OUT-DOOR BOOKS BY “BARBARA” 
(MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT) 
Each, $1.50 
The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife 
Recorded by the Gardener, with eight photogravure illustrations 
“©The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife’ is a legend which gives no hint of 
the wit and wisdom and graceful phrase within its covers. The Commuter’s 
charming woman writes of her suburban garden, her original servants, and 
various other incidents which come in the course of living in a thoroughly 
human way. She reminds one of Elizabeth of ‘German Garden’ fame in more 
ways than one, but being American she is broader, more versatile and humor- 
ous, if not also more poetic. It breathes an air of cheery companionship, of 
flowers, birds, all nature, and the warm affection of human friendship. Its 
philosophy is wholesome, unselfish, and kindly, and the Commuter’s Wife, who 
writes her own memoirs, is one we would be glad to number among our 
friends.” — The Evening Post, Chicago. 
People of the Whirlpool 
From the Experience Book of a Commuter’s Wife 
With eight illustrations 
“They who have read ‘The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife’ know what to 
expect in this, ‘‘The Experience Book’ of the same delightful Barbara; but to 
the uninitiated, who light upon the book without preconceived ‘notions’ of 
what it is, it will come with a double note of delight.” 
— New York Times’ Saturday Review. 
“The whole book is delicious, with wise and kindly humor, its just per- 
spectives of the true values of things, its clever pen pictures of people and 
customs, and its healthy optimism for the great world in general.” 
— The Evening Telegraph, Philadelphia. 
The Garden, You and I 
With a Frontispiece in Colors and Other Illustrations 
“The garden and its flowers are the dominant interest, of course, but it is so 
managed that they shall serve as a setting for the human activities that engage 
a good share of the reader's attention. There runs through the book that 
strong and hearty nature which is characteristic of all this author's work. 
Before everything else, it is an outdoor book. It tells for the most part the tale 
of the open-air seasons.” — Brooklyn Eagle. 
