"This is not a mere 'boy's book'; it is a work of art, appealing to the most cultured reader."—Christian World.
"Though the story may have been written for boys, it is even better fun for older people and sportsmen, as a well-written, spirited book of so strenuous a life."—Literary World.
The Mettle of the Pasture
By JAMES LANE ALLEN
Author of "The Choir Invisible," "A Kentucky Cardinal," etc., etc.
Cloth 12mo $1.50
"'The Mettle of the Pasture' contains more characters and a greater variety of them, it has more versatility, more light and shade, more humor, than any of his previous books. The story, too, is wider in scope and the central tragedy draws irresistibly to it....
"'The Mettle of the Pasture' is a novel of greatness; it is so far Mr. Allen's masterpiece; a work of beauty and finished art. There can be no question of its supreme place in our literature; there can be no doubt of its wide acceptance and acceptability. More than any of his books it is destined to an enviable popularity. It does not take extraordinary prescience to predict an extraordinary circulation for it."—James MacArthur in a review in the August Reader.
"It may be that 'The Mettle of the Pasture' will live and become a part of our literature; it certainly will live far beyond the allotted term of present-day fiction. Our principal concern is that it is a notable novel, that it ranks high in the entire range of American and English fiction, and that it is worth the reading, the re-reading, and the continuous appreciation of those who care for modern literature at its best."—The Boston Transcript.