J -^ K ™"R°™ MARTIN EDEN 



BEGINS IN THE 

 SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF 



The Pacific Monthly 



he Pacific Monthly, of Portland, Oregon, has 

 just purchased, for $7,000, " Jack " London's new 

 novel, "Martin Eden." It is 142,000 words in 

 length, and is a vivid picture of London's strug- 

 gle from obscurity to success. Probably there is 



not a reader of the National Geographic Magazine who has 

 not read and been thrilled by " The Call of the Wild " and the 

 "Sea- Wolf." Every man who has red blood in his veins 

 will read London's latest story with intense interest. 



Martin Eden is a character study — the story of a fighter- a fighter 

 as a newsboy in the alleys of San Francisco ; a fighter as a rowdy 

 in slums ; and, finally, afighter for education and culture, strug- 

 gling against theodds of common birth and vulgar environment, 

 with a desperation of courage that presents a powerful blending 

 of brutality of strength with sublimity of purpose. His inspira- 

 tion is a woman of the higher sphere of life, but his motive is 

 the mighty impulse that animates a soul and brain born to ex- 

 pand until fettering ignorance is sundered and ignoble influence 

 trampled under foot. * * It is not too much to say of " Martin 

 Eden " that it possesses more of fascination and virility, grips 

 the imagination and the sympathies more keenly, and imparts 

 more of courage than any book produced in years. 



THE PACIFIC MONTHLY has many other big features besides 

 "Jack " London's story. It is typically western, and is uni- 

 versally recognized as the leading magazine of the West. Not 

 only is it a high-class publication from a literary standpoint, 

 but its artistic and beautiful pictures are making friends for 

 it wherever it is seen. 



The price of The Pacific is $1.50 a year; but to every reader of 

 the National Geographic Magazine who will send 50 cents, in 

 stamps or money-order, before October 31, we will send The 

 Pacific Monthly for six months, the subscription to begin 

 with the September number. 



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