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JOHN FOX, JR'S.

STORIES OF THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS

THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. Ill.u.s.trated by F. C. Yohn.

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The ”lonesome pine” from which the story takes its name was a tall tree that stood in solitary splendor on a mountain top. The fame of the pine lured a young engineer through Kentucky to catch the trail, and when he finally climbed to its shelter he found not only the pine but the _footprints of a girl_. And the girl proved to be lovely, piquant, and the trail of these girlish foot-prints led the young engineer a madder chase than ”the trail of the lonesome pine.”

THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME Ill.u.s.trated by F. C. Yohn.

This is a story of Kentucky, in a settlement known as ”Kingdom Come.” It is a life rude, semi-barbarous; but natural and honest, from which often springs the flower of civilization.

”Chad.” the ”little shepherd” did not know who he was nor whence he came--he had just wandered from door to door since early childhood, seeking shelter with kindly mountaineers who gladly fathered and mothered this waif about whom there was such a mystery--a charming waif, by the way, who could play the banjo better that anyone else in the mountains.

A KNIGHT OF THE c.u.mBERLAND. Ill.u.s.trated by F. C. Yohn.

The scenes are laid along the waters of the c.u.mberland, the lair of moons.h.i.+ner and feudsman. The knight is a moons.h.i.+ner's son, and the heroine a beautiful girl perversely christened ”The Blight.” Two impetuous young Southerners' fall under the spell of ”The Blight's”

charms and she learns what a large part jealousy and pistols have in the love making of the mountaineers.

Included in this volume is ”h.e.l.l fer-Sartain” and other stories, some of Mr. Fox's most entertaining c.u.mberland valley narratives.

THE NOVELS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL

THE INSIDE OF THE CUP. Ill.u.s.trated by Howard Giles.

The Reverend John Hodder is called to a fas.h.i.+onable church in a middle-western city. He knows little of modern problems and in his theology is as orthodox as the rich men who control his church could desire. But the facts of modern life are thrust upon him; an awakening follows and in the end he works out a solution.

A FAR COUNTRY. Ill.u.s.trated by Herman Pfeifer.

This novel is concerned with big problems of the day. As _The Inside of the Cup_ gets down to the essentials in its discussion of religion, so _A Far Country_ deals in a story that is intense and dramatic, with other vital issues confronting the twentieth century.

A MODERN CHRONICLE. Ill.u.s.trated by J. H. Gardner Soper.

This, Mr. Churchill's first great presentation of the Eternal Feminine, is throughout a profound study of a fascinating young American woman. It is frankly a modern love story.