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The Baflaed Conspirators, By W. E.

NORRIS.

    • Mr. Norris has never had a happier thought for a novel, nor

worked out his idea more felicitously, than in this bright story. It is thoroughly picturesque and sparkling." — Athenaum,

"... Will be enjoyed by everybody who reads it, and everybody ought to read it." — Scots Observer,

The Pennycomequicks. By S. Baring-

GOULD.

'* In every sense ' The Pennycomequicks ' is one of Mr. Gould's !

best and most original stories." — Morning Post,

  • • The story is told with the author's accustomed skill, and with all

his persuasiveness in zfraisemdtance," — Saturday Review,

'*A good novel of an exciting sort. It is a thoroughly readable book, and the study of dialect is exceptionally skUfal." — Daily Telegraph,

The Sign of Pour. By A. Conan Doyle. The Philosopher in Slippers ; Zigzag

Views of Life and Society. By the Author of " Three- Cornered Essays."

Misadventure, By W. E. Norris. ishortiy.

The announcement of a new novel by Mr. Norris is the assurance of a fresh literary treat, and the reader who takes np 'Mis- adventure' will find it realises his most sanguine expectations." — Scotsman,

"The play of character and the interest of the plot are maintained to the end." — Daily News,

••A decidedly interesting book; the characters are careful studies,** -^Pictorial World.