MYRTLE REED'S NOVELS
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LAVENDER AND OLD LACE.
A charming story of a quaint corner of New England where bygone romancefinds a modern parallel. The story centers round the coming of love to theyoung people on the staff of a newspaper--and it is one of the prettiest,sweetest and quaintest of old fashioned love stories, * * * a rare book,exquisite in spirit and conception, full of delicate fancy, of tenderness,of delightful humor and spontaneity.
A SPINNER IN THE SUN.
Miss Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in whichpoetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever andentertaining book. Her characters are delightful and she always displays aquaint humor of expression and a quiet feeling of pathos which give atouch of active realism to all her writings. In "A Spinner in the Sun" shetells an old-fashioned love story, of a veiled lady who lives in solitudeand whose features her neighbors have never seen. There is a mystery atthe 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 German virtuosois the reverent possessor of a genuine "Cremona." He consents to take forhis pupil a handsome youth who proves to have an aptitude for technique,but not the soul of an artist. The youth has led the happy, careless lifeof a modern, well-to-do young American and he cannot, with his meagrepast, express the love, the passion and the tragedies of life and all itshappy phases as can the master who has lived life in all its fulness. Buta girl comes into his life--a beautiful bit of human driftwood that hisaunt had taken into her heart and home, and through his passionate lovefor her, he learns the lessons that life has to give--and his soulawakes.
Founded on a fact that all artists realize.
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CHIP, OF THE FLYING U
A breezy wholesome tale, wherein the love affairs of Chip and DeliaWhitman are charmingly and humorously told. Chip's jealousy of Dr. CecilGrantham, who turns out to be a big, blue eyed young woman is veryamusing. A clever, realistic story of the American Cow-puncher.
THE HAPPY FAMILY
A lively and amusing story, dealing with the adventures of eighteenjovial, big hearted Montana cowboys. Foremost amongst them, we findAnanias Green, known as Andy, whose imaginative powers cause many livelyand exciting adventures.
HER PRAIRIE KNIGHT
A realistic story of the plains, describing a gay party of Easterners whoexchange a cottage at Newport for the rough homeliness of a Montanaranch-house. The merry-hearted cowboys, the fascinating Beatrice, and theeffusive Sir Redmond, become living, breathing personalities.
THE RANGE DWELLERS
Here are everyday, genuine cowboys, just as they really exist. Spiritedaction, a range feud between two families, and a Romeo and Julietcourtship make this a bright, jolly, entertaining story, without a dullpage.
THE LURE OF DIM TRAILS
A vivid portrayal of the experience of an Eastern author, among thecowboys of the West, in search of "local color" for a new novel. "Bud"Thurston learns many a lesson while following "the lure of the dim trails"but the hardest, and probably the most welcome, is that of love.
THE LONESOME TRAIL
"Weary" Davidson leaves the ranch for Portland, where conventional citylife palls on him. A little branch of sage brush, pungent with theatmosphere of the prairie, and the recollection of a pair of large browneyes soon compel his return. A wholesome love story.
THE LONG SHADOW
A vigorous Western story, sparkling with the free, outdoor, life of amountain ranch. Its scenes shift rapidly and its actors play the game oflife fearlessly and like men. It is a fine love story from start tofinish.
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