COUNTRY NEIGHBORS "It is not too much to say that 'Country Neighbors' is one of the best series of New England character stories ever brought together.... No writer of fiction touches more nearly the New England character, without exaggeration and without undue emphasis, than Miss Brown."-Boston Transcript. "Hay resembles Barrie, and like Barrie, he will grow in many ways. THE RIGHT STUFF Two printings By Ian Hay Two printings "His novel is one of the most entertaining of the season, and shows solid qualities which argue a future for the writer. . . . It is a wholesome, readable, vivacious book." - Springfield Republican. "A sound piece of work. . . . It would be hard, indeed, to find a more winning book." - New Orleans Times Democrat. "Every page is radiant with New York Times. "A compelling tribute to the homely genuineness and sterling worth of Scotch character.” St. Louis Post Dispatch. "There's a lot of wholesome fun in this book, with a touch or so of pathos to lend balance and a generous share of good, honest, unadulterated human nature.”. T HIS Book is intended first of all for practical use, from the time of the announcement of a girl's engagement to her wedding day. The diary gives opportunity for recording luncheons, teas, "showers," and all other pleasant happenings that accompany an engagement. There are pages for lists of guests invited to the wedding; for a list of gifts received and the dates of their acknowledgment; for descriptions of her trousseau and of her wedding gown, veil, and bouquet; for lists of bridesmaids and ushers; for photographs, newspaper clippings; in fact, for everything that accompanies an engagement and the wedding day. It is intended, secondly, as a most attractive gift book, worthy of being kept for future years to recall one of the happiest times in a girl's life. It is finely printed, and richly adorned with marginal illustrations by A. D. Blashfield and others. A quality of paper suitable for writing with ink has been used. No more welcome gift for the bride-to-be is imaginable. In flexible leather covers, gilt edges; price, $2.00 net, or $2.15 postpaid. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON & NEW YORK "A clever, spirited, wholesome, and pictur esque story."- Chicago Inter-Ocean. 66 "A charming romance, delightfully told." - Brooklyn Citizen. Illustrated by A. G. Learned. $1.20 net. Postpaid $1.32 BOSTON HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. NEW YORK EVERY-DAY BUSINESS FOR WOMEN By MARY ARONETTA WILBUR $1.25 net. Postpaid $1.35 The aim of this book is to furnish simple and accurate instructions for the conduct of "Every-Day Business," such business as inevitably falls to the lot of thousands of American women, both married and single. The methods of banking, the management of a checkbook, foreign exchange, getting money in emergencies, how to send money, bills and receipts. the relations of employer and employee, relations with railroads and hotels, simple bookkeeping, on sending things, taxes and customs, the use and transference of property, stocks and bonds, wills and estates all these are clearly and even entertainingly explained, and the woman who has read the book will find herself saved daily many moments of doubt and many annoying errors. It is a book which should be in every home, on every woman's writing-table. Miss Wilbur has been for many years a teacher of banking and political economy in Miss Dana's celebrated school at Morristown, New Jersey, and the present work is the result of practical experience in teaching the elements of correct business procedure. Boston At all bookstores, or sent postpaid on receipt of $1.35 by HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY New York BY DEMETRA AND KENNETH BROWN Her Book By MABEL M. SWAN HIS Book is intended first of all for practical use, from the time of the announcement of a girl's engagement to her wedding day. The diary gives opportunity for recording luncheons, teas, "showers," and all other pleasant happenings that accompany an engagement. There are pages for lists of guests invited to the wedding; for a list of gifts received and the dates of their acknowledgment; for descriptions of her trousseau and of her wedding gown, veil, and bouquet; for lists of bridesmaids and ushers; for photographs, newspaper clippings; in fact, for everything that accompanies an engagement and the wedding day. It is intended, secondly, as a most attractive gift book, worthy of being kept for future years to recall one of the happiest times in a girl's life. It is finely printed, and richly adorned with marginal illustrations by A. D. Blashfield and others. A quality of paper suitable for writing with ink has been used. No more welcome gift for the bride-to-be is imaginable. In flexible leather covers, gilt edges; price, $2.00 net, or $2.15 postpaid. AA HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON & NEW YORK "A charming romance, delightfully told."- Brooklyn Citizen. Illustrated by A. G. Learned. $1.20 net. BOSTON HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. NEW YORK |