HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOOKS FOR
SPRING AND SUMMER

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Illustration by James Montgomery Flagg
From "The Right Stuff," by Ian Hay

Stephana, the heroine of
"THE DUKE'S PRICE" by DEMETRA and KENNETH BROWN
From illustration in color by A. G. Learned

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

Spring and Summer Publications

THE RIVERSIDE BULLETIN MARCH, 1910

The Prices here given are subject to change on publication

Fiction

THE DUKE'S PRICE
By Demetra and Kenneth Brown

With illustrations in color by A. G. Learned. 12mo, $1.20 net. Postage extra.

International marriage novels have been many of late, even as the number of American girls marrying abroad has increased, but this one is strikingly different from the type that has become almost hackneyed. The heroine, a beautiful girl, the daughter of a New York multi-millionaire, marries a French Duke, and goes to live with him in the ancestral château. So far, the situation is familiar. But this Duke is not the melodramatic villain too often seen. He is a gentleman and a good fellow, and in the misunderstandings that arise the reader's sympathy is evenly divided between the lonely wife and the proud and unhappy young Duke. The development of the story is of absorbing interest, leading to an exciting and thoroughly satisfactory climax. Not the least of the attractions of the story is that the authors know the world that they write about. Mrs. Kenneth Brown (Demetra Vaka) will be remembered as the author of "Haremlik," the brilliant study of the life of Turkish women which was one of the most notable and successful books of 1909. The collaboration of the Kenneth Browns is one of the most interesting literary partnerships in contemporary fiction. Kenneth Brown numbers among his books "Eastover Court House," "Sirocco," and other successful novels.

THE RIGHT STUFF
By Ian Hay

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IAN HAY

Like Locke and Snaith, Ian Hay is a young British writer whose keen sense of humor and genial insight into human nature will make an instant appeal to the large audience of novel readers. "The Right Stuff" tells of the progress of a young Scottish lad from the lowly surroundings of his home in the hills, through Edinburgh university, through gruelling years as a newspaper hack in London, to the position of private secretary to a man deep in political life of the London of to-day. In this position he comes into daily touch with the immediate members of his patron's family, and ultimately, through a series of highly amusing episodes, takes to himself one of the sprightly twin sisters of his superior's wife.

Such is the story. The charm and the real fun lie in the constant surprises and whimsies of the twin sisters, in their irrepressible young brother,—a peer of that infant prodigy, The Admirable Tinker,—whose slang is infectious and novel, and above all in the character and doings of Robin the hero. Since Barrie's "When a Man's Single," readers have not been introduced to so canny a young man, or one so altogether likable and human. His extraordinary proposal alone is a chapter that will make Ian Hay famous, but in all his doings he is a hero that will delight the reader's heart, and long be remembered as "The Right Stuff." (Ready in May)

THE TWISTED FOOT
By Henry Milner Rideout

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From "THE TWISTED FOOT"

"Clean and wholesome danger,"—that is the phrase, borrowed from the book itself, that the editor of London Punch chose to describe the engrossing interest of "Dragon's Blood," Mr. Rideout's brilliant novel of last year. Still more applicable is it to his new story, "The Twisted Foot." This is an interesting, absorbing narrative of mystery and adventure in the Malay Islands. Seldom has a novelist hit upon a more haunting series of happenings than those which involve the American hero, the charming heroine, the mysterious Englishman, the more mysterious Asiatics, that live in the book. Over all is shed the glamour and mystery of the Far East—of tropical seas and remote islands. It is Mr. Rideout's best story. A brilliant series of drawings by Widney add not a little to the interest of this notable book. (Ready in May)

AN ARMY MULE
By Charles Miner Thompson

That interesting village which was the scene of the episode of "The Calico Cat" furnishes Mr. Thompson with the material for another highly diverting tale. The Army Mule in question is one Mr. Job Bixby, a veteran of the Civil War. The story of what happened to him on the day set for his wedding, and the surprising complications that ensued from the innocent trick played by two mischievous boys, make a thoroughly amusing piece of humor. In addition to its taking humor, the story has a vivid reality of character and incident.

The illustrations are by Gruger, whose character drawing contributes much to the interest and amusement furnished by Mr. Thompson.

(Ready in April)

THE GODPARENTS
By Grace Sartwell Mason

Illustrated by F. Vaux Wilson. 12mo, $1.10 net. Postage extra.

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"THE GODPARENTS"

How a well-poised young woman just about to sail for her fourteenth summer in Europe was hurried from the steamer