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Barbara Ladd

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by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts


  GROSSET & DUNLAP, 526 WEST 26th ST., NEW YORK

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  CY WHITTAKER'S PLACE. By Joseph C. Lincoln. Illustrated by WallaceMorgan.

  A Cape Cod story describing the amusing efforts of an elderly bachelorand his two cronies to rear and educate a little girl. Full of honestfun--a rural drama.

  THE FORGE IN THE FOREST. By Charles G. D. Roberts. Illustrated by H.Sandham.

  A story of the conflict in Acadia after its conquest by the British. Adramatic picture that lives and shines with the indefinable charm ofpoetic romance.

  A SISTER TO EVANGELINE. By Charles G. D. Roberts. Illustrated by E.McConnell.

  Being the story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into exile withthe villagers of Grand Pre. Swift action, fresh atmosphere, wholesomepurity, deep passion and searching analysis characterize this strongnovel.

  THE OPENED SHUTTERS. By Clara Louise Burnham. Frontispiece byHarrison Fisher.

  A summer haunt on an island in Casco Bay is the background for thisromance. A beautiful woman, at discord with life, is brought torealize, by her new friends, that she may open the shutters of her soulto the blessed sunlight of joy by casting aside vanity and self love.A delicately humorous work with a lofty motive underlying it all.

  THE RIGHT PRINCESS. By Clara Louise Burnham.

  An amusing story, opening at a fashionable Long Island resort, where astately Englishwoman employs a forcible New England housekeeper toserve in her interesting home. How types so widely apart react on eachothers' lives, all to ultimate good, makes a story both humorous andrich in sentiment.

  THE LEAVEN OF LOVE. By Clara Louise Burnham. Frontispiece by HarrisonFisher.

  At a Southern California resort a world-weary woman, young andbeautiful but disillusioned, meets a girl who has learned the art ofliving--of tasting life in all its richness, opulence and joy. Thestory hinges upon the change wrought in the soul of the blase woman bythis glimpse into a cheery life.

 

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