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DELIGHTFUL TALES OF OLD NEW YORK
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THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON. With Frontispiece.
This exquisite little romance opens in New York City in "the tendergrace" of a May day long past, when the old Dutch families clusteredaround Bowling Green. It is the beginning of the romance of Katherine,a young Dutch girl who has sent, as a love token, to a young Englishofficer, the bow of orange ribbon which she has worn for years as asacred emblem on the day of St. Nicholas. After the bow of ribbonKatherine's heart soon flies. Unlike her sister, whose heart has founda safe resting place among her own people, Katherine's heart must rovefrom home--must know to the utmost all that life holds of both joy andsorrow. And so she goes beyond the seas, leaving her parents asdesolate as were Isaac and Rebecca of old.
THE MAID OF MAIDEN LANE; A Love Story. With Illustrations by S. M.Arthur.
A sequel to "The Bow of Orange Ribbon." The time is the gracious daysof Seventeen-hundred and ninety-one, when "The Marseillaise" was sungwith the American national airs, and the spirit affected commerce,politics and conversation. In the midst of this period the romance of"The Sweetest Maid in Maiden Lane" unfolds. Its chief charm lies in itshistoric and local color.
SHEILA VEDDER. Frontispiece in colors by Harrison Fisher.
A love story set in the Shetland Islands.
Among the simple, homely folk who dwelt there Jan Vedder was raised;and to this island came lovely Sheila Jarrow. Jan knew, when first hebeheld her, that she was the one woman in all the world for him, and tothe winning of her love he set himself. The long days of summer by thesea, the nights under the marvelously soft radiance of Shetlandmoonlight passed in love-making, while with wonderment the man andwoman, alien in traditions, adjusted themselves to each other. And theday came when Jan and Sheila wed, and then a sweeter love story istold.
TRINITY BELLS. With eight Illustrations by C. M. Relyea.
The story centers around the life of little Katryntje Van Clyffe, who,on her return home from a fashionable boarding school, faces povertyand heartache. Stout of heart, she does not permit herself to becomediscouraged even at the news of the loss of her father and his ship"The Golden Victory." The story of Katryntje's life was interwoven withthe music of the Trinity Bells which eventually heralded her weddingday.
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