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h._ "The youngsters have their Stevenson, their Barrie, and now a third writer has entered the circle, S. R. Crockett, with a lively and jolly book of adventures, which the paterfamilias pretends to buy for his eldest son, but reads greedily himself and won't let go till he has turned over the last page.... Out of such historical elements and numberless local traditions the author has put together an exciting tale of adventures on land and sea." _Frankfurter Zeitung._ * * * * * _SOME SCOTCH NOTICES._ "Galloway folk should be proud to rank 'The Raiders' among the classics of the district."--_Scotsman._ "Mr. Crockett's 'The Raiders' is one of the great literary successes of the season."--_Dundee Advertiser._ "Mr. Crockett has achieved the distinction of having produced the book of the season."--_Dumfries and Galloway Standard._ "The story told in it is, as a story, nearly perfect." _Aberdeen Daily Free Press._ "'The Raiders' is one of the most brilliant efforts of recent fiction."--_Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser._ THE GREY MAN BY S. R. CROCKETT _Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s. _Also, an Edition de Luxe, with 26 Drawings by_ SEYMOUR LUCAS, R.A., _limited to 250 copies, signed by Author. Crown 4to., cloth gilt_, 21s. _net_. [Illustration] "It has nearly all the qualities which go to make a book of the first-class. Before you have read twenty pages you know that you are reading a classic."--_Literary World._ "All of that vast and increasing host of readers who prefer the novel of action to any other form of fiction should, nay, indeed, must, make a point of reading this exceedingly fine example of its class."--_Daily Chronicle._ "With such passages as these [referring to quotations], glowing with tender passion, or murky with horror, even the most insatiate lover of romance may feel that Mr. Crockett has given him good measure, well pressed down and running over."--_Daily Telegraph._ A DAUGHTER OF THE FEN BY S. R. CROCKETT _Second Edition._ _Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s. [Illustration] "It will deserve notice at the hands of such as are interested in the ways and manner of living of a curious race that has ceased to be." _Daily Chronicle._ "For a first book 'A Daughter of the Fen' is full of promise."--_Academy._ "This book deserves to be read for its extremely interesting account of life in the F
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