'Smiles' Part 21

UNCLE MARY A Novel for Young or Old By Isla May Mullins Author of "The Blossom Shop" books, "Tweedie," etc.

Cloth decorative, 12mo, ill.u.s.trated, $1.75 Since the great success of POLLYANNA there have been many efforts to achieve the "GLAD BOOK" style [Trade Mark] of fiction, but none so successful as Mrs. Mullins' UNCLE MARY.

Here is a story, charming in its New England village setting, endearing in its characters, engrossing in its plot, and diverting in its style. The PAGE imprint has been given to many books about beautiful characters in fiction,--Pollyanna, Anne s.h.i.+rley, Rose Webb of "SMILES," and Lloyd Sherman of the "LITTLE COLONEL" books. To this galaxy we now add "Uncle" Mary's protege, Libbie Lee.

Mrs. Mullins is an author gifted with the ability to appeal to the young in heart of whatever age. Her characters are visually portrayed. Her situations have the interest of naturalness and suspense. The reader of UNCLE MARY will become in spirit an inhabitant of Sunfield; will understand the enjoyment of the sudden acquisition of wealth, a limousine, and--an adopted child (!), by the sisters, "Uncle" Mary and "Aunt" Alice; will watch with interest the thawing and rejuvenation of "Uncle" Mary, the cure of Alice, and the solving of the mystery of the wealth of sweet little Libbie Lee.

THE RED CAVALIER Or, The Twin Turrets Mystery By Gladys Edson Locke Cloth decorative, 12mo, ill.u.s.trated, $1.90 Here is a mystery story that is different! The subtlety and strangeness of India--poison and daggers, the impa.s.sive faces and fierce hearts of Prince Bardai and his priestly adviser; a typical English week-end house party in the mystery-haunted castle, Twin Turrets, in Yorks.h.i.+re; a vivid and contrasting background.

And the plot! Who is the mysterious Red Cavalier? Is he the ghost of the ancestral portrait, that hangs in Sir Robert Grainger's strange library? Is he flesh and blood, and responsible for the marauding thefts in the neighborhood? Is he responsible for Prince Ka.s.sim's murder? Or is it only coincidence that one of the guests at the masked ball happened to wear the costume of the Red Cavalier?

Miss Locke has been able to weave a weird and absorbing tale of modern detective romance, the strangeness of India in modern England.

There is Lady Berenice Coningsby, a bit decla.s.se; Ethelyn Roydon, more so; Princess Lona Bardai, "Little Lotus-Blossom," sweet and pathetic; Mrs. Dalrymple, the woman of mystery; Miss Vandelia Egerton, the spinster owner of Twin Turrets. There is das.h.i.+ng Max Egerton and the impeccable Lord Borrowdean; Captain Grenville Coningsby; Prince Ka.s.sim Bardai, with the impenetrable eyes, and Chand Talsdad, his venerable adviser. Which of them is the Red Cavalier?

Selections from The Page Company's List of Fiction WORKS OF ELEANOR H. PORTER POLLYANNA: The GLAD Book (510,000) Trade Mark Trade Mark Cloth decorative, 12mo, ill.u.s.trated, $1.90 Mr. Leigh Mitch.e.l.l Hodges, The Optimist, in an editorial for the Philadelphia North American, says: "And when, after Pollyanna has gone away, you get her letter saying she is going to take 'eight steps' to-morrow--well, I don't know just what you may do, but I know of one person who buried his face in his hands and shook with the gladdest sort of sadness and got down on his knees and thanked the Giver of all gladness for Pollyanna."

POLLYANNA: The GLAD Book. Mary Pickford edition Trade Mark Trade Mark Ill.u.s.trated with thirty-two half-tone reproductions of scenes from the motion picture production, and a jacket with a portrait of Mary Pickford in color.

Cloth decorative, 12mo, $2.25 While preparing "Pollyanna" for the screen, Miss Pickford said enthusiastically that it was the best picture she had ever made in her life, and the success of the picture on the screen has amply justified her statement. Mary Pickford's interpretation of the beloved little heroine as shown in the ill.u.s.trations, adds immeasurably to the intrinsic charm of this popular story.

