This is a story of Evan Weir's wooing, and a very strenuous and original pursuit it proved. In fact the lady of his choice so far dissembled her love, as frequently to threaten his further existence. At the time, Evan was acting as secretary to old Simeon Deaves, famed as the possessor of the "tightest wad" in New York. Now certain individuals had designs upon old Simeon and his hoard, and amongst them was the forcible and beautiful object of Evan's affections. Like _The Owl Taxi_, it goes with a splendid snap, and is packed with exciting and humorous incidents. ROSEANNE Madame Albanesi The author calls this an "old-fashioned story." It does not concern itself with sex or any other problems, but is just a lively, well-told life of a very fascinating heroine who has plenty of adventures sentimental and otherwise. Collins' 'First Novel' Library Autumn Titles EXPERIENCE Catherine Cotton This charming chronicle has no "plot." It is an attempt to present a happy, witty, simple-minded woman who attracted love because she gave it out. This is a very difficult type of book to write. The attention of the reader must be aroused and held by the sheer merit of the writing, and the publishers believe they have found in Catherine Cotton a writer with just the right gifts of wit, sympathy, and understanding. DOMENICO H. M. Anderson This is the story of a Cardinal of Rome, a member of one of the great noble families. In his youth something had happened which had thrown a shadow over his life. There are three great crises in his life, one of them due to this shadow, one to the contrast between his conscience and his ambition, and the third when, an exile in England, he falls in love. Miss Anderson shows much skill in drawing the character of this great and tragic figure. [Transcriber's Notes and Amendments: In addition to the listed inconsistencies in hyphenation or spelling, nationalities in general are inconsistently hyphenated and were left as printed. Hotel / Hôtel lake-side / lakeside world-platform / world platform Costa Rica / Costa-Rica Spanish American / Spanish-American(s) deputy-President / Deputy President / Deputy-President bookshop / book-shop / book shop motor launch / motor-launch gold-fish / goldfish Zeligowski / Zeligowsky Jugo-Slav / Yugo-Slav master criminals / master-criminals The following is a list of corrections made to the original. Ch. 4, p. 29, 'télégramme là' to 'télégramme-là'. ("Ce télégramme-là, celui qui dit 'j'ai traversé par là,) Ch. 9, p. 44, added close double quote after 'ten-thirty'. (ten-thirty.") Ch. 11, p. 56, 'If' to 'if'. ("if we're both going out to) Ch. 11, p. 56, 'Wembly' to 'Wembley'. (Miss Doris Wembley looked at Beechtree) Ch. 14, p. 65, added close double quote after 'everything'. (scarf--that is everything.")