The title of Mrs. Norris’s new novel at once indicates its theme.  It is the life story of a girl who has her own way to make in the world.  The various experiences through which she passes, the various viewpoints which she holds until she comes finally to realize that service for others is the only thing that counts, are told with that same intimate knowledge of character, that healthy optimism and the belief in the ultimate goodness of mankind that have distinguished all of this author’s writing.  The book is intensely alive with human emotions.  The reader is bound to sympathize with Mrs. Norris’s people because they seem like real people and because they are actuated by motives which one is able to understand. Saturday’s Child is Mrs. Norris’s longest work.  Into it has gone the very best of her creative talent.  It is a volume which the many admirers of Mother will gladly accept.

Neighborhood Stories

By ZONA GALE, Author of “Friendship Village,” “The Love of Pelleas and Etarre,” etc.

With frontispiece.  Decorated cloth, 12mo. boxed. $1.50 net.

In Neighborhood Stories Miss Gale has a book after her own heart, a book which, with its intimate stories of real folks, is not unlike Friendship Village.  Miss Gale has humor; she has lightness of touch; she has, above all, a keen appreciation of human nature.  These qualities are reflected in the new volume.  Miss Gale’s audience, moreover, is a constantly increasing one.  To it her beautiful little holiday novel, Christmas, added many admirers. Neighborhood Stories will not only keep these, but is certain to attract many more as well.