"Unlike any book of his we have met before ... extremely pleasant and genial ... holds the reader's attention to the end."—N. Y. Sun.
"A fine, worthy book, indeed; too popular, perhaps, but the finest Mr. London has done."—Michigan Churchman.
"Jack London's good story.... A delightful picture of California life ... such a lovable pair.... The story is an excellent one for grouchy persons. It ought to cure them."—Brooklyn Eagle.
Short Stories
By JACK LONDON
Cloth, 12 mo.
This volume representing the maturer work of Mr. London has that compelling style, that skill in character portrayal and in the construction of unusual plot which since he first began to write fiction have always marked him apart from the rank and file of novelists. No writer to-day is more praised than Mr. London for the color of his stories, for the fertility of his imagination, for the strength of his prose, for the way in which he makes his people live. His versatility, for he can turn out a bit of grim tragedy or a tale brimming with humor with equal facility, makes him everybody's author. The present book is a collection of particularly human stories based on a variety of emotions and worked out with consummate mastery of his art.
NEW MACMILLAN FICTION