Introductory material (continued 4)

The Beautiful White Devil. By Guy Boothby, Author of "Dr. Nikola," &c. With Six full-page Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.

"A more lively, romantic, and amazing bit of fiction than 'The Beautiful White Devil,' it would be hard to indicate.... It is full of surprise and fascination for the fiction-lover, and is worthy of the reputation of the creator of the famous Nikola."

Dr. Nikola. By Guy Boothby. With about Forty Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, in striking and original binding, 5s.

"One hair-breadth escape succeeds another with rapidity that scarce leaves the reader breathing space.... The interest of their experience is sufficient to stay criticism and carry him through a story ingeniously invented and skilfully told."—Scotsman.

The Manchester Courier says:—"Few authors can depict action as brilliantly and resourcefully as the creator of 'Dr. Nikola.'"

The Fascination of the King. By Guy Boothby. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, special design, bevelled boards, 5s. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.

"A tale of much power and sustained interest, narrated with dramatic effect."—The Scotsman.

"The interest is sustained from first to last, and thrilling incidents crop up at almost every page."—The People.

"Unquestionably the best work we have yet seen from the pen of Mr. Guy Boothby.... 'The Fascination of the King' is one of the books of the season."—Bristol Mercury.

"Undoubtedly dramatic.... A wonderfully interesting story."—Morning Leader.

Bushigrams. By Guy Boothby. Fully Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.

"Intensely interesting. Forces from us, by its powerful artistic realism, those choky sensations which it should be the aim of the humane writer to elicit, whether in comedy or tragedy. The book will enhance Mr. Boothby's reputation and bring him into the very front rank of emotional writers, as well as confirm our opinion of him as a most powerful imaginative author. His humorous vein is fascinating and attractive. His pathos is true, and often most touching."—Manchester Guardian.

ARTHUR MORRISON.

Martin Hewitt, Investigator. By Arthur Morrison, Author of "Tales of Mean Streets," &c. With Fifty Illustrations by Sidney Paget. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.

Chronicles of Martin Hewitt: Being the Second Series of "Martin Hewitt, Investigator." By Arthur Morrison. With Thirty Illustrations by D. Murray Smith. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.

Adventures of Martin Hewitt: Being the Third Series of "Martin Hewitt, Investigator." By Arthur Morrison. Illustrated by T. S. C. Crowther. Crown 8vo, canvas gilt, 5s.

The Dorrington Deed-Box. By Arthur Morrison. Fully Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood, Harold Piffard, Sidney Cowell, &c., &c.

"Most people like tales of this sort ... and no one writes them better than Mr. Morrison does. The narratives are written not only with ingenuity, but with conviction, which is, perhaps, even the more valuable quality. They are essentially of the breathless and absorbing order, and their attractiveness is enhanced by the excellent pictures that accompany them."—The Globe.

"Certainly the most ingenious and entertaining of the numerous successors to Sherlock Holmes. There is not one of the stories in this collection that is not ingeniously constructed and cleverly written."—The Academy.

PERCY ANDREAE.

The Vanished Emperor: A Romance of To-day. By Percy Andreae. Crown 8vo, canvas gilt, 6s.

"We can honestly say it is years since we read a story so original, so striking, or so absorbing."—Manchester Courier.

FRANCIS HINDES GROOME.

Kriegspiel: The War Game. By Francis Hindes Groome. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.

"Seemingly at one bound Mr. Groome has taken rank amongst the most promising novelists of the day, so full is 'Kriegspiel' of interest, of stirring incident, and of vivid and varied sketches of men and manners from contemporary English life."—Illustrated London News.

SHAN F. BULLOCK.

By Thrasna River: The Story of a Townland. Given by one John Farmer, and Edited by his Friend, Shan F. Bullock. With Full-page Illustrations by St. Clair Simmons. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.

"This is a charming book, and affords quite the best picture of Irish rural life that we have ever come across."—The Athenæum.

"It is an Irish 'Thrums,' in which the character is drawn as straight from life as in Mr. Barrie's delightful annals of Kirriemuir."—The Sketch.

FRANCIS PREVOST.

False Dawn. By Francis Prevost. Crown 8vo, canvas, full gilt, 6s.

