Told in the Hills: A Novel
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ZANE GREY'S NOVELS
THE LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS
Colored frontispiece by W. Herbert Dunton.
Most of the action of this story takes place near the turbulent Mexicanborder of the present day. A New York society girl buys a ranch whichbecomes the center of frontier warfare. Her loyal cowboys defend herproperty from bandits, and her superintendent rescues her when she iscaptured by them. A surprising climax brings the story to a delightfulclose.
DESERT GOLD
Illustrated by Douglas Duer.
Another fascinating story of the Mexican border. Two men, lost in thedesert, discover gold when, overcome by weakness, they can go nofarther. The rest of the story describes the recent uprising along theborder, and ends with the finding of the gold which the two prospectorshad willed to the girl who is the story's heroine.
RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
Illustrated by Douglas Duer.
A picturesque romance of Utah of some forty years ago when Mormonauthority ruled. In the persecution of Jane Withersteen, a rich ranchowner, we are permitted to see the methods employed by the invisiblehand of the Mormon Church to break her will.
THE LAST OF THE PLAINSMEN
Illustrated with photograph reproductions.
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 yellow crags, deep canonsand giant pines." It is a fascinating story.
THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT
Jacket in color. Frontispiece.
This big human drama is played in the Painted Desert. A lovely girl, whohas been reared among Mormons, learns to love a young New Englander. TheMormon religion, however, demands that the girl shall become the secondwife of one of the Mormons--
Well, that's the problem of this sensational, big selling story.
BETTY ZANE
Illustrated by Louis F. Grant.
This story tells of the bravery and heroism of Betty, the beautifulyoung sister of old Colonel Zane, one of the bravest pioneers. Lifealong the frontier, attacks by Indians, Betty's heroic defense of thebeleaguered garrison at Wheeling, the burning of the Fort, and Betty'sfinal race for life, make up this never-to-be-forgotten story.
THE NOVELS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
THE INSIDE OF THE CUP. Illustrated by Howard Giles.
The Reverend John Hodder is called to a fashionable church in amiddle-western city. He knows little of modern problems and in histheology is as orthodox as the rich men who control his church coulddesire. But the facts of modern life are thrust upon him; an awakeningfollows and in the end he works out a solution.
A FAR COUNTRY. Illustrated by Herman Pfeifer.
This novel is concerned with big problems of the day. As The Inside ofthe Cup gets down to the essentials in its discussion of religion, soA Far Country deals in a story that is intense and dramatic, withother vital issues confronting the twentieth century.
A MODERN CHRONICLE. Illustrated by J. H. Gardner Soper.
This, Mr. Churchill's first great presentation of the Eternal Feminine,is throughout a profound study of a fascinating young American woman. Itis frankly a modern love story.
MR. CREWE'S CAREER. Illustrated by A. I. Keller and Kinneys.
A new England state is under the political domination of a railway andMr. Crewe, a millionaire, seizes a moment when the cause of the peopleis being espoused by an ardent young attorney, to further his owninterest in a political way. The daughter of the railway president playsno small part in the situation.
THE CROSSING. Illustrated by S. Adamson and L. Baylis.
Describing the battle of Fort Moultrie, the blazing of the Kentuckywilderness, the expedition of Clark and his handful of followers inIllinois, the beginning of civilization along the Ohio and Mississippi,and the treasonable schemes against Washington.
CONISTON. Illustrated by Florence Scovel Shinn.
A deft blending of love and politics. A New Englander is the hero, acrude man who rose to political prominence by his own powers, and thensurrendered all for the love of a woman.
THE CELEBRITY. An episode.
An inimitable bit of comedy describing an interchange of personalitiesbetween a celebrated author and a bicycle salesman. It is the purest,keenest fun--and is American to the core.
THE CRISIS. Illustrated with scenes from the Photo-Play.
A book that presents the great crisis in our national life with splendidpower and with a sympathy, a sincerity, and a patriotism that areinspiring.
RICHARD CARVEL. Illustrated by Malcolm Frazer.
An historical novel which gives a real and vivid picture of Colonialtimes, and is good, clean, spirited reading in all its phases andinteresting throughout.
STORIES OF RARE CHARM BY GENE STRATTON-PORTER
LADDIE.
Illustrated by Herman Pfeifer.
This is a bright, cheery tale with the scenes laid in Indiana. The storyis told by Little Sister, the youngest member of a large family, but itis concerned not so much with childish doings as with the love affairsof older members of the family. Chief among them is that of Laddie, theolder brother whom Little Sister adores, and the Princess, an Englishgirl who has come to live in the neighborhood and about whose familythere hangs a mystery. There is a wedding midway in the book and adouble wedding at the close.
THE HARVESTER. Illustrated by W. L. Jacobs.
"The Harvester," David Langston, is a man of the woods and fields, whodraws his living from the prodigal hand of Mother Nature herself. If thebook had nothing in it but the splendid figure of this man it would benotable. But when the Girl comes to his "Medicine Woods," and theHarvester's whole being realizes that this is the highest point of lifewhich has come to him--there begins a romance of the rarest idyllicquality.
FRECKLES. Decorations by E. Stetson Crawford.
Freckles is a nameless waif when the tale opens, but the way in which hetakes hold of life; the nature friendships he forms in the greatLimberlost Swamp; the manner in which everyone who meets him succumbs tothe charm of his engaging personality; and his love-story with "TheAngel" are full of real sentiment.
A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST.
Illustrated by Wladyslaw T. Brenda.
The story of a girl of the Michigan woods; a buoyant, lovable type ofthe self-reliant American. Her philosophy is one of love and kindnesstowards all things; her hope is never dimmed. And by the sheer beauty ofher soul, and the purity of her vision, she wins from barren andunpromising surroundings those rewards of high courage.
AT THE FOOT OF THE RAINBOW.
Illustrations in colors by Oliver Kemp.
The scene of this charming love story is laid in Central Indiana. Thestory is one of devoted friendship, and tender self-sacrificing love.The novel is brimful of the most beautiful word painting of nature, andits pathos and tender sentiment will endear it to all.