The Blue Book of Fiction

A WORD OF INTROD UC TION

ROM fi the earliest times, ction in F various forms has held a high place in the regard and interest of serious men d an women .

No r f other lite ary orm , save the drama, w w r ith hich it is closely related, has p e sented life with such frankness and vivid In f r of ness . no other o m has the genius human portraiture found such scope and achieved such triumph .

To fiction in its great ex amples has been l z of l f committed the mora i ation i e, the dramatic revelation of the inescapable sequence between what a man does and f him w hat be alls , and the moving and con vincing demonstration of the truth of the x m r t ma i that characte is des iny .

But fiction not only plays the part of prophet and teacher ; it i s also a delightful T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

ll r of companion, a te e moving tales, a r of m r s r of spinne pasti e sto ie , a aconteur r of l the old omance ove, adventure and f r o tune .

In f fi r all these unctions, ction is p esented in f w w ff for the ollo ing lists, hich o er material r of r for the most se ious study a g eat art, companionship in the myriad ex periences r for th ough which men and women pass, f stimulus to the imagination , escape rom r for d udgery , and a playground the spirit; and playgrounds are as important as work s shop .

To make a complete list of the novels which for one reason or another are regarded as worth reading would defeat the object of this compilation of titles ; its modest purpose is to put into the hands of readers a small k of fi handboo good ction , accessible in E l ng ish .

The stories of classical quality will be found w r bet een its cove s, in company with stories of l w r r k en o e an and less distinction, but “ ' r V F titled to ecognition . anity air is in [ 2 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O P F I C T I O N many respects the greatest novel in English fiction ; but there is plenty of room for “ ' “ ' “ for L D Cranford and orna oone . The ' “ Scarlet Letter and The Rise of Silas Lapham may safely be put in a foremost place in A merican fiction ; but they do not “ “ x G H e clude The olden ouse, and The ’ l (aeen s Twin .

The endeavor has been made in this selection to include with the best, the good ; and to x r im e clude the cheap , the vulga , and the e r moral . There has been no effort to x e cise rigid moral censorship ; and yet there are many stories which students of the art of literature may very properly read that for have no place in a list general reading . S x uch stories have been e cluded .

There are many novels included which are r k add essed to mature readers, to whom nowl edge of life has brought ripe j udgment and a sober sense of the meaning of the tragic of x It possibilities human e perience . is well to remind some readers that the coarse ness of Fielding and Smollett offends against [ 3] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

c o n taste, not against morals ; while many n f r s o f temporary novels, preservi g the o m r decency , are otten to the core .

The earlier tales in various languages whi c h prepared the way for the novel have b e e n omitted : they have no interest for t h e r r r e to gene al eader, and are eadily acc ssible d the stu ent .

[ 4 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

RUSSIAN FICTION

ANDREYEV, LEONID

Silence , and Other Stories

CHEKHOV , ANTON PAVLOVICH The Black Monk and Other Stories OST IE S D O V K Y, FEDOR Crime and Punishment Poor Folk The Idiot

GOGOL , NIKOLAI VASILIEVITCH Dead Souls g- z Evenings at the Farm Taras Bulba The Inspector

GORKY , MAXIN Foma Gordy eeff Orloff and his Wife The Mother Twenty- six Men and a Girl

KOROLENKO , VLADIM IR In Two Moods The Blind Musician

The Vagrant , and Other Tales LERMO T F RE I H N O , MIKHAIL YU V TC A Hero of Our Time L F IK LA E H TO STOI , COUNT LYOF N O I VIC Anna Karenina Cossacks Resurrection War and Peace TOURG F S R E UENEF , IVAN E G YVITCH Fathers and Children Lear of the Steppes Nest of Nobles On the Eve Smoke ' Sportsman s Sketches

POLISH FICTION

SIENKIEWICZ , HENRYK Pan Michael Quo Vadis The Deluge With Fire and Sword [ 5 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

MISCELLANEOUS FICTION OF SLAVONIC ORIGIN

B A NEMEC , OZEN

The Grandmother , a Story of Country Life in Bohemia

KRASZEWSKI , JOSEPH IGNATIUS The Jew (Poland) R D O Z IEWICZ , MARYA Anima Vilis ; a Tale of the great Siberian Steppe (Siberia)

