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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1914 



I -THE -TALK- OF- THE - OFFICE 



THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF JUNE 



THE books that are in the long run the 

 most popular are the wholesome books. 

 The books which treat of subjects 

 which are included in the tainted class, no 

 matter how brilliantly written, may have a 

 temporary success, but never a lasting one. 

 We believe that there will be a good deal 

 of discussion on this subject arising this 

 time not through the success of bad books, 

 but through the large, sales of worthy 

 books; and we offer as an exhibit in this 

 type Mrs. Grace S. Richmond's new story. 

 "The Twenty-fourth of June: Midsummer's 

 Day." 



Mrs. Richmond's "Juliet Stories," and her 

 books about Red Pepper Burns and Mrs. Red 

 Pepper Burns have steadily increased in sales 

 year by year, so that her audience is just ready 

 for a great expansion, and this new novel will, 

 we believe, bring it about. 



MRS. RICHMOND THE NOVELIST OF THE HOME 



Not only is "The Twenty-fourth of June" 

 wholesome and really romantic, but it has 

 that subtle home quality which Mrs. Rich- 

 mond is able to put into her books to the great 

 delight of her readers. In this novel the 

 heroine is one of an interesting family whose 

 domestic life is normal and charming. The hero 

 has no such good fortune and he soon dis- 

 covers that his money in no way compensates. 



It is the story of good, wholesome, high- 

 spirited Americans, that gives this book its 

 great charm. The publishers have tried to do 

 well for the volume from its mechanical side; 

 it is decorated by some delicate and appro- 

 priate drawings, and printed in color through- 

 out the whole book. We think that in 

 appearance it is really as charming in its 

 execution as the text is delightful. We may 

 be claiming too much, but a first edition of 

 25,000 indicates that booksellers agree with us. 



A NEW BOOK BY THE COUNTESS VON ARNIM 



For the last year or more an announcement 

 has been going around in the newspapers that 

 the Countess von Arnim was just about to 

 publish a new book. The truth of the matter 

 is that she has been working on this book for 

 four years. Two-thirds of the manuscript was 



'To business that we love we rise betime 

 go to 't with delight." — Anton) and Cleopa 



completed in July, 1914, and has just reached 

 us from the Countess's home in Switzerland. 

 If we are not mistaken, the book will be 



T. R. reading " Penrod," by Booth Tarkington 



Courtesy of International JVeios Service 



T. R. on Madrid train and the book is not "Penrod" 



received with the utmost delight by her large 

 following of readers who enjoy her analysis 

 of the German character as it comes in touch 

 with people of other nations. The story 

 concerns the adventures of a young English 

 girl who is married out of hand by sheer force 

 of domination by a German Lutheran minister, 

 who is more of a scientist than he is a minister. 

 The drawing of the character of Herr Dremmel 

 is certainly as delightful and amusing as any- 

 thing she has written. "The Caravaners" 

 still goes on finding new readers month by 



month. It is a pleasure to be able to announce 

 this new book, which will be published some 

 time in October. 



THE PLACE BEYOND THE WINDS 



A new novel by Mrs. Harriet T. Comstock, 

 whose "Joyce of the North Woods" has sold 

 upward of a hundred thousand copies, will be 

 published on September 15th. It is called 

 "The Place Beyond the Winds." We be- 

 lieve Mrs. Comstock's readers will enjoy it 

 quite as well as any of her other books: in' 

 fact, it is, in our opinion, a stronger and better 

 piece of work. 



THE FARMER'S CYCLOPEDIA 



One of the greatest successes that Double- 

 day, Page & Co. has made in the last few years 

 is the publication of "The Farmer's Cyclo- 

 pedia." The information contained in these 

 seven volumes has been drawn from the De- 

 partment of Agriculture reports, arranged and 

 indexed and classified in such a way that all 

 this vast amount of knowledge, on which the 

 Government has spent millions of dollars, is 

 available, illustrated with a host of valuable 

 pictures for the farmer, .amateur or pro- 

 fessional, in all parts of the United States. 

 If you would like to have a set sent to you 

 on approval, fill in the attached coupon. 



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