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Hope, Anthony, (pseud, of Anthony Hope Hawkins).
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Secret of the tower. Appleton.
A brave but puzzling man, a madman, a treasure in a tower, a false suspicion, go
to make up a mystery story with a happy ending.
Knibbs, Harry Herbert. K34ir
The ridin* kid from Powder river. Houghton.
Story of the adventures of a daring, honest cowboy.
Lynde, Francis. Lgg2d
David Vallory. Scribner.
An ambitious young engineer who is under obligation to an unscrupulous contractor
by whom he is employed, compromises with his ideals; but ultimately he comes
to himself and wins out honorably.
Maugham, William Somerset. M488mo
The moon and sixpence. Doran.
"The painter, in this novel, is an incarnate example of the 'divine tyranny of art'
in his quest of the moon, in which the sixpence in every conventional form—home,
family, food, the opinion of mankind, fame, decency itself—is contemptuously thrown
aside. . . [It] is a purely intellectual examination, penetrating and unpleasantly beautiful."
Booklist, 1919.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud. M864r
Rainbow valley. Stokes.
Story of the adventures and pranks of the children of "Anne of Green Gables"
and the four motherless children of the Presbyterian minister.
Perrault-Harry, Mme. (pseud. Myriam Harry). P438I
Little daughter of Jerusalem, with an introduction by Jules Lemaitre;
tr. from the French by Phoebe Allen. Dutton.
Story of a passionate, precocious little girl, born and bred in Jerusalem amid its
varied peoples and creeds. Here she lived in a world of dreams, was deeply impressed
with the charm of the Holy city, but grew up with a minimum of religious faith. The
story is really autobiographical. The author's father was a Russian Jew who became
a convert to the faith of the English church, and her mother had been a German
deaconess. Condensed from Preface.
Walpole, Hugh. W1862J
Jeremy. Doran.
Appeared in the "Bookman," v.48-49, Sept. 1918-Aug. 1919.
Engaging story of life for one year in an English rector's family, when the son,
Jeremy, an independent and imaginative boy, is eight years old.
Weyman, Stanley John. Ws86gr
The great house. Longmans.
Story set in the time of the repeal of the com laws. It develops around an irregularity
in family pedigree and some secret papers. Condensed from Outlook (London),
igio.
Witwer, Harry Charles. W82aa
Alex the Great. Small.
Slangy stories told by the manager of a baseball club.
success is achieved through extreme self-confidence.
French Fiction
The hero believes that
Huzard, Mme Antoinette (de Bergevin), (pseud. 843 H987CO
Colette Yver).
Les cousins riches.