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THE LAND OF THE PIGMIES.
By Capt. Guy Burrows. Dedicated, by permission, to His Majesty the King of the Belgians. With Introduction by H. M. Stanley, M.P. Demy 8vo, cloth, with over 200 Illustrations. Price 21s.
SPINIFEX AND SAND, a Narrative of Five Years’ Pioneering and
Exploration in Western
Australia.
By the Hon. David W. Carnegie. With numerous Illustrations by Ernest Smythe and four Photographs, together with four Maps. Demy 8vo, cloth. Price 21s.
TUNISIA.
By Herbert Vivian, Author of “Servia.” With Maps and numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth. Price 15s.
WITH PEARY NEAR THE POLE.
By Eivind Astrup. Illustrated with Sketches and Photographs by the Author. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top. Price 10s. 6d.
IN JOYFUL RUSSIA.
By John A. Logan, Jun. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, bevelled boards, gilt top. With numerous Illustrations. Price 10s. 6d.
THE CYCLOPÆDIA OF HOME ARTS.
Edited and compiled by Montague Marks. Crown 4to, cloth. With hundreds of Illustrations, Models, and Practical Designs (including many large ones, full working size). Price 7s. 6d.
THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.
With many Full-page Illustrations, Borders, and Initials by George Woolliscroft Rhead, R.E., Frederick A. Rhead, and Louis Rhead. Special Preface by the Rev. H. R. Haweis, M.A. Demy 4to, cloth gilt. Price 7s. 6d.
MAD HUMANITY. Its Forms: Apparent and Obscure.
By Dr. Forbes Winslow. Illustrated with Portraits, &c. Large crown 8vo, cloth. Price 7s. 6d.
MEN WHO HAVE MADE THE EMPIRE: From William Duke of Normandy, to Cecil
Rhodes of Rhodesia.
By George Griffith. Second Edition. With sixteen Full-page Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges. Price 7s. 6d.
THE DOMESTIC BLUNDERS OF WOMEN.
By “A Mere Man.” Crown 8vo, cloth. Illustrated with Thumb Nail Sketches. Price 3s. 6d.
PRISONS AND PRISONERS.
By Rev. J. W. Horsley, M.A., Author of “Jottings from Jail.” Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 3s. 6d.
PIRATE GOLD.
By J. R. Hutchinson, Author of “Romance of a Regiment,” “Quest of the Golden Pearl,” &c. Crown 8vo, cloth, with eight Illustrations by Ernest Smythe. Price 5s.
“A real good old tale of adventure.... There is plenty of incident and life in the book.”—Belfast Northern Whig.
LITTLE MISS ROBINSON CRUSOE.
By Mrs. George Corbett, Author of “The Adventures of an Ugly Girl,” “The Young Stowaway,” &c. With Illustrations by A. Kemp Tebby. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. Price 3s. 6d.
THE GREAT HOUSE OF CASTLETON.
By Winifred Graham, Author of “When the Birds begin to Sing,” &c. Crown 8vo, cloth. Illustrated. Price 3s. 6d.
PRINCE UNO: Uncle Frank’s Visit to Fairyland.
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THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE QUEEN.
By One of Her Majesty’s Servants. With Portrait and numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 2s. 6d.
“It gives a charming sketch of Her Majesty as the mistress of her own household and as the head of her large family.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
JUMBLES: A Book for the Children.
By Lewis Baumer. With 48 pages Illustrated by the Author, printed in colours, and bound in paper boards with cloth back. Price 2s. 6d.
IN A CHINESE GARDEN.
By Annis Lennoys. Illustrated by Lawson Wood. Fcap. 8vo. Price 1s. 6d.
THE MISTAKES WE MAKE.
Compiled by C. E. Clark, with Index. Fcap. 8vo, cloth. Price 1s. 6d.
THE BOOK OF SURPRISES.
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“LATTER-DAY STORIES.”
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MISS BETTY. By Bram Stoker.
VAN WAGENER’S WAYS. By W. L. Alden.
AN EGYPTIAN COQUETTE. By Clive Holland.
AN EPISODE IN ARCADY. By Halliwell Sutcliffe.
TRINCOLOX. By Douglas Sladen.
A RUSSIAN VAGABOND. By Fred Whishaw.
