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THE RED YEAR, By Louis Tracy
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ARMS AND THE WOMAN, By Harold MacGrath
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LOVE IS THE SUM OF IT ALL, By Geo. Cary Eggleston
With illustrations by Hermann Heyer.
In this "plantation romance" Mr. Eggleston has resumed the manner andmethod that made his "Dorothy South" one of the most famous books ofits time.
There are three tender love stories embodied in it, and two unusuallyinteresting heroines, utterly unlike each other, but each possessed ofa peculiar fascination which wins and holds the reader's sympathy. Apleasing vein of gentle humor runs through the work, but the "sum of itall" is an intensely sympathetic love story.
HEARTS AND THE CROSS, By Harold Morton Cramer
With illustrations by Harold Matthews Brett.
The hero is an unconventional preacher who follows the line of the Manof Galilee, associating with the lowly, and working for them in theways that may best serve them. He is not recognized at his real valueexcept by the one woman who saw clearly. Their love story is one of therefreshing things in recent fiction.
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THE SHUTTLE, By Frances Hodgson Burnett
With inlay cover in colors by Clarence F. Underwood.
This great international romance relates the story of an American girlwho, in rescuing her sister from the ruins of her marriage to anEnglishman of title, displays splendid qualities of courage, tact andrestraint. As a study of American womanhood of modern times, thecharacter of Bettina Vanderpoel stands alone in literature. As a lovestory, the account of her experience is magnificent. The masterlyhandling, the glowing style of the book, give it a literary rank towhich very few modern novels have attained.
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A delightful novel in the author's most charming vein. The scene islaid in an English country house, where an amiable English nobleman isthe centre of matrimonial interest on the part of both the English andAmericans present.
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THE METHODS OF LADY WALDERHURST,
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VAYENNE, By Percy Brebner
With illustrations by E. Fuhr.
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