MARY LOUISE

By

Edith Van Dyne


Author of
"Aunt Jane's Nieces Series"
"The Daring Twins," etc.



TO YOUNG READERS

You will like Mary Louise because she is so much like yourself. Mrs. Van
Dyne has succeeded in finding a very human girl for her heroine; Mary
Louise is really not a fiction character at all. Perhaps you know the
author through her "Aunt Jane's Nieces" stories; then you don't need to
be told that you will want to read all the volumes that will be written
about lovable Mary Louise. Mrs. Van Dyne is recognized as one of the
most interesting writers for girls to-day. Her success is largely due to
the fact that she does not write DOWN to her young readers; she realizes
that the girl of to-day does not have to be babied, and that her quick
mind is able to appreciate stories that are as well planned and cleverly
told as adult fiction.

That is the theory behind "The Bluebird Books." If you are the girl who
likes books of individuality--wholesome without being tiresome, and full
of action without being sensational--then you are just the girl for whom