THE GUN-RUNNER: a Romance of Zululand. By BErtram MitFORD. With a Frontispiece by STANLEY L. WOOD. Crown 8vo. cloth, 3s. 6d. 'Mr. Mitford has earned a reputation for stories of South African life which should be well sustained by "The Gun-Runner : a romance of the Zulu War in its earlier stages, embracing the massacre at Isandhlwana and the defence of Rorke's Drift. The author displays throughout an intimate acquaintance with the persons and scenery described.'-ACADEMY. THE LUCK OF GERARD RIDGELEY: a Tale of the Zulu Border. By BERTRAM MITFORD. With a Frontispiece by STANLEY L. WOOD. Crown 8vo. cloth, 3s. 6d. 'Mr. Mitford knows the Zulu well; he paints him here in a tone-picture which is very praiseworthy. The description of "The Tooth," a new Tarpeian rock is almost worthy of Mr. Rider Haggard. For a moment the book has the fascination of " King Solomon's Mines."' DAILY CHRONICLE. THE KING'S ASSEGAI: a Matabili Story. By BERTRAM Mitford. With 6 full-page Illustrations by STANLEY L. WOOD. Crown 8vo. cloth, 3s. 6d. ""The King's Assegai" is an admirable example of the tale in which the courage, cruelty, and superstitions of a savage race replace the tamer features of the ordinary novel. No lover of stories of this order should leave "The King's Assegai" unread.'-SPEAker. RENSHAW FANNING'S QUEST: a Tale of the High Veldt. By BERTRAM MITFORD. With a Frontispiece by STANLEY L. WOOD Crown 8vo. cloth, 3s. 6d. 'Mr. Mitford has added another to his moving romances of South Africa which will certainly find not less favour than any of its predecessors. One does not often come upon anything in fiction more thrilling than the scenes in the "Valley of the Eye.' -GLASGOW HERALD. THE LOST HEIRESS. By ERNEST GLANVILLE. Crown 8vo. cloth, with 2 Illustrations by HUME NISBET. 35. 6d. ; post 8vo. illustrated boards, 2s. 'There is plenty of solid writing in Mr. Glanville's Zulu story. The local knowledge displayed is considerable, and there is enough "love, battle, and adventure" to furnish forth many a less conscientious caterer to youthful curiosity.'-ATHENÆUM. THE FOSSICKER: a Romance of Mashonaland. By ERNEST GLANVILLE. Crown 8vo. cloth, with 2 Illustrations by HUME NISBET. 3s. 6d.; post 8vo. illustrated boards, 2s. 'The encounter with the "trek Boers" is one of the most powerful and lifelike pieces of description we have ever met with. Mr. Glanville's style is admirably adapted to the action of his story, for it is nervous, vigorous, picturesque, and never redundant.'-SPECTATOR. A FAIR COLONIST. By ERNEST GLANVILLE. Crown 8vo. cloth, with Frontispiece by STANLEY L. WOOD. 3s. 6d. ; post 8vo. illustrated boards, 25. 'Mr. Glanville's latest story is as exciting as anything of Rider Hag. gard's. His weird witch-man is a genuine creation. Indeed, the witchman and African birds and beasts are so interestingly delineated that the reader, like Oliver Twist, "asks for more.' -IDLER. THE GOLDEN ROCK. By Ernest GLANVILLE. With Frontispiece by STANLEY WOOD. Crown 8vo. cloth, 3s. 6d. 'For variety and sensationalism in adventure it would be hard to beat this story... . No story, indeed, could well be cleverer or more exciting.' ACADEMY. London: CHATTO & WINDUS, Piccadilly. |