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Mistress Nell: A Merry Tale of a Merry Time

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by George Cochrane Hazelton


  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 DellaWhitman are charmingly and humorously told. Chip's jealousy of Dr. CecilGrantham, who turns out to be a big, blue eyed young woman is veryamusing. 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 many livelyand 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. Spiritedaction, a range feud between two families, and a Romeo and Julietcourtship make this a bright, jolly, entertaining story, without a dullpage.

  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 of love.

  THE LONESOME 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 large browneyes soon compel his return. A wholesome love story.

  THE LONG SHADOW

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

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  NOVELS OF SOUTHERN LIFE

  By THOMAS DIXON, JR.

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

  THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS: A Story of the White Man's Burden,1865-1900. With illustrations by C. D. Williams.

  A tale of the South about the dramatic events of Destruction,Reconstruction and Upbuilding. The work is able and eloquent and theverifiable events of history are followed closely in the development ofa story full of struggle.

  THE CLANSMAN. With illustrations by Arthur I. Keller.

  While not connected with it in any way, this is a companion volume tothe author's "epoch-making" story _The Leopard's Spots_. It is anovel with a great deal to it, and which very properly is going tointerest many thousands of readers. * * * It is, first of all, aforceful, dramatic, absorbing love story, with a sequence of events sosurprising that one is prepared for the fact that much of it is foundedon actual happenings; but Mr. Dixon has, as before, a deeper purpose--hehas aimed to show that the original formers of the Ku Klux Klan weremodern knights errant taking the only means at hand to right intolerablewrongs.

  THE TRAITOR. A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire.Illustrations by C. D. Williams.

  The third and last book in this remarkable trilogy of novels relating toSouthern Reconstruction. It is a thrilling story of love, adventure,treason, and the United States Secret Service dealing with the declineand fall of the Ku Klux Klan.

  COMRADES. Illustrations by C. D. Williams.

  A novel dealing with the establishment of a Socialistic Colony upon adeserted island off the coast of California. The way of disillusionmentis the course over which Mr. Dixon conducts the reader.

  THE ONE WOMAN. A Story of Modern Utopia.

  A love story and character study of three strong men and two fascinatingwomen. In swift, unified, and dramatic action, we see Socialism a deadlyforce, in the hour of the eclipse of Faith, destroying the home life andweakening the fiber of Anglo Saxon manhood.

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