"A good, clean, straightforward bit of fiction, with likable people in it, and enough action to keep up the suspense throughout."--_Minneapolis Journal._ "The reader will search contemporary fiction far before he meets a novel which will give him the same frank pleasure and amusement."--_London Bookman._ With frontispiece. 12mo. $1.20 _net._ Postage 10 cents. HOUGHTON BOSTON MIFFLIN [Illustration] AND COMPANY NEW YORK THE RIGHT STUFF By IAN HAY "Those who love the companionship of people of fine fibre, and to whom a sense of humor has not been denied, will make no mistake in seeking the society open to them in 'The Right Stuff.'" _New York Times._ "Hay resembles Barrie, and, like Barrie, he will grow in many ways."--_Cleveland Leader._ "A compelling tribute to the homely genuineness and sterling worth of Scottish character." _St. Louis Post Dispatch_. "Mr. Hay has written a story which is pure story and is a delight from beginning to end." _San Francisco Argonaut._ "It would be hard, indeed, to find a more winning book."--_New Orleans Times-Democrat._ With frontispiece by James Montgomery Flagg. 12mo. $1.20 _net._ Postage 10 cents. HOUGHTON BOSTON MIFFLIN [Illustration] AND COMPANY NEW YORK Transcriber Notes Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_. Passages in bold were indicated by =equal signs=. Small caps were replaced with ALL CAPS. Throughout the document, the oe ligature was replaced with "oe". Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is. Errors in punctuations, inconsistent spelling and inconsistent, hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted below. On page 59, the period after "good things of this world" was replaced with a comma. On page 69, the word "bulllied" was replaced with "bullied". On page 125, a quotation mark was added after "never meddled with that handle since." On page 167, a quotation mark was added after "shall double again". On page 170, "Allnut" was replaced with "Allnutt". On page 187, "Mablethrope" was replaced with "Mablethorpe", and the comma after "Go ahead, Philip" was replaced with a period. On page 198, the comma after "the fruit of honest toil" was replaced with a period. On page 205, "dimissals" was replaced with "dismissals". On page 208, a single quotation mark after "Well?" was replaced with a double quotation mark.