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  ZANE GREY'S NOVELS

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset & Dunlap's list.

  THE LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS

  A New York society girl buys a ranch which becomes the center offrontier warfare. Her loyal superintendent rescues her when she iscaptured by bandits. A surprising climax brings the story to adelightful close.

  THE RAINBOW TRAIL

  The story of a young clergyman who becomes a wanderer in the greatuplands--until at last love and faith awake.

  DESERT GOLD

  The story describes the recent uprising along the border, and ends withthe finding of the gold which two prospectors had willed to the girlwho is the story's heroine.

  RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE

  A picturesque romance of Utah of some forty years ago when Mormonauthority ruled. The prosecution of Jane Withersteen is the theme ofthe story.

  THE LAST OF THE PLAINSMEN

  This is the record of a trip which the author took with Buffalo Jones,known as the preserver of the American bison, across the Arizona desertand of a hunt in "that wonderful country of deep canyons and giantpines."

  THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT

  A lovely girl, who has been reared among Mormons, learns to love ayoung New Englander. The Mormon religion, however, demands that thegirl shall become the second wife of one of the Mormons--Well, that'sthe problem of this great story.

  THE SHORT STOP

  The young hero, tiring of his factory grind, starts out to win fame andfortune as a professional ball player. His hard knocks at the startare followed by such success as clean sportsmanship, courage andhonesty ought to win.

  BETTY ZANE

  This story tells of the bravery and heroism of Betty, the beautifulyoung sister of old Colonel Zane, one of the bravest pioneers.

  THE LONE STAR RANGER

  After killing a man in self defense, Buck Duane becomes an outlaw alongthe Texas border. In a camp on the Mexican side of the river, he findsa young girl held prisoner, and in attempting to rescue her, bringsdown upon himself the wrath of her captors and henceforth is hunted onone side by honest men, on the other by outlaws.

  THE BORDER LEGION

  Joan Randle, in a spirit of anger, sent Jim Cleve out to a lawlessWestern mining camp, to prove his mettle. Then realizing that sheloved him--she followed him out. On her way, she is captured by abandit band, and trouble begins when she shoots Kelts, the leader--andnurses him to health again. Here enters another romance--when Joan,disguised as an outlaw, observes Jim, in the throes of dissipation. Agold strike, a thrilling robbery--gambling and gun play carry you alongbreathlessly.

  THE LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS

  By Helen Cody Wetmore and Zane Grey

  The life story of Colonel William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," as told byhis sister and Zane Grey. It begins with his boyhood in Iowa and hisfirst encounter with an Indian. We see "Bill" as a pony express rider,then near Fort Sumter as Chief of the Scouts, and later engaged in themost dangerous Indian campaigns. There is also a very interestingaccount of the travels of "The Wild West" Show. No character in publiclife makes a stronger appeal to the imagination of America than"Buffalo Bill," whose daring and bravery made him famous.

  GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

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  JOHN FOX, JR'S.

  STORIES OF THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list.

  THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE.

  Illustrated by F. C. Yohn.

  The "lonesome pine" from which the story takes its name was a tall treethat stood in solitary splendor on a mountain top. The fame of thepine lured a young engineer through Kentucky to catch the trail, andwhen he finally climbed to its shelter he found not only the pine butthe foot-prints of a girl. And the girl proved to be lovely, piquant,and the trail of these girlish foot-prints led the young engineer amadder chase than "the trail of the lonesome pine."

  THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME

  Illustrated by F. C. Yohn.

  This is a story of Kentucky, in a settlement known as "Kingdom Come."It is a life rude, semi-barbarous; but natural and honest, from whichoften springs the flower of civilization.

  "Chad," the "little shepherd" did not know who he was nor whence hecame--he had just wandered from door to door since early childhood,seeking shelter with kindly mountaineers who gladly fathered andmothered this waif about whom there was such a mystery--a charmingwaif, by the way, who could play the banjo better that anyone else inthe mountains.

  A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND.

