A Master of Mysteries Part 24

Chronicles of Martin Hewitt: Being the Second Series of "Martin Hewitt, Investigator." By Arthur Morrison. With Thirty Ill.u.s.trations by D.

Murray Smith. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.

Adventures of Martin Hewitt: Being the Third Series of "Martin Hewitt, Investigator." By Arthur Morrison. Ill.u.s.trated by T. S. C. Crowther.

Crown 8vo, canvas gilt, 5s.

The Dorrington Deed-Box. By Arthur Morrison. Fully Ill.u.s.trated 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."--_Ill.u.s.trated 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 Ill.u.s.trations 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 Athenaeum._

"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 siecle_ 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 ill.u.s.trated than in 'Gra.s.s 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 Ill.u.s.trations 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 a.s.segai," "The Gun Runner," &c. With Four Full-page Ill.u.s.trations by Stanley L. Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"Telling us wonderful incidents of inter-racial warfare, of ambuscades, sieges, surprises, and a.s.saults almost without number.... A thoroughly exciting story, full of bright descriptions and stirring episodes."--_The Daily Telegraph._

A Veldt Official: A Novel of Circ.u.mstance. By Bertram Mitford, Author of "The Gun Runner," "The Curse of Clement Waynflete," &c. With Two Full-page Ill.u.s.trations 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 a.s.segai," &c. With Two Full-page Ill.u.s.trations 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 Ill.u.s.trations by Stanley L. Wood.

"A story of much merit and startling _denouement_. 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 "G.o.d and the Ant."

Ill.u.s.trated 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._