HUNGARIAN FICTION

JOKAI , MAURUS ’ Baron s Sons Day of Wrath Green Book Midst the Wild Carpathians ’ Poor Plutocrats Timar s Two Worlds

SCANDINAVIAN AND FINNISH FICTION

ANDERSEN , HANS CHRISTIAN

Danish Legends and Fairy Tales 0 . T. ; or Life in Denmark Stories for the House hold Two Baronesses B RNST ER E BJORNSON , JO J N Arne Bridal March and Other Stories Captain Mansana and Other Stories Fisher Lass Happy Boy Magnhild and Dust

KIELLAND ALEXANDER L . Elsie Tales of Two Countries [ 6 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

F LAGERLO , SELMA From a Swedish Homestead Girl from the Marsh Croft Invisible Links Laggard in Love Story of Costa Berling

LIE , JONAS K . Niobe Pilot and his Wife

FICTION OF NON- EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

’ Arabian Nights Entertainment (Translated from the Arabian) Translations from the Hindu by

BAI N , FRANCIS WILLIAM Ashes of a God Descent of the Sun

Digit of the Moon , and other Love Stories from the Hindu Draught of the Blue In carnation of the Snow Mine of Faults

SPANISH FICTION CERVANTES Don Quixote de la Mancha Ex emplary

Novels Galatea , a Pastoral Romance

C ALDOS , BENITO PEREZ Dona Perfecta Gloria Marianela

VALDES , ARMANDO PALACIO Fourth Estate Grandee José Joy of Captain Ribot Marquis of Pefialta Max ima

- VALERA , JUAN VALERA y ALCALA GALIANO Commander Mendoza Don Luz Pepita Ximenez [ 7 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

ITALIAN FICTION

’ ANNUNZIO , GABRIELE D Flame of Life Intr uder Triumph of Death BA RRILI , ANTONIO GUILIO Devil ’ s Portrait Eleventh Commandment Whimsical Wooing F A RO OGGAZ , ANTONIO

Patriot , The Politician , The

The Sinner , The

MANZONI , ALESSANDRO

Betrothed , The FF RU INI , GIOVANNI D . Doctor Antonio

SERAO , MATHILDE Conquest of Rome Land of Cockayne

GERMAN FICTION

AUERBACH , BERTHOLD Little Barefoot On the Heights Tales of the Black Forest

EBERS , GEORG MORITZ Arachne Egyptian Princess Homo Sum Uarda

F RENSSEN , GUSTAV Hilligenlei Jorn Uhl Klaus Hinrich Baas

FREYTA G, GUSTAV

Debit and Credit Lost Manuscript , The T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

F GOETHE , JOHANN WOL GANG VON A ffi nities W Elective Sorrows of erther , The ’ Wilhelm Meister s Apprenticeship

HEYSE , PAUL Children of the World In Paradise LI MA R TT, E . ’ ’ Gold Elsie Old M am sell s Secret cess of the Moor Second Wife HA SPIEL GEN, FRIEDRICH Hammer and Anvil Problematic Charac ters Through Night to Light

STINDE , JULIUS Buchholz Family

STORM , THEODORE Immensee

SUDERMANN , HERMANN

Dame Care Regina Wish , The

ZSCHOK K E, JOHANN HEINRICH DANIEL Tales

FRENCH FICTION

F ABOUT , EDMOND RANCOIS VALENTIN King of the Mountains Man With a ’ Broken Ear Notary s Nose Story of an Honest Man ANONYMOUS A ucassin and Nicolette X A UDOU , MARGUERITE Marie- Claire [ 9 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

Z DE BAL AC , HONORE Chouans Country Doctor Eugenie Grandet Magi c Skin Pere Goriot Rise and Fall of César Birotteau E BAZ IN , REN

Barrier , The Nun , The

BOURGET , PAUL Pastels of Men CHERB LIEZ U , CHARLES VICTOR Meta Holdenis Samuel Brohl and Com pany Tutor ’ s Secret With Fortune Made

COPPEE F , RANCOIS Disillusion Rivals Tales for Christ mas Ten Tales True Riches

DAUDET , ALPHONSE Kings in Ex ile Letters from my Mill ' Little What s - His- Name Numa Roume stan Tartarin of Tarascon Tartarin on the Alps

DUMAS , ALEXANDER Black Tulip Count of Monte Cristo Forty- Five Three Guardsmen Twenty Years After Vicomte de B ragelonne

