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Stevenson ring, the adventurous glamour, the vertebrate stoicism. 'Tis surely the story of the making of a man, the sculptor being Captain Larsen, and the clay, the ease-loving, well-to-do, half-drowned man, to all appearances his helpless prey."--_Critic._ THE PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS: A vivid and intensely interesting picture of life, as the author found it, in the slums of London. Not a survey of impressions formed on a slumming tour, but a most graphic account of real life from one who succeeded in getting on the "inside." More absorbing than a novel. A great and vital book. Profusely illustrated from photographs. THE SON OF THE WOLF: "Even the most listless reader will be stirred by the virile force, the strong, sweeping strokes with which the pictures of the northern wilds and the life therein are painted, and the insight given into the soul of the primitive of nature."--_Plain Dealer, Cleveland._ A DAUGHTER OF THE SNOWS: It is a book about a woman, whose personality and plan in the story are likely to win for her a host of admirers. The story has the rapid movement, incident and romantic flavor which have interested so many in his tales. The illustrations are by F. C. Yohn. THE JUNGLE, BY UPTON SINCLAIR: A book that startled the world and caused two hemispheres to sit up and think. Intense in interest, the dramatic situations portrayed enthrall the reader, while its evident realism and truth to life and conditions have gained for it the title of "The 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' of the Twentieth Century." "I should be afraid to trust myself to tell how it affects me. It is a great work; so simple, so true, so tragic, so human."--_David Graham Phillips._ Cloth, 12 mo. Price, seventy-five cents, postpaid. NEW POPULAR PRICED EDITIONS OF IMPORTANT BOOKS ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. BENJAMIN KIDD, SOCIAL EVOLUTION, PRINCIPLES OF WESTERN CIVILISATION. Two volumes of special interest and importance, in view of the social unrest of the present time. HENRY GEORGE, JR. THE MENACE OF PRIVILEGE. A study of the dangers to the Republic from the existence of a favored class. ROBERT HUNTER, POVERTY. An exhaustive study of present day conditions among the poorer classes. JAMES BRYCE, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. The author's recent appointment as the representative of the British Empire at
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