Betty is a spirited, energetic, lovable girl. The style and atmosphere of the story are both better than is usually the case in girls’ stories. FRIENDS IN THE END Illustrated by Faith Avery. 12mo. $1.25 net. An out-of-door story for girls which tells how Dorothea Marden went, under protest, from the city to spend the summer at a farm in the New Hampshire mountains; how she met Jo Gifford from South Tuxboro, who had red hair, and knew she shouldn’t like her, but did; how Dorothea and Jo, at the farm, fell out with the young folks close by at Camp Comfort; how they carried on the war, with varying success, and how they were sorry that they did so, and how they were glad in the end to make peace. “Will attract boys and girls equally and be good for both.”—Outlook. “More than the usual plot and literary completeness.”—Christian Register. HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS VIII’12 NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BY ALICE CALHOUN HAINES For Young Folks from 9 to 16 Years old. ------------------------------------ PARTNERS FOR FAIR With illustrations by Faith Avery. $1.25 net. A story full of action, not untinged by pathos, of a boy and his faithful dog and their wanderings after the poorhouse burns down. They have interesting experiences with a traveling circus; the boy is thrown from a moving train, and has a lively time with the Mexican Insurrectos, from whom he is rescued by our troops. THE LUCK OF THE DUDLEY GRAHAMS Illustrated by Francis Day. 300 pp., 12mo. $1.50. A family story of city life. Lightened by humor and an airship. “Among the very best of books for young folks. Appeals especially to girls.”—Wisconsin List for Township Libraries. “Promises to be perennially popular. A family of happy, healthy, inventive, bright children make the best of restricted conditions and prove themselves masters of circumstances.”—Christian Register. “Sparkles with cleverness and humor.”—Brooklyn Eagle. COCK-A-DOODLE HILL A sequel to the above. Illustrated by Francis Day. 296 pp., 12mo. $1.50. “Cockle-a-doodle Hill” is where the Dudley Graham family went to live when they left New York, and here Ernie started her chicken-farm, with one solitary fowl, “Hennerietta.” The pictures of country scenes and the adventures and experiences of this household of young people are very life-like. “No better book for young people than ‘The Luck of the Dudley Grahams’ was offered last year. ‘Cock-a-Doodle Hill’ is another of similar qualities.”—Philadelphia Press. HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS (VIII’12) NEW YORK