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Mary Louise Solves a Mystery



Description Mary Louise Solves a Mystery


The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.

The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly & Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.

The title character is Mary Louise Burrows. In this, the third book of the series, Mary Louise and her Grandfather happen upon a mysterious pair of Americans whilst travelling in Italy. Jason Jones is a failed artist, and his companion is his daughter, Alora, an heiress. When the girl is kidnapped, truths stemming back to the time of her parents' marriage are brought to light by Mary Louise and her friend Josie O'Gorman. (Summary by Wikipedia and Sibella Denton)

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01 - Doctor and Patient02 - Mother and Daughter03 - Alora's Father04 - Alora's New Life05 - In the Studio06 - Flitting07 - Mary Louise Intrudes08 - Mary Louise Meets Alora09 - Mary Louise Scents a Mystery10 - Mere Speculation11 - Alora Speaks Frankly12 - Jason Jones is Frightened13 - Silvio's Gold14 - Dorfield15 - Home Again16 - The Puzzle becomes Intricate17 - Alora Wins Her Way18 - The Disappearance, pt 119 - The Disappearance, pt 220 - On the Trail21 - Decoyed22 - Janet's Triumph23 - The Price of Liberty24 - A Compromise25 - Mary Louise has an Intuition26 - An Interruption27 - Jason Jones28 - What Mary Louise Accomplished

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