Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The true history of a transcontinental automobile race underlies nearly every detail of the following story. It is a romance seen through the log-book of an actual journey. Hence the particulars of equipment and the description of difficulties met and overcome. The authors hope that, with the progress of good highways across this fascinating con tinent of ours, more motorists may feel the lure of the American road. If this class of traveler finds in The Car and the Lady a timely word which will make the way easier they will feel that they have been justified in supplementing the purely romantic interest of their story with wisdom gained in the school of experience.