J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY'S IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS
Betty at Fort Blizzard
By MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL. Four illustrations in color and decorations byEdmund Frederick. $1.50 net.
This is a straightaway army love story, with the scene laid at a post inthe far Northwest. It is a sequel to the famous "Betty's VirginiaChristmas" so popular a few years ago. It is realistic and yet as lightas Betty's laugh,--presented in a delightfully dainty gift book style, itmakes a charming Christmas present.
Behold the Woman!
By T. EVERETT HARRE. $1.35 net.
A child of the Alexandrian gutter, a redeemed woman seeing a vision ofChrist upon the Judean hills, and finally a mystic saint upon the desert,was Mary of Egypt, the heroine of this historical novel. "From beginningto the end I found 'Behold the Woman!' gripping and thrillinglyinteresting."--_Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske._
The Finding of Jasper Holt
By GRACE L. H. LUTZ. Three illustrations in color by E. F. Bayha. $1.25net.
Another great Lutz novel,--wholesome, uplifting, interesting and amusing."This tale ... is one of the kind one reads with interest refusing to bequenched when the hall light goes out."--_Detroit Free Press._
Adam's Garden
By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. Frontispiece in color by H. Weston Taylor. NewSecond Edition. $1.25 net.
The _New York Sun_ aptly termed this "An Idyl of Manhattan." "It is fullof warmth and sunlight, and its inner urge is that come what may--theworld is a good place to live in if we only make the best of that whichlies nearest to hand."--_Review of Reviews._
A Man's Reach
By SALLY NELSON ROBINS. Three illustrations in color by Edmund Frederick.$1.25 net.
A Virginia story by a Virginian. Randolph Turberville is the scion of anaristocratic Virginia house; his struggle against evil forces begins atthe University of Virginia. Fascinating, he is adored by all, especiallyby Lettice Corbin, for whom he saves himself.
The Curved Blades
By CAROLYN WELLS. Frontispiece by Gayle Hoskins. $1.35 net.
"As bizarre a mystery as any which she has hitherto provided.... Thestage is there set for a thrilling and puzzling story.... One worthy ofthe talents of Stone."--_The Boston Transcript._
The Conquest
By SIDNEY L. NYBURG. $1.25 net.
"Originality and dramatic strength are marked on many pages of thisproduction of a promising writer."--_Springfield Republican._ "Sidney L.Nyburg is a man who writes a man's book."--_San Francisco Call and Post._
The Strange Cases of Mason Brant
By NEVIL MONROE HOPKINS. Illustrated in color by Gayle Hoskins. $1.25net.
"The stories are very entertaining and are more human than the usualdetective stories."--_New York Sun._ "Out of the beaten track ofdetective stories."--_Philadelphia North American._
Ten Beautiful Years
By MARY KNIGHT POTTER. Net, $1.25.
Those who desire knowledge of the most brilliant work in American fictionshould read this series of short stories on psychological subjects. Theyare clean but intensely emotional; most of them appeared in the _AtlanticMonthly_, _Harper's_, etc.
The Practical Book of Early American Arts and Crafts
By HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT MCCLURE. Profusely illustrated.Colored frontispiece. In a box. $6.00 net.
There is an eminently proper revival of interest in the arts and craftsof early American workmanship. In glass, wood, metal and textile stuffsour forefathers obtained results of a delightful nature. Amateurcollectors still have a rich field of investigation, owing to the presentopportunity for obtaining desirable specimens. This book is a thoroughand practical guide for the collector and general reader.
The Practical Book of Architecture
By C. MATLACK PRICE. Profusely illustrated. In a box. $6.00 net.
Not only a book for the man or woman who wishes to build a home (and forwhom it is more helpful than any work previously published), but a bookwhich tells the general reader what he needs to know aboutarchitecture--about the buildings he sees in America or Europe, public aswell as private. A valued addition to the Home Life Enrichment Series.
The Practical Book of Period Furniture
By HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT MCCLURE. 225 illustrations incolor, doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.