ERCK MA NN- CHA TRIA N Conscript Friend Fritz Madame Therese Plebiscite States General (from “ The Story of a Peasant

F F DE DE LA ENELON , RANCOIS SALIGNAC MOTHE Adventures of Télémaque 10 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

FEUILLET , OCTAVE ’ Officer s Bride Romance of a Poor Young Man

FLAUBERT , GUSTAVE M ademe Bovary Salammbo

F - RANCE , JACQUES ANATOLE THIBAULT Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

GAUTIER , THEOPHILE Captain Ft aca sse R F G AS , ELIX Reds of Midi The Terror The White Terror A H LEVY , LUDOVIC Abbé Constantin Criquette

HUGO , VICTOR Les Miserables Man Who La ughs Notre Dame Toilers of the Sea RRIS HUYSMANS , JO KARL Cathedral En Route

LOTI , PIERRE Iceland Fisherman Madame Chrysantheme Romance of a Child

MAUPASSANT , GUY DE Odd Number : Thirteen Tales Pierre and Jean

MERIMEE , PROSPER Carmen Colomba

OHNET , GEORGES

Dr . Rameau The Ironmaster

French Romances , done into English I 1 1 l T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

ROUSSEAU , JEAN JACQUES Emil SA INTINE (JOSEPH XAVIER BONIFACE) Picciola BER A DIN ST . PIERRE , JACQUES HENRI N DE Paul and Virginia

SAND , GEORGE Consuelo Countess of Rudolstadt ’ Devil s Pool M auprat

STAEL , MADAME DE Corinne THE RIET U , ANDRE ’ Gerard s Marriage Raymonde

VERNE , JULES All Around the Moon Around the World in Eighty Days Five Weeks in a Balloon From Earth to the Moon Journey to Centre of Earth Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

ZOLA , EMILE

Attack on the Mill Downfall , The

Pascal Lourdes Vision , The

IRISH FICTION

BARLOW , JANE Creel of Irish Stories Irish Idylls ’ ’ rigan s Quality Maureen s Fairing Strangers at Lisconnel

BULLOCK , SHAN F Irish Pastorals The Barrys [ 1 2 ]

T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

LOVER , SAMUEL Handy Andy Legends and Stories of Ire land M A RTHY cC , JUSTIN ’ M n ni Dictator , The o o a My Enemy s Daughter

MACMANUS , SEUMAS Bewitched Fiddle and Other Irish Tales Donegal Fairy Stories In Chimney Cornefs Thro ’ the Turf Smoke

YEATS , WILLIAM BUTLER Irish Fairy and Folk Tales Irish Stories

SCOTTISH FICTION

BARRIE , JAMES M .

Auld Licht Idylls Little Minister , The h Little W ite Bird , The Sentimental Tommy Tommy and Grizel

BLACK , WILLIAM Adventure in Thule Green Pas tures and Piccadilly In Silk Attire Madcap Vi olet White Heather Yolande

CROCKETT, SAMUEL R t Lilac Sunbonnet , The S ickit Minister , The

GALT , JOHN of Annals the Parish Entail , The

of the Lairds Provost , The

MACDONALD , GEORGE Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood Donald Grant Robert Falconer Sir Gibbie [ 14 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

M R OLIPHANT , ( S ) MARGARET Beleagured City Miss M aj oribanks a r l Old L dy Mary Old Mr . T edgo d

SCOTT , (SIR) WALTER of Antiquary , The Bride Lammermoor , The

Guy Mannering Heart of Midlothian , ‘ l he Ivanhoe Kenilworth Waver icv

SHARP , WILLIAM F IONA MCLEOD - of Sin Eater , The Washer the Ford , The

STEVENSON , ROBERT LOUIS David Balfour K idnapped Master of

l f . Ba lantrae , The Strange Case o Dr Jekyll

and Mr . Hyde Treasure Island

“ WATSON , (REV . ) JOHN ( IAN MACLAREN Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush Days of Auld Lang Syne Kate Car negie

ENGLISH FICTION

ARN IM , MARY ANNETTE BEAUCHAMP , Grafi n von

Benefactress , The Elizabeth and her Ger man Garden

AUSTEN , JANE Emma Mansfield Park Persuasion Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility F BECK ORD , WILLIAM Vathek

BENNETT , ARNOLD ’ Clayhanger , The Old Wives Tale [ 1 5 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

