Municipal government -- United States; Political corruption -- United States
Cloth, 12mo $1.50
McClure, Phillips & Co.
By A. Conan Doyle
Author of “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”
THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD
❦
Stories of the remarkable adventures of a Brigadier in Napoleon’s army.
In Etienne Gerard, Conan Doyle has added to his already famous gallery
of characters one worthy to stand beside the notable Sherlock Holmes.
Many and thrilling are Gerard’s adventures, as related by himself, for
he takes part in nearly every one of Napoleon’s campaigns. In Venice he
has an interesting romantic escapade which causes him the loss of an
ear. With the utmost bravery and cunning he captures the Spanish city of
Saragossa; in Portugal he saves the army; in Russia he feeds the
starving soldiers by supplies obtained at Minsk, after a wonderful ride.
Everywhere else he is just as marvelous, and at Waterloo he is the
center of the whole battle.
For all his lumbering vanity he is a genial old soul and a remarkably
vivid story-teller.
Illustrated by W. B. Wollen.
$1.50
McClure, Phillips & Co.
By Stanley J. Weyman
Author of “A Gentleman of France”
THE LONG NIGHT
❦
Geneva in the early days of the 17th century; a ruffling young theologue
new to the city; a beautiful and innocent girl, suspected of witchcraft;
a crafty scholar and metaphysician seeking to give over the city into
the hands of the Savoyards; a stern and powerful syndic whom the scholar
beguiles to betray his office by promises of an elixir which shall save
him from his fatal illness; a brutal soldier of fortune; these are the
elements of which Weyman has composed the most brilliant and thrilling
of his romances. Claude Mercier, the student, seeing the plot in which
the girl he loves is involved, yet helpless to divulge it, finds at last
his opportunity when the treacherous men of Savoy are admitted within
Geneva’s walls, and in a night of whirlwind fighting saves the city by
his courage and address. For fire and spirit there are few chapters in
modern literature such as those which picture the splendid defence of
Geneva, by the staid, churchly, heroic burghers, fighting in their own
blood under the divided leadership of the fat Syndic, Baudichon, and the
bandy-legged sailor, Jehan Brosse, winning the battle against the armed
and armored forces of the invaders.
Illustrated by Solomon J. Solomon.
$1.50
McClure, Phillips & Co.
By Henry Seton Merriman
Author of “The Sowers,” etc.
BARLASCH OF THE GUARD
❦
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account