ese_" and the one that
embraces all the rest, "_is Charity!_"

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LORDS OF THE NORTH

By A. C. LAUT

A Strong Historical Novel

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_LORDS OF THE NORTH_ is a thrilling romance dealing with the rivalries
and intrigues of _The Ancient and Honorable Hudson's Bay_ and the
_North-West Companies_ for the supremacy of the fur trade in the Great
North. It is a story of life in the open; of pioneers and trappers. The
life of the fur traders in Canada is graphically depicted. The struggles
of the Selkirk settlers and the intrigues which made the life of the two
great fur trading companies so full of romantic interest, are here laid
bare. _Francis Parkman_ and other historians have written of the
discovery and colonization of this part of our great North American
continent, but no novel has appeared so full of life and vivid interest
as _Lords of the North_. Much valuable information has been obtained
from old documents and the records of the rival companies which wielded
unlimited power over a vast extent of our country. The style is
admirable, and the descriptions of an untamed continent, of vast forest
wastes, rivers, lakes and prairies, will place this book among the
foremost historical novels of the present day. The struggles of the
English for supremacy, the capturing of frontier posts and forts, and
the life of trader and trapper are pictured with a master's hand.
Besides being vastly interesting, _Lords of the North_ is a book of
historical value.

_Cloth, 8vo, $1.50_

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_A Drone_

and

_A Dreamer_

_A LOVE STORY_

_Illustrated, Cloth, 8vo, $1.50_

By NELSON LLOYD

_Author of "The Chronic Loafer"_

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A critic in reviewing THE CHRONIC LOAFER said:

"Pennsylvania fiction has never been listed as a standard stock but
Mr. Lloyd has only to continue to write and Pennsylvania will be
lifted, I venture to add, into the list of preferred securities."

"A Drone and a Dreamer" is a rich fulfillment of this prophecy.
Brimming over with genial humor and wholesome fun, the book is an
exquisite love story and charming idyl of life among the mountains
and valleys of the Keystone State.

DROCH in _LIFE_:

"One of the most fertile yet unploughed regions in the United
States for local fiction is Pennsylv