==EBEN HOLDEN==: A Tale of the North Country. A story of the hardy wood-choppers of Vermont, who founded their homes in the Adirondack wilderness. “Eben,” the hero, is a bachelor with an imagination that is a very wilderness of oddities. ==SILAS STRONG==: Emperor of the Woods. A simple account of one summer life, as it was lived in a part of the Adirondacks. Silas Strong is a woodland philosopher, and his camp is the scene of an impressive little love story. ==VERGILIUS==: A Tale of the Coming of Christ. A thrilling and beautiful story of two young Roman Patricians whose great and perilous love in the reign of Augustus leads them through the momentous, exciting events that marked the year just preceding the birth of Christ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GROSSET & DUNLAP, 526 WEST 26th ST., NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. Corrections in the unpaginated advertising section are noted with a prefix ‘a’. 5.23 scarce fifteen years of age[,/.] Replaced. 16.20 who have been here to[-]night. Inserted. 17.27 its preparation for mil[i]tary defense Inserted. 27.24 set out together along the q[iu/ui]et Transposed. 104.29 small ivory min[i]ature Inserted. 123.19 and you can wear it safely[”]. Added. 134.15 but Van Volkenberg’s d[raw/war]f Transposed. 165.7 With this end in view[./,] Replaced. 242.12 before he leaves the house.[”] Added. a3.12 now a beautif[n/u]l young woman Inverted. a8.40 [“]A novel tale concerning itself Removed. a9.30 a sturdy young farmer[,/.] Replaced. End of Project Gutenberg's Patroon van Volkenberg, by Henry Thew Stephenson