Mr. and Mrs. Meredith went also when Uncle Robert drove the General to the station. Kathie sat by the window, peering out into the darkness, long after the sound of the wheels had ceased. One star came out presently.
Shining on and on. The old, old lesson, the child"s purpose growing stronger with the pa.s.sing years, and Kathie prayed that as her soldiers had been faithful, she also might be faithful unto the end.
LITTLE RED HOUSE SERIES
By AMANDA M. DOUGLAS
Ill.u.s.trated by Louise Wyman 12mo Cloth Price, Net, $1.00 each Postpaid, $1.10
THE CHILDREN IN THE LITTLE OLD RED HOUSE
THE very t.i.tle of this book gives promise of a good story, and when we know that there are _eight_ of these children, as loving as they are lively, there can be no doubt of the good things in store for the reader. Their efforts to help the dearest of mothers, their merriment, which no poverty can subdue, and the great and well-deserved good fortune which comes to them, move us in rapid succession to sympathy, amus.e.m.e.nt, and delight.
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"It is a sunshiny story of the best things in life. Men and women today need such stories quite as much as the children. It is as quaint as the "Pepper Books" for little folks, but carries a deeper treasure for older people."--_Universalist Leader._
THE RED HOUSE CHILDREN AT GRAFTON
EIGHT bright children, with a kind and loving mother, make up the Red House family, and the change to better circ.u.mstances through a new father, and a good one, does not in the least "spoil" them. There is some doubt on the part of a few of their new neighbors as to whether these numerous brothers and sisters will be good to know, but all who meet them are speedily won to friendship. Fun and frolic in plenty are a part of their wholesome development, and the story does not drag for a moment.
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"It is filled with fun and frolic, and yet has a tendency to carry the children"s minds to higher and better things."--_Buffalo Commercial._
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HELEN GRANT SERIES
By AMANDA M. DOUGLAS
Ill.u.s.trated by AMY BROOKS. Cloth. Price per volume $.60
Helen Grant"s Schooldays Helen Grant"s Friends Helen Grant at Aldred House Helen Grant in College Helen Grant, Senior Helen Grant, Graduate Helen Grant, Teacher Helen Grant"s Decision Helen Grant"s Harvest Year
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HELEN GRANT and her friends represent the best type of college girls, those of the highest aims and ideals, and she herself develops to admiration in each successive phase of her career.--_Milwaukee Free Press._
Helen Grant is a lovable and capable American girl, and the young people who follow her experiences as depicted by Miss Douglas are sure to be the better for it.--_Herald and Presbyter._
Miss Douglas has had long experience in writing books for girls. Into her stories she puts the influence of high ideals, remembering all the time that girls are not to be deprived of their good times, but that play and earnest endeavor contribute each a share to the making of womanly character.--_Christian Register._
In "Helen Grant," Miss Douglas has created a splendid type of American girlhood, strong, energetic, intelligent, and winsome. Her progress under difficulties, and her unusual power to win and keep friends, have delighted her readers.--_Chicago Advance._
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Fifty Flower Friends
With Familiar Faces
By EDITH DUNHAM
A FIELD BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
With twelve full-page colored plates, decorations and fifty text ill.u.s.trations from nature by W. I. BEECROFT $1.35 _net_
CHILDREN cannot too soon begin to know the wild flowers, and here they are told in a charming way where and when to look for each of fifty widely distributed common flowering plants; also how they get their names, and how to know them from the remarkably accurate drawings of Mr.
Beecroft, a skilled botanist and superior artist. Each of the fifty flowers has a page of accurate botanical description in addition to its story. Thus the book is suited for varying ages.
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"The greatest praise can be bestowed upon and every mother and father should have one and by it better educate their children in nature, which will prove not only an enjoyable study, but an instructive one."--_Providence News._
"Good brief descriptions, good clear pictures, portraits almost, of each flower friend, a beautiful cover, convenient arrangement, and fine large print, make a perfect book to own, or to give to any one, especially a child."--_Universalist Leader._
"If the children do not learn something new about flowers this summer it may be because their unkind parents have not bought them Miss Edith Dunham"s Fifty Flower Friends."--_New York Times._
"The boy or girl into whose hands this book is placed can hardly fail to acquire a real and lasting interest in our every-day wild flowers."--_The Dial._
"It has no rival in books of its kind, either in text or ill.u.s.tration."--_Boston Budget._
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