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" "Dollars are Trumps," &c., &c. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. "Appeals strongly to the human sympathy. An admirable tale. The scenes and incidents are described and related with excellent spirit."--_Scotsman._ E. H. STRAIN. A Man's Foes. A Tale of the Siege of Londonderry. New and cheap edition. With Three Full-page Illustrations by A. Forestier. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. "Quite the best historical novel of the day."--_The Sketch._ "A powerful and impressive historical novel.... A chronicle of intense and unflagging interest."--_Daily Telegraph._ "'A Man's Foes' is the best historical novel that we have had since Mr. Conan Doyle published 'Micah Clarke.' ... An exceptionally fine romance."--_Daily Chronicle._ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED. GUY BOOTHBY. In Strange Company: A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas. By Guy Boothby, Author of "Dr. Nikola." With Six full-page Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, 5s. "A capital novel of its kind--the sensational-adventurous. It has the quality of life and stir, and will carry the reader with curiosity unabated to the end."--_The World._ "The best of them is 'In Strange Company.' ... The book is a good tale of adventure; it has plenty of astonishing incidents which yet have an air of verisimilitude."--_The Pall Mall Budget._ The Marriage of Esther: A Torres Straits Sketch. By Guy Boothby, Author of "In Strange Company," &c. With Four full-page Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s. "A story full of action, life, and dramatic interest.... There is a vigour and power of illusion about it that raises it quite above the level of the ordinary novel of adventure."--_Manchester Guardian._ "Gives a vivid and life-like presentment of its characters.... It is most exciting, Mr. Boothby's vigorous style and happy description giving the book an interest entirely apart from that of the adventurous."--_The Star._ A Bid for Fortune; or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta. By Guy Boothby, Author of "In Strange Company," "The Marriage of Esther," &c. With about Fifty Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood and Others. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s. "He never allows the interest to drop from first page to last.... The plot is highly ingeniou
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