gone to New York to earn their living put a portion of their earnings into a common treasury, and provided themselves with a comfortable home and good fare for a very small sum per week, is not only of lively interest, but furnishes hints for other girls in similar circumstances that may prove of great value.  An unpretentious but well-sustained plot runs through the book, with a happy ending, in which Miss Melinda figures as the angel that she is.”—­Home Journal.

Sold by all booksellers.  Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price, by the publishers,

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, BOSTON.

THE WHAT-TO-DO CLUB

A STORY FOR GIRLS

BY HELEN CAMPBELL.

16mo.  Cloth.  Price $1.50.

“‘The What-to-do Club’ is an unpretending story.  It introduces us to a dozen or more village girls of varying ranks.  One has had superior opportunities; another exceptional training; two or three have been ‘away to school;’ some are farmers’ daughters; there is a teacher, two or three poor self-supporters,—­in fact, about such an assemblage as any town between New York and Chicago might give us.  But while there is a large enough company to furnish a delightful coterie, there is absolutely no social life among them....  Town and country need more improving, enthusiastic work to redeem them from barrenness and indolence.  Our girls need a chance to do independent work, to study practical business, to fill their minds with other thoughts than the petty doings of neighbors.  A What-to-do Club is one step toward higher village life.  It is one step toward disinfecting a neighborhood of the poisonous gossip which floats like a pestilence around localities which ought to furnish the most desirable homes in our country.’”—­The Chautauquan.

“‘The What-to-do Club’ is a delightful story for girls, especially for New England girls, by Helen Campbell.  The heroine of the story is Sybil Waite, the beautiful, resolute, and devoted daughter of a broken-down but highly educated Vermont lawyer.  The story shows how much it is possible for a well-trained and determined young woman to accomplish when she sets out to earn her own living, or help others.  Sybil begins with odd jobs of carpentering, and becomes an artist so woodwork.  She is first jeered at, then admired, respected, and finally loved by a worthy man.  The book closes pleasantly with John claiming Sybil as his own.  The labors of Sybil and her friends and of the New Jersey ‘Busy Bodies,’ which are said to be actual facts, ought to encourage many young women to more successful competition in the battles of life.’”—­Golden Rule.

“In the form of a story, this book suggests ways in which young women may make money at home, with practical directions for so doing.  Stories with a moral are not usually interesting, but this one is an exception to the rule.