PERCH OF THE DEVIL
By GERTRUDE ATHERTON
Author of “The Conqueror,” “Tower of Ivory,” etc.
In this novel, which gives the romance of mining in Montana, appears a new figure in American fiction—Ida Compton—so real, so true to America as to make her almost a national figure. The story of her growth from a crude, beautiful girl to a woman of fire and character makes a wholesome, satisfying novel. $1.35 net.
“For other novels written by a woman and having the scope and power of Mrs. Atherton’s we must hark back to George Eliot, George Sand, and Madame de Stael. It is hard to discover American men equaling Mrs. Atherton in width of wisdom, depth of sympathy, and sense of consecration.”—American Review of Reviews.
ART
By CLIVE BELL
A clever, pungent book which accounts for and defends the Post-Impressionist School, showing it to be allied with vital art throughout its history. It is by a man who has a keen interest in life and art, and can express himself tersely, with flashes of humor. It has created a lively discussion in England. Illustrated. $1.25 net.
S. S. McCLURE’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
“Goes on the same shelf with Jacob Riis’ The Making of an American, Booker Washington’s Up from Slavery and Mary Antin’s The Promised Land.”—Brooklyn Eagle. The Scotch-Irish boy who came here to do his best tells of his rise in a simple, fascinating way. As the editor who introduced to us Kipling, Stevenson, and others equally famous, and first brought American magazines into national affairs, he gives a remarkable inside view of our letters and national life. Illustrated. $1.75 net.