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THE ~, WORLD FOR SALE. By. Gilbert
Sl35.
All the color of Canadian autumn
IS in this romance of the Canadian
northwest. Into the midst of a north
ern world just emerging from law
less frontier existence Parker sets
his heroine-southern and of the
worlds Oldest race-a gypsy.
ANGEL UNAWARES. By C. N. and A. NJ
Williamson. New York Harper q Bros
so Cents.
A beautiful little story full Of
Christmas love and cheer, introducing
perfectly lovely little heroine, who
brings brightness and joy to the Va.
lois family through the agency Of a
white Persian cat, blue ribbon and
a beautiful diamond ring. And her
name is Angel.
LOVERS KNOTS. By Elizabeth Jordan
New York, Harper & Bros. s1,25.
Stories of youthful love, covering
practically every phase of love-mak-
ing. The whimsical twists and tangles
of dozen youthful love affairs.
PINCUs HOOD. BY Arthur Hodges. Bos-
ton. Small. Maynard & Co. sl.40.
This is just what novel should be.
Only once in long time is American
literature enriched with so fine book.
Charm, tenderness, whimsical humor,
human nature acting and reacting
naturally, spontaneously-these are
some of the qualities that arouse the
readers enthusiasm. 1t is story of
New York and the great-hearted
Idea" of one Pincus Hood, art deal
er, to bring to the young and strug
Cling artists of the day opportunities
for recognition.
OLGA BARDEL, By Stacy Aumoner. New
York. The Century Company $lS5.
The chief setting of the narrative is
London, though the author occasion
ally gets out into other English cities
and towns and crosses once to the
continent and once to America. The
grip, the drive of the novel is due to
the almost uncanny reality of all the
created figures The story moves
against a background of life tapes
tried with riches collected by a tenn
permanent that sees and feels more of
the world than the ordinary man.
THE DARK TOWER! BY Phyllis Bottome.
New York. The Century Company. $1.S5.
A rich, well-knit, full favored novel
set in rural England and dealing with
the wild-tempered Staines people and
some others who are important
through their relations with them
Throughout the novel is saturated
with humor, lighted with brilliant
satire and BUILT with an experiences
that permits no slackening of the
readers interest until the last page
is turned.
HATcHwAYs. By Ethel sidgwick. Boston.
Small, Maynard Co. $1.40.
Where Miss Sidgwick triumphs SO
magnificently in this novel; apart
from her characterization of these
men and women, is the subtle under
currents of its development. One can
truthfully say that perhaps no other
novel of hers has so many supremacy
subtle situations hanging upon the
thin thread of temperamental disaster
as Hatchway.
THE VAMPIRE OF THE CONTINENT. BY
Count E. zu Reventow. New York The
Jackson Press. $1.25.
This book is considerably
abridged English addition to Ameri-
can readers who desire to obtain an
insight into the recesses of European
political history. Reventlow makes
a systematic effort to get at the root
of things and to lay bare the de-
velopmental forces that have hitherto
escaped the attention of partial or in
sufficiently clear-sghted historians.
CITY TYPES By Marian Bowlan. Chicago.
r. S. Denison & Co. $l.25.
A book of monologues sketching
the city woman, some of them in YER
nacular and brogue. Very bright,
sparkling and interesting.
Fiction.
THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. BY Mark
Twain. New York. Harper & Brothers.
500.
A romance by this inimitable author
which will be found full of fascinating
interest to all readers. This book must
be seen to be appreciated, as it is
beautifully bound and illustrated. No
description can do justice to the beau