ed to be
one of the most fascinating subjects in the whole range of literature."

No. 8.

LESS THAN THE DUST: The Autobiography of a Tramp by Joseph Stamper

Compton McKenzie in the _Daily Mail._--"... there are pages with the
quality of Maxim Gorki ... absorbed me sufficiently to make me read
every page, starting at three o'clock in the morning after having read
several other books--and I cannot say more for a book than that."

No. 9.

THE JUTLAND SCANDAL

by Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon

_Daily News._--"... a concise exposition of the tactics at Jutland and a
stinging rebuke to those who accuse of having missed a glorious
opportunity through over-caution and lack of fighting spirit."

No. 10.

HENRY VIII & HIS WIVES

by Walter Jerrold

In this volume Mr. Jerrold has set out to relate the personal history,
so far as it is ascertainable, of the much-married Henry and the six
women whom he successfully wedded.

_Observer._--"... a rich mine of controversy...."

No. 11

BEYOND KHYBER PASS

by Lowell Thomas

_Spectator._--"Unchanged in the last thousand years, the people of
Central Asia stroll through Mr. Thomas's pages, shrouded girls,
swashbuckling youths, peasants, princes ... it is an amazing pageant
that he presents to us."

No. 12.

LIFE AND LAUGHTER 'MIDST THE CANNIBALS by Clifford Collinson

_Yorkshire Herald._--"This is a fascinating narrative of life in the
South Seas, and emphasizes that fact proves more interesting than
fiction...."

No. 13.

LIKE SHADOWS ON THE WALL

by W.B. Maxwell

_Spectator._--"Mr. Maxwell sketches in a character, a scene, or an
incident with remarkable rapidity and vividness ... his book is salted
with a humour all his own."

No. 14.

SPOOK STORIES by E.F. Benson

_Times._--"Mr. Benson is well-versed in the gentle art of sending cold
shivers racing down other people's spines."

_Spectator._"These spook stories could not be beaten; every chapter
makes one's flesh creep."

No. 15.

ROAMIN' IN THE GLOAMIN'

by Sir Harry Lauder

_Daily Chronicle._--"It is so vivid that it gives the impression of not
being written at all, but spoken in that vivid, pawky, homely way which
makes him 'get over' the footlights as no other artist can do."

No. 16.

WITH LAWRENCE IN ARABIA

by Lowell Thomas

_Daily Mail._--"Recounts the extraordinary and almost legendary career
of Colonel Lawrence. His experiences indeed read like an 'Arabian Night'
of the twentiet