Part 41 (1/2)

_Glasgow Herald_.--”The story is well told. Some of the incidents are dramatic, without being unnatural; the interest is well sustained, and altogether the book is one of the best we have read.”

By ANNA CHAPIN RAY

Nathalie's Sister.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by N. TENISON. Crown 8vo, cloth, olivine edges, 3s. 6d.

n.o.body knows--or cares--much about Nathalie's Sister at the opening of this story. She is, indeed, merely Nathalie's Sister, without a name of her own, s.h.i.+ning with a borrowed light. Before the end is reached, however, her many good qualities have received the recognition they deserve, and she is Margaret Arterburn, enjoying the respect and admiration of all her friends. Her temper is none of the best: she has a way of going direct to the point in conversation, and her words have sometimes an unpleasant sting; yet when the time comes, she reveals that she is not lacking in the qualities of gentleness and affection, not to say heroism, which many young readers have already learned to a.s.sociate with her sister Nathalie.

_Record_.--”'Nathalie's Sister' is written in Miss Ray's best style and has all those bright breezy touches which characterise her work.”

Nathalie's Chum.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by DUDLEY TENNANT. Crown 8vo; cloth extra, olivine edges, 3s. 6d.

By her stories, ”Teddy” and ”Janet,” Miss Anna Chapin Ray has already made English readers familiar with many of the distinctive features of boy and girl life in America. The present story, which is cast in the same mould, deals with a chapter in the career of the Arterburn family, and particularly of Nathalie, a vivacious, strong-willed girl of fifteen. After the death of their parents the children were scattered among different relatives, and the story describes the efforts of the eldest son, Harry, to bring them together again. At first there is a good deal of aloofness owing to the fact that, having been kept apart for so long, the children are practically strangers to each other; but at length Harry takes his sister Nathalie into his confidence and makes her his ally in the management of their small household, while she finds in him the chum of whom she has long felt the need.

Teddy: Her Book

A Story of Sweet Sixteen.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by ROBERT HOPE. Crown 8vo, decorated cloth cover, olivine edges, 3s. 6d.

_World_.--”Teddy is a delightful personage; and the story of her friends.h.i.+ps, her ambitions, and her successes is thoroughly engrossing.”

_Yorks.h.i.+re Daily Post_.--”To read of Teddy is to love her.”

Janet: Her ... Winter in Quebec

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo, decorated cloth cover, olivine edges, 3s. 6d.

_Outlook_.--”The whole tone of the story is as bright and healthy as the atmosphere in which these happy months were spent.”

_Lady's Pictorial_.--”The sparkle of a Canadian winter ripples across Anna Chapin Ray's 'Janet.'”

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