UPTON SINCLAIR'S New Novel SYLVIA "The Most Impressive Novel in a Generation” "Sylvia" is the greatest thing Sinclair has ever done, surpassing "The Jungle" both in the bigness of its theme and in its dramatic intensity, and having a more universal appeal. Appearing at the psychological moment, when social questions are at the front, "Sylvia" is the "inside" story of a great society wedding, and reveals the things the public never hears. In its picture of the old, fast-vanishing Southern life, and in the unfolding of the character of a charming girl, the book is surpassing, while in the final, startling scenes it brings home to the individual reader the horror which is hidden in the phrase, "sowing his wild oats." The culmination of the story is so powerful, yet told so chastely, and in so alluring a style, as to prove irresistible. Sylvia" will inevitably command instant, wide-spread attention by its appeal to the hearts of men and women. 66 413 pages. Cloth, $1.20 net; postage, 14 cents OTHER NOTABLE NEW NOVELS Written in the Sand By G. R. DUVAL Second Edition "Original in its daring, persistent in its fascination, searching in its analysis of life. A remarkable piece of fiction."-Boston Globe. Desert-born impulses and strange, perilous situations conspire in the narrative to arouse and enchain interest."-Philadelphia North American. 325 pages. Jacket and frontispiece in colors by George Gibbs. Cloth, $1.20 net; postage, 14 cents The Reluctant Lover By STEPHEN MCKENNA "He gives it a freshness that would have been lost by the more conventional method."-N. Y. Times. "An extremely clever comedy, with unexpected strength at the climax. One enjoys the breeziness and unconventionality of the dialogue, and is greatly entertained by the situations that are developed."Lowell Courier-Journal. 320 pages. Frontispiece in colors by John R. Neill, Cloth, $1.20 net; postage, 14 cents The Mystery of By R. AUSTIN FREEMAN Second Editior. "Rarely does one find a book of this type more interesting. It compels the interest of the reader from the first and chains him to the pages of the book until the mystery is solved."-Boston Globe. "The best tale of its kind this season."-Philadel phia Inquirer. Publishers THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY Philadelphia Please mention the Review of Reviews when writing to advertisers Have You Anything in Common with Your Husband But Domestic Troubles? Author of "The Battle-Ground," "The Voice of the People," etc. In Miss Glasgow's new story the heroine is Virginia Pendleton, a Southern girl, the product of that old régime in which a woman's usefulness in the World was bounded by her capacity to love and her willingness to sacrifice herself for her husband and children. So complete is this devotion that little by little Virginia and her husband are leading lives apart, he in his writing, she in her daily abnegations. It is this situation and the tragedy of it, which Miss Glasgow works out in her powerful story. With his first successful play, Oliver faces the fact that his wife is hopelessly cut off from him; his two girls, products of an age when women everywhere are looking abroad and finding their interests outside their home, are out of sympathy with their mother, whom they regard as out-of-date; and Virginia stands midway in her life with nothing to look forward to and the deep sense of having outlived her usefulness. Decorated Wrapper and Photogravure Frontispiece. Net $1.35 DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY Garden City New York Continuity of Impression Means Successful Advertising At All Book-Shops and 1 A New Novel By GRACE S. RICHMOND Author of "Red Pepper Burns" "On Christmas Day in the Morning," etc. Mrs. Red ¶ You remember "Red Pepper Burns"? Well, the doctor and his wife enjoyed their own married life so much that they just couldn't help plotting against their friends. It's another doctor and a pretty Southerner they conspire against after getting them where they can't run away. You'll find "Red" is just the same impetuous and big hearted fellow he was before, hasn't grown a day older, and you'll meet lots of other old friends. No book of Mrs. Richmond's has found such a wide popularity as "Red Pepper Burns." Though published two years ago it is selling everywhere. The new story is a continuation of the otherthough in no way dependent upon it. Mrs. Richmond has merely given us a glimpse of the married life of the young doctor and his delightful wife and you will fully enjoy their more eventful life. Four Attractive Illustrations, Two of Which Are Reproduced Here in Smaller Size Please mention the Review of Reviews when writing to advertisers |