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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1914 



Fall Fiction — Forget the War 



EXTRACT FROM LETTER: "Why don't publishers print a plain, truthful account of 

 what the book really is instead of generalities and adjectives ?" (See this advertisement) 



BAMBI 



By 

 Marjorie Benton Cooke 



Author of "Dr. David," etc. 



A book that will make 

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Marjorie Benton Cooke 



From a pen and ink drawing by James 



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Bambi is here! She arrived on the 26th of 

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First "Bambi" captivated her publishers — two of them. 

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Illustrated by Mary Greene Blumenschein. Net $1.25 



A New Romance by 

 'The Novelist of the 

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The 



Twenty-fourth 



of June 



By 

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Author of "Red Pepper Burns," etc. 



Grace S. Richmond 

 "The Novelist of the Home.' 



Grace S. Richmond's new story "The Twenty- 

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"It was the heart of the home, so close that even a stranger could 

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and made good in business for the sake of a girl 

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