302 pp. Eleven pages of publisher ads follow text. Color frontispiece by Willy Pogany, jacket art by A.C. William. Joy Havenith is kept away from other young people so that she can inspire her grandfather's poetry. She is unhappy with her situation, and believes the "wishing ring man" when he says that, if she wishes hard enough, she will get everything she wants. When she is given the opportunity to go to the city, her grandfather refuses to let her go because she is not engaged. Joy claims to be engaged to the doctor, and the doctor is forced to play along.
