This is a book of unique interest about out-door life in the arid region of Southeastern California. It describes the marvels of the desert, the Indian, the Greaser, and the gold-hunter, the strange birds and beasts and flowers of that region, with extraordinary fidelity.

"What John Muir has done for the western slopes of the Sierras, with their solemn forests and their mysterious silences, Mrs. Austin does in a more tender and intimate fashion for the eastern slopes."—Brooklyn Eagle.

With full-page and marginal illustrations by
E. Boyd Smith. 8vo, $2.00, net. Postpaid, $2.24


BOOKS BY ANDY ADAMS

WELLS BROTHERS

"It carries the true spirit of the plains."—Chicago Evening Post.

Illustrated. $1.20 net. Postage 11 cents.

REED ANTHONY, COWMAN

The autobiography of a cowboy, giving an interesting insight into the old-time cattle business.