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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1911 



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A Little 

 Garden of Summer Books 



TALES OF OUTDOOR LIFE 



ROLF IN THE WOODS By Ernest Thompson Seton 



Author of "Two Little Savages," "Boy Scouts of America," etc. 

 A new Boy Leather-stocking tale centring about the War of 1812. Profusely 

 illustrated and with marginal decorations by the author. Fixed price, $1.50 (postage 

 15 cents). 



JOYCE OF THE NORTH WOODS By Harriet T. Comstock 



SECOND LARGE PRINTING 



' As vigorous a piece of writing as has appeared in some time." — Chicago Tribune. 

 "An exceptionally fine story."— N. Y. World. Illustrated. Fixed price, $1.20 

 {postage 12 cents) . 



THE CABIN By Stewart Edward White 



Author of " The Pass," " Camp and Trail," " The Rules of the Game," etc. 

 A blithe chronicle of the building of a cabin home, in a forest-girdled meadow of 

 the Sierras, 6,500 feet up toward the mountain summit. This book is full of 

 nature and woodcraft and the sheer delight of outdoors. "California John," that 

 satisfying figure of "The Rules of the Game," enters these pages with his shrewd 

 philosophy. Indeed, Mr. White gets very close to the heart of things and to those 

 essentials of human existence which are materials of daily life in city or woods. 

 Decorated Wrapper and Illustrations. Fixed price $1.50 {postage 15 cents). 



By Hulbert Footner 



TWO ON THE TRAIL 



SECOND LARGE PRINTING 



A romance of the great North- Western wilderness. "A corking yarn, full of 

 the eager and romantic spirit of youth." — Hartford Post. Illustrated. Fixed 

 price, $1.20 {postage 12 cents). 



A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST By Gene Stratton-Porter 



A romance of the Indiana woods which has sold by hundreds of thousands 

 throughout the country. 



FRECKLES By the Same Author 



A charming nature romance of the same country. Both volumes illustrated; 

 uniform binding. Each, Fixed price, $1.20 {postage 12 cents). 



THE RULES OF THE GAME By Stewart Edward White 



FIFTH LARGE PRINTING 



"A big, clean, splendid story." — Lexington Herald. 



"A capital story." — N. Y. Tribune. 



"A straighforward tale of adventure." — Chicago Evening Post. 



Illustrated. Fixed price, $1.1$ {postage 15 cents). 



BOOKS OF FUN, MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE 



POTASH & PERLMUTTER By Montague Glass 



' 'Rapidly becoming a classic ' ' 



The phenomenal interest aroused by the tales of these two gentle- 

 men of the Ladies' Cloak and Suit industry makes the new edition of 

 this book a noteworthy event. Mr. Glass's stories are inimitable 

 character-sketches, full of humor and a sense of the ridiculous. 



Illustrated. Fixed price, $1.20 (postage 12 cents). 



813 By Maurice Leblanc 



The reader is carried on, breathless with delightful suspense, from 



one surprise to another. It is the most terrific duel of Lupin's 



career, this struggle with the secret, monstrous Louis de Malreich, 



in whose footsteps is death. Illustrated. Fixed price, $1.20 



(postage 12 cents). 



WHIRLIGIGS By O. Henry 



One of the last things 0. Henry did before his 

 death was to select the stories for this volume. It 

 is probably the most representative of all his 

 books and one finds the old touches of fine skill 

 and delicate and broad humor. Fixed price, 

 $1.20 (postage 12 cents). 



LET ME FEEL YOUR PULSE 



By O. Henry 



This is the last bit of inimitable humor which 

 O. Henry put his hand to. He was able to see 

 the ridiculous side to his own ill-fated search for 

 health and you will chuckle and laugh aloud over 

 his genuine fun-making. Illustrated. 50 cents. 



THE VANITY BOX 



By Alice Stuyvesant 



A tale which suggests a strange case that recently thrilled 

 English society. Lady Hereward is found mysteriously murdered 

 in a ruined tower. An important clue is a little gold vanity box, 

 and in unravelling the tangled threads there are many exciting 

 scenes and unexpected denouements. Illustrated. Fixed price, 

 $1.20 (postage 12 cents). 



A COMEDY OF CIRCUMSTANCE 



By Emma Gavf 



An unusually clever and interesting tale. A girl upon a street 

 corner recognizes a friend upon a street car and calls to her un- 

 successfully. A young man undertakes to catch the car and 

 deliver the message. The result is a romantic complication of 

 fun and adventure. Illustrated. Fixed price, $1.00 (postage 10 cents). 



THE GREEN CURVE ByOleLuk-Oie 



Declared to be the most vivid, the most awe-inspiring pic- 

 tures of war in its grandeur and its terror in recent literature. 

 " The Green Curve" has much of the weird, sinister power which 

 made Poe's tales famous the world over. Fixed price, $1.20 

 (postage 12 cents) . 



THE HOLLOW NEEDLE By Maurice Leblanc 



The adventures of Arsene Lupin in a mysterious cavern on 

 the coast of France. There is a secret of the French Crown 

 involved in this stirring tale of the great detective. 

 Illustrated. Fixed price, $1.20 (postage 12 cents). 



