By IAN HAY

"Delineates the progress of a marriage of convenience with an agreeably delicate touch." _New York Sun._

"The story is well written and of the variety which, once commenced, keeps the candle burning regardless of the hour until the end." _Boston Herald._

"The 'handsome rectory children' of the early chapters, their vague father, and their muddled but affectionate home life, are things of pure joy." _London Punch._

"Simple, yet strong, and strong because its simplicity is natural, the book will commend itself to all who love sane, wholesome and cheerful fiction." _San Francisco Chronicle._

"There is humor everywhere of the sparkling rather than the gleaming variety, and it makes the book delightful to read." _The Dial._

"Its homely, human humor, and its wonderful narrative of events, both commonplace and extraordinary, hold the interest of the reader unswervingly from the first chapter to the last." _St. Louis Post-Dispatch._

A COUNTRY LAWYER

By HENRY A. SHUTE

"Rarely do we find a book so full of wholesome sentiment.... Fairly bubbles with good humor.... A book well worth reading and then well worth remembering." _Boston Globe._

"Judge Shute has told a good story, at the same time incorporating into it the stir, bustle and ginger of a New Hampshire town." _Milwaukee Free Press._

"Humor and clever portrayal of country character prevail in this story."

_Detroit Free Press._

"Judge Shute has told a thoroughly readable story, and one which has the added charms of freshness and spirit." _Minneapolis Journal._

MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS

By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

"A fitting successor to the far-famed Rebecca." _Boston Transcript._

"Mother Carey is one of the sweetest and truest models of motherhood imaginable." _The Outlook._

"A book to enjoy, a book to love, and a book to be grateful for."

_Westminster Gazette._

"A delightful book for girls, not to mention the boys and the mothers and fathers, is 'Mother Carey's Chickens,' one of the best of the many good stories that Mrs. Wiggin has written.... Mother Carey is a real human mother and her children are a lively flock of real youngsters, all different and all worth knowing." _Springfield Republican._

"A book to brighten and sweeten every home into which it enters."

_British Weekly._

Important Historical Books for the Young

_Makers of England Series_

By EVA MARCH TAPPAN, Ph.D.

_In the Days of Alfred the Great_

_In the Days of William the Conqueror_

_In the Days of Queen Elizabeth_

_In the Days of Queen Victoria_

By CALVIN DILL WILSON

_The Story of the Cid for Young People_