the story is reasonable. The author is a former District Attorney of a large city, who is naturally familiar with the ways of the criminal. While the plot is peculiarly interesting and complex there is nothing artificial about it. “All the elements of a good detective story and more.”--_N. Y. Times._ “There is a surprise which is absolutely new in the annals of detective stories.”--_Commercial Advertiser._ “It is sane and there is no marvellous (and _impossible_) acumen displayed in ferreting out the criminal.”--_Nashville American._ 12mo. With frontispiece. Net, $1.00. Postage 10c. New York--G. P. Putnam’s Sons--London