Edward Cary 



than " Kaweah's Run." Few more 

 realizable pictures of strange human 

 life were ever painted than those of 

 the Newtys of Pike and the artist of 

 Cut-off Copples's. Indeed, quite apart 

 from its rare literary merit which jus- 

 tifies its claim as an American classic, 

 and the peculiar vividness and scope 

 of scientific statement, the book has 

 a unique value for the light it throws 

 on a vanished life in a region at once 

 important and picturesque. 



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