The love story of a beautiful American and a gallant Englishman, who
stoops to conquer. Two almost human automobiles, the one German, heavy
and stubborn, and the other French, light and easy-going, play prominent
parts. There is much humor. Picturesque scenes in Provence, Spain and
Italy pass before the reader's eyes in rapid succession.
Twenty printings of this novel have been called for.
_Nation_: "Such delightful people, and such delightful scenes....
It should be a good, practical guide to those about to go over the
same course, while its charming descriptions of travel afford an
ample new fund of pleasure, tinged with envy here and there to the
stay-at-homes."
_N. Y. Sun_: "A pleasant and felicitous romance."
_Springfield Republican_: "Wholly new and decidedly entertaining."
_Chicago Post_: "Sprightly humor ... the story moves."
The Pursuit of Phyllis
By J. HARWOOD BACON
With two illustrations by H. Latimer Brown
12mo. $1.25
A humorous love story with scenes in England, France, China and Ceylon.
_Boston Transcript_: "A bright and entertaining story of up-to-date
men and women."
_N. Y. Tribute_: "Very enjoyable.... Its charm consists in its
naturalness and the sparkle of the dialogue and descriptions."
_N. Y. Evening Post_: "The story is brisk, buoyant and
entertaining."
_Bookman_: "Sparkling in fun, clean-cut and straightforward in
style as the young hero himself."
Henry Holt and Company
New York (I, '05) Chicago
2d printing of "A novel in the better sense of a word much sinned
against.... It is decidedly a book worth while."
The Transgression of
Andrew Vane
By GUY WETMORE CARRYL
12mo. $1.50.
TIMES' SATURDAY REVIEW:--"A strong and original story; ... the
descriptions of conditions in the American colony [in Paris] are
convincingly clever. The story from the prologue--one of
exceptional promise in point of interest--to the climax ... is full
of action and dramatic surprise."
N. Y. TRIBUNE:--"The surprising developments we must leave the
reader to find out for himself. He will find it a pleasant task;
... the surprise is not brought forward until precisely the right
moment, and one is carried from the first chapter to the last with
curiosity, and concern for the hero's fate kept well alive."
N. Y. EVENING SUN:--"Everybody who likes clever fiction should read
it."
LITERARY WORLD:--"The prologue is as skilful a handling of a
repellent theme as has ever been presented. The book is distinctly
not one for the young person, but neither is it for the seeker
after the risque or the erotic.... In this novel are poured into a
consistent and satisfying whole more of those vivid phases of Paris
at which the author has shown himself a master hand."
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