BESANT , (SIR) WALTER All Sorts and Conditions of Men Armorel of Ly onesse Children of Gibeon For Faith and Freedom World Went Very Well Then

BLACKMORE , EDWARD Lorna Doone

BORROW , GEORGE HENRY Lav n r e g o Romany Rye , The BUNYAN JOHN ’ Pilgrim s Progress E F BURN Y, ANNY Cecilia Evelina

BUTLER , SAMUEL Erewhon ; or Over the Range

“ BRONTE , ANNE ( ACTON BELL Agnes Grey Tenant of Wildfell Hall

BRONTE , CHARLOTTE CURRER BELL s Jane Eyre Profes or , The Shirley Villette

BRONTE , EM ILY ( ELLIS BELL Wuthering Heights

CAINE , (THOMAS HENRY)HALL Deemster Manxman

CASTLE , AGNES EGERTON

Bath Comedy , The Incomparable B ellair s Pride of Jennico Young April

CAXTON , WILLIAM History of Reynard the Fox [ 1 6 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

A CHARLES , ELIZABETH RUNDLE (MRS . N DREW CHARLES) Chronicles of the Schonberg- Cotta Family

COLLINS , WILLIAM WILKIE

Armadale Man and Wife Moonstone , The No Name Poor Miss Finch Woman in White

CONRAD , JOSEPH Children of the Sea Lord Jim Outcast of the Islands

COUCH , ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER Shining Ferry Ship of Stars Splendid Spur White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales

“ CRAI GIE , PEARL MARY TERESA ( JOHN OLIVER HOBBES ' ) Flute of Pan School for Saints Robert Orange

CRAI K , DINAH MARIA M ISS MULOCK e J ohn Halifax , G ntleman

DE FOE , DANIEL Robinson Crusoe M DE LA PASTURE , ( RS .) HENRY Catherine of Calais Lonely Lady of Gros v enor Square Man from America Peter ’s Mother

DE MORGAN , WILLIAM FREND Affair of Dishonor Alice for Short It Never Can Happen Again Joseph Vance Somehow Good [ 17 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

DICKENS , CHARLES Bleak House David Copperfield Expec tations Martin Chuzzlewit

Mutual Friend Tale of Two Cities , A

DISRAELI , BENJAMIN (EARL OF BEACONS F IELD) Coningsby Lothair L T ID E DODGSON , (REV .) C . U W G LEWIS CARROLL ' ) ’ Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass

DOYLE , ARTHUR CONAN Adventures of Gerard Adventures of Sher lock Holmes Micah Clarke Hound o f the Baskervilles Sir Nigel White Com pany

DUB ENAY, (MRS . ) HENRY E . Robin Brilliant Spindle and Plough

DU MAURIER , GEORGE

Martian , The Peter Ibbetson Trilb y

s . A ELIOT, GEORGE , p eud [MRS . MARY NN EVANS (LEWES) CROSS] Adam Bede Middlemarch Mill on t h e o c c a l Fl ss , The Romola S enes of Cleri Life

EWING, MRS . JULIANA HORATIA Flat Iron for a Farthing Jackanapes Jan of the Windmill Six to Sixteen FA R S F “ GU , REDERICK JOHN ( HUGH CON WAY ' ) Called Back [ 18 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

FARNOL , JEFFERY

Broad Highway , The

FARRAR , FREDERICK WILLIAM J ulian Home ; a Tale of College Life ’ Winifred s ; of the World of School IELDIN F G , HENRY Clarissa Harlowe History of Sir Charles o e Grandis n , Bart . Jos ph Andrews Tom Jones H ERGILL FOT , JESSIE

First Violin , The

FOWLER , ELLEN THORNEYCROFT Concerning Isabel Carnaby Fuel of Fire

FRA SER , MRS . HUGH Custom of the Country Maid of Japan Mam a ’ s Mutiny L GA SWORTHY , JOHN Country House Fraternity Man of Property Patrician

GA SKELL , MRS . ELIZABETH CLEGHORN Cousin Phillis Cranford Mary Barton

GISSING , GEORGE ROBERT Denzil Quarrier Nether World Odd Woman Paying Guest Sleeping Fires Whirlpool

GOD WIN , WILLIAM Caleb Williams

GOLDSM ITH , OLIVER Vica r of Wakefield T H E F N B L U E . B O O K O F I C T I O

