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Rh THE MYSTERY OF MISS MOTTE


 * By, author of “The Binding of the Strong,” “A Lily of France,” etc.


 * With frontispiece in color by Albert R. Thayer.


 * Cloth decorative $1.25

Mrs. Mason’s story is a delightful combination of mystery and romance. The heroine, a young woman of remarkable personality and charm, is persuaded, on account of disclosures made by her mother, into a promise never to marry, and hence holds herself aloof, which but adds zest to the pursuit of her several admirers. The unravelling of the truth concerning her birth, and its effect on the mother, solves the mystery to the reader and brings the romance to a happy termination in a dramatic climax. The other characters in the book, the worldly clergyman; his assistant, a young man of his ideals; the society woman of wealth and her invalid husband with scientific proclivities, as well as the morbid mother, are all splendidly drawn.

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER AND MASON CORNER FOLKS


 * By, author of “Quincy Adams Sawyer,” “Blennerhassett,” “Stephen Holton,” etc.


 * With six full-page illustrations by Henry Roth.


 * Cloth decorative $1.50

Some eight years ago, “Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks” was published, being heralded, truthfully, as the work of an “unknown author.” The book met with instant recognition by the critics and public, and proved one of the “best sellers” in recent years. Hundreds of letters have come to the author from unknown correspondents all over the country asking if they are not going to hear more about “Quincy” and the other characters in the book. The present story has all the popular appeal of the earlier book and should repeat its success.

MASTERS OF CIRCUMSTANCE


 * By, author of “Hemming, the Adventurer,” “Captain Love,” etc.


 * Illustrated, cloth decorative $1.50

The scene of Mr. Roberts’ new story is laid in early Colonial times in Virginia, although part of the action takes place upon the high seas. The story is easily the best that Mr. Roberts has yet done, and his descriptions of the ample hospitality of early days in Virginia, the chivalry of its men and the beauty of its women, have never been surpassed.