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by Francis William Sullivan


  STORIES OF RARE CHARM BY GENE STRATTON-PORTER

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  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, with his suregrip on life, his superb optimism, and his almost miraculous knowledge ofnature secrets, it would be notable. But when the Girl comes to his"Medicine Woods," and the Harvester's whole sound, healthy, large outdoorbeing realizes that this is the highest point of life which has come tohim--there begins a romance, troubled and interrupted, yet of the rarestidyllic quality.

  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 "The Angel"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 of theself-reliant American. Her philosophy is one of love and kindness towardsall things; her hope is never dimmed. And by the sheer beauty of her soul,and the purity of her vision, she wins from barren and unpromisingsurroundings those rewards of high courage.

  It is an inspiring story of a life worth while and the rich beauties ofthe out-of-doors are strewn through all its pages.

  AT THE FOOT OF THE RAINBOW.

  Illustrations in colors by Oliver Kemp. Design and decorations by RalphFletcher Seymour.

  The scene of this charming, idyllic love story is laid in Central Indiana.The story is one of devoted friendship, and tender self-sacrificing love;the friendship that gives freely without return, and the love that seeksfirst the happiness of the object. The novel is brimful of the mostbeautiful word painting of nature, and its pathos and tender sentimentwill endear it to all.

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