GOULD , REV . S . BARING Grettir the Outlaw Guavas the Tinner Perpetua ; tale of Nimes

GRAHAME , KENNETH

Dream Days Golden Age , The

“ F GUTHRIE , T . ANSTEY ( . ANSTEY Brass Bottle Fallen Idol Love Amo ng the Lions

HAGGARD , HENRY RIDER ’ Allan Quatermain King Solomon s Min es She

HARDY , THOMAS ’ Far From the Madd ing Crowd Mayor of Chesterbridge Return of the Native Under the Greenwood Tree Woodlanders

HARRISON , MARY ST . LEGER KINGSLEY H ( M RS . WI LLIA M ARRISON ) LU C AS MALET ' ) ’ En r o Colonel de by s Wife Mrs . L rimer

HAWKINS , ANTHONY HOPE ANTHONY HOPE ' ) Prisoner of Zenda Rupert of Hentzau

F M HECTOR , ANNIE RENCH THOMAS RS . ALEXANDER ' ) ’ Her Dearest Foe Wooing o t

HEWLETT , MAURICE Fool Errant Halfway House Life a nd Death of Richard Yea- and-Nay Open Co un try Queen ’ s Quair Rest Harrow [ 20 ]

T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

LYLY , JOHN Endymion Euphues R LYTTO N , E D WA R D G E O R GE EA L E

(BULWER . LYTTON) Cax tons Last Days Of Pompeu Last of the Barons My Novel Pelham M RT AA ENS . A , MAARTEN (JOOST M W . V N DER POORTEN SCHWARTZ) Novels written in English by a Dutch writer Dorothea ; a Story of the Pure in Heart ’ God s Fool ; a K oopstad Story Great er Glory Joost A v elingh My Lady N0 body Old Maid ’ s Love

MALORY , SIR THOMAS ’ Le Morte d A rthur RA H MANNING , ANNE (MRS . T BONE) 1 Household of Sir Thomas More Maid e n and Married Life of Mary Powell F MARRYAT , CAPTAIN REDERICK Jacob Faithful J aphet in Search of a

Father M asterman Ready Mr . M id shipman Easy l

MARTINEAU , HARRIET Feats on the Fiord Peasant and Prince

MASON , ARTHUR EDWARD WOODLEY Broken Road Four Fea thers Mira n da of the Balcony

MEREDITH , GEORGE Adventures of Harry Richmond B e au ’ champ s Career Diana Of the Crossw ay s Egoist Ordeal Of Richard Feverel Rhoda Fleming [ 22 ] TH E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

MITFORD , MARY RUSSELL Country Stories Our Village L RTH M ESWO , MRS . MARY LOUISE STEW XSj

Third Miss St . Quentin Ruby Ring

VIOORE, FRANK F . Jessamy Bride RE VIOO , GEORGE ’ Lake , The Mummer s Wife Sister

RIER VIO , JAMES JUSTINIAN Adventures Of Hajj i Baba of Ispahan MA N IEW , JOHN HENRY (CARDINAL) Callista Loss and Gain : story of Convert RIS JOR , WILLIAM EDWARD

Marcia Matrimony Widower , The IV T F )LL A N , AL RED b B o , son of Battle

’ ARKER , SIR GILBERT (CANADIAN) Pierre and his People Right of Way Seats Of the Mighty ’ CK EA CO , THOMAS LOVE Crochet Castle Gry ll Grange Maid Marian Melincourt Nightmary Abbey

’ LLPOTTS H I , EDEN the i Children Of Mist R ver , The Three Brothers Whirlwind

’ ORTER , JANE Thaddeus of Warsaw [ 23 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

D LIF RA C FE , ANNE Mysteries of Udolpho Romance of the Forest

READE , CHARLES Christie Johnstone Cloister and the Hearth It is Never TOO Late to Mend Peg Wofii ngton Put Yourself in his Place

ROCHE , REGINA MARIA Children of the Abbey

“ SCOTT , HUGH S . ( HENRY SETON MERRI MAN ' ) In Kedar ’ s Tents Roden ’s Corner

Sowers , The T . WOLLS SHELLEY , MRS MARY ONECRA FT Frankenstein

SINCLAIR , MAY Creators Divine Fire

SMOLLETT , TOBIAS GEORGE

Adventures of Ferdinand , Count Fathom Adventures of Peregrine Pickle ; in which are included the Memoirs of a Lady of Quality Adventures Of Roderick Random Ex pedi tion of Humphry Clinker F STEEL , LORA ANNIE WEBSTER Hosts of the Lord Tales of the Punjab Voices in the Night

