Ebenezer fumbled for a moment at his beaver hat, and took it off. Then the other two did so to their firm-fixed caps. And with an impulse that came from no one could tell whom, the three spoke--the first time hesitatingly, the next time together and confidently. "Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas," they said. Mary Chavah lifted her hand. "Merry Christmas!" she cried. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The following pages contain advertisements of Macmillan books by the same author, and new fiction. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- THE OTHER BOOKS OF MISS GALE Mothers to Men Decorated cloth, 12mo, $1.50 net; by mail, $1.62 The author is singularly successful in detaching herself from all the wear and tear of modern life and has produced a book filled with sweetness, beautiful in ideas, charming in characterizations, highly contemplative, and evidencing a philosophy of life all her own. "One of the most widely read of our writers of short fiction."--_The Bookman_. Friendship Village Cloth, 12mo, $1.50 "As charming as an April day, all showers and sunshine, and sometimes both together, so that the delighted reader hardly knows whether laughter or tears are fittest."--_The New York Times_. The Loves of Pelleas and Etarre Cloth, 12mo, $1.50 "It contains the sort of message that seems to set the world right for even the most depressed, and can be depended upon to sweeten every moment spent over it."--_San Francisco Chronicle_. Friendship Village Love Stories Decorated cloth, gilt top, 12mo, $1.50 Miss Gale's pleasant and highly individual outlook upon life has never been revealed to better advantage than in these charming stories of the heart affairs of the young people of Friendship Village. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MACMILLAN FICTION A MAN'S WORLD By Albert Edwards Cloth, 12mo, $1.25 net; postpaid, $1.36 "A striking book that should attract wide attention."--_New York Tribune_. "There never has been a book like 'A Man's World.' ... A novelist of skill and power.... His greatest gift is his power of creating the illusion of reality.... Vividness and conviction unite in the wonderful portrait of Nina.... There never has been such a character in American fiction before.... Nina will be one of the famous twentieth century heroines."--_Brooklyn Eagle_. "It is a great book, full of the real things of life.... Zola might have written such a book had he lived in New York and not in Paris. Yet, it is doubtful if he could have told a better tale in a better way, for Nina and Ann are just as true to life as Nana and Ninon."--_Chicago Record-Herald_. "The book is far from ordinary and its philosophy is extraordinary."--_New York Times Book Review_.