Detective and mystery stories; England -- Fiction; Love stories
_By HESBA STRETTON and * * * * * * * *, a well-known Russian Exile._
The Highway of Sorrow. _Cheap Edition_, 3s. 6d.
"'The Highway of Sorrow' is intensely interesting."--_Daily
Chronicle._
_By MRS. PARR._
The Squire. 3s. 6d.
"'The Squire' can be described as among the most charming of the
always charming works of the authoress."--_Graphic._
_By COMMANDER CLAUDE HARDING, R.N._
The Capture of the "Estrella." 3s. 6d.
"A story brimful of capital sensation, and told in the simple
straight-forward style which appeals at once to the juvenile
heart."--_Daily Telegraph._
_By J. MACLAREN COBBAN._
The Avenger of Blood. 3s. 6d.
"Mr. Maclaren Cobban's spirited romance commends itself at once to
the moralist and the pleasure-seeking reader."--_Athenæum._
_Works by Q._
Ia: A Love Story. 3s. 6d.
"'Ia,' a Cornish tale, will rank as one of the strongest of Q's
short stories."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
Wandering Heath. 5s.
A Selection of Short Stories, uniform with "Noughts and Crosses"
and "The Delectable Duchy."
Dead Man's Rock, a Romance. 5s.
"A fascinating story which may be confidently recommended to those
who have a taste for romance of the weird, mystic, and thrilling
kind."--_Daily News._
"I Saw Three Ships"; and Other Winter's Tales. 5s.
"Q has never written anything more fresh or lively than 'I Saw
Three Ships'; and everyone who enjoys a breezy, humorous, and fiery
story should make haste to read it."--_Scotsman._
A Blot of Ink. 3s. 6d.
"Q has given us a delightful translation of M. Bazin's pleasant
little story. It is only a trifle, delicate as a soap-bubble,
but the colours of the sketch are laid on with masterly skill,
and an atmosphere of brilliant sunshine pervades the whole
book."--_Speaker._
Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies, and Sketches. 5s.
"'Noughts and Crosses' is a book of altogether exceptional
attractiveness and value."--_Globe._
The Splendid Spur. 5s.
"'The Splendid Spur' is decidedly Q's most successful effort, and
we do not scruple to say that it raises its author to a high place
in the new school of novelists--the school of action."--_The
Times._
The Blue Pavilions. 5s.
"'The Blue Pavilions,' by Q, is about as good a tale of dramatic
and exciting adventure as the Baron remembers to have read--for
some time, at least.... As a one-barrel novel, this ought to score
a gold right in the centre."--_Punch._
The Astonishing History of Troy Town. 5s.
"Original, amusing, and well carried out."--_Morning Post._
"The book is singularly fresh, taking, and spirited."--_St. James's
Gazette._
The Delectable Duchy. Stories, Studies, and Sketches. 5s.
"Open this book where you may, you will light upon something that
attracts and holds."--_Globe._
_By A. CONAN DOYLE._
The Doings of Raffles Haw. 3s. 6d.
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