STERNE , LAWRENCE Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy timental Journey

SWIFT , JONATHAN ’ Gulliver s Travels Tale of a Tub [ 24 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

A PH E T UT O US , J E M I M A M O NT GO M E RY (BARONESS) Quits

THACKERAY , ANNE I . (MRS . RICHMOND RITCHIE) ’ Bluebeard s Keys Story of Elizabeth

THACKERAY , WILLIAM MAKEPEACE Adventures Of Phillip History Of Henry Esmond History of Pendennis New

comes , The Vanity Fair Virginians , The

TROLLOPE , ANTHONY B archester Towers Doctor Thorne F ramley Parsonage Phineas Finn

Prime Minister , The Warden , The

WALPOLE , HORACE C astle of Otranto

M RS . WARD , MARY AUGUSTA ARNOLD ( THOMAS HUMPHRY WARD) Eleanor History of David Grieve Marcella Robert Elsmere WARREN SAMUEL Diary of a Late Physician Ten Thousand a Year

WELLS , HERBERT GEORGE

Love and Mr . Lewisham Tales of Space and Time War of the Worlds Wheels of Chance When the Sleeper Wakes

WEYMAN , STANLEY JOHN Gentleman Of France House of the Wolf Story of Francis Cludde Under the Red Robe [ 25 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

ITEI WH NG , RICHARD O e Island , The N . 5 , John Stre t

YONGE , CHARLOTT E MARY ’ Armourer s Prentices Daisy Chain ’ Dove in the Eagle s Nest Heir of Redclyffe ILL ZA NGW , ISRAEL Children Of the Ghetto Dreamers of the Ghetto

AMERICAN FICTION

ALCOTT , LOUISA MAY ’ Jo s Boys Little Men Little Women Old Fashioned Girl Rose in Bloom

ALDRICH , THOMAS BAILEY Marjorie Daw Prudence Palfrey water Tragedy Story of a Bad Boy Two Bites at a Cherry ; and Other Tales

ALLEN , JAMES LANE Aftermath Choir Invisible Violin Kentucky Cardinal the Pasture

' F ATHERTON , MRS . GERTRUDE RANKLIN Conqueror

BACHELLER , IRVING Eben Holden

BEECHER , HENRY WARD

BIERCE , AMBROSE In the Midst of Life : Tales Of Soldiers and Civilians [ 26 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

BROWN , ALICE High Noon Margaret Warrener Tiver ton Tales

BUNNER , HENRY CUYLER Short Six es Story of a New York House

F B U R N ETT , RA N C ES H O D GS O N (M RS . STEPHEN TOWNSEND) Louisiana Through One Administration

CABLE , GEORGE WASHINGTON

Cavalier , The Dr . Sevier s imes , The Madame Delphine Creole Days

R D gCATHE WOO , MARY HARTWELL M ackinac and Lake Stories Rocky Fork Romance of Dollard

M B H ERS . iC A , ROBERT W Cardigan Conspirators Maid - at A rms

CHU RCHILL , WINSTON

Coniston Crisis , The Crossing, The Richard Carvel

CLEM ENS , SAMUEL L . MARK TWAIN Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adven t ures of Tom Sawyer Prince and Pauper ’ Pudd nhead Wilson

COOKE , JOHN ESTEN Leather and Silk Surry Of ’ Eagle s Nest Wearing of the Gray [ 27 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

F COOPER , JAMES ENIMORE Leather Stocking Tales—5 Deerslayer Last of the Mohicans Pathfinder Pioneers Prairie Pilot A CR NE , STEPHEN Red Badge of Courage

A . CR WFORD , F MARION Cigarette Maker ’ s Romance Don Orsino Roman Singer Sant ’ Ilario Saraci nesca

CURTIS , GEORGE WILLIAM Prue and I

DAVIS , RICHARD HARDING Soldiers of Fortune

DELAND , MRS . MARGARET n Awakening of Helena Ritchie Dr . Lave ’ dar s People Iron Woman , The

John Ward , Preacher Old Chester Tales

DUNCAN , NORMAN

Cruise of the Shining Light Dr . Luke o f the Labrador Measure of a Man ; a tale Of the Big Woods EGGLESTON EDWARD e Circuit Rider , The Hoosier Schoolmast r , The Roxy

