The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
WHEN A MANS A MAN"


BY Harold Bell Wright. Illustrations anc
decorations by the author. The Book
Supply company, publishers, Chicago
Harold Bell Wright, the distinguished
author of when a Mans a Man." is a
staunch believer in advertising, accord
ing to Verne Hardin Porter, who, under
the caption, THE Man Who Writes the
Very Best Sellers" contributes a most
Interesting article which appears contem-
poraneouusly in a popular magazine with
the authors very readable and attractive
book.
The best part of the scheme is that
Harold Bell Wright has something worth
while to advertise; his books-every one
he has written-are interesting and read
able and bring with them lesson of real
mental and physical charm, that is
scarcely equaled by any other writer of
the day.
Each year since Mr.. Wright commenced
writing novels Che is an ex-minister who
gave up the pulpit for the penn each novel
has been advertised little more than
the other, until now with this latest,
when a Mans a Man., more than $780,
ing firms spend in advertising their whole
seasons output of books. has been ex-
pended on exploitation.
THE Shepherd of the Hills" which
was published in 1907, and which had a
sale Of nearly 100000 copies. used up
$4,000 in advertising: THE Calling Of
Dan Matthews" which came out in 1909
and which sold more than 100000. cost
$4,000 in advertising; THE Winning Of
Barbara WORTH published in 1911, and
which sold more than 100000 copies. took
up $4,000 in newspaper and magazine
space; Their Yesterdays" published in
1912, and which sold about 100000, cost
$4,000 in advertising; and THE Eyes OF
the World" published in 1914, and which
has already reached sale of more than
10000, took 100000 in advertising.
These figures. as figures, sound tame
But they mean worlds to the author and
the publisher. They mean, in a word'
more than anyone else is doing and pos
Hibly ever has done. For instance, IN
1914 1.-THE Eyes of the World" sold ap-
proximately $4,000 copies. No other novel
that year sold more than 5000 copies or
more than one-tenth as many.
Harold Bell Wright has been called
s.the apostle Of the wholesome and IN
his rev story, when Mans Man. =
:. story of rflanhood-he has nobly sus-
tanned the Characterization. He has
never written a cleaner, better story, nor
one that is more uplifting. 1t combines
those qualities that make The winning
OF Barbara Worth" a big and write
novel with the qualities that make ne
Shepherd of the Hills" sweet and SIM
pie story.
when a Mans Man" is story OF
the real heart of the life of the I'M
fenced land Of ranch and range in north
ern Arizona The spirit and motive or
the story is best expressed, perhaps IN
the familiar lines of that plowboy poet
so dear to the great heart of the world
"A Mans a man for a. that"
We find the hero-"Honorable Patches
the name itself attracts attention from
the beginning, strolling leisurely along
the broad road from Prescott, Ariz., to
cattle ranch on the other side OF the
range.
He is young handsome, well dressed,
and with none Of the ''earmarks' of the
cowboy, and until he Is assailed by one
Of them as he gives his queer name
when he applies at the ranch for 'job."
and he promptly proceeds to "wallop".
the life of the westerner, does he prove
himself eligible for the wild life Of the
far west.
The author paints the most adorable
pictures of Outdoor life-the life Of the
plains, and the tonic that the reader gets
from the broad, comprehensive lire OF the
ranger and rancher is really quite re-
1reshing and interesting.
Particularly attractive Is the authors
description of horse catching and tanning.
while the love story which runs through
the book is most absorbing.
s.Phil Acton Is an appealing charac-
ter and his love for pretty Kitty Reid,
who has the culture bee' in her bonnet
to an almost alarming extent after a
few years Of college life in the east, is
at once manly and big and quite in keep
ing with the western atmosphere Of the
STORY.
Altogether When a Mans a Man can
be heartily recommended to everybody,
It makes sort Of a universal appeal as
It were, with it's wholesomeness and Its
clean cut outlines, and if one is to re-
gard 1t in the light of sermon by a
minister who undoubtedly understands
human nature and the great out-of-doors
and breaches a beautiful doctrine of love
and sympathy, a mental, physical and
spiritual good may be derived from its
attractive portrayal of life On the plains
and the genuineness' of the people who
dwell there.
DAVID BLAZE"