Price, $1.50

The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_

A NOVEL OF EARLY NEW YORK

PATROON VAN VOLKENBERG

By HENRY THEW STEPHENSON

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_From the New York Press:_

"Many will compare 'Patroon Van Volkenberg,' with its dash, style and
virility, with 'Richard Carvel,' and in that respect they will be right,
as one would compare the strong, sturdy and spreading elm with a slender
sapling."

The action of this stirring story begins when New York was a little city
of less than 5,000 inhabitants.

The Governor has forbidden the port to the free traders or pirate ships,
which sailed boldly under their own flag; while the Patroon and his
merchant colleagues not only traded openly with the buccaneers, but
owned and managed such illicit craft. The story of the clash of these
conflicting interests and the resulting exciting happenings is
absorbing.

The atmosphere of the tale is fresh in fiction, the plot is stirring and
well knit, and the author is possessed of the ability to write forceful,
fragrant English.

_From the Brooklyn Standard-Union:_

"The tale is one of vibrant quality. It can not be read at a leisurely
pace. It bears the reader through piratical seas and buccaneering
adventures, through storm and stress of many sorts, but it lands him
safely, and leads him to peace."

12mo,

Illustrated in color by C.M. Relyea

Price, $1.50

The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_

A STORY OF THE MORGAN RAID, DURING THE WAR _of the_ REBELLION

THE LEGIONARIES

By HENRY SCOTT CLARK

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_The Memphis Commercial-appeal says:_

"The backbone of the story is Morgan's great raid--one of the most
romantic and reckless pieces of adventure ever attempted in the history
of the world. Mr. Clark's description of the Ride of the Three Thousand
is a piece of literature that deserves to live; and is as fine in its
way as the chariot race from 'Ben Hur.'"

_The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune says:_

"'The Legionaries' is pervaded with what seems to be the true spirit of
artistic impartiality. The author is simply a narrator. He stands aside,
regarding with equal eye all the issues involved and the scales dip not
in his hands. To sum up, the first romance of the new day on the Ohio is
an eminently readable one--a good yarn well spun."

_The Rochester Herald says:_

"The appearance of a new novel in the West marks an e