EGGLESTON , GEORGE CARY Carolina Cavalier Southern Soldier Stories

FOOTE , MARY HALLOCK Led - Horse Claim [ 28 ]

T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

HAWTHORNE , NATHANIEL Blithedale Romance House of Seven Gables Marble Faun Mosses from an Old Manse Scarlet Letter Twice-Told Tales

HERRICK , ROBERT Common Lot Master of the Inn World Web Of Life

HOLLAND , JOSIAH GILBERT TIMOTHY TITCOMB ’ Arthur Bonnicastle Miss Gilbert s Career

HOLMES , OLIVER WENDELL Elsie Venner Guardian Angel

HOWE , EDGAR WATSON Story of Country Town L HOWEL S , WILLIAM DEAN Hazard of New Fortunes Indian Summer Lady of the Aroostook Modern In stance Rise Of Silas Lapham

HOUGH , EMERSON ’ Girl at the Halfway House Heart s Desire

IRVING , WASHINGTON Christmas Stories Legend of Sleepy Hol low Rip Van Winkle

JACKSON , HELEN MARIA FISKE HUNT H .

Ramona

JAMES , HENRY

American , The Daisy Miller

Bowl , The Passionate Pilgrim erick Hudson T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

JA NVIER , THOMAS A . Color Studies (short stories)

JEWETT , SARAH ORNE Country of the Pointed Firs Native of ’ Winby ; and Other Tales Queen s Twin and Other Stories White Heron

JOHNSTON , MARY Audrey Lewis Rand Long Roll Prisoners of Hope TO Have and to Hold

LONDON , JACK Call of the Wild

LOOSE , KATHERINE RIEGEL GEORG SCHOCK ' ) Hea rts Contending

M ITCHELL , SILAS WEIR

Adventures of Francois Hugh Wynne , n a Free Quaker Joh Sherwood , Ironm ster F “ M UR REE . MARY N . ( CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK' ) Down the Ravine In the Tennessee Moun tains Prophet of Great Smoky Mountains Young Mountaineers

NORRIS , FRANK

Octopus , The Pit , The

PA GE , THOMAS NELSON Marse Chan Meh Lady Old Gentle man Of the Black Stock On Newfound River Two Little Confederates

POE , EDGAR ALLAN Prose Tales [ 31 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

PORTER , SYDNEY O . HENRY Roads of Destiny (short stories)

SEDGWICK , ANNE DOUGLAS Confounding of Camelia Dull Miss Archi

nard Rescue , The

SMITH , F . HOPKINSON Caleb West Colonel Carter of Cartersville Fortunes of Oliver Horn Peter Tom Grogan

F STOCKTON , RA NK e l h n Casting Away of Mrs . L cks and Mrs . A es i e Hundredth Man Lady or the Tiger ' ’ Pamona s Travels Rudder Grange

STOWE , HARRIET ELIZABETH BEECHER Minister ’ s Wooing Oldtown Folks ’ Uncle Tom s Cabin

C STUART , RUTH M ENERY Golden Wedding ; and Other Tales M or ’ iah s Mourning Second Wooing of Salina

Sue ; and Other Stories Sonny , a Christ mas Guest

TARKINGTON , BOOTH Conquest Of Canaan Gentleman from In diana Monsieur Bea ucaire

TURNBULL , FRANCES HUBBARD LITCH

F IELD (MRS . LAWRENCE TURNBULL) Golden Book of Venice

V A N DYKE , HENRY Ruling Passion [ 32 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

WALLACE , LEW Ben Hur

WARD , ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (MRS .

HERBERT D . WARD) Madonna of the Tubs

WARNER , CHARLES DUDLEY

Golden House , The Little Journey in the World That Fortune Their Pilgrimage

WARNER , SUSAN ELIZABETH E . WETH B RELL ' ) uee Q cy Wide , Wide World

WATTS , MARY S

Legacy , The Nathan Burke Tenants , The

WESTCOTT , EDWARD NOYES David Harum

WHARTON , MRS . EDITH Greater Inclination House of Mirth Sanctuary Woman ; and Other Stories

WIGGIN , KATE DOUGLAS (MRS . GEORGE C . R IGGS) ’ Birds Christmas Carol Cathedral Court ship Penelope ’s English Experiences Penelope ’s Experiences in Scotland Pene ’ lope s Irish Experiences Rebecca of Sunny brook Farm

