He saw a roughly built, rugged-faced man, wrapped in a much-worn overcoat that had grown green with age, stepping out across the plain, swishing at the herbage with a switch which jerked nervously in his hand. At his side strode a muscular-looking woman, hard of feature, brown of skin--a peasant wife in a faded skirt and a crumpled sun-bonnet. Near them marched a tall British officer in khaki; other Boers and British, a group of curious contrasts, hedged them round. ‘That’s Cronje,’ said the special correspondent, as he stepped down from the boulder. ‘Well, it’s over, thank God!’ The conquered was on his way to the conqueror. LONDON AND GLASGOW: COLLINS’ CLEAR-TYPE PRESS. * * * * * COLLINS’ POPULAR NOVELS BY FOREMOST WRITERS OF THE DAY FULL CLOTH 3/6 LIBRARY BINDING _Complete List of Titles_ /* 4. These Charming People.....MICHAEL ARLEN</small> 5. Piracy.....MICHAEL ARLEN 6. The Romantic Lady.....MICHAEL ARLEN 30. The Green Hat.....MICHAEL ARLEN 70. May Fair.....MICHAEL ARLEN 139. Claire and Circumstances.....E. MARIA ALBANESI 176. The Moon Thro’ Glass.....E. MARIA ALBANESI 85. The Splendour of Asia.....L. ADAMS BECK 27. The Treasure of Ho.....L. ADAMS BECK 37. The Way of Stars.....L. ADAMS BECK 117. The Decoy.....J. D. BERESFORD 86. The Tapestry.....J. D. BERESFORD 87. Unity.....J. D. BERESFORD 88. Love’s Pilgrim.....J. D. BERESFORD 24. The Monkey Puzzle.....J. D. BERESFORD 39. That Kind of Man.....J. D. BERESFORD 138. All or Nothing.....J. D. BERESFORD 118. Wild Grapes.....PHYLLIS BOTTOME 89. The Belated Reckoning.....PHYLLIS BOTTOME 36. Old Wine.....PHYLLIS BOTTOME 69. The Kingfisher.....PHYLLIS BOTTOME 150. Strange Fruit.....PHYLLIS BOTTOME 64. Experience.....CATHERINE COTTON 96. A Gay Lover.....RUTHERFORD CROCKETT 97. Safety Last.....RUTHERFORD CROCKETT 1. The Return.....WALTER DE LA MARE 3. Memoirs of a Midget.....WALTER DE LA MARE 135. Brighton Beach.....MRS. HENRY DUDENEY 162. Fair Lady.....MAY EDGINTON 167. Life Isn’t so Bad.....MAY EDGINTON 14. The Foolish Lovers.....ST. JOHN ERVINE 129. The Wayward Man.....ST. JOHN ERVINE 166. Martin Pippin.....ELEANOR FARJEON 170. Kaleidoscope.....ELEANOR FARJEON */ * * * * * COLLINS’ POPULAR NOVELS _Complete List of 3/6 Titles--continued_