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BY DOROTHY CANFIELD
The story of a lovely, opened-eyed, open-minded American girl. $1.50 net.
"One of the best, perhaps the very best, of American novels of the season."—The Outlook.
"The romance holds you, the philosophy grips you, the characters delight you, the humor charms you one of the most realistic American families ever drawn."—Cleveland Plain-dealer.
Illustrated by J. A. Williams. $1.50 net.
An unusual personal and real story of American family life.
"We recall no recent interpretation of American life which has possessed more of dignity and less of shrillness than his."—The Nation.
With occasional Vermont verse by Sarah N. Cleghorn. $1.50 net.
A collection of stories about a Vermont village.
"No writer since Lowell has interpreted the rural Yankee more fatihfully."—Review of Reviews.
Unlike "Hillsboro People," this collection of stories has many backgrounds, but it is unified by the underlying humanity which unites all the characters. $1.50 net.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Publishers New York
By DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER
Author of The Squirrel-Cage, Hillsboro People, etc.
Illustrated, $1.35 net.
This authoritative book, by a trained writer who has been most intimately associated with Dr. Montessori, tells just what American mothers, and most teachers, want to know about this system.
A simple, untechnical account of the apparatus, the method of its application, and a clear statement of the principles underlying its use.
"Fascinating reading and likely to be the most interesting to the average mother of all the many books on the subject."—Primary Plans.
"What would I not give to have had at the beginning of my children's upbringing such a guide to the fundamental principles underlying their best growth and development." Mrs. Robert M. La Follette in La Follette's Magazine.
$1.35 net.
After the publication of A Montessori Mother two years ago, Mrs. Fisher was overwhelmed with personal letters from all over the country asking special advice. Mothers and Children, running along its easy, half-humorous way, answers all these questions and gives the clue to the answer of ten thousand more.
"The Tarnishing Eye of Relations" is the title of one chapter. Some other chapters are "The Sliding Scale for Obedience"; "A New Profession for Women: Question Answerer"; "When I Am a Grandmother"; "Nurse or Mother"; Mothers-by-Chance and Mothers-by-Choice."
"A book of help for the most complicated and important enterprise in the world the rearing of children. It gives the wisdom of an expert in the language of a friend just talking."—New York Evening Post.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Publishers New York
STORIES FOR GIRLS
Illustrated by Ada C. Williamson. $1.35 net.
Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The factory was abandoned, and following the habits of small towns, the space between the dock and the shore became "The Cinder Pond." Jean started life in the colony of squatters that came to live in the shanties on the dock, but fortune, heroism, and a mystery combine to change her fortunes and those of her friends near the Cinder Pond.
Illustrated by Ada C. Williamson. $1.35 net.
A tale of five girls and two youthful grown-ups who enjoyed unpremeditated camping.
Illustrated by Mmes. Shinn and Finley. $1.35 net.
Four young girls secure the use of a tumbledown cottage. They set up housekeeping under numerous disadvantages, and have many amusements and queer experiences.
"A capital story. It is refreshing to come upon an author who can tell us about real little girls, with sensible ordinary parents, girls who are neither phenomenal nor silly."—Outlook.
A sequel to "Dandelion Cottage." Illustrated by Mrs. Shinn. $1.35 net.
The little girls who played at keeping house in the earlier book, enlarge their activities to the extent of playing mother to a little Indian girl.
"Those who have read Dandelion Cottage will need no urging to follow further. . . . A lovable group of four real children, happily not perfect, but full of girlish plans and pranks. . . . A delightful sense of humor."—Boston Transcript.
Illustrated by Mary Wellman. 12mo. $1.35 net.
Interesting, amusing, and natural stories of a girls club.
"Will captivate as many adults as if it were written for them. . . . The secret of Mrs. Rankin's charm is her naturalness . . . real girls . . . not young ladies with pigtails, but girls of sixteen who are not twenty-five ... as original as amusing."—Boston Transcript.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Publishers New York
BY ALICE CALHOUN HAINES
For Young Folks from 9 to 16 Years old.
With illustrations by Faith Avery. $1.35 net
A story full of action, not untinged by pathos, of a boy and his faithful dog and their wanderings after the poor-house burns down. They have interesting experiences with a traveling circus; the boy is thrown from a moving train, and has a lively time with the Mexican Insurrectos, from whom he is rescued by our troops.
THE LUCK OF THE DUDLEY GRAHAMS
Illustrated by FRANCIS DAY. 300 pp., i2mo. $1.35 net.
A family story of city life. Lightened by humor and an airship.
"Among the very best of books for young folks. Appeals especially to girls."—Wisconsin List for Township Libraries.
"Promises to be perennially popular. A family of happy, healthy, inventive, bright children make the best of restricted conditions and prove themselves masters of circumstances."—Christian Register.
"Sparkles with cleverness and humor."—Brooklyn Eagle.
A sequel to the above. Illustrated by Francis Day. 296 pp., I2mo. $1.35 net.
"Cockle-a-doodle Hill" is where the Dudley Graham family went to live when they left New York, and here Ernie started her chicken-farm, with one solitary fowl, "Hennerietta." The pictures of country scenes and the adventures and experiences of this household of young people are very life-like.
