[Dustcover Illustration] [Cover Illustration] B O O K S B Y B O O T H T A R K I N G T O N ALICE ADAMS BEASLEY’S CHRISTMAS PARTY BEAUTY AND THE JACOBIN CHERRY CONQUEST OF CANAAN GENTLE JULIA HARLEQUIN AND COLUMBINE HIS OWN PEOPLE IN THE ARENA MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE PENROD PENROD AND SAM RAMSEY MILHOLLAND SEVENTEEN THE BEAUTIFUL LADY THE FASCINATING STRANGER AND OTHER STORIES THE FLIRT THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA THE GUEST OF QUESNAY THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS THE MAN FROM HOME THE TURMOIL THE TWO VANREVELS The Fascinating Stranger And Other Stories By Booth Tarkington [Illustration] Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1923 COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY DOUDLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE RIDGWAY COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN COPYRIGHT, 1921, 1922, BY CONSOLIDATED MAGAZINES CORPORATION (THE RED BOOK MAGAZINE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY THE McCALL COMPANY, AND UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. _First Edition_ _After the Printing of 377 De Luxe Copies_ TO S. K. T. C O N T E N T S