In his grasp on the popular interest Mr. Herrick’s mastery grows with every new book he writes. Just because they are human, alive, and above all sincere, they hold one as no tales of silks and swords in an imaginary land could possibly do. The “American” of his new story walks into the Chicago markets from Indiana, to all appearances a tramp—in reality a country boy who has quarrelled with his home surroundings and flung himself into the city to fight for a future. The novel opens in time and scenes of Chicago in 1877. It includes among other incidents a glimpse of the strained days of the Haymarket riot and the trial that followed. It is a novel with more than a passing appeal to one’s sympathies, and taken as a whole seems certain to be at once the most popular and the best thing that Mr. Herrick has written.
THE SECRET WOMAN
By EDEN PHILLPOTTS
Author of “The American Prisoner,” “My Devon Year,” etc.
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“There cannot be two opinions as to the interest and the power of ‘The Secret Woman.’ It is not only its author’s masterpiece, but it is far in advance of anything he has yet written—and that is to give it higher praise than almost any other comparison with contemporary fiction could afford.”
THE LODESTAR
By SIDNEY R. KENNEDY
With Illustrations by The Kinneys
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