A droll little comedy of misunderstandings, told with a light touch, a venturesome spirit and an eye for human oddities. THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL. By Baroness Orczy. Illustrated with scenes from the play. A realistic story of the days of the French Revolution, abounding in dramatic incident, with a young English soldier of fortune, daring, mysterious as the hero. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GROSSET & DUNLAP, 526 WEST 26TH ST., NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A FEW OF GROSSET & DUNLAP’S Great Books at Little Prices CY WHITTAKER’S PLACE. By Joseph C. Lincoln. Illustrated by Wallace Morgan. A Cape Cod story describing the amusing efforts of an elderly bachelor and his two cronies to rear and educate a little girl. Full of honest fun—a rural drama. THE FORGE IN THE FOREST. By Charles G.D. Roberts. Illustrated by H. Sandham. A story of the conflict in Acadia after its conquest by the British. A dramatic picture that lives and shines with the indefinable charm of poetic romance. A SISTER TO EVANGELINE. By Charles G.D. Roberts. Illustrated by E. McConnell. Being the story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into exile with the villagers of Grand Prè. Swift action, fresh atmosphere, wholesome purity, deep passion and searching analysis characterize this strong novel. THE OPENED SHUTTERS. By Clara Louise Burnham. Frontispiece by Harrison Fisher. A summer haunt on an island in Casco Bay is the background for this romance. A beautiful woman, at discord with life, is brought to realize, by her new friends, that she may open the shutters of her soul to the blessed sunlight of joy by casting aside vanity and self love. A delicately humorous work with a lofty motive underlying it all. THE RIGHT PRINCESS. By Clara Louise Burnham. An amusing story, opening at a fashionable Long Island resort, where a stately Englishwoman employs a forcible New England housekeeper to serve in her interesting home. How types so widely apart react on each others’ lives, all to ultimate good, makes a story both humorous and rich in sentiment. THE LEAVEN OF LOVE. By Clara Louise Burnham. Frontispiece by Harrison Fisher. At a Southern California resort a world-weary woman, young and beautiful but disillusioned, meets a girl who has learned the art of living—of tasting life in all its richness, opulence and joy. The story hinges upon the change wrought in the soul of the blasè woman by this glimpse into a cheery life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GROSSET & DUNLAP, 526 WEST 26TH ST., NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------