April, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



159 



PENROD 



By BOOTH TARKINGTON 



Author of "Monsieur Beaucaire," "A Gentleman From Indiana," etc. 



The Story of 

 a Boy's Heart 

 for Every Age 



Harry Leon Wilson 



Author of 



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Booth Tarkington told the 

 artist what kind of a boy 

 Penrod was and this is 

 how he described him: 



"Penrod should not look 

 tall, athletic, graceful; neither 

 should he seem quite so short 

 and awkward. Nor must he . 

 seem either modish or too ex- 

 tremely untidy. "Duke" (the 

 dog) is a little larger than I 

 have drawn him. Sometimes 

 he should look up affection- 

 ately at his master — the most 

 important thing is that 'Pen- 

 rod' should always be the same- 

 boy — If he wears a 'Norfolk,' 

 it shouldn't be too Hart Schaff- 

 ner and Marx! He should be 

 most of all, an individual." 



'BUNKER BEAN," etc. 

 says: "I think you have 

 never done anything 

 so good as PENROD." 



A father, who has several 

 Penrods of his own, writes: 



It's approaching midnight 

 and while my irrepressibles are 

 asleep I've been amusing my- 

 self more than I can tell you 

 by reading the latest concern- 

 ing Penrod. It's great. You 

 see, at times I've been in the 

 position of the suffering Mr. 

 Schofield. Get rid of some 

 more of this good stuff — we 

 men in commercial life need 

 it in our business (as our 

 brother Hoosing Ade might 

 say in his fable English). 



Nowhere has Booth 



Tarkington done such finished, exquisite work as in this story of boyhood. The full flavor of his story is not 

 for the grown man or woman, but for all ages that lo^e the comic muse. It is a picture of a 

 boy's heart, full of those lovable, humorous, tragic things which are locked secrets to older folks 

 unless one has the gift of understanding. Booth Tarkington has it eminently and " Penrod " 

 will stand as a classic interpretation of the omnipresent subtlety — BOY. 



only 



Really illustrated 



(as you see) by 

 GORDON GRANT 



Doubleday 

 Page & Co. 



Attractively Bound 



in blue cloth 



Net $1.25 



Garden City 

 New York 



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