THE NE'ER-DO-WELL 
By REX BEACH 
Author of “ The Silver Horde.” 
The boy had a 
fight on his hands 
that night when 
he was whirled 
trom Broadway to 
’tween-decks of a 
Panama boat — 
and the fight had 
only begun. He 
was a young Am¬ 
erican and a reck¬ 
less idler at the 
beginning, which 
gives the novel its 
title. And the fight 
went on—in fact, 
it grew. It be¬ 
came a different 
kind of struggle, 
and into it all the 
flotsam and jetsam 
of the Is t h mu s 
were drawn. The 
boy got some help 
—the hands that were stretched out to help him 
were mostly slender and white—and some boosts, 
but a lot of hard knocks as well. It took some 
time, and there was much fun for the spectators. 
Finally the boy became a man—the kind of a man 
who can do things. Illustrated by Christy. 
Post 8 vo, Cloth , $1.25 net. 
THE IRON WOMAN 
By MARGARET DELAND 
Like its prede¬ 
cessor, “T he 
Iron Woman” 
is a novel of 
spiritual strug¬ 
gle and deep 
human emotion 
—-but it rises to 
an even greater 
height than 
“The Awaken¬ 
ing of Helena 
Richie.” The 
story is com¬ 
pact and swiftly 
moving. From 
beginning to end 
its human ap¬ 
peal never flags, 
and despite the 
touches of pro¬ 
found pathos, it 
has a wholesome 
sanity and cheerful every-day ness that reminds one 
of the “Old Chester Tales.” Never was youth— 
dainty, virginal, dewy youth—youth with its 
latent passion, so vividly pictured. No serial ever 
published in Harper’s Magazine brought forth the 
favorable comment of so many people. 
Illustrated. Post 8 vo, Cloth, $1.35 net. 
VICTOR OLLNEE’S DISCIPLINE By Hamlin Garland 
Victor Ollnee, a healthy, normal youth, catcher of the university base-ball team, learns that his mother, 
whom he has seen but little since his childhood, is a famous medium. Lucy Ollnee is a delicate, refined 
little woman, who has perfect faith in her unusual psychic powers. Victor determines to make her 
break away from it and the story works out the destiny of the boy, his sweetheart, and his mother in 
chapters of strong and simple feeling. Post 8 vo, Cloth , $1.30 net. 
NOBODY’S By Virginia Demarest 
The love story of a beautiful and refined Southern girl who, as she grows up, faces an alarming situa¬ 
tion regarding her birth. Mystery, suspense, and the skill with which the colored people are drawn in 
their superstition and timorous instinct for concealment, make “Nobody’s” an unusual novel. 
With Frontispiece. Post 8 vo, Cloth, $1.20 net. 
THE NINE-TENTHS By James Oppenheim 
Take an easy-going, fairly successful business man and pull the world down about his ears. Mr. Oppenheim’s Joe lives in 
New York. The real quality of the man is laid bare when a fire sweeps through his building, and he feels himself respon¬ 
sible for the death of the girls who worked on the floor above. Joe and his mother go down among the poor to live. Joe 
seeks to wield an influence through the paper which he establishes and edits. He and his work become a center for factory 
workers, shirt-waist makers, and even for the wealthy who are interested in humanity. It is a story of genuine human 
appeal and meaning. Post 8 vo, Cloth, $1 .25 net. 
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