TAMMER’S DUEL. By E. and H. Heron.
A ROMANCE OF A GROUSE MOOR. By M. E. Stevenson.
THE SHADOW OF LIFE. By Marten Strong.
MESSRS. C. ARTHUR PEARSON’S
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FORTUNE’S MY FOE.
By J. Bloundelle Burton, Author of “The Hispaniola Plate,” “In the Day of Adversity,” &c.
DESPAIR’S LAST JOURNEY.
By David Christie Murray, Author of “Joseph’s Coat,” &c.
ATHELSTANE FORD.
By Allen Upward, Author of “A Crown of Straw,” “A Bride’s Madness,” &c.
THE VIBART AFFAIR.
By G. Manville Fenn, Author of “The New Mistress,” “The Tiger Lily,” &c.
THE NEWSPAPER GIRL.
By Mrs. C. N. Williamson, Author of “Fortune’s Sport,” “A Woman in Grey,” &c.
THE HERMITS OF GRAY’S INN.
By G. B. Burgin, Author of “Fortune’s Footballs,” “Settled Out of Court,” &c. Illustrated by A. Kemp Tebby.
DAVID HARUM: A Story of American Life.
By Edward Noyes Westcott. With Preface by Forbes Heermans.
ROSALBA.
By Olive Pratt Rayner, Author of “The Typewriter Girl.”
THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE.
By G. H. Thornhill.
THE KNIGHT OF “KING’S GUARD.”
By Ewan Martin.
A MILLIONAIRE’S DAUGHTER.
By Percy White, Author of “Mr. Bailey Martin,” “The Passionate Pilgrim,” &c.
FRANCOIS, THE VALET.
By G. W. Appleton, Author of “The Co-Respondent,” &c., &c.
NEW VOLUME OF STORIES.
By Bret Harte, Author of “Stories in Light and Shadow.”
A STRANGE EXECUTOR.
By Bennett Coll, Author of “My Churchwardens,” &c.
CALUMNIES.
By E. M. Davy, Author of “A Prince of Como,” “Jack Dudley’s Wife,” &c.
AT A WINTER’S FIRE.
By Bernard Capes, Author of “The Lake of Wine,” &c.
TRANSGRESSION.
By S. S. Thorburn, Author of “Asiatic Neighbours,” “His Majesty’s Greatest Servant,” &c.
MESSRS. C. ARTHUR PEARSON’S
List of Popular Six Shilling Novels.
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN KETTLE.
By C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Author of “The Paradise Coal Boat,” &c. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.
THE PHANTOM ARMY.
By Max Pemberton, Author of “Queen of the Jesters,” &c.
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
By G. B. Burgin, Author of “Fortune’s Footballs,” &c.
BROTHERS OF THE PEOPLE.
By Fred Whishaw, Author of “A Russian Vagabond,” &c.
THE KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN.
By R. D. Chetwode, Author of “John of Strathbourne.”
THE KEY OF THE HOLY HOUSE.
By Albert Lee, Author of “The Black Disc,” &c.
THE SEED OF THE POPPY.
By Clive Holland, Author of “An Egyptian Coquette,” &c.
THE ARCHDEACON.
By Mrs. L. B. Walford, Author of “Mr. Smith,” &c.
STORIES IN LIGHT AND SHADOW.
By Bret Harte, Author of “Tales of the Pacific Slope,” &c.
THE MEMBER’S WIFE.
By the Hon. Mrs. Chetwynd, Author of “A Brilliant Woman,” “A Dutch Cousin,” &c.
THE LOST PROVINCES (Sequel to “The American Emperor”).
By Louis Tracy, Author of “The Final War,” &c. Illustrated by H. Piffard.
FORTUNE’S SPORT.
By Mrs. C. N. Williamson, Author of “The Barn Stormers,” &c.
THE OPTIMIST.
By Herbert Morrah, Author of “The Faithful City,” &c.
MORD EM’LY.
By W. Pett Ridge, Author of “Three Women and Mr. Frank Cardwell.”
TURKISH BONDS. Stories of the Armenian Atrocities.
By May Kendall.
THE INCIDENTAL BISHOP.
By Grant Allen, Author of “What’s Bred in the Bone,” &c.
THE REV. ANNABEL LEE.
