THE LONG ROLL (Illustrated)

Mary Johnston's novel, "The Long Roll" is possibly the most ambitious of all her writings. One critic considered it "an unmistakable bid for the honor of a great American novel." It contains 683 pages and approximately 270,000 words — enough to fill three novels of a the long fair size. And there is also a Roll companion volume, which deals as this deals with "the war between the States." It is evident that Johnston has the same ambition that many American novelists have had, to write a gre...