Torchy rises from the position of office boy to that of secretary for the Corrugated Iron Company. The story is full of humor and infectious American slang. _WILT THOU TORCHY._ Illustrated by F. Snapp and A. W. Brown. Torchy goes on a treasure search expedition to the Florida West Coast, in company with a group of friends of the Corrugated Trust and with his friend's aunt, on which trip Torchy wins the aunt's permission to place an engagement ring on Vee's finger. * * * * * ELEANOR H. PORTER'S NOVELS _JUST DAVID_ The tale of a loveable boy and the place he comes to fill in the hearts of the gruff farmer folk to whose care he is left. _THE ROAD TO UNDERSTANDING_ A compelling romance of love and marriage. _OH, MONEY! MONEY!_ Stanley Fulton, a wealthy bachelor, to test the dispositions of his relatives, sends them each a check for $100,000, and then as plain John Smith comes among them to watch the result of his experiment. _SIX STAR RANCH_ A wholesome story of a club of six girls and their summer on Six Star Ranch. _DAWN_ The story of a blind boy whose courage leads him through the gulf of despair into a final victory gained by dedicating his life to the service of blind soldiers. _ACROSS THE YEARS_ Short stories of our own kind and of our own people. Contains some of the best writing Mrs. Porter has done. _THE TANGLED THREADS_ In these stories we find the concentrated charm and tenderness of all her other books. _THE TIE THAT BINDS_ Intensely human stories told with Mrs. Porter's wonderful talent for warm and vivid character drawing. * * * * * ETHEL M. DELL'S NOVELS _THE LAMP IN THE DESERT_ The scene of this splendid story is laid in India and tells of the lamp of love that continues to shine through all sorts of tribulations to final happiness. _GREATHEART_ The story of a cripple whose deformed body conceals a noble soul. _THE HUNDREDTH CHANCE_ A hero who worked to win even when there was only "a hundredth chance." _THE SWINDLER_ The story of a "bad man's" soul revealed by a woman's faith. _THE TIDAL WAVE_ Tales of love and of women who learned to know the true from the false. _THE SAFETY CURTAIN_ A very vivid love story of India. The volume also contains four other long stories of equal interest.