This book places at the disposal of the general reader all theinformation he may need in order to identify and classify any piece ofperiod furniture, whether it be an original or a reproduction. Theauthors have greatly increased the value of the work by including anillustrative chronological key.
The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs
By G. GRIFFIN LEWIS. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Twenty full pageillustrations in color, 93 illustrations in doubletone, and 70 designs inline. In a box. $6.00 net.
"From cover to cover it is packed with detailed information compactly andconveniently arranged for ready reference. Many people who are interestedin the beautiful fabrics of which the author treats have long wished forsuch a book as this and will be grateful to G. Griffin Lewis for writingit."--_The Dial._
The Practical Book of Garden Architecture
By PHEBE WESTCOTT HUMPHREYS. Frontispiece in color and 125 illustrations.In a box. $6.00 net.
This beautiful volume has been prepared from the standpoints of eminentpracticability, the best taste, and general usefulness for the ownerdeveloping his own property,--large or small,--for the owner employing aprofessional garden architect, for the artist, amateur, student, andgarden lover.
The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing
By GEORGE C. THOMAS, JR. New Edition, revised and enlarged. 96 perfectphotographic reproductions in full color. Slip case. $4.00 net.
There are a number of pages in which the complete list of the best rosesfor our climate with their characteristics are presented. One prominentrose grower said that these pages were worth their weight in gold to him.The official bulletin of the Garden Club of America said:--"It is a bookone must have." It is in fact in every sense practical, stimulating, andsuggestive.
Parks: Their Design, Equipment and Use
By GEORGE BURNAP. Official Landscape Architect, Public Buildings andGrounds, Washington, D. C. Profusely illustrated. Frontispiece in color.$6.00 net.
This, the only exhaustive book on the subject and by the foremostauthority on the subject, is an amazing addition to the literature ofcivic planning. It is a thorough resume of the finest European andAmerican examples of Park work. To the owner of a country estate and toall who are interested in park and playground establishment and up-keep,it will be a stimulating and trustworthy guide.
The Book of the Peony
By MRS. EDWARD HARDING. Twenty full page color illustrations, 25 in blackand white. $5.00 net.
The glory of the illustrative work and the authoritative treatment by theauthor mark this book as one which will stand alone amidst the literatureupon this popular flower. It is a thorough and complete guide to theculture of the peony and proves a fitting companion volume to the famous"Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing."
The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria
By MORRIS JASTROW, JR., PH.D., LL.D. 140 illustrations. In a box. $7.00net.
This work covers the whole civilization of Babylonia and Assyria and byits treatment of the various aspects of that civilization furnishes acomprehensive and complete survey of the subject. The language, history,religion, commerce, law, art and literature are thoroughly presented in amanner of deep interest to the general reader and indispensable to thehistorian, clergyman, anthropologist, and sociologist.
Winter Journeys in the South
By JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND. Profusely illustrated. $3.50 net.
The kingdoms of wonder for the golfer, the automobilist and almost everyother type of pleasure-seeker are revealed in this book. Mr. Hammond isan enthusiastic traveller and a skilful photographer. He believes in thepleasures that may be found in America. He has wand
ered about the Southfrom White Sulphur to Palm Beach; Aiken, Asheville, Charleston, NewOrleans, and many other places of fascinating interest have been stoppingpoints upon his journeyings.
English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans
By ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON. Twenty-eight illustrations. $2.00 net.
Miss Wharton so enlivens the past that she makes the distinguishedcharacters of whom she treats live and talk with us. She has recentlyvisited the homelands of a number of our great American leaders and weseem to see upon their native heath the English ancestors of GeorgeWashington, Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, the Pilgrim Fathers andMothers, the Maryland and Virginia Cavaliers and others who have donetheir part in the making of the United States.
Quaint and Historic Forts of North America
By JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND. Photogravure frontispiece and sixty-fiveillustrations. In a box. $5.00 net.
Mr. Hammond, in his excellent literary style, with the aid of a splendidcamera, brings us on a journey through the existing old forts of NorthAmerica and there describes their appearances and confides to us theirromantic and historic interest. We follow the trail of the early English,French and Spanish adventurers, and the soldiers of the Revolution, theWar of 1812, and the later Civil and Indian Wars.
Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Wonder of Work
Profusely illustrated. $2.00 net.
Mr. Pennell is notably a modern, and has found art in one of the greatestphases of modern achievement--the Wonder of Work--the building of giantships, railway stations, and the modern skyscraper; giant manufacturing,marble-quarrying; oil-wells and wharves--all the great work which mansets his hand to do. The crisp and wonderful and inspiring touches ofintroduction to each picture are as illuminating as the picturesthemselves.
Nights: Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; Paris, London, in theFighting Nineties.
By ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL. Sixteen illustrations from photographs andetchings. $3.00 net.
The pleasure of association with equally famous literary and artisticfriends has been the good fortune of the Pennells. The illustrations,photographs, and some etchings by Joseph Pennell are unusual.
Our Philadelphia
By ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell, with 105reproductions of lithographs. In a box. $7.50 net.
Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Panama Canal
Twenty-eight reproductions of lithographs made on the Isthmus of Panama,with Mr. Pennell's Introduction giving his experiences and impressions.$1.25 net.
Joseph Pennell's Pictures in the Land of Temples
Forty plates in photogravure from lithographs. $1.25 net.
Life of James McNeill Whistler
By ELIZABETH ROBINS and JOSEPH PENNELL. Thoroughly revised Fifth Editionof the authorized Life. Ninety-seven plates reproduced from Whistler'sworks. Whistler binding. $4.00 net. Three-quarter grain levant. $8.50net.
Rings
By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Profusely illustrated in color anddoubletone. In a box. $6.00 net.
The origin, purposes and methods of wearing, the forms and materials, thehistoric interest and talismanic powers of rings as they have played apart in the life and associations of man. It is an authoritative volume,magnificently illustrated.
Shakespeare and Precious Stones
By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Four illustrations. $1.25 net.
Treating of all the known references to precious stones in Shakespeare'sworks, with comments as to the origin of his material, the knowledge ofthe poet concerning precious stones, and references as to where preciousstones of his time came from.
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Profusely illustrated in color,doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.
Being a description of their sentiments and folk lore, superstitions,symbolism, mysticism, use in protection, prevention, religion anddivination, crystal gazing, birth stones, lucky stones and talismans,astral, zodiacal and planetary.
The Magic of Jewels and Charms
By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Profusely illustrated in color,doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.
Magic jewels and electric gems; meteorites or celestial stones; stones ofhealing; fabulous stones; concretions and fossils; snake stones andbezoars; charms of ancient and modern times, etc.
Open that Door!
By R. STURGIS INGERSOLL. $1.00 net.
A stimulating volume with a "kick" upon the relation of books to life;the part great books play in our goings and comings, in the office, inthe street, and in the market place. The relation of poetry to thesuburbanite, etc. A book for the man who never reads and for the one whodoes.
From Nature Forward
By HARRIET DOAN PRENTISS. Limp leather binding. $2.00 net.
The public mind is unsettled; the individual lives a day-to-dayexistence, wrestling with disease, mental troubles and unsatisfactoryissues. This book outlines a system of psychological reforms that can befollowed by every man and woman, as the author says, to "buoyant physicalhealth, release of mental tension, and enlarged and happy outlook onlife."
Peg Along
By DR. GEORGE L. WALTON. $1.00 net.
Dr. Walton's slogan, "Why Worry," swept the country. His little book ofthat title did an infinite amount of good. "Peg Along" is the presentslogan. Hundreds of thousands of fussers, fretters, semi- and would-beinvalids, and all other halters by the wayside should be reached by Dr.Walton's stirring encouragement to "peg along."
A Short History of the Navy
By Captain GEORGE R. CLARK, U.S.N., Professor W. O. STEVENS, Ph.D.,Instructor CARROL S. ALDEN, Ph.D., Instructor HERMAN F. KRAFFT, LL.B., ofthe United States Naval Academy. New Edition. Illustrated. $3.00 net.
This standard volume is used as a text at the United States NavalAcademy. This edition brings the material to date and is an especiallytimely book.
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