"The author has the lightness of touch and sweep of imagination which impart a real thrilling vitality to the romantic novel." Daily Telegraph-- "A delightful book. The romance that Gallet has woven around his hero is one of the masterpieces of French literature. So vividly delineated are the _dramatis persona_, so interesting and enthralling are the incidents in the development of the tale, that it is impossible to skip one page, or lay down the volume until the last words are read." Daily News-- "The story is always in movement, and stirring incidents follow each other in inexhaustible succession." The Star-- "A brisk, slashing, galloping, gallant affair. Both the time and the manner are wittily hit off." Dublin Express-- "An excellent romance, well constructed and well told." Pall Mall Gazette-- "The plot is original, and of most lively interest. The reader being agitated by most active doubts and fears to the very last chapter." Morning Leader-- "A most exciting and stirring romance." * * * * * IN TIGHT PLACES. BY MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS, _Author of "Forbidden by Law," etc., etc._ FOURTH EDITION. SOME PRESS OPINIONS. Daily Telegraph-- "Entertaining and readable, partaking more of the nature of stories of adventure than of the conventional detective kind, but in each case containing a genuine mystery and an ingenious elucidation of the same." Pall Mall Gazette-- "A lively and varied series of cosmopolitan crime, with plenty of mixed adventure and sensation. Such stories always fascinate, and Major Arthur Griffiths knows well how to tell them." Gentlewoman-- "Exciting and well sustained, by no means the ordinary class of detective story, but takes one all over the world and introduces an abundance of adventure." Glasgow Herald-- "Carries the reader forward with unflagging zest." Aberdeen Free Press-- "An engaging book of private detective stories by this well-known writer, he writes brightly and retains the reader's attention throughout." Daily News-- "An exciting story." St. James' Gazette-- "They are good reading." _Fergus Hume's Novels._ _The Mystery of a Hansom Cab._ _The Lone Inn._ _The Mystery of Landy Court._ _The Expedition of Captain Flick._ _The Tombstone Treasure._ _A Woman's Burden._ THE "GREENBACK" SERIES OF POPULAR 3/6 NOVELS. BY AUTHORS OF THE DAY.