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"Mrs. Stetson is such a specimen of the modern woman as it does one good to encounter. She is strong and clear; as free from noise as from flippancy.... 'Women and Economics' is a book to read."--_Echo._

"Mrs. Stetson's contribution to the woman question is a notable one, but it is notable chiefly because of its logical conclusions, its constructive ability, its art of putting things in an arranging way."--_Humanitarian._

IN THIS OUR WORLD

REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION

_16mo, cloth, ornamental, gilt top, with a photogravure frontispiece from a recent photograph, 5s._

This new Edition, following the little pamphlet volumes issued on the Pacific Coast, should give her book a popularity as wide as the country. Certainly the vigour, the _verve_, the deep moral earnestness, and the delightful humour and extraordinary talent for satire which she displays in these poems, have hardly been surpa.s.sed.

The volume is divided into three parts. The first, ent.i.tled _The World_, ranges in subject from _Similar Cases_ and _An Obstacle_ (to name only two of those satirical pieces by which Mrs. Stetson has. .h.i.therto been best known), to lyrics of nature remarkable for their tender sympathy and loving observation. While the third part, called _The March_, deals with the "forward movement" of human brotherhood which has always been so dear to Mrs. Stetson's heart.

_PRESS NOTICES_

"Mrs. Stetson's civic satire is of a form which she has herself invented; it recalls the work of no one else; you can say of it that since the Biglow Papers there has been no satire approaching it in the wit flas.h.i.+ng from profound conviction."--W. D. HOWELLS in the _North American Review_.

"Mrs. Stetson has plenty to say, especially when her theme is revolt."--_Spectator._

"She puts things in a new way and succeeds by sheer intensity of insight and directness of personal consciousness. The book is too exclusively occupied with morals, no doubt; but this is an Anglo-Saxon weakness--or strength, and, like everything else, it is justified when it succeeds.... We do not say that this is a volume of great poetry, but we do say that it is an original and interesting book, one of the best kind, the kind that makes us stop and think."--_Literature._

"On the whole Mrs. Stetson's little book is a refres.h.i.+ng proof of the spread of culture in California."--_Manchester Guardian._

"The gospel which C. P. Stetson preaches in her delightful verses, 'In this our World,' is as original as it is well expressed. It is not only in the novelty of the theme, but also in the freshness and vigour of her diction, that her charm lies.... She is really a very remarkable writer, and possesses a power of thought and expression seldom met with."--_Gentlewoman._

THE YELLOW WALL PAPER

_12mo, paper boards, 2s._

"Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson's 'The Yellow Wall Paper' is a conceit fantastical and gruesome enough to have emanated from the brain of Edgar Poe. It is written with remarkable vividness, as if the writer had experienced something very like the misery which she describes.

There is nothing extravagant or unreal in the narration. Wall-papers, yellow and other coloured, have had often a pernicious influence on people of defective nervous poise, and quite unbalanced them. Mrs.

Stetson's story has a purely literary justification, but is none the worse for teaching a lesson which some loving husbands and parents would do well to heed."--_Christian Register._

TALKS WITH BARBARA

Being an Informal and Experimental Discussion, from the Point of View of a Young Woman of To-morrow, of certain of the Complexities of Life, particularly in regard to the Relations of Men and Women

By ELIZABETH KNIGHT TOMPKINS

AUTHOR OF "HER MAJESTY," "THE THINGS THAT COUNT," ETC.

_Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s._

Miss Tompkins sets forth in this volume certain striking opinions in regard to the problems which confront young men and young women of to-day. She has drawn a bright and energetic girl, whose breezy talks with her masculine friend include many bits of protest against the restrictions at present imposed by Mrs. Grundy.

THE THINGS THAT COUNT

By ELIZABETH KNIGHT TOMPKINS

AUTHOR OF "HER MAJESTY," "THE BROKEN RING," ETC.

_12mo, cloth, 3s. 6d._

In her well-known graphic style, Miss Tompkins has made a strong and vivid study of a character hitherto not delineated in American fiction. Her heroine is an indolent young woman of small means, who lives by visiting the houses of wealthy friends. The story of her regeneration, through her affection for a man of strong character, is cleverly told.

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS

A COURSE OF LECTURES IN THE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

By HELEN CAMPBELL

AUTHOR OF "PRISONERS OF POVERTY," "WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS," ETC.

_8vo, cloth extra, gilt tops, 6s._

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