Author of "Nathan Burke," "The Rise of Jennie Gushing," "The Boardman
Family," etc.
_Cloth, 12 mo._
The hero of Mrs. Watts' new story is a young man belonging to a very
wealthy family, who has had every sort of luxury and advantage and who,
upon entering his father's office after leaving college, finds that the
huge fortune founded by his grandfather was mainly made by profiteering on
the grandfather's part during the Civil War. The question is what is this
young man of the present day to do? He is high-minded and sensitive and
the problem is a difficult one. What, too, is his own father to do--also a
man of sterling character, though of a sterner type. The theme which grows
out of this situation is one of singular interest and power and involves a
moving crowd of characters.
Among these is the hero's sister, who marries a German attache at the
embassy in Washington; and another sister, who marries a young man of the
same social set--and things happen. There is a drunken scalawag of a
relative--who might be worse, and there are one or two other people whom
readers of Mrs. Watts' books have met before. The dates of the story are
from 1911 to the present year.
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_H. G. WELLS' NEW NOVEL_
Joan and Peter
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"Never has Mr. Wells spread for such a gorgeous panorama ... a living
story ... a vivacious narrative imperturbable in interest on every page,
always fresh and personal and assured.... This is not a novel--it is a
library. It is everything that one needs to know about the public life of
the significant classes in England for last twenty-five years."--_The
Dial_.
"Mr Wells, at his highest point of attainment.... An absorbingly
interesting book ... consummate artistry ... here is Wells, the story
teller, the master of narrative."--_N.Y. Evening Sun_.
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_A NEW NOVEL BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE_
In the Heart of a Fool
_Cloth, 12mo, $1.60_
"A big novel--a book that will profoundly affect the thoughts and the
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secret of the next fifty years of American history. The fruit of this book
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of what it is to live in America to-day."--_N.Y. Sun_.
"A great work. In its scope it is one of the most comprehensive American
romances ever written.... An intensely dramatic story.... We have seen no
truer nor more vital portraiture of distinctive and important American
types."--_N.Y. Tribune_.
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Our House
BY HENRY S. CANBY
_Cloth, 12mo._
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