s very first page.

Third edition. Colored frontispiece by Clarence F. Underwood.
12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

=I Fasten a Bracelet=

Why should a young well-bred girl be under a vow of obedience to a man
after she had broken her engagement to him? This is the mysterious
situation that is presented in this big breezy out-of-doors romance.
When Craig Schuyler, after several years' absence, returns home, and
without any apparent reason fastens on Nell Sutphen an iron bracelet. A
sequence of thrilling events is started which grip the imagination
powerfully, and seems to "get under the skin." There is a vein of humor
throughout, which relieves the story of grimness.

Frontispiece in color by Martin Justice.
12mo. Decorated cloth, $1.25 net.

=An Accidental Honeymoon=

A sparkling and breezy romance of modern times, the scenes laid in
Maryland. The plot is refreshingly novel and delightfully handled. The
heroine is one of the "fetchingest" little persons in the realms of
fiction. The other characters are also excellently drawn, each standing
out clear and distinct, even the minor ones. The dialogue of the story
is remarkably good, and through it all runs a vein of delightful humor.

Eight illustrations in color by George W. Gage.
Marginal decorations on each page.
12mo. Ornamental cloth, $1.35 net.

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA

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_By CAROLYN WELLS_

=THE GOLD BAG=

"The Gold Bag" is so unlike the usual products of Miss Wells' pen that
one wonders if she possesses a dual personality or is it merely
extraordinary versatility, for she can certainly write detective stories
just as well as she can write nonsense verse. The story is told in the
first person by a modest young sleuth who is sent to a suburban place to
ferret out the mystery which shrouds the murder of a prominent man.
Circumstantial evidence in the shape of a gold mesh bag points to a
woman as the criminal, and the only possible one is the dead man's niece
with whom the detective promptly falls in love, though she is already
engaged to her uncle's secretary, an alliance which the dead man
insisted must be discontinued, otherwise he would disinherit the girl.
The story is well told and the interest is cleverly aroused and
sustained.