Life — December 1, 1904 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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-LIFE- KITTY OF THE ROSES ny Ilustrated in colors and int by RALPH HENRY : any BARBOUR FREDERIC J. VON RAPP A charming little love story, in which a young ; hitect and the mistress Decorations on every garden are the page Portrait Cover The Gift Book for 1904 * In a Box, $2.00 By “FRANK DANBY,” author of B A R A T “Pigs in Clover.” With 6 illustra- tions in color, $1.50. A story of a young Frenchwoman —a wife —who js left at a Continental watering-place by her husband, and while there is brought by the gambling- lable to’ critical pass, OLIVE LATHAM THE CHALLONERS A STORY OF RUSSIA L. Vi \ » author o By E, F, BENSON “Jack Raymond, Phe GadAl Cloth, $1.50 Author of ** Dodo." Cloth, $1.50 NEW SAMARIA By S. WEIR MITCHELL, con- tains two of the best stories that Dr. Mitchell has ever written, Ilusteated, $1.25, Send for our free Holiday Book Publishers J. B. 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Tribune. ry bright and clever story, with plenty of lively . . - adventures."— Zimes MORE CHEERFUL AMERICANS By CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS With illustrations by FLorKxce Scovet Sixx and others. 2d printing. $1.25 “The title not only fits the book, but it is equally applicable to PP, RRUREE LEER PERRET! i a N.Y. Times Review : Good comic tales weil told, slices of real life" Cheerful Ameriouns, 7h printing. $1.25, Geo. Cary Eggleston says of these two Loomis has undoubtedly struck a Com- stock lode of delicious humor, as tich as Frank Stockton's, though of course quite different from that.” THE PURSUIT OF PHYLLIS By J, HARWOOD BACON $1.25. A humorous love story of England, France, China and Ceylon N.Y, Tribune: “Very enjoyable... . Its charm consists in its naturalness and kle of dialogue sad deacripsioos. a XN. ¥. 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Narragansett Bay Its Historic and Romantic Associations and Picturesque Setting. By EDGAR MAYHE w BACON, author of ** The Hudson River from Ocean to ete, Large 8. lilustrated with fifty drawings by the author and with numerous photo- graphs. “Net, $3.50. (By mail, $3.75.) Breaking the Wilderness jon ‘coun eplolta of trappers and traders. By FRE! ELLENBAUGH, author of The Romance of the Colo- rado River,” ete, 8°, Fully Iitustrated. Net, $3.50. (Carriage, 25 cts.) The Trail of Lewis and Clark A Story of the it Exploration across the Continent, 180@1806; with scription of ti Trail, Based upon Actual Travel over It, and of the Chai Found a Century tat By OLIN D. WHEELER, author of ''6,0co Miles Through Wonderland,” etc. 2Voluines, 8°. Colored froatispieces and about 200 other illustrations. Net, $6.00, (Carriage, so cts.) New York G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS London if comicbooks.com