I W . . . . F LKINS , MARY E (MRS C M —REEMAN) Humble Romance Jerome a Poor Man

New England Nun , and Other Stories Portion of Labor T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

WILLIAMS , JESSE LYNCH Stolen Story ; and Other Newspaper Stories

WINTHROP , THEODORE Cecil Dreeme John Brent

WISTER , OWEN Lady Baltimore Lin M cLean Members

of the Family Virginian , The F WOOLSON , CONSTANCE ENIMORE East Angels

[ 34 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

THE M OST POPULAR NOVELS .OF RECENT YEARS

The following list of stories which have had the widest reading during the last five years has been d h a e prepare from aut orit tive sources , and is pres nted w of ithout comment , as an interesting record popular taste .

A BBOTT , ELEANOR H . Molly Make- Believe

BACHELLER , IRVING Silas Strong

. F BARCLAY , MRS LORENCE L . (CHARLES WORTH) Rosary REX B EACH , Barrier Silver Horde Spoilers

F . B U R N ETT , RA N C ES H O D GS O N (M RS S TEPHEN TOWNSEND) Dawn of a Tomorrow Shuttle Secret Garden

C AINE , HALL Prodigal Son

CASTLE , MRS . AGNES EGERTON Rose of the World

CH AMBERLAIN , ESTHER LUCIA Coast of Chance

CHAMBERS , ROBERT W . Firing Line Younger Set Common Law [ 35 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

CHURCHILL , WINSTON ’ Modern Chronicle Mr . Crewe s Career

CONNOR , RALPH Doctor Prospector

CRAWFORD , F . MARION Fair Margaret White Sister

DAVIS , RICHARD HARDING Scarlet Car White Mice

DELAND , MRS . MARGARET Awakening Of Helena Ritchie

DIXON , THOMAS , Jr . Clansman

DOYLE , (ARTHUR) CONAN Return of Sherlock Holmes Sir Nigel

ELDRIDGE , WILLIAM T . Hilma

ELLIS , ELIZABETH

Barbara Winslow , Rebel

“ FRENCH , ALICE ( OCTAVE THANET Man Of the Hour

GLASGOW, ELLEN Wheel of Life R G ANT , ROBERT Undercurrent

GREEN , ANNA KATHARINE (MRS . CHARLES ROHLFS Millionaire Baby Woman in the Alcove

HERRICK , ROBERT F [ 36 ]

T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

MITCHELL , S . WEIR Constance Trescott

NICHOLSON , MEREDITH House of a Thousand Candles Little Brown Jug at Kildare Port of Missing Men

OPPENHEIM , EDWARD PHILLIPS Maker of History

PAGE , THOMAS NELSON s John Marvel , As istant

PARKER, SIR GILBERT

PHILLIPS , DAVID GRAHAM Old Wives for New Plum Tree Magic

RICE , ALICE C . HEGAN (MRS . CALE YOUNG RICE)

Mr . Opp Sandy

RUNKLE , BERTHA Truth About Tolna

RINEHART , M RS . MARY ROBERTS Man in Lower Ten When a Man Marries Window at the White Cat

RIVES , HALLIE ERMINIE Kingdom of Slender Swords Satan San derson

SINCLAIR , MAY Divine Fire

SINCLAIR, UPTON Jungle [ 38 ] T H E B L U E B O O K O F F I C T I O N

S MITH , F . HOPKINSON Tides of Bam egat

TARKINGTON , BOOTH Conquest of Canaan

THURSTON , KATHERINE C . (MRS . ERNEST TEMPLE THURSTON) Masquerader Gambler

VA NCE , LOUIS JOSEPH Black Bag Brass Bowl

WARD , MRS . HUMPHRY ’ Marriage of William Ashe Fenwick s Career

WATTS , MARY S . Nathan Burke

WHITE , S . E . 8: ADAMS , S . H .

WILLIAMSON , C . N . 8: A . M . (L ) Chaufieur c s My Friend , the Prin ess Pa ses Princess Virginia

WISTER , OWEN Lady Baltimore

WHARTON , MRS . EDITH House Of Mirth l i v ‘’ ' KATE DOUGLAS (MRS . GEORGE C . Riggsi Affair at the Inn (In collaboration with others) ’ New Chronicles of Rebecca Rose 0 the River