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STORIES OF CHARM
By WILLIAM JOHN HOPKINS
THE CLAMMER
"It is seldom that one comes upon a bit of fiction which combines somuch clever fancy with so much delicacy, or which blends light comedy soskillfully with deep feeling."--_Brooklyn Eagle._
OLD HARBOR
"A tale to chuckle over.... It is not often that a reader has anopportunity in the pages of a book to come in touch with such a group ofgenial and lovable people."--_Minneapolis Journal._
THE MEDDLINGS OF EVE
"Brings us once again into touch with those delightful and very humanpeople that we learned to know in 'The Clammer.'"--_The Bookman._
CONCERNING SALLY
"The story is at once so human and so unusual that it excites deepinterest.... Sally is a real person, a person whose woes and joys thereader cannot choose but share."--_Boston Herald._
A SAFETY MATCH
By IAN HAY
"Delineates the progress of a marriage of convenience with an agreeablydelicate touch." _New York Sun._
"The story is well written and of the variety which, once commenced,keeps the candle burning regardless of the hour until the end." _BostonHerald._
"The 'handsome rectory children' of the early chapters, their vaguefather, and their muddled but affectionate home life, are things of purejoy." _London Punch._
"Simple, yet strong, and strong because its simplicity is natural, thebook will commend itself to all who love sane, wholesome and cheerfulfiction." _San Francisco Chronicle._
"There is humor everywhere of the sparkling rather than the gleamingvariety, and it makes the book delightful to read." _The Dial._
"Its homely, human humor, and its wonderful narrative of events, bothcommonplace and extraordinary, hold the interest of the readerunswervingly from the first chapter to the last." _St. LouisPost-Dispatch._
A COUNTRY LAWYER
By HENRY A. SHUTE
"Rarely do we find a book so full of wholesome sentiment.... Fairlybubbles with good humor.... A book well worth reading and then wellworth remembering." _Boston Globe._
"Judge Shute has told a good story, at the same time incorporating intoit the stir, bustle and ginger of a New Hampshire town." _Milwaukee FreePress._
"Humor and clever portrayal of country character prevail in this story."_Detroit Free Press._
"Judge Shute has told a thoroughly readable story, and one which has theadded charms of freshness and spirit." _Minneapolis Journal._
MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS
By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
"A fitting successor to the far-famed Rebecca." _Boston Transcript._
"Mother Carey is one of the sweetest and truest models of motherhoodimaginable." _The Outlook._
"A book to enjoy, a book to love, and a book to be grateful for."_Westminster Gazette._
"A delightful book for girls, not to mention the boys and the mothersand fathers, is 'Mother Carey's Chickens,' one of the best of the manygood stories that Mrs. Wiggin has written.... Mother Carey is a realhuman mother and her children are a lively flock of real youngsters, alldifferent and all worth knowing." _Springfield Republican._
"A book to brighten and sweeten every home into which it enters."_British Weekly._
Important Historical Books for the Young
_Makers of England Series_
By EVA MARCH TAPPAN, Ph.D.
_In the Days of Alfred the Great_
_In the Days of William the Conqueror_
_In the Days of Queen Elizabeth_
_In the Days of Queen Victoria_
By CALVIN DILL WILSON
_The Story of the Cid for Young People_