Part 8

The author undertakes to show that the agencies which are used in distributing the products of industry and are responsible for the extremes in the social scale have never been adopted by any rational action, but have come to be through fortuitous circumstances and are without moral basis. The wage system, as a means of distribution, is utterly inadequate to measure the workers' share. The source of permanent improvement is found in social ownership, which transfers the power over distribution from the hands of those individuals who now own the instruments of production to the hands of the people.

ALBERT AND CHARLES BONI _PUBLISHERS AND BOOK SELLERS_ NINETY-SIX FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY

New Books of Reilly & Britton

Nancy the Joyous

By Edith Stow

Her romance shattered by her own hand, Nancy creeps away into secluded Swaggerty Cove. There, among the child-hearted mountaineers, where externals count for nothing, she tries to fashion a new life. She finds a bigness where she expected barrenness; she learns that being is more than having. And then, when life has grown fuller and richer, when contact with other aches has soothed her own--why, then in a very satisfying way Nancy's heart comes into its own.

The heart interest is genuine; the story is natural and sincere. Its optimism, its winsome simplicity, its intrinsic merit will win the love of readers. We have great faith in Nancy the Joyous.

_12mo, illustrated; $1.00 net._

The New Mr. Howerson

By Opie Read

A significant figure in American letters is Opie Read--the "Dean of American Humorists," whose "Starbucks," "The Jucklins," etc., hold an enviable place in the affections of readers. The New Mr. Howerson will gain him new friends and confirm the old ones. It has all his mastery of style, his mellow humor, his rich philosophy, his fertile imagination. It is Opie Read at his mature best, revealing a personality and a power that makes his new book a masterly piece of writing.

It is the story of a big man and a little boy, of a rich man and a poor failure, of a lovely woman and a miserable rebel against society--it is life, recorded by a humorous observer whose analysis is all the keener for its kindliness.

_12mo; 460 pages; $1.35 net._

For a Lift on the Road to Happiness _read_ Nancy the Joyous A Novel of pure Delight

Little Wizard Stories of Oz

By L. Frank Baum

Oz in miniature, with all the charm of the big Oz Books. Here are six short stories, each just right bedtime length. Entertaining, jolly--a dozen readings will not exhaust the child's interest. An assured success as a popular-price 208-page twelvemo.

_With 36 full-page and 6 double-page pictures in full color by John R. Neill. Pictorial jacket and cover inlay in four colors._

_60 cents._

The Mother Goose Parade

By Anita de Campi

A big book, 11×17½ inches, 160 pages, with features of hand and mind and eye entertainment without limit for youngsters. The Mother Goose jingles pictured in gay colors, with key drawings for painting in. May be used as cut-outs to form a nursery border or decorative frieze. A money's-worth child book whose merchandise value has a strong appeal to grown-ups.

_Illuminated boards._ $1.50.

Tik-Tok of Oz

By L. Frank Baum

Setting the pace as well as the fashion in illustrated juveniles, the new Oz Book, Tik-Tok of Oz, carries out the Oz tradition--each book better than the last. True, it has many of the old characters--all the old favorites--but at least a half-dozen delightfully new ones are there to take the hearts of the children by storm. The success of the Oz Books has been phenomenal--the new one makes the reason clear.

_Illustrations by John R. Neill. 46 full-page pictures, 12 in full color. Special decorations, chapter headings, tailpieces--a picture book of high order._ $1.25.

Publishers Reilly & Britton Chicago

Transcriber's Notes

Advertisements were collected at the end of the text.

The table of contents on the title page was adjusted in order to reflect correctly the headings in this issue of THE LITTLE REVIEW.

The heading "Defense of the Grotesque" was added on page 53 for consistency.

The original spelling was mostly preserved. A few obvious typographical errors were silently corrected. All other changes are shown here (before/after):

[p. 25]: ... O Ewigkeit, Leit ohne Leit, ... ... O Ewigkeit, Zeit ohne Zeit, ...

[p. 28]: ... To create such Ewigkeitsmenscher is the great goal of the new life, the ... ... To create such Ewigkeitsmenschen is the great goal of the new life, the ...

[p. 33]: ... in it,--this street-urchin has at last invaded the quarterlies. We ... ... in it,--this street-urchin has at last invaded the quarterlies. We have ...

[p. 42]: ... and painters turned their eyes toward Greece. "Dante was a Catholic, ... ... and painters turned their eyes toward Greece." Dante was a Catholic, ...