  Illustrated by F. C. Yohn.

  The scenes are laid along the waters of the Cumberland, the lair ofmoonshiner and feudsman. The knight is a moonshiner's son, and theheroine a beautiful girl perversely christened "The Blight." Twoimpetuous young Southerners fall under the spell of "The Blight's"charms and she learns what a large part jealousy and pistols have inthe love making of the mountaineers.

  Included in this volume is "Hell fer-Sartain" and other stories, someof Mr. Fox's most entertaining Cumberland valley narratives.

  _Ask for complete free list of G. & D. Popular Copyrighted Fiction_

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  GROSSET & DUNLAP'S

  DRAMATIZED NOVELS

  THE KIND THAT ARE MAKING THEATRICAL HISTORY

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset & Dunlap's list

  WITHIN THE LAW. By Bayard Veiller & Marvin Dana.

  Illustrated by Wm. Charles Cooke.

  This is a novelization of the immensely successful play which ran fortwo years in New York and Chicago.

  The plot of this powerful novel is of a young woman's revenge directedagainst her employer who allowed her to be sent to prison for threeyears on a charge of theft, of which she was innocent.

  WHAT HAPPENED TO MARY. By Robert Carlton Brown.

  Illustrated with scenes from the play.

  This is a narrative of a young and innocent country girl who issuddenly thrown into the very heart of New York, "the land of herdreams," where she is exposed to all sorts of temptations and dangers.

  The story of Mary is being told in moving pictures and played intheatres all over the world.

  THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM. By David Belasco.

  Illustrated by John Rae.

  This is a novelization of the popular play in which David Warfield, asOld Peter Grimm, scored such a remarkable success.

  The story is spectacular and extremely pathetic but withal, powerful,both as a book and as a play.

  THE GARDEN OF ALLAH. By Robert Hichens.

  This novel is an intense, glowing epic of the great desert, sunlit,barbaric, with its marvelous atmosphere of vastness and loneliness.

  It is a book of rapturous beauty, vivid in word painting. The play hasbeen staged with magnificent cast and gorgeous properties.

  BEN HUR. A Tale of the Christ. By General Lew Wallace.

  The whole world has placed this famous Religious-Historical Romance ona height of pre-eminence which no other novel of its time has reached.The clashing of rivalry and the deepest human passions, the perfectreproduction of brilliant Roman life, and the tense, fierce atmosphereof the arena have kept their deep fascination. A tremendous dramaticsuccess.

  BOUGHT AND PAID FOR. By George Broadhurst and Arthur Hornblow.Illustrated with scenes from the play.

  A stupendous arraignment of modern marriage which has created aninterest on the stage that is almost unparalleled. The scenes are laidin New York, and deal with conditions among both the rich and poor.

  The interest of the story turns on the day-by-day developments whichshow the young wife the price she has paid.

  _Ask for complete free list of G. & D. Popular Copyrighted Fiction_

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  MYRTLE REED'S NOVELS

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list

  LAVENDER AND OLD LACE.

  A charming story of a quaint corner of New England, where by-goneromance finds a modern parallel. The story centers round the coming oflove to the young people on the staff of a newspaper--and it is one ofthe prettiest, sweetest and quaintest of old-fashioned love stories.

  MASTER OF THE VINEYARD.

  A pathetic love story of a young girl, Rosemary. The teacher of thecountry school, who is also master of the vineyard, comes to know herthrough her desire for books. She is happy in his love till anotherwoman comes into his life. But happiness and emancipation from hermany trials come to Rosemary at last. The book has a touch of humorand pathos that will appeal to every reader.

  OLD ROSE AND SILVER.

  A love story,--sentimental and humorous,--with the plot subordinate tothe character delineation of its quaint people and to the exquisitedescriptions of picturesque spots and of lovely, old, rare treasures.

  A WEAVER OF DREAMS

  This story tells of the love-affairs of three young people, with anold-fashioned romance in the background. A tiny dog plays an importantrole in serving as a foil for the heroine's talking ingeniousness.There is poetry, as well as tenderness and charm, in this tale of aweaver of dreams.

