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Whispering Smith

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by Frank H. Spearman


  MYRTLE REED'S NOVELS

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  LAVENDER AND OLD LACE.

  A charming story of a quaint corner of New England, where bygoneromance finds a modern parallel. The story centers round the coming oflove to the young people on the staff of a newspaper--and it is one ofthe prettiest, sweetest and quaintest of old-fashioned love stories.

  MASTER OF THE VINEYARD.

  A pathetic love story of a young girl, Rosemary. The teacher of thecountry school, who is also master of the vineyard, comes to know herthrough her desire for books. She is happy in his love till anotherwoman comes into his life. But happiness and emancipation from hermany trials come to Rosemary at last. The book has a touch of humorand pathos that will appeal to every reader.

  OLD ROSE AND SILVER.

  A love story,--sentimental and humorous,--with the plot subordinate tothe character delineation of its quaint people and to the exquisitedescriptions of picturesque spots and of lovely, old, rare treasures.

  A WEAVER OF DREAMS.

  This story tells of the love-affairs of three young people, with anold-fashioned romance in the background. A tiny dog plays an importantrole in serving as a foil for the heroine's talking ingeniousness.There is poetry, as well as tenderness and charm, in this tale of aweaver of dreams.

  A SPINNER IN THE SUN.

  An old-fashioned love story, of a veiled lady who lives in solitudeand whose features her neighbors have never seen. There is a mysteryat the heart of the book that throws over it the glamour of romance.

  THE MASTER'S VIOLIN.

  A love story in a musical atmosphere. A picturesque, old Germanvirtuoso consents to take for his pupil a handsome youth who proves tohave an aptitude for technique, but not the soul of an artist. Theyouth cannot express the love, the passion and the tragedies of lifeas can the master. But a girl comes into his life, and through hispassionate love for her, he learns the lessons that life has togive--and his soul awakes.

  Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York

 

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