POLLYANNA GROWS UP: The Second GLAD Book Trade Mark (253,000) Trade Mark Cloth decorative, 12mo, ill.u.s.trated, $1.90 When the story of POLLYANNA told in The Glad Book was ended, a great cry of regret for the vanis.h.i.+ng "Glad Girl" went up all over the country--and other countries, too. Now POLLYANNA appears again, just as sweet and joyous-hearted, more grown up and more lovable.

"Take away frowns! Put down the worries! Stop fidgeting and disagreeing and grumbling! Cheer up, everybody! POLLYANNA has come back!"--Christian Herald.

MISS BILLY (93rd thousand) Cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color from a painting by G. Tyng, $1.90 "There is something altogether fascinating about 'Miss Billy,' some inexplicable feminine characteristic that seems to demand the individual attention of the reader from the moment we open the book until we reluctantly turn the last page."--Boston Transcript.

MISS BILLY'S DECISION (78th thousand) Cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color from a painting by Henry W. Moore, $1.90 "The story is written in bright, clever style and has plenty of action and humor. Miss Billy is nice to know and so are her friends."--New Haven Leader.

MISS BILLY--MARRIED (86th thousand) Cloth decorative, with a frontispiece in full color from a painting by W. Haskell Coffin, $1.90 "Although Pollyanna is the only copyrighted glad girl, Miss Billy is just as glad as the younger figure and radiates just as much gladness. She disseminates joy so naturally that we wonder why all girls are not like her."--Boston Transcript.

SIX STAR RANCH (95th thousand) Cloth decorative, 12mo, ill.u.s.trated by R. Farrington Elwell, $1.90 "'Six Star Ranch' bears all the charm of the author's genius and is about a little girl down in Texas who practices the 'Pollyanna Philosophy' with irresistible success. The book is one of the kindliest things, if not the best, that the author of the Pollyanna books has done. It is a welcome addition to the fast-growing family of Glad Books."--Howard Russell Bangs in the Boston Post.

CROSS CURRENTS Cloth decorative, ill.u.s.trated, $1.50 "To one who enjoys a story of life as it is to-day, with its sorrows as well as its triumphs, this volume is sure to appeal."--Book News Monthly.

THE TURN OF THE TIDE Cloth decorative, ill.u.s.trated, $1.50 "A very beautiful book showing the influence that went to the development of the life of a dear little girl into a true and good woman."--Herald and Presbyter, Cincinnati, Ohio.

NOVELS BY ELIOT HARLOW ROBINSON Each one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, ill.u.s.trated, $1.90 A book which has established its author in the front rank of American novelists.

SMILES, A ROSE OF THE c.u.mBERLANDS (29th thousand) E. J. Anderson, former managing Editor of the Boston Advertiser and Record, is enthusiastic over the story and says: "I have read 'Smiles' in one reading. After starting it I could not put it down. Never in my life have I read a book like this that thrilled me half as much, and never have I seen a more masterful piece of writing."

SMILING Pa.s.s: A Sequel to "SMILES," A Rose of the c.u.mberlands The thousands who have read and loved Mr. Robinson's earlier story of the little c.u.mberland mountain girl, whose bright courage won for her the affectionate appellation of "Smiles," will eagerly welcome her return.

"Applied sociology, mixed with romance and adventure that rise to real dramatic intensity. But the mixture is surprisingly successful. The picture impresses one as being faithfully drawn from the living models with sympathetic understanding. The book is effective."--New York Evening Post.

THE MAID OF MIRABELLE: A Romance of Lorraine Ill.u.s.trated with reproductions of sketches made by the author, and with a portrait of "The Maid of Mirabelle," from a painting by Neale Ordayne, on the cover.

"The spirit of all the book is the bubbling, the irrepressibly indomitable, cheerful faith of the people, at their very best, against the grave Quakerism from the United States standing out grimly but faithfully. The tale is simply, but strongly told."--Montreal Family Herald and Weekly Star.