  A SPINNER IN THE SUN.

  An old-fashioned love story, of a veiled lady who lives in solitude andwhose features her neighbors have never seen. There is a mystery atthe heart of the book that throws over it the glamour of romance.

  THE MASTER'S VIOLIN.

  A love story in a musical atmosphere. A picturesque, old Germanvirtuoso consents to take for his pupil a handsome youth who proves tohave an aptitude for technique, but not the soul of an artist. Theyouth cannot express the love, the passion and the tragedies of life ascan the master. But a girl comes into his life, and through hispassionate love for her, he learns the lessons that life has togive--and his soul awakes.

  GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

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  THE NOVELS OF

  GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list

  GRAUSTARK. Illustrated with Scenes from the Play.

  With the appearance of this novel, the author introduced a new type ofstory and won for himself a perpetual reading public. It is the storyof love behind a throne in a new and strange country.

  BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK. Illustrations by Harrison Fisher.

  This is a sequel to "Graustark." A bewitching American girl visits thelittle principality and there has a romantic love affair.

  PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK. Illustrations by A. I. Keller.

  The Prince of Graustark is none other than the son of the heroine of"Graustark." Beverly's daughter, and an American multimillionaire witha brilliant and lovely daughter also figure in the story.

  BREWSTER'S MILLIONS.

  Illustrated with Scenes from the Photo-Play.

  A young man, required to spend one million dollars in one year; inorder to inherit seven, accomplishes the task in this lively story.

  COWARDICE COURT.

  Illus. by Harrison Fisher and decorations by Theodore Hapgood.

  A romance of love and adventure, the plot forming around a social feudin the Adirondacks in which an English girl is tempted into being atraitor by a romantic young American.

  THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND. Illustrated by A. I. Keller.

  A story of modern New York, built around an ancient enmity, born of thescorn of the aristocrat for one of inferior birth.

  WHAT'S-HIS-NAME. Illustrations by Harrison Fisher.

  "What's-His-Name" is the husband of a beautiful and popular actress whois billboarded on Broadway under an assumed name. The very oppositemanner in which these two live their lives brings a dramatic climax tothe story.

  _Ask for complete free list of G. & D. Popular Copyrighted Fiction_

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  THE NOVELS OF

  STEWART EDWARD WHITE

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list

  THE BLAZED TRAIL. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.

  A wholesome story with gleams of humor, telling of a young man whoblazed his way to fortune through the heart of the Michigan pines.

  THE CALL OF THE NORTH. Ills. with Scenes from the Play.

  The story centers about a Hudson Bay trading post, known as "TheConjuror's House" (the original title of the book.)

  THE RIVERMAN. Ills. by N. C. Wyeth and C. F. Underwood.

  The story of a man's fight against a river and of a struggle betweenhonesty and grit on the one side, and dishonesty and shrewdness on theother.

  RULES OF THE GAME. Illustrated by Lejaren A. Hiller.

  The romance of the son of "The Riverman." The young college hero goesinto the lumber camp, is antagonized by "graft," and comes into theromance of his life.

  GOLD. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.

  The gold fever of '49 is pictured with vividness. A part of the storyis laid in Panama, the route taken by the gold-seekers.

  THE FOREST. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.

  The book tells of the canoe trip of the author and his companion intothe great woods. Much information about camping and outdoor life. Asplendid treatise on woodcraft.

  THE MOUNTAINS. Illustrated by Fernand Lungren.

  An account of the adventures of a five months' camping trip in theSierras of California. The author has followed a true sequence ofevents.

  THE CABIN. Illustrated with photographs by the author.

  A chronicle of the building of a cabin home in a forest-girdled meadowof the Sierras. Full of nature and woodcraft, and the shrewdphilosophy of "California John."

  THE GRAY DAWN. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.

