Chapter D: Appleton and Company

New York London

A CHOICE SHELF OF NOVELS

=ABBÉ PIERRE=

By JAY WILLIAM HUDSON

This charming novel of life in quaint Gascony is proving that a novel that is a work of truest art can be a best seller of the widest popularity.

=WAY OF REVELATION=

By WILFRID EWART

A realistic novel of the great war which presents with startling truth and accuracy the effect of the conflict upon a group of intensely interesting characters.

=THE MERCY OF ALLAH=

By HILAIRE BELLOC, Author of “The Path to Rome,” etc.

A brilliant and highly entertaining satire on modern business, which tells of how Mahmoud, by the Mercy of Allah and his own keen wits, accumulated a vast fortune.

=THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY=

By ELEANOR GATES, Author of “The Poor Little Rich Girl,” etc.

A whimsical, humorous fantasy of a poor little boy’s search for happiness.

=MOTHER=

By MAXIM GORKY. Introduction by Charles Edward Russell.

Wide interest is being displayed in Gorky’s story of Russia before the Revolution.