The hunt for gold, its adventures and tragedies, has ever been a fruit-{ful eld for the writer of fétion and jin "No Man's Woman" we have yet another volume devoted to the pursult of the all-valuable metal. ft is ja_story of "the inexplicable. white madness which the North puts into [men's blood," is an, initial effort on the part of the writer, and can be. confidently recommended to those Teaders to whom such tales appeal. There is mystery and magic in its Jehapters, it is very. vividly written, fand there Is, in addition, the attrac tion which most of us feel for the unknown lands of the goldseeker. The title is somewhat of a misnomer in that the feminine "element does not and even then does not assume the [prominent position which the title might indicate. It is, in fact, a story Jof gold and gold hunters, not gold miners, for the bait in this instance is jo hidden cache which reveals its secret only after absorbing chapters Jot adventure have been most interest Ingly described by the writer. It is a of woodsman and woodcraft, hunting and fshing as well as of gold much indeed. that is elemental fand Utile that ts artifiiat—s.war.
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