"No better book for young people than The Luck of the Dudley Grahams was offered last year. Cock-a-Doodle Hill is another of similar qualities."—Philadelphia Press.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Publishers New York
BOOKS FOR GIRLS
By BEULAH MARIE DIX
Illustrated by Faith Avery. 12mo. $1.25 net.
A story of family life. Betty is just ready for college, her brother is studying medicine, her sister is almost able to make her own way in the world, when a sudden catastrophe compels Betty to choose between her own ambitions and her mother's happiness. Betty stays at home and learns many things, among them the fact that duty and success can be combined. The account of her literary ventures will help girls who want to write.
Betty is a spirited, energetic, lovable girl. The style and atmosphere of the story are both better than is usually the case in girls stories.
Illustrated by Faith Avery. i2mo. $1.25 net.
An out-of-door story for girls which tells how Dorothea Marden went, under protest, from the city to spend the summer at a farm in the New Hampshire mountains; how she met Jo Gifford from South Tuxboro, who had red hair, and knew she shouldn t like her, but did; how Dorothea and Jo, at the farm, fell out with the young folks close by at Camp Comfort; how they carried on the war, with varying success, and how they were sorry that they did so, and how they were glad in the end to make peace.
"Will attract boys and girls equally and be good for both."—Outlook.
"More than the usual plot and literary completeness."—Christian Register.
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Publishers viii'12 New York
COMPANION STORIES OF COUNTRY LIFE
FOR BOYS By CHARLES P. BURTON
Illustrated by George A Williams. 12mo. $1.30.
A lively story of a party of boys in a small New England town.
"A first-rate juvenile . . . a real story for the live human boy any boy will read it eagerly to the end . . . quite thrilling adventures."—Chicago Record-Herald.
"Tom Sawyer would have been a worthy member of the Bob's Hill crowd and shared their good times and thrilling adventures with uncommon relish. . . . A jolly group of youngsters as nearly true to the real thing in boy nature as one can ever expect to find between covers."—Christian Register.
Illustrated by Victor Perard. $1.30 net.
"It would be hard to find anything better in the literature of New England boy life. Healthy, red-blooded, human boys, full of fun, into trouble and out again, but frank, honest, and clean."—The Congregationalist.
Illustrated by H. S. DeLay. 12mo. $1.30 net.
The "Bob's Hill" band spend a vacation in Illinois, where they play at being Indians, hear thrilling tales of real Indians, and learn much frontier history. A history of especial interest to "Boy Scouts."
"Merry youngsters. Capital. Thrilling tales of the red men and explorers. These healthy red-blooded, New England boys."—Philadelphia Press.
Illustrated by Gordon Grant. 12mo. $1.30 net.
The "Bob's Hill" band organizes a Boy Scouts band and have many adventures. Mr. Burton brings in tales told around a camp-fire of La Salle, Joliet, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Northwestern Reservation.
Illustrated by Gordon Grant. $1.30 net.
A tale of Boy Scouts on their summer vacation.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Publishers New York
TOM STRONG, WASHINGTON'S SCOUT
Illustrated. $1.25 net.
A story of adventure. The principal characters, a boy and a trapper, are in the Revolutionary army from the defeat at Brooklyn to the victory at Yorktown.
"The most important events of the Revolution and much general historical information are woven into this interesting and very well constructed story of Tom and a trapper, who serve their country bravely and well. Historical details are correctly given."—American Library Association Booklet.
Illustrated. $1.25 net.
Tom Strong and a sturdy old trapper take part in such stirring events following the Revolution as the Indian raid with Crawford and a flat-boat voyage from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, etc.
Illustrated. $1.25 net.
The story of the son of Tom Strong in the young United States. Tom sees the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr; is in Washington during the presidency of Jefferson; is on board of the "Clermont" on its first trip, and serves in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
Illustrated. $1.30 net.
Tom Strong, Junior's son helps his father build the first railroad in the United States and then goes with Kit Carson on the Lewis and Clarke Expedition.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Publishers New York
THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE
FOR YOUNG FOLKS
Compiled by Burton E. Stevenson, Editor of
"The Home Book of Verse."
With cover, and illustrations in color and black and white by WILLY POGANY. Over 500 pages, large 12mo. $2.00 net.
Not a rambling, hap-hazard collection but a vade-mecum for youth from the ages of six or seven to sixteen or seven teen. It opens with Nursery Rhymes and lullabies, progresses through child rhymes and jingles to more mature nonsense verse; then come fairy verses and Christmas poems; then nature verse and favorite rhymed stories; then through the trumpet and drum period (where an attempt is made to teach true patriotism) to the final appeal of "Life Lessons" and "A Garland of Gold" (the great poems for all ages).
This arrangement secures sequence of sentiment and a sort of cumulative appeal. Nearly all the children's classics are included, and along with them a body of verse not so well known but almost equally deserving. There are many real "finds," most of which have never before appeared in any anthology.
Mr. Stevenson has banished doleful and pessimistic verse, and has dwelt on hope, courage, cheerfulness and helpfulness. The book should serve, too, as an introduction to the greater poems, informing taste for them and appreciation of them, against the time when the boy or girl, grown into youth and maiden, is ready to swim out into the full current of English poetry.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Publishers New York