MAN PROPOSES; Or, The Romance of John Alden Shaw "This is first of all a charming romance, distinguished by a fine sentiment of loyalty to an ideal, by physical courage, indomitable resolution to carry to success an altruistic undertaking, a splendid woman's devotion, and by a vein of spontaneous, sparkling humor that offsets its more serious phases."--Springfield Republican.

THE ROMANCES OF L. M. MONTGOMERY Each one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.90 ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (364th thousand) Ill.u.s.trated by M. A. and W. A. J. Claus.

"In 'Anne of Green Gables' you will find the dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal Alice."--Mark Twain in a letter to Francis Wilson.

"I take it as a great test of the worth 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) Ill.u.s.trated 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 Francis...o...b..lletin.

CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA (45th thousand) Ill.u.s.trated 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) Ill.u.s.trated 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) Ill.u.s.trated 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 cla.s.sic."

"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 Ill.u.s.trated 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 pa.s.s 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 Mitch.e.l.l 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) Ill.u.s.trated 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 blossoms and the sweet clover of twilight meadow-lands."--San Francis...o...b..lletin.

"A story born in the heart of Arcadia and brimful of the sweet and simple life of the primitive environment."--Boston Herald.

THE STORY GIRL (46th thousand) Ill.u.s.trated by George Gibbs. Cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.90 "It will be read and, we venture to predict, reread many times, for there is a freshness and sweetness about it which will help to lift the load of care, to cheer the weary and to make brighter still the life of the carefree and the happy."--Toronto, Can., Globe.

"'The Story Girl' is of decidedly unusual conception and interest, and will rival the author's earlier books in popularity."--Chicago Western Trade Journal.

THE GOLDEN ROAD (28th thousand) Ill.u.s.trated by George Gibbs. Cloth decorative, 12mo, $1.90 In which it is proven that "Life was a rose-lipped comrade with purple flowers dripping from her fingers."

"It is a simple, tender tale, touched to higher notes, now and then, by delicate hints of romance, tragedy and pathos. Any true-hearted human being might read this book with enjoyment, no matter what his or her age, social status, or economic place."--Chicago Record-Herald.

NOVELS BY.

ISLA MAY MULLINS.

Each, one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, ill.u.s.trated, $1.75 THE BLOSSOM SHOP: A Story of the South.

"Frankly and wholly romance is this book, and lovable--as is a fairy tale properly told."--Chicago Inter-Ocean.

ANNE OF THE BLOSSOM SHOP: Or, the Growing Up of Anne Carter "A charming portrayal of the attractive life of the South, refres.h.i.+ng as a breeze that blows through a pine forest."--Albany Times-Union.

ANNE'S WEDDING.

"Presents a picture of home life that is most appealing in love and affection."--Every Evening, Wilmington, Del.

THE MT. BLOSSOM GIRLS.

"In the writing of the book the author is at her best as a story teller. It is a fitting climax to the series."--Reader.

TWEEDIE: The Story of a True Heart.

"The story itself is full of charm and one enters right into the very life of Tweedie and feels as if he had indeed been lifted into an atmosphere of unselfishness, enthusiasm and buoyant optimism."--Boston Ideas.

NOVELS BY.

DAISY RHODES CAMPBELL.

THE FIDDLING GIRL.

Cloth decorative, ill.u.s.trated $1.65 "A thoroughly enjoyable tale, written in a delightful vein of sympathetic comprehension."--Boston Herald.

THE PROVING OF VIRGINIA.

Cloth decorative, ill.u.s.trated $1.65 "A book which contributes so much of freshness, enthusiasm, and healthy life to offset the usual offerings of modern fiction, deserves all the praise which can be showered upon it."--Kindergarten Review.

THE VIOLIN LADY.

Cloth decorative, ill.u.s.trated $1.65 "The author's style remains simple and direct, as in her preceding books."--Boston Transcript.