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THE MODERN FICTION LIBRARY—Continued Kings in Exile By CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS

"'Kings in Exile,' a book of animal stories by Charles G. D. Roberts, is a series of unusually fascinating tales of the sea and woods. The author catches the spirit of forest and sea life, and the reader comes to have a personal love and knowledge of our animal relations."—Boston Globe.

A Kentucky Cardinal By JAMES LANE ALLEN

"A narrative, told with naive simplicity in the first person, of how a man who was devoted to his fruits and flowers and birds came to fall in love with a fair neighbor, who treated him at first with whimsical raillery and coquetry, and who finally put his love to the supreme test."—New York Tribune.

Elizabeth and her German Garden

"It is full of nature in many phases of breeze and sunshine, of the glory of the land, and the sheer joy of living. Merry and wise, clever and lovable, as polished as it is easy ... a book for frequent reading as for wholesome enjoyment."—New York Times.

The Colonel's Story By Mrs. ROGER A. PRYOR

In this novel, Mrs. Pryor, well known and loved for her charming reminiscences and books about the old South, has pictured life in Virginia sixty or seventy years ago. The story she has told is one in which the spirit of the times figures largely; adventure and romance have their play and carry the plot to a satisfying end. It would be difficult, indeed, if not impossible, to find a fitter pen to portray the various features of Virginia life and culture than Mrs. Pryor, who is "to the manor born," and was raised amid the memories of a past where, until the war for Southern independence, families retained their social standing and customs from generation to generation. 4