  This book tells of the period shortly after the first mad rush for goldin California. A young lawyer and his wife, initiated into the gaylife of San Francisco, find their ways parted through his downwardcourse, but succeeding events bring the "gray dawn of better things"for both of them.

  _Ask for complete free list of G. & D. Popular Copyrighted Fiction_

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  B. M. Bower's Novels

  Thrilling Western Romances

  Large 12 mos. Handsomely bound in cloth. Illustrated

  CHIP, OF THE FLYING U

  A breezy wholesome tale, wherein the love affairs of Chip and DeliaWhitman are charmingly and humorously told. Chip's jealousy of Dr.Cecil Grantham, who turns out to be a big, blue eyed young woman isvery amusing. A clever, realistic story of the American Cow-puncher.

  THE HAPPY FAMILY

  A lively and amusing story, dealing with the adventures of eighteenjovial, big hearted Montana cowboys. Foremost amongst them, we findAnanias Green, known as Andy, whose imaginative powers cause manylively and exciting adventures.

  HER PRAIRIE KNIGHT

  A realistic story of the plains, describing a gay party of Easternerswho exchange a cottage at Newport for the rough homeliness of a Montanaranch-house. The merry-hearted cowboys, the fascinating Beatrice, andthe effusive Sir Redmond, become living, breathing personalities.

  THE RANGE DWELLERS

  Here are everyday, genuine cowboys, just as they really exist.Spirited action, a range feud between two families, and a Romeo andJuliet courtship make this a bright, jolly, entertaining story, withouta dull page.

  THE LURE OF DIM TRAILS

  A vivid portrayal of the experience of an Eastern author, among thecowboys of the West, in search of "local color" for a new novel. "Bud"Thurston learns many a lesson while following "the lure of the dimtrails", but the hardest, and probably the most welcome, is that oflove.

  THE LO
NESOME TRAIL

  "Weary" Davidson leaves the ranch for Portland, where conventional citylife palls on him. A little branch of sage brush, pungent with theatmosphere of the prairie, and the recollection of a pair of largebrown eyes soon compel his return. A wholesome love story.

  THE LONG SHADOW

  A vigorous Western story, sparkling with the free, outdoor, life of amountain ranch. Its scenes shift rapidly and its actors play the gameof life fearlessly and like men. It is a fine love story from start tofinish.

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  CHARMING BOOKS FOR GIRLS

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list

  WHEN PATTY WENT TO COLLEGE, By Jean Webster.

  Illustrated by C. D. Williams.

  One of the best stories of life in a girl's college that has ever beenwritten. It is bright, whimsical and entertaining, lifelike, laughableand thoroughly human.

  JUST PATTY, By Jean Webster.

  Illustrated by C. M. Relyea.

  Patty is full of the joy of living, fun-loving, given to ingeniousmischief for its own sake, with a disregard for pretty convention whichis an unfailing source of joy to her fellows.

  THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL. By Eleanor Gates.

  With four full page illustrations.

  This story relates the experience of one of those unfortunate childrenwhose early days are passed in the companionship of a governess, seldomseeing either parent, and famishing for natural love and tenderness. Acharming play as dramatized by the author.

  REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, By Kate Douglas Wiggin.

  One of the most beautiful studies of childhood--Rebecca's artistic,unusual and quaintly charming qualities stand out midst a circle ofaustere New Englanders. The stage version is making a phenomenaldramatic record.

  NEW CHRONICLES OF REBECCA, By Kate Douglas Wiggin.

  Illustrated by F. C. Yohn.

  Additional episodes in the girlhood of this delightful heroine thatcarry Rebecca through various stages to her eighteenth birthday.

  REBECCA MARY, By Annie Hamilton Donnell.

  Illustrated by Elizabeth Shippen Green.

  This author possesses the rare gift of portraying all the grotesquelittle joys and sorrows and scruples of this very small girl with apathos that is peculiarly genuine and appealing.

  EMMY LOU: Her Book and Heart, By George Madden Martin,

  Illustrated by Charles Louis Hinton.

