"A book of uncommon cleverness."--BOSTON GLOBE.

HESTER

BLAIR

THE ROMANCE OF A COUNTRY GIRL

...BY...

WILLIAM HENRY CARSON

A BOOK YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT, READ, AND TALK ABOUT

HESTER BLAIR is a sweet and lovable character though a puzzling one....

C.M. CLARK PUBLISHING COMPANY, BOSTON

MISS PETTICOATS

By

DWIGHT TILTON.

(_MON PEt.i.t COEUR_)

[Ill.u.s.tration.]

N.Y. TIMES SAt.u.r.dAY REVIEW.

JUNE 14, 1902.

"From the moment when Agatha Renier makes her appearance 'swaying like a scarlet vine' to the bridle of old Mrs. Copeland's maddened horses and stopping their headlong progress, the reader has a right to expect marvelous developments. And in this he is not disappointed

NASHVILLE AMERICAN MAY 22.

"Here is a tale of modern life to make you hold your breath over one episode and wonder what is coming next. It is an American novel full of interest and brightness, and so full of action that the incidents fairly step on each other's heels."

SEVEN BEAUTIFUL ILl.u.s.tRATIONS IN COLORS.

C.M. CLARK PUBLISHING CO., BOSTON, Ma.s.s.

MARJIE OF THE LOWER RANCH

BY FRANCES PARKER

This is a ranch story by a real ranch girl. She has woven into her breezy Western romance vivid pictures of ranch life from the viewpoint of a girl who has lived on the great Montana ranches since childhood.

Miss Parker's writing has the Western dash that might be expected of a girl who would not ride a broncho that she herself had not broken to saddle.

Ill.u.s.trations by Victor A. Searles

C.M. CLARK PUBLISHING CO. BOSTON

Telling an Hitherto Unrevcaled Romance In One of New York's Oldest and Most Exclusive Families

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BY

WILLIAM HENRY CARSON, author "Hester Blair"

UNANIMOUS PRAISE FROM THE PRESS

"A story of strong power, depicting the human emotions."--CHICAGO JOURNAL, March 23.

"There is no more attractive figure in current fiction than that which Mr. Carson has conceived."--NEW YORK WORLD, March 14.

"Told with delicacy of feeling and thorough knowledge of the Italian temperament."--PUBLIC OPINION, April 2.

"The reading public will take it up with increasing and consuming interest--will love t.i.to."--CHICAGO RECORD-HERALD, March 28.

"It contains abundant action, numerous startling scenes and no end of mysteries. There is a fascination about t.i.to that compels sympathy and interest."--BOSTON TRANSCRIPT, April 8.

"The author has placed the simple Florence youth far above the characters of recent fiction--it is a masterpiece of dramatic fiction."--NEW YORK AMERICAN AND JOURNAL, March 28.

"Mr. Carson has handled his material in a masterly manner and given fiction a strong book."--INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, April 5.

Ill.u.s.trations by C.H. STEPHENS _and_ A.B. SHUTE

Bound in Red Art Crash