The collection of brief stories of Western life which Mrs. Elia W.
Peattie put forth under the title of "A Mountain Woman" is decidedly
out of the ordinary. These tales are vigorous in conception, and are
gracefully and affectively told.--_New York Tribune_.
If anyone were to name the best quality of the Western school of
fiction, it would be a very fine sincerity untouched by cynicism;
faithfulness to reality, and yet a belief in the real human nature that
it finds. This is the best democracy. * * * Mrs. Peattie has done
some work very characteristic of her school, and yet individual. One
is impressed at the very outset with the honesty and vitality of her
observations.--_The Bookman_.
We wish to call most particular attention to a collection of short
Western stories by Mrs. Peattie, entitled "A Mountain Woman." The book
contains several of the best tales of Western life ever written. The
Nebraska stories throw so true a light upon recent conditions in the
sub-arid belt that they explain, better than any political speeches or
arguments could do, the reasons why men in that part of the country are
advocating free silver.--_Review of Reviews_.
With a cover designed by Bruce Rogers. 16mo. Cloth. $1.25.
HERBERT S. STONE & Co., CHICAGO & NEW YORK.
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