May, 1914 



T II E G A R D E N MAGAZINE 



251 



The Pleasures of a Book Collector 

 — and the Parcel Post 



A recent canvass made by the Publishers' Co-Operative Bureau, of New York, has developed the amazing fact that among 

 the readers of our best magazines about sixty per cent, are not served by any bookstores, and twelve per cent, more are not served 

 by adequate bookstores where a man can find new books, or can see and browse among them. It is our plan, under the opportunities 

 afforded by the new Parcel Post law, to put within reach of these seventy-odd per cent of people who can't see books the 

 possibility of buying Doubleday, Page & Company's books through the mail as cheaply and with every opportunity of selection 

 that they would have if they were in a large city. We are glad to send the books for you to study, and as many as desired, 

 with the understanding that such as are not wanted may be returned, and a bill sent when you have decided. Here are books 

 which we think you will like. Try the plan and see how it works. Doubleday, Page & Company have direct dealings already 

 with some two or three hundred thousand buyers, and it would be a pleasure if we might add your name to that number. 



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Penrod 



By Booth Tarkington 



Author of "Monsieur Beaucaire," "The Gen- 

 tleman from Indiana," Etc. 



If you ever were a boy, or have ever had a 

 hopeful, or if you remember your scalawag 

 brother in those days when his last pair of short 

 trousers were fast becoming inadequate to his 

 needs, then the exploits of the unregenerate Pen- 

 rod will recall some of the most harrowing yet 

 amusing experiences, of your life. Perhaps, like 

 Penrod, the young scion of your house indulged in 

 tar fighting, or was given to bloodcurdling literary 

 endeavors in the seclusion of the barn. Perhaps 

 - — but why go on? Penrod is all boy and a yard 

 wide. When a boy is a real boy there is nothing 

 under heaven in his class. Just Out. Really illus- 

 trated by Gordon Grant. Net $1.25. 



Ade's Fables 



By George Ade 



Author of "Fables in Slang," 

 "Knocking the Neighbors," Etc. 



It isn't all in the spelling. There are any num- 

 ber of "humorists" who can plant capital letters 

 all over the page and mutilate words beyond pos- 

 sible recognition. And there are a number of 

 fellows who use picturesque slang. George Ade 

 does both and is yet in a class with neither. 

 He is the only one who possesses the secret of 

 that combination of capital letters, fricasseed 

 English, genuine humor, and above all, shrewd 

 observation. Here he is again with a collection 

 of fables as humorous as ever — about "Speedy 

 Sprites," "Intermittent Fussers," "Aerial Perfor- 

 mers," "Buzzing Blondines," and others of the 

 same make-up. The fables are illustrated by John 

 T. McCutcheon. Net $1.00. Just Out. 



Psychology and Social Sanity 



By Hugo Munsterberg 



Author of "Psychology and Industrial Efficiency," 



Professor Munsterberg writes of his book as follows: 

 " 'Psychology and Social Sanity' is meant as the closing 

 link in the chain of popular books which I have written 

 on the application of modern psychology to the prac- 

 tical tasks of life. Now I come finally to the most 

 general question, how psychology can help us in settling 

 social problems and can contribute toward social 

 reform and social soundness." In it he discusses the sex 

 problem, socialism, investments, our jury system and 

 other subjects of timely interest. Net $1.25. Just Out. 



The Conquest of the Tropics 



By Frederick Upham Adams 



The first of a series planned to present frankly the 

 interesting features of some of our large business enter- 

 prises. It describes the development of the United 

 Fruit Company — a concern which has put fresh tropi- 

 cal fruit within the reach of nearly everybody in the 

 North. Illustrated. Net $2.00. 



Cleek of Scotland Yard 



By Thomas W. Hanshew 



His adventures in detection are related in a manner 

 quite comparable to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. 

 And Cleek is, like Sherlock Holmes, always a real per- 

 sonality, and therein distinguished from the ordinary 

 detective of fiction. — Cleveland Plain Dealer. 



The episodes are excellent detective yarns, properly 

 puzzling and exciting. — The New York Sun. Illus- 

 trated. Net $1.25. Just Out. 



St. Louis: A Civic Masque By Percy MacKaye 



At the end of May the 150th anniversary of the founding of St. Louis will be 

 celebrated by the performance of a pageant and a masque — the pageant to rep- 

 resent the historical figures and forces that have developed the city, the 

 masque set forth in symbolic form the national and universal meanings under- 

 lying the pageant. It is poetic in form and broad in its conception — a gorgeous 

 spectacle with a cast of nearly 7500 persons. Ready May 9th. Net $1.00. 



DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 

 Garden City New York 



Books of Timely 

 Interest Just Out 



The Panama Canal 



By Frederic J. Haskin 



The story of the Canal with Col. Geo- 

 thal's OK. 



Many books have been written about the Pana- 

 ma Canal; but among them all this volume will 

 hold its place and interest as just what it is in- 

 tended to be — the proper story of what James 

 Bryce has called "the greatest liberty man has 

 ever taken with nature." — New York Tribune. 

 2nd big printing. Illustrated. Net $1.35. 



The Carpenter and the 

 Rich Man 



By Bouck White 



The successor to "The Call of the 

 Carpenter." 



A book which shows the timeliness of Christ's 

 teaching of the immorality of the swollen fortune 

 in connection with the labor movements of to-day 

 and a plea for their christianizing. Net $1.25. 



America and the Philippines 



By Carl Crow 



Which tells the story of American oc- 

 cupation in the islands — a time of 

 unequalled prosperity and success. 



A book that is of importance for its views on the 

 political and economic 

 Illustrated. Net $2.00. 



future of the islands. 



A Son of the Ages 



By Stanley Waterloo 



Author of "The Story of Ab," Etc. 



Ages ago Prometheus was bound by the gods to" a 

 rock in the Caucasus because he brought fire to suf- 

 fering humanity. You don't believe that story now, 

 but do you know how fire was discovered? Scar 

 descended through the ages. He saw apes gradually 

 turning into men. He used first the crude weapons of 

 the forest — then stone — then one day bronze was dis- 

 covered. His life through the ages tells the story of the 

 human race-the fascinating story of the descent of man. 

 Illustrated by Craig Johns. Net $1.25. Just Out. 



The Mexican People — Their 

 Struggle for Freedom 



By L. Gutierrez de Lara and Edgcumb Pinchon 



The first expression of the voice of the Mexican 

 common people. 



The story of the Mexican revolution told from the 

 point of view, not of a spectator, but of a participator 

 and leader in the struggle as well as a student of 

 history. Illustrated. Net $1.50. Just Out. 



Life Is a Dream B y Richard Curie 



The London Times says: There is scarcely a tale 

 in all the nine of them that does not whet the appetite 

 for another strange record, another mental drama, or 

 curious psychological analysis. Mr. Curie nearly 

 always keeps you right in the midst of ordinary, brutal 

 life, but in close touch with some curious sombre or 

 imaginative mind. Net $1.35. Just Out. 



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