_Cloth, 12 mo._
This volume representing the maturer work of Mr. London has that
compelling style, that skill in character portrayal and in the
construction of unusual plot which since he first began to write
fiction have always marked him apart from the rank and file of
novelists. No writer to-day is more praised than Mr. London for the
color of his stories, for the fertility of his imagination, for the
strength of his prose, for the way in which he makes his people
live. His versatility, for he can turn out a bit of grim tragedy or
a tale brimming with humor with equal facility, makes him
everybody's author. The present book is a collection of particularly
human stories based on a variety of emotions and worked out with
consummate mastery of his art.