The Garden Magazine, June, 1924 
323 
About your 
vacation— 
Drawn by IValter Jack Duncan 
There is a promise of summer in the air, the 
pleasures of the town wane, and you find your¬ 
self and your friends thumbing through alluring 
and colorful travel circulars, planning new trips 
or thinking, with a touch of nostalgia, of old, fa¬ 
miliar places. Your vacation, as you plan it, 
abroad or at home will be mucli more memorable 
if you take the right books. Summer’s the time 
to catch up with your reading. Here are the 
best new books. 
fiction 
bjuction 
THE BOWLING 
GREEN 
An anthology of verse selected by 
Christopher Morley. A little green 
bound volume just the right size for 
the pocket, the week-end bag, or the 
bed-side shelf beside the night light. 
($i-75) 
NOTES 
ON MY YOUTH 
By Bier re J^oti 
The colorful reminiscences of one 
of literature’s most interesting per¬ 
sonalities. ($2.00) 
VIKINGS 
OF THE ICE 
By Qeorge Wl,llan England 
Every May, from the little harbor 
of St. John’s, Newfoundland, sails 
a little fleet of ice battered ships 
manned by rugged crews bound for 
the greatest hunt in the world, the 
seal hunt among the ice packs of the 
North. This is an epic account of 
that hunt. Elaborately illustrated. 
($4.00) 
THE ROCKY 
MOUNTAIN 
NATIONAL PARK 
By Enos ^A. EECills 
The story of the Park, and an inti¬ 
mate guide book. Illustrated ($2.50) 
SO PIG 
By Edna Berber 
“It is in my opinion the best Amer¬ 
ican novel of the year.” Wm. Lyon 
Phelps. ($2.00) 
The Publisher’s Weekly, in a recent 
country wide survey of bookshops, 
reports this book by far the best¬ 
selling novel of the year. 
The Publishers’ Weekly 
reports, after a survey of 
booksellers throughout 
the country, that among 
the seven “best-sellers” 
are: 
First— SO BIG by Edna 
Ferber 
Second — THE MID¬ 
LANDER by Booth Tark- 
ington 
Seventh — THE ROVER 
by Joseph Conrad 
THE MIDLANDER 
By Booth Earkington 
The second most popular novel of 
the year. Tarkington at his best— 
recommendation enough. ($2.00) 
RACE 
By William EMcFee 
A novel of London fulfilling the 
promises of “Casuals of the Sea.” 
($2.00) 
THE CALLAHANS 
THE MURPHYS 
By J\athleen Eporris 
You’ll laugh through tears reading 
this story of two lovable Irish- 
American families. ($2.00) 
THE ROVER 
By Joseph (Jonrad 
“Paced with the speed of a typhoon” 
is this unforgettable romance and 
adventure. Now in its 70th thou¬ 
sand. ($2.00. Leather, $2.25) 
“Wherever you go, up and down Fifth 
Avenue, you see people carrying that 
orange-bound book, SO BIG.” Writes 
another friend, at sea, ‘‘Of the 696 
passengers aboard this ship, 695 of 
them are on the deck reading SO BIG 
as I write.” SO BIG by Edna Ferber, 
the year’s most popular book. 
Sold wherever books ‘T’ubUshed by TJoubkdaV , TWp & Company Your bookseller rec- 
src sold ^ o v_^ J. w ommends these 
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