The Triumph has fire and pathos and romance and exhilarating humor. It is a capital story that will keep a reader’s interest from the first appearance of its hero, the young doctor Neal Robeson, to his final triumph—his triumph over himself and over the lawless, turbulent oil-drillers, his success in his profession and in his love affair. It displays a delightful appreciation of the essential points of typical American characters, a happy outlook on every-day life, a vigorous story-telling ability working in material that is thrilling in interest, in a setting that is picturesque and unusual. The action takes place in a little western Pennsylvania village at the time of the oil fever, and a better situation can scarcely be found. Mr. Pier’s account of the fight between the outraged villagers and the oil-drillers around a roaring, blazing gas well is a masterpiece of story telling.
Illustrations by W. D. Stevens
Cloth 12mo $1.50
McClure, Phillips & Co.
The Country Home Library
THE COUNTRY HOME
By E. P. Powell. Vol. 1
A practical book telling how to establish yourself in the country and get the most profit and comfort out of your homestead. There are chapters on selecting a site for the home, building the house, laying out of the grounds, the planting of gardens, drainage for the water supply, etc., etc. It is brimful of just the information anyone planning life in the country would want.