To the man and to the beast; To the girl, the snake, the blossom; To fever and fire and fear; To hurricane blast and storm within; To bloody fang and venomed tooth; To love, to hate, to pain, to joy,– For of such is Life, In the Primitive–and out.

By Mr. Bennet


FOR THE WHITE CHRIST. A Story
of the Days of Charlemagne. Illustrations
in full color by the Kinneys. Twentieth
thousand.
$1.50.

A. C. McClurg & Co., Publishers


CONTENTS
I.Wave-tossed and Castaway[11]
II.Worse than Wilderness[18]
III.The Worth of Fire[29]
IV.A Journey in Desolation[40]
V.The Re-ascent of Man[56]
VI.Man and Gentleman[67]
VII.Around the Headland[76]
VIII.The Club Age[87]
IX.The Leopards’ Den[105]
X.Problems in Woodcraft[123]
XI.A Despoiled Wardrobe[139]
XII.Survival of the Fittest[147]
XIII.The Mark of the Beast[159]
XIV.Fever and Fire and Fear[174]
XV.With Bow and Club[191]
XVI.The Savage Manifest[201]
XVII.The Serpent Strikes[212]
XVIII.The Eavesdropper Caught[226]
XIX.An Ominous Lull[235]
XX.The Hurricane Blast[251]
XXI.Wreckage and Salvage[263]
XXII.Understanding and Misunderstanding[272]
XXIII.The End of the World[284]
XXIV.A Lion Leads Them[299]
XXV.In Double Salvation[314]