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Barbara Ladd

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by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts


  A FEW OF GROSSET & DUNLAP'S

  Great Books at Little Prices

  NEW, CLEVER, ENTERTAINING.

  GRET: The Story of a Pagan. By Beatrice Mantle. Illustrated by C. M.Relyea.

  The wild free life of an Oregon lumber camp furnishes the setting forthis strong original story. Gret is the daughter of the camp and isutterly content with the wild life--until love comes. A fine book,unmarred by convention.

  OLD CHESTER TALES. By Margaret Deland. Illustrated by Howard Pyle.

  A vivid yet delicate portrayal of characters in an old New England town.

  Dr. Lavendar's fine, kindly wisdom is brought to bear upon the lives ofall, permeating the whole volume like the pungent odor of pine,healthful and life giving. "Old Chester Tales" will surely be amongthe books that abide.

  THE MEMOIRS OF A BABY. By Josephine Daskam. Illustrated by F. Y. Cory.

  The dawning intelligence of the baby was grappled with by its greataunt, an elderly maiden, whose book knowledge of babies was somethingat which even the infant himself winked. A delicious bit of humor.

  REBECCA MARY. By Annie Hamilton Donnell. Illustrated by ElizabethShippen Green.

  The heart tragedies of this little girl with no one near to share them,are told with a delicate art, a keen appreciation of the needs of thechildish heart and a humorous knowledge of the workings of the childishmind.

  THE FLY ON THE WHEEL. By Katherine Cecil Thurston. Frontispiece byHarrison Fisher.

  An Irish story of real power, perfect in development and showing a trueconception of the spirited Hibernian character as displayed in thetragic as well as the tender phases of life.

  THE MAN FROM BRODNEY'S. By George Barr McCutcheon. Illustrated byHarrison Fisher.

  An island in the South Sea is the setting for this entertaining tale,and an all-conquering hero and a beautiful princess figure in a mostcomplicated plot. One of Mr. McCutcheon's best books.

  TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS. By Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by A. B.Frost, J. M. Conde and Frank Verbeck.

  Again Uncle Remus enters the fields of childhood, and leads anotherlittle boy to that non-locatable land called "Brer Rabbit's LaughingPlace," and again the quaint animals spring into active life and playtheir parts, for the edification of a small but appreciative audience.

  THE CLIMBER. By E. F. Benson. With frontispiece.

  An unsparing analysis of an ambitious woman's soul--a woman whobelieved that in social supremacy she would find happiness, and whofinds instead the utter despair of one who has chosen the things thatpass away.

  LYNCH'S DAUGHTER. By Leonard Merrick. Illustrated by Geo. Brehm.

  A story of to-day, telling how a rich girl acquires ideals of beautifuland simple living, and of men and love, quite apart from the teachingsof her father, "Old Man Lynch" of Wall St. True to life, clever intreatment.

 

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