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The Iron Way

By SARAH PRATT CARR. A capital romance of the West and the Building of the Central Pacific. Fourth Edition, with four illustrations and cover design by J. W. Norton.


 * 1) 1.50.

The " Iron Way " is the Central Pacific Railroad. The comple. tion of this great enterprise in 1867 provides the material for a story full of action and the power of big events. The author has made skil ful use of some of the giant promoters of that day Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker, upon whose initiative the railroad was planned and built. But the railroad sets the scene for a tale of thrilling interest. Alfred Vincent, son of a cultured Eastern family, throws in his lot with the new road as con fidential agent, standing guard over its interests against the wire- cutters, wreckers, and men of the most desperate character. Stella Anthony is the charming woman for whom two men risk all, and the bestowal of whose love upon one of them crowns a most fascinating romance. The secondary characters are admirably drawn, particularly Uncle Billy, who smothers love in life-long friendship, and Sally B., a dominant and true-hearted woman these two establish themselves firmly with the reader from the very start.

"The Iron Way is one of the strongest stories of the times of tha California growth that has ever been written." Fort Worth Telegram.

"The Iron Way is a lively, hustling story, full of action fitting the times, and blending fact and fiction dextrously." Detroit Free Press.

The Bridge of the Gods

By F. H. BALCH. A Romance of Indian Oregon. New (tenth) Edition, enlarged size. With eight full-page illus trations by Laurens Maynard Dixon. Cloth, I2mo, 280 pages, gilt top. $1.50. Paper edition, without illustra tions. 50 cents.

Encouraged by the steady demand for this powerful story, since its publication twelve years ago, the publishers felt justified in issuing this attractive illustrated edition. The book has fairly earned its last ing popularity, not only by the intense interest of the story, but by its faithful delineation of Indian character. From the legends of the Columbia River and the mystical "bridge of the gods," the author has derived a truthful and realistic picture of the powerful tribes that inhabited the Oregon country two centuries ago.

The Syracuse Herald calls the author of "The Bridge of the Gods"
 * the best writer of Indian romance since the days of Fenimore Cooper."

A. C. McCLURG & CO., PUBLISHERS,CHICAGO