its covers, and certainly no recent novel has in it more of the elements of a permanent success. A historical romance which tells with accuracy and inspiring stvle of the bravery of the pioneers in winning the western continent, should have a lasting place in the esteem of every American.
"No one who wishes to know the true story of the conquest of the greater part of this great nation can afford to pass by this book."—CUvtland Ltader,
"A vivid picture of the Indian wars preceding the Louisiana j^urchase. of the expedition of Lewis and Clark, and of events following the occupation of Oregon."—Tht CangrtEotionalist.
"It may not be the great American novel we have been waiting for so long, but it certainlylooks as though it would be ver^ near it."—Rochesitr Tinua.
"The characters that are assembled in ' The Conquest ' belong to the history of the United States, their story is a national epic."— Detroit Frt§ Prtu*
McLoughlin and Old Oregon
By Eva Emery Dye. A Chronicle. Fifth Edition. 12mo, 381 pages. $1.50.
This is a most graphic and interesting chronicle of the movement which added to the United States that vast territory, previously a British possession, of which Oregon formed a part, and how Dr. John McLoughlin, then chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company for the Northwest, by his fatherly interest in the settlers, displeased the Hudson's Bay Company and aided in bringing this about. The author has gathered her facts at first hand, and as a result the work is vivid and picturesque and reads like a romance.
"A spirited narrative of what ufe in the wilderness meant in the early days, a record of heroism, self-sacrifice, and donged persistence; a graphic page of the story of the American pioneer."—New York MaitT
The Bridge of the Gods
By F. H. Balch. A Romance of Indian Oregon. New (seventh) Edition, enlarged size. With eight fullpage illustrations by Laurens Maynard Dixon. Cloth, 12mo, 280 pages, gilt top. $1.50. Paper edition, without illustrations. 50 cents.
Encouraged by the steady demand for this powerful story, since its publication twelve vears ago, the publishers felt justified in issuing this attractive illustrated edition. The book has fairly earned its lasting popularity, not only bj the intense interest of the story, but by its faithful delineation of Indian character. From the legends of the Columbia River and the mystical « bridge of the gods," the author has derived a truthful and realistic picture of the powerful tribes that inhabited the Oregon country two centuries ago.
The Syracuse HerallaSiM the author of "The Bridge of the Gods ""the best writer of Indian romance tince the days of Fenimore Cooper."
A. C. McCLURG *• CO., PUBLISHERS, CHICAGO