"There is a mingled delicacy and power ... intensely interesting.... The book is one to be read and remembered."—Speaker.

"Beautifully written, with real and rare powers both of psychology and of word painting."—Academy.

Rust of Gold. By Francis Prevost. Crown 8vo, art canvas, 5s.

"A series of nine fin de siècle stories of great power and picturesqueness.... A more appalling tale than 'A Ghost of the Sea' has not been recounted for many years past, nor have the tragical potentialities of modern life, as lived by people of culture and refinement, been more graphically illustrated than in 'Grass upon the Housetops,' 'The Skirts of Chance,' and 'False Equivalents.' As word-pictures they are simply masterpieces."—Daily Telegraph.

On The Verge. By Francis Prevost. Crown 8vo, art canvas, 5s.

"'Rust of Gold' was good, but 'On the Verge' is better."—Star.

MAX PEMBERTON.

Jewel Mysteries I Have Known. By Max Pemberton, Author of "The Iron Pirate." &c. With about Fifty Illustrations by R. Caton Woodville and Fred. Barnard. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, gilt edges, 5s.

"The most interesting and entrancing mystery stories that have appeared since the publication of the doings of Sherlock Holmes."—The Literary World.

"Mr. Pemberton has attempted a great deal more than to give mere plots and police cases, and he has succeeded in capturing our attention, and never letting it go, from the first story to the last."—The Bookman.

BERTRAM MITFORD.

The Curse of Clement Waynflete: A Story of Two Wars. By Bertram Mitford, Author of "The King's Assegai," "The Gun Runner," &c. With Four Full-page Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"Telling us wonderful incidents of inter-racial warfare, of ambuscades, sieges, surprises, and assaults almost without number.... A thoroughly exciting story, full of bright descriptions and stirring episodes."—The Daily Telegraph.

A Veldt Official: A Novel of Circumstance. By Bertram Mitford, Author of "The Gun Runner," "The Curse of Clement Waynflete," &c. With Two Full-page Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"We have seldom come across a more thrilling narrative. From start to finish Mr. Mitford secures unflagging attention."—Leeds Mercury.

The Expiation of Wynne Palliser. By Bertram Mitford, Author of "The King's Assegai," &c. With Two Full-page Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"The best of this author's many excellent romances."—The Globe.

Fordham's Feud. By Bertram Mitford, Author of "A Veldt Official," "The Curse of Clement Waynflete," "The Expiation of Wynne Palliser," &c. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. With Four Full-page Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood.

"A story of much merit and startling dénouement. For wealth of character, pleasant descriptive matter, romantic incident, and powerful plot, there are few books that will eclipse 'Fordham's Feud.'"—Manchester Courier.

COULSON KERNAHAN.

Captain Shannon. By Coulson Kernahan, Author of "God and the Ant." Illustrated by F. S. Wilson.

"It contains plenty of daring, imaginative flights, and not one tiresome or commonplace episode."—The Globe.

"The perils which Rissler has to undergo before he finally runs the victim to earth—or rather to water—are so terrible that they might well be warranted to turn the hair of any man white."—The Speaker.

EDITH JOHNSTONE.

A Sunless Heart. By Edith Johnstone. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

"Mr. W. T. Stead, in his article on 'Women Novelists,' writes of 'Its Intrinsic merit, its originality and its pathos, its distinctively woman's outlook on life and the singular glow and genius of its author.... Lotus is a distinct creation—vivid, life-like, and original."—The Review of Reviews.

CAPTAIN CHARLES KING.

Fort Frayne. A Story of Army Life in the Northwest. With Portrait of the Author. Crown 8vo. cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"A rattling good story.... Keeps one interested and amused from first to last."—Pall Mall Gazette.

"A story of border warfare, so interesting that it is hard to lay it down.... A very well-written story, full of keen interest and fine character."—Guardian.

ADA CAMBRIDGE.

A Humble Enterprise. By Ada Cambridge, Author of "The Three Miss Kings," "Fidelis," "A Marked Man," &c. With Four Full-page Illustrations by St. Clair Simmons. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"It is a delightful story, refreshingly original, singularly well told and absorbingly interesting from beginning to end."—Daily Mail.

