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FOR ALL THE FAMILY

Use this advertisement as a check list. You will find the books at any bookstore, or if none is convenient, we will send any of them upon receipt of price.

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STOKES' list, carefully chosen to suit every taste,
beautifully made, well illustrated books, rang-
ing in price from 75 cents to $3.50

THE HEART OF O SONO SAN

By ELIZABETH COOPER
Author of "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard,” etc.
For the many who love "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard" and for those who love
Old Japan. A revelation through the life of a true Japanese woman. 31 illustrations in soft
duotone. Net $1.75.

GRENSTONE POEMS

By WITTER BYNNER
Author of "Young Harvard," etc.

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For lovers of poetry-a beautiful volume which the Boston Transcript calls,
stinct with genuine flashes of lyric beauty than any collection produced since the present
revival of poetry came into being." Illustrated, net $1.75. Not illustrated, net $1.35.

THE BRAZILIANS
AND THEIR COUNTRY

By CLAYTON SEDGWICK COOPER
Author of "American Ideals,” etc.

For those who would understand Brazil-an interpretation by a well-known traveler and
lecturer. Fully illustrated. Net $3.50.

THE LIVING PRESENT

By GERTRUDE ATHERTON Author of "The Conqueror," etc. For wome omen-and for men, too, if they are at all interested in the future of women,WHAT WOMEN CAN DO in wartime, as exemplified by the supreme achievement of the women of France since 1914. Illustrated. Net $1.50.

BENEFITS FORGOT

By HONORÉ WILLSIE

Author of "Lydia of the Pines,” etc.

For the man in the service and for his mother at home-a true story of Lincoln and
Mother Love. Illustrated. Net 75 cents.

THE HUMAN SIDE OF BIRDS

By ROYAL DIXON Author of "The Human Side of Plants," etc.

For the bird lover-bird study from a new angle. Instead of treating our bird neighbors as labelled specimens, a careful study is made of their disposition, character, emotion, and "thought processes.' Fully illustrated. Net $1.60.

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STOKES' WONDER BOOK OF FAIRY TALES

For every boy and girl-a handsomely bound collection of all the best fairy tales in the English language, including several that have never before appeared in a collection. 24 fullpage illustrations in color, 100 in black-and-white, and attractive head and tail pieces. Net $2.00.

MOTHER GOOSE MOVIES

By ALICE BEARD Author of "The Magic String Book," etc.

Mother Goose rhymes actually come to life. Separate parts of the large colored page opposite each rhyme may be turned over at a time, making the characters appear to move. Net $2.00.

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which the child Fanny Brandeis is
drawn, true to type, with such charm and
grace as is seldom displayed by a popular
novelist . . . Epic. A big word, "epic," but I consider
it is well used . . . What a world of understanding, of
sympathy, of delicate, whimsical charm she puts into homely facts."
-Chicago Daily News.

FANNY HERSELF

By EDNA FERBER

Author of "Dawn O'Hara," "Personality Plus," "Emma McChesney Co.," etc. "A very real success . . An excellent piece of sustained fiction. Interesting throughout and rich in material.-N. Y. Herald.

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With four illustrations by J. Henry. Net $1.40.

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"Readers of Amos Judd, The Pines of Lory' and 'Pandora's Box' know the beguiling and
human quality of Mr. Mitchell's writing. This time he has mixed those qualities with the wonders
of science to make a story more amazing than anything of Jules Verne's."-Brooklyn Eagle.

DROWSY

By JOHN AMES MITCHELL

Author of "Amos Judd," "The Pines of Lory,"
"The Last American," etc.

The Editor of LIFE, returning to a field in which he is a proved master, gives us an extraordinary novel of a woman and a lover with a strange inheritance. Drowsy's adventures would read like a fairy tale in any age but our own. But modern folk have learned that yesterday's fairy tales are tomorrow's realities.

20 remarkable illustrations, and 22 amus-
ing decorations by the author. Net $1.50.

STOKES COMPANY

443-449 Fourth Avenue

New York

for DISCRIMINATING READERS

FICTION

By the Authors of "The Blind
Man's Eyes"

The Indian Drum

The remarkable mystery story of the Great Lakes by William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer,

of which

Col. Roosevelt says:

"The book has appealed to me particularly as one of those exceedingly strong bits of work peculiarly American in type, which we ought to greet as a lasting contribution to the best American work." Frontispiece. $1.40 net

By the Author of "The Blindness of Virtue"

Scandal

By COSMO HAMILTON

The author of "The Blindness of Virtue" writes a thoroughly entertaining story of how Beatrix Vanderdyke, self-willed, ran her head into the noose of a most hazardous situation; and, in getting extricated, was taught a lesson. Illustrated. $1.50 net

By the Author of "The Broad
Highway"

The Definite Object

By JEFFERY FARNOL

The New York Tribune says: "We do not hesitate to say that Mr. Farnol has here produced not merely his own best work, but also one of the best works of fiction that any one has put forward this season."

$1.50 net

The Story of Princeton

By EDWIN M. NORRIS

Four Days

The Story of a
Soldier's Marriage

By

HETTY HEMENWAY

This tale of how Eng-
land's manhood went to
the ordeal contains in its
half a hundred pages more
soul-moving emotion than
one often finds in a long
novel.
50 cents net

Year Just Published

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF

EDWARD EVERETT

HALE

BY HIS SON

Edward Everett Hale, Jr.

In these two volumes Edward Everett Hale, Jr., presents his distinguished father much as he presented himself to his friends. His many activities are carefully set forth, and there are liberal quotations from his more significant writings and speeches.

With illustrations. $5.00 net.

Familiar Ways

By MARGARET SHERWOOD
Author of "The Worn Doorstep"

2 vols. In box.

A volume of engaging essays on subjects close to everyday life; delightfully individual in Miss Sherwood's characteristic style. $1.25 net

The Little Grandmother of the Russian

Revolution

Reminiscences and Letters of Catherine Breshkovsky
EDITED BY

Alice Stone Blackwell

Seldom has so dramatic a story been unfolded; this is one of those rare human documents that cannot fail to make a profound impression on every reader. With frontispiece. $2.00 net

My Fifty Years In The Navy

By Rear Admiral CHARLES E. CLARK, U. S. N.

Here is told the story of the wonderful transition period of the Navy. The story of Admiral Clark's experiences on almost every type of warship will be an inspiration to all Americans. With illustrations. $2.50 net

The author of the newest volume in this "story The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby

of colleges" series is well known to every Princeton man as the editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly. Sixteen illustrations from drawings by Lester G. Hornby.

$2.00 net

A good laugh will help to make camp life easier

Edited by his brother-in-law,
CHARLES WELLS RUSSELL

The famous confederate cavalry leader relates his experiences graphically, throwing considerable new light on Civil War events.

With illustrations and map. $3.00 net

How Are You Feeling Now? Richard Strauss: The Man and His Works

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