  Emmy Lou is irresistibly lovable, because she is so absolutely real.She is just a bewitchingly innocent, hugable little maid. The book iswonderfully human.

  _Ask for complete free list of G. & D. Popular Copyrighted Fiction_

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  THE NOVELS OF

  CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list

  JEWEL: A Chapter in Her Life.

  Illustrated by Maude and Genevieve Cowles.

  A story breathing the doctrine of love and patience as exemplified inthe life of a child. Jewel will never grow old because of theimmortality of her love.

  JEWEL'S STORY BOOK. Illustrated by Albert Schmitt

  A sequel to "Jewel," in which the same characteristics of love andcheerfulness touch and uplift the reader.

  THE INNER FLAME. Frontispiece in color.

  A young mining engineer, whose chief ambition is to become an artist,but who has no friends with whom to realize his hopes, has a way openedto him to try his powers, and, of course, he is successful.

  THE RIGHT PRINCESS.

  At a fashionable Long Island resort, a stately English woman employs aforcible New England housekeeper to serve in her interesting home.Many humorous situations results. A delightful love affair runsthrough it all.

  THE OPENED SHUTTERS.

  Illustrated with Scenes from the Photo Play.

  A beautiful woman, at discord with life, is brought to realize, by hernew friends, that she may open the shutters of her soul to the blessedsunlight of joy by casting aside self love.

  THE RIGHT TRACK.

  Frontispiece in color by Greene Blumenschien.

  A story of a young girl who marries for money so that she can enjoythings intellectual. Neglect of her husband and of her two stepchildren makes an unhappy home till a friend brings a new philosophy ofhappiness into the household.

  CLEVER BETSY. Illustrated by Rose O'Neill.

  The "Clever Betsy" was a boat--named for the unyielding spinster whomthe captain hoped to marry. Through the two Betsy's a delightful groupof people are introduced.

  _Ask for complete free list of G. & D. Popular Copyrighted Fiction_

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  SEWELL FORD'S STORIES

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list

  SHORTY McCABE. Illustrated by Francis Vaux Wilson.

  A very humorous story. The hero, an independent and vigorous thinker,sees life, and tells about it in a very unconventional way.

  SIDE-STEPPING WITH SHORTY.

  Illustrated by Francis Vaux Wilson.

  Twenty skits, presenting people with their foibles, sympathy, withhuman nature and an abounding sense of humor are the requisites for"side-stepping with Shorty."

  SHORTY McCABE ON THE JOB.

  Illustrated by Francis Vaux Wilson.

  Shorty McCabe reappears with his figures of speech revamped right up tothe minute. He aids in the right distribution of a "conscience fund,"and gives joy to all concerned.

  SHORTY McCABE'S ODD NUMBERS.

  Illustrated by Francis Vaux Wilson.

  These further chronicles of Shorty McCabe tell of his studio forphysical culture, and of his experiences both on the East side and atswell yachting parties.

  TORCHY. Illus. by Geo. Biehm and Jas. Montgomery Flagg.

  A red-headed office boy, overflowing with wit and wisdom peculiar tothe youths reared on the sidewalks of New York, tells the story of hisexperiences.

  TRYING OUT TORCHY. Illustrated by F. Foster Lincoln.

  Torchy is just as deliriously funny in these stories as he was in theprevious book.

  ON WITH TORCHY. Illustrated by F. Foster Lincoln.

  Torchy falls desperately in love with "the only girl that ever was,"but that young society woman's aunt tries to keep the young peopleapart, which brings about many hilariously funny situations.

  TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC. Illustrated by F. Foster Lincoln.

  Torchy rises from the position of office boy to that of secretary forthe Corrugated Iron Company. The story is full of humor and infectiousAmerican slang.

  WILT THOU TORCHY. Illus. by F. Snapp and A. W. Brown.

  Torchy goes on a treasure search expedition to the Florida West Coast,in company with a group of friends of the Corrugated Trust and with hisfriend's aunt, on which trip Torchy wins the aunt's permission to placean engagement ring on Vee's finger.

  GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

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  JACK LONDON'S NOVELS

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset & Dunlap's list

  JOHN BARLEYCORN. Illustrated by H. T. Dunn.

  This remarkable book is a record of the author's own amazingexperiences. This big, brawny world rover, who has been acquaintedwith alcohol from boyhood, comes out boldly against John Barleycorn.It is a string of exciting adventures, yet it forcefully conveys anunforgetable idea and makes a typical Jack London book.

  THE VALLEY OF THE MOON. Frontispiece by George Harper.

  The story opens in the city slums where Billy Roberts, teamster andex-prize fighter, and Saxon Brown, laundry worker, meet and love andmarry. They
tramp from one end of California to the other, and in theValley of the Moon find the farm paradise that is to be their salvation.

  BURNING DAYLIGHT. Four illustrations.

  The story of an adventurer who went to Alaska and laid the foundationsof his fortune before the gold hunters arrived. Bringing his fortunesto the States he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, andrecovers it only at the muzzle of his gun. He then starts out as amerciless exploiter on his own account. Finally he takes to drinkingand becomes a picture of degeneration. About this time he falls inlove with his stenographer and wins her heart but not her hand andthen--but read the story!

  A SON OF THE SUN. Illustrated by A. O. Fischer and C. W. Ashley.

  David Grief was once a light-haired, blue-eyed youth who came fromEngland to the South Seas in search of adventure. Tanned like a nativeand as lithe as a tiger, he became a real son of the sun. The lifeappealed to him and he remained and became very wealthy.

  THE CALL OF THE WILD. Illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and CharlesLivingston Bull. Decorations by Charles E. Hooper.

  A book of dog adventures as exciting as any man's exploits could be.Here is excitement to stir the blood and here is picturesque color totransport the reader to primitive scenes.

  THE SEA WOLF. Illustrated by W. J. Aylward.

  Told by a man whom Fate suddenly swings from his fastidious life intothe power of the brutal captain of a sealing schooner. A novel ofadventure warmed by a beautiful love episode that every reader willhail with delight.

  WHITE FANG. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull.

  "White Fang" is part dog, part wolf and all brute, living in the frozennorth; he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship, andsurrenders all at the last in a fight with a bull dog. Thereafter heis man's loving slave.

  GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

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  NOVELS OF FRONTIER LIFE BY

  WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE

  HANDSOMELY BOUND IN CLOTH. ILLUSTRATED.

  May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list

  MAVERICKS.

  A tale of the western frontier, where the "rustler," whose depredationsare so keenly resented by the early settlers of the range, abounds.One of the sweetest love stories ever told.

  A TEXAS RANGER.

  How a member of the most dauntless border police force carried law intothe mesquit, saved the life of an innocent man after a series ofthrilling adventures, followed a fugitive to Wyoming, and then passedthrough deadly peril to ultimate happiness.

  WYOMING.

  In this vivid story of the outdoor West the author has captured thebreezy charm of "cattleland," and brings out the turbid life of thefrontier with all its engaging dash and vigor.

  RIDGWAY OF MONTANA.

  The scene is laid in the mining centers of Montana, where politics andmining industries are the religion of the country. The politicalcontest, the love scene, and the fine character drawing give this storygreat strength and charm.

  BUCKY O'CONNOR.

  Every chapter teems with wholesome, stirring adventures, replete withthe dashing spirit of the border, told with dramatic dash and absorbingfascination of style and plot.

  CROOKED TRAILS AND STRAIGHT.

  A story of Arizona; of swift-riding men and daring outlaws; of a bitterfeud between cattle-men and sheep-herders. The heroine is a mostunusual woman and her love story reaches a culmination that isfittingly characteristic of the great free West.

  BRAND BLOTTERS.

  A story of the Cattle Range. This story brings out the turbid life ofthe frontier, with all its engaging dash and vigor, with a charminglove interest running through its 320 pages.

  GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

 



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