Here are detailed the actual experiences of a woman rice planter on her own account, as the manager of two large plantations in South Carolina. The book is all the more interesting and instructive because it is told in a charmingly simple manner, and without a trace of self-consciousness or self-assertion. Independently of the information it conveys it has attraction for every reader by reason of that manner and as a revelation of a feminine character in which are manifested tender susceptibility and womanly sympathy no less than rugged courage in assuming an arduous task and in overcoming heavy practical obstacles. The narrative of the planter's life with its many responsibilities, the risks, the vexations and the cares involved in her ventures, the sagacity, skill and indomitable persistency with which she pursued her way, make reading always interesting and frequently valuable for its insight into a remarkable Southern home. PUBLISHED BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York A Kingdom of Two BY HELEN R. ALBEE. _Illustrated. Decorated cloth, 12mo, preparing_ "The Kingdom" is a country place of about two hundred acres and the "two" are the writer's husband and herself. Practical information for the homemaker and the gardener are happily blended in this book with sentiment and a pleasing vein of philosophical reflection. While the work is primarily one for lovers of the great outdoors, for Nature in its various moods is perhaps the central theme, it is much more than what is ordinarily termed a "nature volume." The story form, only half assumed, the charming personalities which are presented, their day to day lives, these all lend to it an added interest. PUBLISHED BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York America as I Saw It BY E. ALEC TWEEDIE. With illustrations. _Decorated cloth, 8vo, preparing_