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DONOVAN PASHA

BY GILBERT PARKER

CAPTAIN MACKLIN

BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

IF I WERE KING

BY JUSTIN HUNTLY MCCARTHY

THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA

BY BRAM STOKER

MOTHER EARTH

BY FRANCES HARROD

THE WINDS OF THE WORLD

BY MILLICENT SUTHERLAND

THE STORY OF EDEN

BY DOLF WYLLARDE

THE ASSASSINS

BY N. M. MEAKIN

NEXT TO THE GROUND

BY MARTHA MCCULLOCH-WILLIAMS

BY BREAD ALONE

BY I. K. FRIEDMAN

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The Sheep-Stealers

By

Violet Jacob

(Mrs. Arthur Jacob)

London William Heinemann 1902

First Edition, August 1902

Second Impression, September 1902

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