Detective and mystery stories; Stone, Fleming (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Do you like a thrilling tale? If so, read this one and we almost
guarantee that you will not stir from your chair until you turn the last
page. As the clock struck midnight on one of the most fashionable streets
of London in the Duchess of Ditchling's handsome limousine, Arthur
Towzer, millionaire mining magnate, is found dead at the wheel, horribly
mangled. Yes, this is a tale during the reading of which you will leave
your chair only to turn up the gas. When you are not shuddering, you are
thinking; your wits are balanced against the mind and system of the
famous Scotland Yard, the London detective headquarters. The men or women
who can solve the mystery without reading the last few pages will deserve
a reward,--they should apply for a position upon the Pinkerton force.
_THE NOVEL THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT_
The Rose-Garden Husband
By MARGARET WIDDEMER. Illustrated by Walter Biggs. Small 12mo. $1.00
net.
"A Benevolent Friend just saved me from missing 'The Rose-Garden
Husband.' It is something for thanksgiving, so I send thanks to you and
the author. The story is now cut out and stitched and in my collection
of 'worth-while' stories, in a portfolio that holds only the choicest
stories from many magazines. There is a healthy tone in this that puts
it above most of these choice ones. And a smoothness of action, a
reality of motive and speech that comforts the soul of a veteran
reviewer."
_From a Letter to the Publishers._
Edition after edition of this novel has been sold, surely you are not
going to miss it. It is going the circle of family after family,--every
one likes it. The _New York Times_, a paper that knows, calls it "a
sparkling, rippling little tale." Order it _now_,--the cost is but one
dollar.
The Diary of a Beauty
By MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL. Illustrated by William Dorr Steele. 12mo.
$1.25 net.
From the assistant postmistress in a small New England village to the
owner of a great mansion on Fifth Avenue is the story told not as
outsiders saw it, but as the beautiful heroine experiences it,--an
account so naive, so deliciously cunning, so true, that the reader turns
page after page with an inner feeling of absolute satisfaction.
The Dusty Road
By THERESE TYLER. Frontispiece by H. Weston Tayler. 12mo. $1.25 net.
This is a remarkable story of depth and power,--the struggle of Elizabeth
Anderson to dear herself of her sordid surroundings. Such books are not
written every day, nor every year, nor every ten years. It is stimulating
to a higher, truer life.
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