*THE HARVESTER*
Illustrated by W. L. Jacobs
"The Harvester," David Langston, is a man of the woods and fields, whodraws his living from the prodigal hand of Mother Nature herself. Ifthe book had nothing in it but the splendid figure of this man, with hissure grip on life, his superb optimism, and his almost miraculousknowledge of nature secrets, it would be notable. But when the Girlcomes to his "Medicine Woods," and the Harvester's whole sound, healthy,large outdoor being realizes that this is the highest point of lifewhich has come to him--there begins a romance, troubled and interrupted,yet of the rarest idyllic quality.
*FRECKLES.*
Decorations by E. Stetson Crawford
Freckles is a nameless waif when the tale opens, but the way in which hetakes hold of life; the nature friendships he forms in the greatLimberlost Swamp; the manner in which everyone who meets him succumbs tothe charm of his engaging personality; and his love-story with "TheAngel" are full of real sentiment.