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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Aphil, 1914 



A Package of New Books! 



Don't You Enjoy the Pleasure of Opening It? 



Here are two pages full of interesting new publications and the Parcel Post Law, now in 

 effect, allows us to send as many books as you want to see at very low rates. Pick out 

 the titles that interest you, mail the list to us, and we will send the books on approval. 



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Vandover and the Brute 



By Frank Norris 



Author of "The Octopus," "The Pit," "MacTeague ," etc. 



It seems almost too good to be true that Frank Norris, the most powerful of American realists, should have left a manuscript 

 that remained hidden until but a few months ago — yet such is the case. Vandover remains as the author penned it. Unrevised, it 

 retains the vividness as well as the crudeness of its first inspiration. One reader says of it "A vivid and masterful story of the gradual 

 degeneration of an easy-going man — a man who might have been a great artist but who always did the easiest thing. It is a series 

 of pictures, as clear and full of motion as a cinematograph film. And what wonderful sketches of that old San Francisco of the days 

 before the fire!" "Vandover" has a message for every man and woman. Net $1 .35. 



Ade's Fables 



By George Ade 



Author of "Fables in Slang," "Knocking the 

 Neighbors," etc. 



"As Others See Us" might better describe this new collection of fables by the 

 irrepressible Ade. You are in it (though you may not recognize yourself), your 

 friends are also there and you can have a good laugh at them. Ade tells of 

 "The Speedy Sprite" "The Intermittent Fusser," and the return of the 

 prodigal, all strictly in accord with the modern developments. He has a new 

 story on every town and everybody and his slang and catch phrases are ahead 

 of the procession, as ever. Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, Net $ 1 .00. 



The Pastor's Wife 



By the author of "Elizabeth and 

 Her German Garden," "The 

 Caravaners" etc. Ready May 9th. 



You remember the whimsical humor of "The Caravaners" and the author's 

 other stories — those irresistible satires on Germany and the Germans? This 

 story is another of the same amusing kind. It is the story of an English girl 

 who marries a German and of her life in a small Prussian town, cut off from 

 everything foreign or exciting. From the time of her romantic courtship to that 

 of her sensational elopement her adventures are a real delight. Net $1.35. 



A Son of the Ages ^J^Zj^fS? Cleek of Scotland Yard 



Story 



Ages ago Prometheus was bound by the gods to a rock in the Caucasus be- 

 cause he brought fire to suffering humanity. You may doubt that story now, 

 but seriously: who did discover fire? 



Scar, a prehistoric man, descended through the ages. He saw apes gradually 

 turning into men. He used first the crude weapons of the forest — then stone — 

 then one great day bronze was discovered. He saw the first boat accidentally 

 fashioned by lightning and lived to behold the Mediterranean dotted with sails 

 of all nations. His life through the ages tells the story of the human race — the 

 fascinating story of the descent of man. Illustrated by Craig Jones. Net $1.25. 



By Thomas 

 W. Hanshew 



A new version of "set a thief to catch a thief." Cleek is an interesting 

 character — now Apache — now political intriguer — now turned detective. 

 Now there was a great crime wave in London and Cleek was nowhere to be 

 found. Scotland Yard was at its wits' ends. And just then occurred some of 

 the most interesting events of Cleek's career. Hounded on one side and sus- 

 pected on the other, with the help of Ailsa Lome 'he at last unravelled the threads 

 of the mystery and in the end renounced a crown. Illustrated. Net $1.25. 



Life Is a Dream 



By Richard Curie Joseph Conrad 



By Richard Curie 



Mr. Curie's stories are of the East. A friend of Joseph Conrad's, he has 

 something of the latter's sense of the magic of the untrodden spaces. In his 

 story of the man who after years in the tropics, longed for home; and yet 

 when he got back to gray, wet England, found that his 

 heart was still in the South Seas, and so took the next 

 steamer back, the reader passes in very truth through the 

 mental crises of the exile. Net $1.35. 



The Loves of Ambrose 



By Margaret Vandercook 



Ambrose was never disobedient to the womanly vision. 

 He was a husband by conviction. At 19 at 27 at 57 and 

 yet again at 76 he took unto himself a wife — for his was 

 a warm Southern heart that just had to love somebody. 

 A modern Henry VIII you say? But no; for Ambrose was 

 the most lovable of men, all leanness and quaint fancy — ■ 

 with a touch of the charm of Lincoln in his make-up. 

 The story is like the breath of warm Kentucky Springtide — 

 fresh and yet balmy. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. Net, $1.00. 



nri_ T r* *J By Julia 



The Tree Guide Enen Rogers 



In about the length and breadth of the palm of the hand 

 this little book gives descriptions and illustrations of every 

 tree East of the Rocky Mountains. The descriptions in- 

 clude the classification, range, distinctive features such as 

 flowers, leaves and fruit of the trees. Thirty-two of the 

 illustrations are in colors and many in black and white. 

 Cloth, net $1.00; Leather, net $1.25. 



The Drama League 

 Series of Plays 



H. G. Wells, Galsworthy, Huneker, Sir Hugh Clifford, on the other side, 

 Bjorkman, H. L. Mencken, and others in this country have proclaimed Conrad 

 to be one of the great authors of all time. 



Mr. Curie has written a sympathetic critique of Mr. 

 Conrad and it gives a very convincing picture of the man 

 who has without doubt written some of the finest stories 

 in the English language. Net $1.50. Ready May 9th. 



Vol. I. "Kindling" 



By Charles Kenyon 

 Introduction by Clayton Hamilton 



Vol. II. "A Thousand Years 

 Ago" 



By Percy MacKaye 

 Introduction by Clayton Hamilton 

 Ready April 9th 



Vol. III. "The Great Galeoto" 



By Jose Echegaray 



Vol. IV. "The Sunken Bell" 



By Gerhart Hauptmann 

 Ready May 9th 



Vol.V. "Her Husband's Wife" 



By A. E. Thomas 



Introduction by Walter Prichard 

 Eaton 



Vol. VI. "Mary Goes First" 



By Henry Arthur Jones 



Each volume, net 75 cents 



My Garden Doctor 



By Frances Duncan 



Mother Nature will cure you of your ills far better than 

 any doctor, at least so this charming young lady found. 

 She tried specialists and remedies. She exhausted the 

 knowledge of science, but remained uncured. Then one 

 day she bethought herself of a garden she owned but 

 did not cultivate. Thither she went and straightway her 

 whole outlook on life was changed — self-pity was changed 

 to love of flowers and she was cured once and for all, 

 through her contact with Mother Earth. The prescriber 

 of the cure then has something to say. Net $1 .00. 



Forest Neighbors 



By William Davenport Hulbert 



POPULAR EDITION \ 



A delightful series of stories of anitnals of the great 

 woods. Formerly $1.50 now 50c net. 



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