BY THE SAME AUTHOR 



THE GARDEN OF A COMMUTER'S WIFE 



RECORDED BY THE GARDENER 



With Eight Photogravure Illustrations 



Cloth. I2mo. $1.50 



"'The Garden of a Commuter's Wife' is a legend that gives no hint 

 of the wit and wisdom and graceful phrase within its covers. The Com- 

 muter's charming woman writes of her suburban garden, her original ser- 

 vants, and various other incidents which come in the course of living in a 

 thoroughly human way. She reminds one of Elizabeth of ' German Gar- 

 den ' fame in more ways than one, but being American she is broader, 

 more versatile and humorous, 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." Chicago Post. 



" By the inevitable action and reaction so interesting to watch, these 

 books will undoubtedly in their term stimulate many a woman who pos- 

 sesses a small plot of ground, the charms and possibilities of which she 

 now only meagrely appreciates, to ' go and do likewise.' Which will be 

 an excellent thing for the woman herself, as well as for the professional 

 gardeners whom our new schools will raise up to pull their dilettante 

 sisters out of bogs." Boston Budget. 



"In brief, the book is delightfully sketchy and chatty, thoroughly 

 feminine and entrancing. The writer represents herself as a doctor's 

 daughter in a country town, who has married an Englishman, and after 

 two years abroad has come home to live. Both husband and wife prefer 

 the country to the city, and they make of their modes' estate a mundane 

 paradise of which it is a privilege to have a glimpse. Surely it is no 

 exaggeration to characterize this as one of the very best books of the 

 holiday season thus far." Providence Journal. 



" It is written with charm and is more than a mere treatise on what 

 may be raised in the small lot of the suburban resident. 



" The author has not only learned to appreciate nature from intimate 

 association, but has achieved unusual power of communicating these facts 

 to others. There is something unusually attractive about the book." 



The Philadelphia Inquirer. 



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