The Modern Fiction Library 



A new and important series of some of the best popular novels 

 which have been published in recent years. 



These successful books are now made available at a popular price 

 in response to the insistent demand for cheaper editions. 



The authors include such well-known names as : 



JACK LONDON JAMES LANE ALLEN 



ROBERT HERRICK WILLIAM STEARNS DAVIS 



H. G. WELLS E. V. LUCAS 



RICHARD WASHBURN CHILD CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS 



ELIZABETH ROBINS Mrs. ROGER A. PRYOR 



Each volume, Cloth, 12mo, 50 cents net; postage, 10 cents extra 



Burning Daylight 



By JACK LONDON 



" Burning Daylight " is just the kind of a story that Jack Lon- 

 don loves to write the story of the struggles of a strong man 

 in a world of strong men. Moreover, it is a story which he has 

 written purely for the story's sake he does not preach any- 

 thing in it. This fact will make it appeal to those who dislike 

 to have their socialism., or whatever it may be, mixed up with 

 their fiction. "Jack London," The Springfield Union writes, 

 " has outdone himself in l Burning Daylight. 1 " The book gets 

 its title from the hero who is nicknamed " Burning Daylight " 

 because it was his custom at the first intimation of daylight to 

 rout out his companions for the day's work, so there would be 

 no waste of the daylight hours, or in other words, no burning of 

 daylight. 



The Reign of Law A Tale of the Kentucky Hempfields 

 By JAMES LANE ALLEN 



" Mr. Allen has a style as original and almost as perfectly fin- 

 ished as Hawthorne's, and he has also Hawthorne's fondness for 

 spiritual suggestions that make all his stories rich in the quali- 

 ties that are lacking in so many novels of the period." San 

 Francisco Chronicle. 



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