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THE STORY GIRL

By L. M. Montgomery.

Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, decorative jacket. . $1.50

To quote from one of our editor's reports on the new Mont- gomery book — " Miss Montgomery has decidedly arrived in this story! " The remarkable success of her delightful Anne books and of the charming " Kilmeny of the Orchard " has established her as one of America's leading authors — a writer of books which touch the heart, uplift the spirit, and leave an imprint of lasting sweetness on the memory. But in " The Story Girl," everywhere the touch of the finished artist is evident — a smooth- ness and polish which heightens the unusual style of a gifted author.

The environment is again the author's beloved Prince Edward Island and the story and incidents possess the same simplicity and charm which characterize Miss Montgomery's earlier books. The Story Girl, herself — Sara Stanley — is a fascinating creature, and will delight and thrill her readers with her weird tales of ghosts " and things." She tells in wondrous voice of " The Mystery of the Golden Milestone," " How Kissing Was Discovered," and of just how the Milky Way happened into the heavens. She will make you feel the spell of the old orchard where she and her playmates spend such happy days, and with Felix, Dan and Beverly you will live again with her the " trage- dies of childhood."

Of Miss Montgomery's previous books, the reviewers have written as follows:

" The art which pervades every page is so refined that the cul- tivated imagination will return to the story again and again in memory to find always something fresh to enjoy." — Toronto World.

11 Miss Montgomery has attained an honored place among the worth-while writers of fiction." — Beacon and Budget.

" Miss Montgomery has a sympathetic knowledge of human nature, joined to high ideals, a reasonably romantic view point and a distinct gift of description." — Chicago Record-Herald.