A masterly novel, interesting to the point of fascination, analytic to the point of keenness, thoroughly well written with complete understanding, and entirely committed to advocacy of the best things in life. Wallace Rice in Chicago Examiner

Rapid and vivid, sure and keen, light and graceful. New York Times

It is a story full of virile impulse. It treats of men of hardy endeavor, battling for leadership in the world of commerce and politics. If you want a novel that is intensely modern and intensely full of speed and spirit, you have it in The Cost. Bailey Millard in San Francisco Examiner.

With sixteen illustrations by Harrison Fisher

12mo, cloth, price, $1.50


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A BOOK TO MAKE THE SPHINX LAUGH