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sand nni nrroyn. but Of tho bleak /
whito stretches atop tho Continental
Divide whrro wintor rules with n
"ehdihh hnnd. whero NIL tho world Is |
one tremendous stretch OF sheer
precipices. OF bluc-gresn leo and
nnow-apray borne on tho breaBt Ot n
neVsr-rostinB gale: the backbone Of
Tho continent out In Colorado where
Mr.. Cooper takes his characters that
they may work out their future and
%bsolVo their pasta In O stpry which.
for sheer strength. swift action and
constant suspense has had few equals
among recent novels.
The story ~ that Of Barry Ious-
ton. almost teatsn by circumstances
and the stain OF q crime that was no,
his. who comes into tho wcsturn
country. In last determined effort
TO work out his salvRtion. His lum-
b..> mp 80 drifting toward dlssolu-
tion. lie has been accused OF muir
der. 'ArraYed against him IL n schem-
Ing. frost warped man OF the timber
lands, and more schemIng, moro
dangerous woman Of the city But
through his love for a little girl OF
the hills. Medaine Robinette, and the
friendship OF old Bapuste Renaud.
tho good father OF the West country.
enduring much and suffering greatly.
Bnrry at last wins the reward ne
seeks. 1t Is big story Of big
hearted people In big country.
where romance md adventure abound
on every side.
THE MODERN KC kLCX KHAN.
ny II. J.. Fry. Small. Maynard &
Co, Boston.
IL the modern Ku Klux Khan anti
-. II
rki!lfully con,rived organization for
making money. or IL II sincere.
genuine Iraternal order emphasizing
the true principles o! Americauis,n?
The contention of the author is that
that the modern Ku Klux Khan Is u
distinct menace to the American peo-
pei and rs set UP In defnance OF all
legal and constitutional require
ments. The author Will he recognized
as the individual who quit tho organ
ization and turned over to the New
York World all the information he
had obtained as member and ac-
tive organizer.
THE MASTER FISHERMAN. ~
Rev. Ernest Earle OsKood. with ar
Introduction by Henry Sydnor Har-
rison. The Stratford CO.. Boston. y
This verses In this book are select.
ed from occasional composition Gov
erinB wide period o: time. Their
common theme is the Relation or
Beauty TO Truth. In these poems
the author shows that there can
never be such thing as failure in
our endeavors II. as We sail out into
the sea Of humanity. We are accom-
panied by the Discernins Counselor,
tho Master,
THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND
THE CHURCH. BY John VI c. VIII
son. The stratford Co. Roston.
This book Is a study of the ideals |
~ tho labor movement In their re-
lation 10 historic Christianity. Its
thesis In that the labor movement |
has borrowed all it's Intellectual fur
n'tnre from Christian theology, and |
all it's practice from the practice OF
the church for the past 1000 yeats. |
II shows that the movement has been
strong just in proportion to it's car
ry'ng tn" Christian ideal into prac-
tce. and that its main weakness lies
In tho fact that II has not fully en-
hraccd that ideal. II reaches the
conclusion tina, the labor movemen,
will not be successful in its aims un-
I'll II has taken tho last step and be-
comes Christian.
THE EVERLASTING WHISPER |
by Jackson Gregory Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons. New York
The vast forests and mighty ranges
OF the High Sierras form the bacs
bone OF this splendid romance. ou,
into the wilderness goes Mark King.
AdHcnturer and explorer, in answer
I" The Everlasting Whisper. ana
with him. because she is so placed
that he cannot safely leave her. rocs
Gloria Gaynor. child OF luxury.
stranger TO hardship and danger of
any kind.
Hardship and danger come: others
arc headed for Kings goal: an carry
blizzard ronrs over the ridges: tho
story becomes on. Of n strong mnn,.
struggle aEainst savage nature and
savage humanity. on tho ono hans.
and, on the other. OF n beautiful
girls gradual regeneration from a