"A pretty, graceful story, and one to leave, so to speak, a clean taste in one's mouth; such dishes are rarely served to the public."—Pall Mall Gazette.

At Midnight. By Ada Cambridge, Author of "A Humble Enterprise," &c. Fully Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"This latest production from the pen of Miss Ada Cambridge is sure to be a great success."

NORA VYNNE.

Honey of Aloes, and other Stories. By Nora Vynne, Author of "The Blind Artist's Pictures," "A Comedy of Honour," &c. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

"These tales are in every respect worthy of conservation, and we cordially congratulate the reading public, as well as their author, upon their reproduction in book form. Not only do they abound in literary merit, but in thrilling interest, and there is not one of them that is not instinct with intense and veracious humanity.... 'Their Reason,' 'A Dilemma,' 'Greek and Greek,' and 'Lost Kisses,' deserve special and unqualified laudation."—Daily Telegraph.

WILLIAM LE QUEUX.

A Secret Service: Being Strange Tales of a Nihilist. By William Le Queux, Author of "The Great War," "Zoraida," &c. With Frontispiece by Harold Piffard. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

"Apart altogether from its political interest, 'A Secret Service' will be read and appreciated for its brightly written stories of mystery and sensation and romance which are threaded together in the narrative of Anton Préhzner."—Daily Mail.

CONAN DOYLE.

The First Book about Sherlock Holmes.

A Study in Scarlet. By A. Conan Doyle, Author of "Micah Clarke," "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," &c. With Forty Illustrations by George Hutchinson. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, 3s. 6d.

"Everything that prince of amateur detectives, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, says is worth hearing, and the dramatic surprises contained in his amiable and artistic fooling of the two brother detectives are capitally conceived."—Black and White.

"Few things have been so good of late as Mr. Conan Doyle's 'Study in Scarlet,'"—Mr. Andrew Lang, in Longman's Magazine.

ANNIE E. HOLDSWORTH.

Spindles and Oars. By Annie E. Holdsworth, Author of "The Years that the Locust hath Eaten." Crown 8vo, cloth, with Special Title-page, 3s. 6d.

"We do not exaggerate when we say that there are very few books of living writers which we would not gladly exchange for such a work as she has now given us."—Manchester Courier.

JOSEPH HOCKING.

Fields of Fair Renown. With Frontispiece and Vignette by J. Barnard Davis, Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"Mr. Joseph Hocking's 'Fields of Fair Renown' is a novel with a purpose, and the theme is worked out with a good deal of force and effective power ... it is both interesting and powerful."—Scotsman.

"Mr. Hocking has produced a work which his readers of all classes will appreciate.... There are exhibited some of the most beautiful aspects of disposition."—Dundee Advertiser.

All Men are Liars. By Joseph Hocking. With Frontispiece and Vignette by Gordon Browne. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 3s. 6d.

"This is a notable book. Thoughtful people will be fascinated by its actuality, its fearlessness, and the insight it gives into the influence of modern thought and literature upon the mind and morals of our most promising manhood."—Christian World.

"A striking book.... It is strong and earnest and vigorous: It shows knowledge of the lower class, and impatience and contempt of shams of all sorts."—The Standard.

Ishmael Pengelly: An Outcast. By Joseph Hocking. With Frontispiece and Vignette by W. S. Stacey. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"As a story this book is a splendid piece of writing; every detail is interesting, and the situations it creates are novel and striking."—The Record.

"A remarkable novel.... The plot of the story is ingenious, the manner of its telling essentially dramatic, the character-drawing excellent and consistent."—Christian World.

The Story of Andrew Fairfax. By Joseph Hocking. With Frontispiece and Vignette by George Hutchinson. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"Rustic scenes and characters are drawn with free, broad touches, without Mr. Buchanan's artificiality, and, if we may venture to say it, with more realism than in Mr. Hardy's country pictures."—Manchester Examiner.

Jabez Easterbrook. By Joseph Hocking. Fourth Edition. With Frontispiece and Vignette by W. S. Stagey. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

"Real strength is shown in the sketches, of which that of Brother Bowman is most prominent. In its way it is delightful."—Rock.

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED.