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| THE NOVELS OF TEMPLE BAILEY | ||
| May be had whatever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list. | ||
| “Although my ancestry is all of New England, I was born in the old town of Petersburg, Virginia. I went later to Richmond and finally at the age of five to Washington, D. C., returning to Richmond for a few years in a girl's school, which was picturesquely quartered in General Lee's mansion. | ||
| PEACOCK FEATHERS | ||
| The eternal conflict between wealth and love. Jerry, the idealist who is poor, loves Mimi, a beautiful, spoiled society girt. | ||
| THE DIM LANTERN | ||
| The romance of little Jane Barnes who is loved by two men. | ||
| THE GAY COCKADE | ||
| Unusual short stories where Miss Bailey shows her keen knowledge of character and environment, and how romance comes to different people. | ||
| THE TRUMPETER SWAN | ||
| Randy Paine comes back from France to the monotony of every-day affairs. But the girl he loves shows him the beauty in the common-place. | ||
| THE TIN SOLDIER | ||
| A man who wishes to serve his country, but is bound by a tie he cannot in honor break—that's Derry. A girl who loves him, shares his humiliation and helps him to win—that's Jean. Their love is the story. | ||
| MISTRESS ANNE | ||
| A girl in Maryland teaches school, and believes that work is worthy service. Two men come to the little community; one is weak, the other strong, and both need Anne. | ||
| CONTRARY MARY | ||
| An old-fashioned love story that is nevertheless modern. | ||
| GLORY OF YOUTH | ||
| A novel that deals with a question, old and yet ever new—how far should an engagement of marriage bind two persons who discover they no longer love. | ||
| Grosset & Dunlap, | Publishers, | New York |