| "A delightful series for girls in which they will follow Polly and
Eleanor through many interesting adventures and enjoyable trips to various
places in the United States, Europe, and South America"
I love this idiosyncratic series. It's like three series in one -- the
first two books are melodramatic westerns, complete with gunplay, ineptly
rendered western accents, stereotypical Indians who barely talk-um English,
landslides, claim-jumpers, wild animals, and cliffhanger endings. Polly is
brave, beautiful, pure-hearted; a crack shot and a friend to all nature.
The next three books are typical girls-at-school type adventures,
following Polly and Eleanor as they go to New York to study interior
decorating. Along the way, they meet Mr. Dalken, the Alexanders, and most of
the other characters that appear in the later books of the series, in which
Polly et al. travel around the world.
One charm of this series is Roy's discursions into aesthetics and
crank mysticism. which are a hoot.
Another curious thing is blah blah finish me later....
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- Polly of Pebbly Pit (1) -- 1922, Grosset & Dunlap;
Whitman.
We meet Polly, Eleanor, Barbara, Kenneth, and the Lattimers. A lost goldmine is discovered
in a blizzard. Sary chases after Jeb. A cliffhanger ending...
- Polly and Eleanor (1) -- illustrated by H.S. Barbour. 1922,
Grosset & Dunlap; Whitman.
Choko's Find is formally claimed. One of Montresor's descendents
is found. Polly declaims on the rights of women, and decides to
leave the ranch to continue her studies.
- Polly in New York (1) -- illustrated by H.S. Barbour. 1922,
Grosset & Dunlap; Whitman.
Polly, Eleanor, and Anne set up housekeeping in New York
City. There, they attend a girls' school during the day and study
art and interior design at night. They meet Mr. Dalken.
- Polly and Her Friends Abroad (1?)
-- illustrated by H.S. Barbour. 1922, Grosset & Dunlap; Whitman.
Polly's party travels to Europe. We meet the Alexanders. Dalkie
gives some peculiar religious lectures. Read
it online!
- Polly's Business Venture (1) -- illustrated by H. S. Barbour. 1922,
Grosset & Dunlap; Whitman.
Polly and Eleanor embark on their interior design careers.
Auctions are attended. Simple country folk are rooked out of many
fine antiques.
- Polly's Southern Cruise -- 1923, Grosset & Dunlap.
Polly and company go cruisin'.
- Polly in South America -- illustrated by H.S. Barbour.1924,
Grosset & Dunlap
Polly and Co. go to South America and find it inconveniently full
of South Americans. We meet Carola.
- Polly in the Southwest -- illustrated by H.S. Barbour. 1925,
Grosset & Dunlap
Polly and Co continue their travelogue (sign of a desperate
series writer) to the Southwest. Mrs Alexander is mocked.
- Polly in Alaska -- illustrated by H.S. Barbour. 1926,
Grosset & Dunlap
- Polly in the Orient -- illustrated by H.S. Barbour. 1927,
Grosset & Dunlap
Riots, strange food, civil insurrection, fortune tellers....
Those inscrutable series book Orientals!
- Polly in Egypt -- illustrated by H.S. Barbour. 1928,
Grosset & Dunlap
Dirt, pyramids, etc...
- Polly's New Friend -- illustrated by H.S. Barbour. 1929
- Polly and Carola -- illustrated by H.S. Barbour.1930,
Grosset & Dunlap
- Polly Learns to Fly -- illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. 1930,
Grosset & Dunlap
- Polly and Carola at Ravenwood -- illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. 1931,
Grosset & Dunlap
(1) Also published by Whitman.
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