By Robert Buchanan, Author of “God and the Man,” &c.
HAGAR OF HOMERTON.
By Mrs. Henry E. Dudeney, Author of “A Man with a Maid.”
THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN. A Tale of the Conquest of Peru.
By George Griffith, Author of “Valdar, the Oft-Born,” “Men Who Have Made the Empire,” &c. With Frontispiece by Stanley L. Wood.
THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY.
By Alphonse Daudet. Translated by Levin Carnac.
LADY JEZEBEL.
By Fergus Hume, Author of “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.”
THE KEEPERS OF THE PEOPLE.
By Edgar Jepson, Author of “Sybil Falcon,” “The Passion for Romance.”
THE SHROUDED FACE.
By Owen Rhoscomyl, Author of “Battlement and Tower,” “The Jewel of Ynys Galon.”
A MAORI MAID.
By H. B. Vogel.
THE MASTER-KEY.
By Florence Warden, Author of “The House on the Marsh.”
AN AMERICAN EMPEROR.
By Louis Tracy, Author of “The Final War.” Sixteen Full-page Illustrations.
THE FINAL WAR. A Story of the Great Betrayal.
By Louis Tracy. Illustrated by Ernest E. Sherie.
THE RAID OF THE “DETRIMENTAL.”
Being the True History of the Great Disappearance of 1862. Related by Several of those Implicated and Others, and now first set forth by the Earl of Desart.
THE ZONE OF FIRE.
By Headon Hill, Author of “Guilty Gold.”
GUILTY GOLD. A Romance of Financial Fraud and City Crime.
By Headon Hill, Author of “The Zone of Fire.” Illustrated by Raymond Potter.
VALDAR, THE OFT-BORN. A Saga of Seven Ages.
By George Griffith, Author of “The Angel of the Revolution,” &c. Illustrated by Harold Piffard.
Popular 3s. 6d. Fiction.
THE INVISIBLE MAN. By H. G. Wells, Author of “The Time Machine,” &c. Second Edition.
THE SKIPPER’S WOOING and the Brown Man’s Servant. By W. W. Jacobs, Author of “Many Cargoes.” Second Edition.
THE TYPEWRITER GIRL. By Olive Pratt Rayner.
THE DUKE AND THE DAMSEL. By Richard Marsh, Author of “The Beetle,” &c.
THREE WOMEN AND MR. FRANK CARDWELL. By W. Pett Ridge, Author of “A Clever Wife.”
JOHN OF STRATHBOURNE. A Romance of the Days of Francis I. By R. D. Chetwode. With eight Illustrations by Ernest Smythe.
FORTUNE’S FOOTBALLS. By G. B. Burgin, Author of “‘Old Man’s’ Marriage,” &c.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS’S LOVE AFFAIR. By J. Maclaren Cobban, Author of “The Cure of Souls,” &c.
THE IRON CROSS. By R. H. Sherard, Author of “Rogues,” &c.
QUEEN OF THE JESTERS. By Max Pemberton, Author of “Christine of the Hills,” &c., &c. With eight Full-page Illustrations.
LUCKY BARGEE. By Harry Lander, Author of “Weighed in the Balance,” &c.
THE MARQUIS OF VALROSE. From the French of Charles Foley. Translated by Alys Hallard.
WHEN THE BIRDS BEGIN TO SING. By Winifred Graham, Author of “Meresia.” With sixteen Illustrations by Harold Piffard. Square crown 8vo.
THE MYSTERY OF THE “MEDEA.” By Alexander Vaughan.
KNAVES OF DIAMONDS, being Tales of the Mine and Veld. By George Griffith, Author of “Virgin of the Sun,” “Valdar,” &c. Illustrated by E. F. Sherie.
TANDRA. By Andrew Quantock.
LOST: A MILLIONAIRE. By Austin Fryers.
SPIES OF THE WIGHT. By Headon Hill, Author of “The Zone of Fire,” &c.
HANDS IN THE DARKNESS. By Arnold Golsworthy.
JOCK’S WARD. By Mrs. Herbert Martin, Author of “Gentleman George,” “A Low Born Lass,” &c.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:
Minor changes have been made to correct typesetters’ errors; otherwise, every effort has been made to remain true to the author’s words and intent.