The pillar thus designated was a lighthouse, and the author tells with
exciting detail the terrible dilemma of its cutoff inhabitants and
introduces the charming comedy of a man eloping with his own wife.
THE RED YEAR: A Story of the Indian Mutiny.
The never-to-be-forgotten events of 1857 form the background of this
story. The hero who begins as lieutenant and ends as Major Malcolm, has
as stirring a military career as the most jaded novel reader could wish.
A powerful book.
THE WHEEL O'FORTUNE. With illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg.
The story deals with the finding of a papyrus containing the particulars
of the hiding of some of the treasures of the Queen of Sheba. The
glamour of mystery added to the romance of the lovers, gives the novel
an interest that makes it impossible to leave until the end is reached.