name. Even her father calls her Willie, and I have heard the boys say 'Billy' or 'Bill' when their mother is not around."

"I hope I shall know them all some day. They must have the best times together. They need never invite anyone to spend the day with them."

"No, indeed; though they do sometimes have what they term, 'The Gathering of the Clan,' when their forty-five or fifty first cousins, with their fathers and mothers, pay a visit to Sunnymead, as Wilhelmina's home is called."

"_Forty-five or fifty first cousins!_ Why, Uncle! And I haven't _one_!"

"Perhaps you have some, dear, that we know nothing about. Your father has a brother and a sister of whom he has heard nothing for many years.

He was not always a Catholic, you know; and when he became one, your Aunt Bertha would have no more to do with him. Your Uncle Alfred was in Europe at the time. He was not one to trouble himself much about religion and would not care what your father did about it; but he has doubtless been roaming from place to place over there, and any letters which your father has written him have probably gone astray. At all events, men, as a rule, are not great letter-writers, you know."

Then the Doctor told the little girl about her father's old home in Virginia, which was built when George Was.h.i.+ngton was a little boy. By degrees, her eyes grew heavy, and his voice died away into silence; and when, at the very late hour of half-past seven, Sister Julia came as far as the door to see whether her patient was ready to go to bed, she found the Doctor, a very tender light in his eyes, gazing into the glowing coals, and Mary fast asleep in his arms.

"_Our girls have found a new and splendid champion._"

Father Finn in the _Queen's Works_.

Uncle Frank's Mary

By CLEMENTIA

Uncle Frank's Mary is Clementia's first book, and it is full of thoughtful interest; has a wonderful plot development, charming dialogue, and an abundance of action. It introduces a host of delightful personages besides the lovable little heroine.

It will appeal to girls particularly from ages 12 to 17.

The Quest of Mary Selwyn

This book is a sequel to Uncle Frank's Mary. The atmosphere of the story despite thrilling adventures by land and sea is thoroughly feminine.

It is a story that will be enjoyed by all.

Bird-A-Lea

By CLEMENTIA

Although this book deals with Mary Selwyn and the characters of Clementia's first two books, it is complete in itself. It sets forth the happy life at "Bird-a-Lea," the beautiful summer home of the Selwyn family. Every page is full of adventure. "Bird-a-Lea" is so well written that girls from ten to twenty years and even over will not put it aside before they have finished it.

_The best girls' story written since "Little Women"_

Work, Wealth and Wages

BY REV. JOSEPH HUSSLEIN, S. J., Ph. D.

_A splendid book by the eminent Jesuit Author_

_A book for everyone who works_

It should be read by every employer and employee. It should be placed in the hands of labor leaders. It will be read with profit by the cla.s.ses and the ma.s.ses.

The purpose of the book is to offer, for the use of all, a brief but suggestive exposition of the Christian principles underlying the great social problems of our day.

Father Husslein's valuable book covers such questions as "A Living Wage," "The Right to Strike," "Women at the Wheel of Industry,"

"Present-day Capitalism," "Proletarian Dictators.h.i.+p," "Copartners.h.i.+p and Profit-sharing," "Ozanam on Poverty and Wealth," "The Science of Charity," "Catholic Efficiency," "The Apostolic Rule," etc., etc.

WORK, WEALTH AND WAGES should be in millions of our Catholic homes.