By ADA PITFIELD Crown 8vo, Cloth Gilt, 3/. 6d. Globe. — " Introduces a new writer of promise. Her story is fresh and engaging, and makes a simple but strong appeal for sympathy." Times. — " If (as we fancy) this is by a new writer, she is to be welcomed as there is a grateful absence of anything false or strained either in the emotion or the style." Birmingham Post. — " Related with much charm and delicacy." Dundee Advertiser. — " The story is a simple one, but beauti- fully told." Manchester Courier. — "A delightful, clever and rather old- fashioned novel. The author's weaving of the tale is most ingenious." Ladies' Field. — " The story is skilfully handled, and is written in a direct, unaffected style. " THE PORT OF MISSING MEN By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Juthor of "The House of a Thousand Candles" Second Edition, Crown 8vo, Cloth, 6s. Daily Telegraph.—"' ' The Port of Missing- Men ' will, we have little doubt, also enjoy a wide popularity, for the author has learned the art of g-iving some degree of literary finish to melo- dramatic romance. . . . Mr. Nicholson has devised an admirable romance, has worked it out well and maintains the reader's lively interests from start to finish, so that once more he should score a signal success." Ladies' Field. - " The story is intensely exciting ; the reader's interest is so strongly aroused that he will find it dilBcult to put the book down till the la.st page is reached." Times. — " Ingenious and worth reading.'' Glasgow News. — " Mr. Nicholson is evidently to take rank among our more popular novelists." Glasgow Herald. — "The heroine is delightful, and there are adventures and excitement of various kinds in abundance. It is a brightly written book and deserves to be widely read." Clarion. — " Shirley Claiborne is just sweet. . . . The beginning and the end of the story go bravely and make the cor- puscles march." Queen. — " There are one or two points about Mr. Nicholson's work which make him stand out from most other modern novelists — he never fails to get a good thrill into his books, and he never fails to bring the story to an unexpected and original denouement. . . . This is a book which no one who enjoys a really good novel can fail to appreciate." Liverpool Courier. — " The whole book is good. It abounds in incident and excitement, and should be one of the successes of the season." Morning Post. — "We can promise readers that they will not easily put down this breezy and breathless narrative of vigorous and unusual adventures." THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo, Cloth, 6t. Athenaum. — " We strongly commend the story. The author invests his villains with humour, and writes with the gusto of the artist." Western Morning News. — " The denouement comes quite ai a surprise, the secret being well kept up to the very end. . . . much above the average in every way." Ladies' Field. — " From beginning to end it is one long thrill of excitement, and carries the reader breathlessly along from the first page to the last. So well constructed and exciting a melo- dramatic novel has not been issued for a long time past, and it is almost a pity that the anxiety to get to the end causes the reader to miss some of the finer workmanship." Literary World. — " The denouement is unique, and will, we venture to suppose, never be guessed by the most experienced reader. The book is brightly written, and the interest never fails." Truth. — " The reader's attention is not allowed to relax until ' Finis ' is written." Daily Mail. — "The tale is brisk enough to attract a large number of readers. . . . but we will not go further into the story, but will recommend it heartily to all."

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By ADA PITFIELD Crown 8vo, Cloth Gilt, 3/. 6d. Globe. — " Introduces a new writer of promise. Her story is fresh and engaging, and makes a simple but strong appeal for sympathy." Times. — " If (as we fancy) this is by a new writer, she is to be welcomed as there is a grateful absence of anything false or strained either in the emotion or the style." Birmingham Post. — " Related with much charm and delicacy." Dundee Advertiser. — " The story is a simple one, but beautifully told." Manchester Courier. — "A delightful, clever and rather oldfashioned novel. The author's weaving of the tale is most ingenious." Ladies' Field. — " The story is skilfully handled, and is written in a direct, unaffected style. " THE PORT OF MISSING MEN By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Juthor of "The House of a Thousand Candles" Second Edition, Crown 8vo, Cloth, 6s. Daily Telegraph.—"' ' The Port of Missing- Men ' will, we have little doubt, also enjoy a wide popularity, for the author has learned the art of g-iving some degree of literary finish to melodramatic romance. . . . Mr. Nicholson has devised an admirable romance, has worked it out well and maintains the reader's lively interests from start to finish, so that once more he should score a signal success." Ladies' Field. - " The story is intensely exciting ; the reader's interest is so strongly aroused that he will find it dilBcult to put the book down till the la.st page is reached." Times. — " Ingenious and worth reading.'' Glasgow News. — " Mr. Nicholson is evidently to take rank among our more popular novelists." Glasgow Herald. — "The heroine is delightful, and there are adventures and excitement of various kinds in abundance. It is a brightly written book and deserves to be widely read." Clarion. — " Shirley Claiborne is just sweet. . . . The beginning and the end of the story go bravely and make the corpuscles march." Queen. — " There are one or two points about Mr. Nicholson's work which make him stand out from most other modern novelists — he never fails to get a good thrill into his books, and he never fails to bring the story to an unexpected and original denouement. . . . This is a book which no one who enjoys a really good novel can fail to appreciate." Liverpool Courier. — " The whole book is good. It abounds in incident and excitement, and should be one of the successes of the season." Morning Post. — "We can promise readers that they will not easily put down this breezy and breathless narrative of vigorous and unusual adventures." THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo, Cloth, 6t. Athenaum. — " We strongly commend the story. The author invests his villains with humour, and writes with the gusto of the artist." Western Morning News. — " The denouement comes quite ai a surprise, the secret being well kept up to the very end. . . . much above the average in every way." Ladies' Field. — " From beginning to end it is one long thrill of excitement, and carries the reader breathlessly along from the first page to the last. So well constructed and exciting a melodramatic novel has not been issued for a long time past, and it is almost a pity that the anxiety to get to the end causes the reader to miss some of the finer workmanship." Literary World. — " The denouement is unique, and will, we venture to suppose, never be guessed by the most experienced reader. The book is brightly written, and the interest never fails." Truth. — " The reader's attention is not allowed to relax until ' Finis ' is written." Daily Mail. — "The tale is brisk enough to attract a large number of readers. . . . but we will not go further into the story, but will recommend it heartily to all."

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