Chapter 19

Novels of Adventure

Novels of Adventure

THE THUNDERING HERDBy Zane GreyA new story of the old west—of buffalo hunters and cowboys, of plainsmen and Indians on the war-path. The whole colorful epoch of the pioneer unrolls before us in this tale, which centers in the destruction of the thundering herds of buffalo.MOUNTAINS OF MYSTERYBy Arthur O. FrielNo lover of high adventure will wish to miss this story of the search for a lost white race in the depths of the South American wilderness, undertaken by Knowlton, McKay, and red-headed Tim—the three redoubtable adventurers whose trails so many readers have followed in Mr. Friel’s other books.THE FOURTEEN POINTS—CRAIG KENNEDYBy Arthur B. ReeveCraig Kennedy, classic and phenomenally popular figure of detective fiction, here appears in a series of stories the scheme of which includes an ingenious and absolutely new twist, which invests them with all the lure of cross-word puzzles as well as that of first-class mysteries.CLOTHES MAKE THE PIRATEBy Holman DayA rollicking sea yarn of Colonial times in Boston, in which a timorous but romantically minded tailor masquerades as Dixy Bull, pirate and terror of the Maine coast. The results of his escapades are as unexpected as they are crammed with hilarity and misadventure.HARPER & BROTHERSNew YorkEstablished 1817SeeHarper’s MagazineforAnnouncementsof the betterSchoolsandColleges.

THE THUNDERING HERD

By Zane Grey

A new story of the old west—of buffalo hunters and cowboys, of plainsmen and Indians on the war-path. The whole colorful epoch of the pioneer unrolls before us in this tale, which centers in the destruction of the thundering herds of buffalo.

MOUNTAINS OF MYSTERY

By Arthur O. Friel

No lover of high adventure will wish to miss this story of the search for a lost white race in the depths of the South American wilderness, undertaken by Knowlton, McKay, and red-headed Tim—the three redoubtable adventurers whose trails so many readers have followed in Mr. Friel’s other books.

THE FOURTEEN POINTS—CRAIG KENNEDY

By Arthur B. Reeve

Craig Kennedy, classic and phenomenally popular figure of detective fiction, here appears in a series of stories the scheme of which includes an ingenious and absolutely new twist, which invests them with all the lure of cross-word puzzles as well as that of first-class mysteries.

CLOTHES MAKE THE PIRATE

By Holman Day

A rollicking sea yarn of Colonial times in Boston, in which a timorous but romantically minded tailor masquerades as Dixy Bull, pirate and terror of the Maine coast. The results of his escapades are as unexpected as they are crammed with hilarity and misadventure.

HARPER & BROTHERSNew YorkEstablished 1817

SeeHarper’s MagazineforAnnouncementsof the betterSchoolsandColleges.


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