But such a happy thing as this in the life of a bull-keeper is almost too good to be true. In the circus world the young man seeking adventure is never told to go West, nor to become a prospector, nor to drive in motor-car speed events, nor to aspire to the Northwest Mounties. It is merely suggested that if he’s really in earnest and doesn’t care what happens, it might be a good idea to learn the rudiments of being a keeper of the bulls. After that if he isn’t satisfied he’s hopeless!
THE END
UNDER THE BIG TOP
By COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER
Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth. 238 pages.
“To any one who has ever thrilled over a circus, ‘Under the Big Top’ should be a joy. Mr. Cooper knows his subject. He writes of the circus, its pageantry and its romance, its vicissitudes and its thrills, in a vivid, most entertaining fashion.”—“F. F. V.” in The New York Tribune.
“Mr. Cooper gives no end of interesting information about the circus. He has the dramatic instinct that both senses a good story and tells it well, and so his little anecdotes are always interesting, having point, punch, humor, pathos, human appeal.”—The New York Times.
“There is so much genuine interest in Mr. Cooper’s book that a detailed account of the subjects of which it treats is impossible. His book is a compendium of information concerning a subject on which there has always been a great amount of speculation and curiosity, and it answers fully and completely every question that can be asked about the circus.”—The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
“Whenever the historian of the circus sits down to his task and squares his elbows, he will need to have on his desk Mr. Cooper’s ‘Under the Big Top.’ As an account of the circus as it is, here and now, it is altogether satisfying.”—Brander Matthews in The Literary Digest International Book Review.