JACK LONDON'S NOVELS
JOHN BARLEYCORN. Illustrated by H. T. Dunn.
This remarkable book is a record of the author's own amazingexperiences. This big, brawny world rover, who has been acquainted withalcohol from boyhood, comes out boldly against John Barleycorn. It is astring of exciting adventures, yet it forcefully conveys anunforgettable idea and makes a typical Jack London book.
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON. Frontispiece by George Harper.
The story opens in the city slums where Billy Roberts, teamster andex-prize fighter, and Saxon Brown, laundry worker, meet and love andmarry. They tramp from one end of California to the other, and in theValley of the Moon find the farm paradise that is to be their salvation.
BURNING DAYLIGHT. Four illustrations.
The story of an adventurer who went to Alaska and laid the foundationsof his fortune before the gold hunters arrived. Bringing his fortunes tothe States he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, andrecovers it only at the muzzle of his gun. He then starts out as amerciless exploiter on his own account. Finally he takes to drinking andbecomes a picture of degeneration. About this time he falls in love withhis stenographer and wins her heart but not her hand and then--but readthe story!
A SON OF THE SUN. Illustrated by A. O. Fischer and C. W. Ashley.
David Grief was once a light-haired, blue-eyed youth who came fromEngland to the South Seas in search of adventure. Tanned like a nativeand as lithe as a tiger, he became a real son of the sun. The lifeappealed to him and he remained and became very wealthy.
THE CALL OF THE WILD. Illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and CharlesLivingston Bull. Decorations by Charles E. Hooper.
A book of dog adventures as exciting as any man's exploits could be.Here is excitement to stir the blood and here is picturesque color totransport the reader to primitive scenes.
THE SEA WOLF. Illustrated by W. J. Aylward.
Told by a man whom Fate suddenly swings from his fastidious life intothe power of the brutal captain of a sealing schooner. A novel ofadventure warmed by a beautiful love episode that every reader will hailwith delight.
WHITE FANG. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull.
"White Fang" is part dog, part wolf and all brute, living in the frozennorth; he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship, andsurrenders all at the last in a fight with a bull dog. Thereafter he isman's loving slave.