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=SPINIFEX AND SAND, a Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering andExploration in Western Australia.=
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=TUNISIA.=
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=WITH PEARY NEAR THE POLE.=
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=IN JOYFUL RUSSIA.=
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=THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF HOME ARTS.=
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=THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.=
With many Full-page Illustrations, Borders, and Initials by GEORGEWOOLLISCROFT 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.=
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=MEN WHO HAVE MADE THE EMPIRE: From William Duke of Normandy, toCecil Rhodes of Rhodesia.=
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=THE DOMESTIC BLUNDERS OF WOMEN.=
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=PRISONS AND PRISONERS.=
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=THE GREAT HOUSE OF CASTLETON.=
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=PRINCE UNO: Uncle Frank's Visit to Fairyland.=
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=JUMBLES: A Book for the Children.=
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=IN A CHINESE GARDEN.=
By ANNIS LENNOYS. Illustrated by LAWSON WOOD. Fcap. 8vo.Price 1s. 6d.
=THE MISTAKES WE MAKE.=
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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.
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=FORTUNE'S MY FOE.=
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=DESPAIR'S LAST JOURNEY.=
By DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY, Author of "Joseph's Coat," &c.
=ATHELSTANE FORD.=
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=THE VIBART AFFAIR.=
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=THE NEWSPAPER GIRL.=
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=THE HERMITS OF GRAY'S INN.=
By G. B. BURGIN, Author of "Fortune's Footballs," "SettledOut of Court," &c. Illustrated by A. KEMP TEBBY.
=DAVID HARUM: A Story of American Life.=
By EDWARD NOYES WESTCOTT. With Preface by FORBESHEERMANS.
=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 PassionatePilgrim," &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'sGreatest Servant," &c.
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=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.
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 DutchCousin," &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 HaveMade 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 ofYnys 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-pageIllustrations.
=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 bySeveral of those Implicated and Others, and now first set forth by theEARL 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 RAYMONDPOTTER.
=VALDAR, THE OFT-BORN. A Saga of Seven Ages.=
By GEORGE GRIFFITH, Author of "The Angel of the Revolution," &c.Illustrated by HAROLD PIFFARD.
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=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 "AClever 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 theHills," &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. Translatedby 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 GEORGEGRIFFITH, Author of "Virgin of the Sun," "Valdar," &c. Illustrated byE. 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," "ALow Born Lass," &c.
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