HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1914 
j sl Selection from Our List for Summer Reading j 
THIRD LARGE PRINTING 
BY WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE 
Author of “The Red Mouse,” etc. 
The puzzling inscription on an old blue buckle hides a 
J strange secret that controls the destinies of a daring hero and 
{H a beautiful girl, whose lives are imperiled by the most resource- 
U ful villain since Conan Doyle’s “Moriarity.” 12 mo. 450 pp. 
H $1.25 net. Postage , 12 cents. 
THREE HOURS OF DELIGHT 
BY WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBGRNE 
Author of “The Red Mouse,” etc. 
Mr.''Osborne succeeds in baffling the reader pretty com¬ 
pletely, and it is almost as much of a surprise to him when the 
knot is untangled as it is to the weary secret service men. The 
villain of “The Blue Buckle” is a character of real ingenuity 
and interest who continues to prove an alibi that is not solved 
until the last chapter. — Boston Herald.—12 mo. 450 pages , 
$1.25 net. Postage 12 cents. 
THE BLUE BUCKLE 
THE BLUE BUCKLE 
ASHES OF VENGEANCE 
BY H. B. SOMERVILLE 
Romance, adventure and chivalry in the stormy days of France, just 
following the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The bitter enmity be¬ 
tween two noble houses is the theme of this robust and thrilling story 
of heroic deeds and tender sentiments. 12mo., 350 pages, $1.25 net, 
postage 12 cents. 
LORD LONDON—A TALE OF 
ACHIEVEMENT by keble Howard 
A true picture with romantic high lights which opens up a new field 
in fiction, the biography in the form of the novel in which the characters 
live. The original of Hannibal Quains’ portrait is Lord Northcliffe, 
better known to the world as Alfred Harmsworth. the greatest figure in 
the journalism of the world today. 350 pages, 12mo., $1.25 net, postage 
11 cents. 
THE WHITE GATE 
BY WARWICK DEEPING 
The extraordinary love affair of an inventor and an orphan whose 
life has been shadowed by her early environment. Contemporary 
English life has few more charming interpreters than Warwick Deeping. 
12mo. 350 pp. $1.25 net. Postage 12 cents. 
THE HAPPY SHIP 
BY STEPHEN FRENCH WHITMAN 
Mr. Whitman has Kiplingized the American Navy in these mirthful 
stories of Shorty and Patrick with their own versions of many exploits 
and adventures afloat and ashore in many lands. Illustrated by F. C. 
Yohn, $1.25 net, postage 8 cents. 
THE HEART OF SALLY 
TEMPLE BY RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND 
The impersonation of Lady Pamela Vauclain by a pretty actress of 
Drury Lane furnishes the basis of this piquant and humorous novel. 
Sally is an audacious heroine, but her audacity only intensifies the 
essential sweetness of her character, and she carries the reader with her 
from the first chapter to the last. $1.25 net, postage 12 cents. 
TRAUMEREI 
BY LEONA DALRYMPLE 
A stirring romance woven around a Stradivarius violin, an adventur¬ 
ous young American, and a beautiful Italian girl. It is full of melody, 
charm and excitement. Illustrated by C. F. Peters. 12mo., postage 12 
cents. 
THE INSIDIOUS DR. 
FU-MANCHU by sax rohmer 
A succession of thrills — with a Chinese evil genius, a beautiful slave 
girl, the strangest criminal system ever devised and a cunning detective 
who has hair-raising escapes. Stirring, gripping, fascinating from 
first page to last. $1.25 net, postage 12 cents. 
CLEEK, THE MAN OF THE 
FORTY FACES by t. e. hanshew 
Cleek begins as a criminal and, luckily for society, turns detective. 
His marvelous cunning, combined with the power of facial disguise, 
makes him irresistible both as a minion of the law and as a provider 
of fascinating material for novel readers. $1.25 net, postage 12 cents. 
THE ADVENTURES OF 
NAPOLEON PRINCE by may edington 
As a fascinating type of “gentleman criminal,” Napoleon Prince is 
the peer of the whole crew of evening dress cracksmen; but add to this 
the fact that he is a paralytic as well, and you have one of the most 
remarkable characters in the realm of fiction. $1.25 net, postage 12 
cents. 
THORNEY 
BY ALEXANDER BLACK 
A charming story of a girl who has been alone on a tropical island for 
six years and a young man who is cast ashore from a ship-wreck. “Told 
with unflagging spirit, with happy absence of long descriptions, and 
sparkles with a light buoyant humor.” — Buffalo Times. Frontispiece 
in color by Orson Lowell. $1.25. 12mo., postage 11 cents. 
PRINCESS MARY’S 
LOCKED BOOK ANONYMOUS 
For ten days Princess Mary of Thule visits her governess in London 
as Miss Mary Smith. Tired of the restrictions imposed upon her as a 
princess, she makes the most of her opportunities for adventure, and 
each evening tells her “locked book” what has happened. Frontispiece 
by Max Cowper. $1.00 net, postage 8 cents. 
MY ESCAPES 
BY A BACHELOR 
The story of a young bachelor who is the recipient of a legacy from a 
rich uncle and finds himself engaged to a dozen women of various ages 
and ranks. $1.20. 12mo., postage 10 cents. 
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