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>. THE YELLOW TYPHOON BY Har-
old MacGrath. Harper Il Bros. New
e. When the trained newspaper man OF
y hlrst class ability turns 10 ficiional
sihis profession he usually comes
esauipped to carry on" with a vim and
.e Srans Ty. which soon forces the YET
s up and take notice" that a new man
! is on the job. Harold MacGrath IS one
!; Fourth Estate. who quickly achieved
s popularity in this line OF writing, and
RIO prolific production he has brought
3 Sustained interest Witch few modern
!, writers possess. Each of the several
4 books he has written in succession has
= added TO his reputation as u developer
4 Of intricate plots which battle the in
of the most expert readers OF
mystery stories to unravcl before he
cliffs the veil OF mystery in a dcnouc-
3 ment which attcsts both marked origin
salty OF conception and briliiancy OF
3, execution in the logical development
s3pf details.
.Fand perhsps Will be adjudscd by many
sof his readers the best OF his mystery
= stories. Ii covers "a period just before
.sand shortly after Amcrica's entrance
Into the great war. and interest centerS
chiefly in the matching OF wits and
~ desperate daring between an Ameri-
Z, can naval officer and a gang OF Prus-
sian spies. \ mysterious murder, the
blue prints OF great inventor stolen,
two strangely beautiful sisters. one
y. good, one bad, one fighting to get the
teplans one TO help the dead mans
friend save thcm-these are the elc-
iments of the opening situation in a
novel plot. mystery and intrigue. From
Manila, where the murder occurred.
he scene shifts 10 transpaciiic liner.
I then to a cross continental Pullman.
finally TO reach its surprising end in
(. "a country house in the Adirondacks. \
rafting good story, with succession
s. OF thrills.
THE wARLoRDs OF MARS. BY
Edgar Rice Burroughs. a. {. McClurg
l.& Co. Chicago.
-. While scientists arc busy with ex-
,periments trying to determine whether
i dained their methods and applied his
imaginative faculty to a solution of
$fhe problem. Those who lave had the
!, OF Mars" which is easily the boldcst
=, piece OF imaginative fiction in this gen
I GRAFTON. will recall that John Carter.
& Nirginian. goes to sleep in a mysterious
+. >care in the Arizona desert and wakes
!, up 100000 miles from the earth on
!, the planet Mars where lie meets with
= a succession of weird and astounding
=. adreptureS. continued in 4 second book,
THE Gods of the Mars
Il This new story also is y continuation
itof the wonderful adventures of John
e. Carter on the mysterious red planet.
/. The story is full of thrilling situations
: and the reader is taken breathlcssly
from one exciting adventure TO an
other. There are desperate encounters
d with fcrocious DanthS and other hor-
:rible creatures. Old acquaintanccs re-
appear, Tars Tarkas. Tardos Mars and
others OF the Jedaks, and meet
again the faithful Woola, ever ready
in defense OF John Garter. In his eff
( forts to recover possession of his beau
tiful wife, from whom he had been
forcibly separated for twelve Marian
i years. his wits are matched time and
again against those of two of the
shrewdest anu most INSCRIPTIONS
scoundrels in the whole planet. in
with their followers. There is n happy
ending TO the story in the union Of the
Warlord. the title conferred upon John
Carter because of his desperate valor,
vita his beloved Dejah ThoriS.
- THE LAND OF LAST CHANCE. BY
c. w. Ogden. a. c. McClurg IL Co..
Chicago.
This is a story of the opening OF
~Oklahoma 10 white settlement. begin
ming al the time when tense and silent
the restless multiplied thousands wait
ed on the Oklahoma line for signal to
make the mad dash across tie border
TO grab for = specified number of the
millions Of acres Of fertile land which
Uncle Sam had decided to parcel out
among the first corners who could prove
priority in 1he planting Of stakes.
The seethng mass stretched for hun
dreds OF miles. encircling the whol..
territory or its four sides To some,
suc~l as lin Timberlake. II was the
Land Of Last Chance, where success
might al last greet the man Of fail
-ures. TO Captain Davis Scott who
largely had been responsible for the
homesteading decree, IL was the land
where all those who wanted home
could find il. Alas. to many others
even"before shutdown OF the day OF tie
rush, it proved, indeed, 10 be a last
chaDcc-a hazard in which they lost
life itself in defense of their claims.
Greed, despair and honest enterprise
alike contributed tot. the rccond OF
tragedies in swift Succession which
marked the opening OF this beautiful
territory and it's rapid popping.
How the city of Victory arose over
night on tho plains; how tie people
savaEely defended their claims against
the "sooncrs' how good men and bad
men played politics makes "A strong