  FROM THE CATALOGUE OF WILLIAM RIDER & SON, Ltd. AUTUMN 1912 BRAM STOKER
"Mr. Stoker tells his story well."—Daily Mail. "In matters of mystery, imagination, and horror Mr. Stoker's latest romance can give points to any of its predecessors."—Referee. "Lovers of the supernatural will be delighted with this book."—Court Journal. "An excellent idea is that on which 'The Lair of the White Worm' is founded, and an excellent story has Mr. Bram Stoker made of it."—The World. "In his latest novel Mr. Bram Stoker again shows himself to be the possessor of a vivid imagination, of a subtle power of analysis, and of a supreme faculty for telling, in a circumstantial way, a blood-curdling yarn."—The Scotsman. FERGUS HUME Just Published
This novel, the plot of which is of an entirely occult character, is dedicated by permission to Mrs. Annie Besant, who has written to the author specially complimenting him on the merits and interest of his new romance. "Those who like occult romances will find in this novel enough weirdness to keep their flesh creeping for days."—Madame. Now Ready. Of all Libraries and Bookshops A HUMAN DOCUMENT OF ABSORBING INTEREST
SOME PRESS OPINIONS "Fascinating reading from cover to cover."—Referee. "Read Cheiro's Memoirs. Their lure is exceedingly powerful."—Sketch. "Will be found of more than ordinary interest."—Globe. "The whole book teems with interest."—Tatler. "One of the books of the year, and provides more interesting reading to the square inch than any 'story of a life' that we have picked up this season."—Modern Society. "There will be plenty of people to enjoy the entertainment of the record."—Daily Telegraph. "An intensely interesting book."—Liverpool Post. "There is not a slow page in the book."—Sunday Times. "He leaves us at the end with no doubt of his abilities and achievements."—Morning Leader.
The hands of Madame Sarah Bernhardt, Mark Twain, Madame Nordica, Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Mr. W. T. Stead, The Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, The Right Hon. Austen Chamberlain, Mrs. Annie Besant, Lord Leighton, Lord Avebury, The Countess of Aberdeen, Sir Edwin Arnold, Lord Russell of Killowen, The Swami Vivekananda, Rev. C. H. Parkhurst, D.D., Lady Lindsay, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Lady Henry Somerset, The Right Honourable A. J. Balfour, Madame Melba, Lord Charles Beresford, Mr. William Whiteley, General Sir Redvers Buller, Rev. Minot J. Savage, and H. N. Higginbotham (President World's Fair).
"Enthralling reading."—Westminster Gazette.
A novel dealing with hypnotic influence and occult metamorphosis. "Its fluent invention ... and its sharp narrative."—The Daily Chronicle. "The book is well worth reading."—Madame.
"The very weirdest of weird tales."—Punch. "Its fascination is so great that it is impossible to lay it aside."—The Lady. "Much loving and happy human nature, much heroism, much faithfulness, much dauntless hope, so that as one phantasmal ghastliness follows another in horrid swift succession the reader is always accompanied by images of devotion and friendliness."—Liverpool Daily Post. "It is excellent. One of the best things in the supernatural line that we have been lucky enough to hit upon."—Pall Mall Gazette.
The weird and uncanny play a large part in the background of these fascinatingly told stories of passion and crime, in which the dramatic and human elements are never lacking. Contents.—The Door Ajar. The Knife. Between the Leaves. The Mills of God. The Little Silver Box, "Das Kind." A Minor Third. "As stories, they are striking, and brilliantly written; the occultistic strain in them gives them an additional piquancy. The last story, 'A Minor Third,' which is less obviously occultistic than the rest, ends in a situation which has seldom been surpassed for power in short stories."—Westminster Review. "A volume of admirable tales."—The Evening Times. "Seven strongly dramatic little tales with sometimes a touch of mysticism in them."—Birmingham Daily Post. "A book of short stories very well done."—Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
"There is much curious matter in the volume well narrated."—The Times. "Has a thrill on every page."—Pall Mall Gazette. "Everybody ... likes a good ghost story, and in the volume before us the author has many an entertaining one to tell."—The Globe.
THREE BOOKS BY DR. A. T. SCHOFIELD
Contents.—Part I. The Principles of Hygiene—The Story of Life—Body, Soul, and Spirit—Varieties of Health—How to Preserve Health—How to Lose Health—How to Keep Young—The Cycle of Life—What to Breathe—What to Wear—What to Eat—What to Do—How to Wash. Part II. The Practice of Hygiene—On Babies' Health—On Children's Health—Health of Girls and Boys—Health at School and College—A Man's Health—A Woman's Health—Health in Advanced Life—Health in Old Age—Town and Country Life—How to Restore Health—Index. "The sale of a million copies of the book should reduce the death-rate by a visible percentage."—Review of Reviews. "Dr. Schofield has dealt learnedly and exhaustively with his subject, and his manual should be welcomed by every household."—The Academy.
FIVE BOOKS BY R. J. LEES
"An extremely fascinating story."—Yorkshire Post. "Mr. Lees acts merely as a recorder, and his work should have much of the vogue that fell to Letters from Hell on the one hand, and Letters from Julia on the other."—Academy. "It is reverent, poetical, and quite ingenious in conception. It will appeal especially to Spiritualists, many of whose religious beliefs it embodies."—Manchester Courier.
"Whoever takes up this book will be loth to lay it down till the last page is reached."—Liverpool Courier. "A very curious and interesting book."—The Lady.
"A well-told story of love, adventure, and political intrigue in the days when the great powers of Babylon and Egypt were yet rising towards the zenith of their glory.... Decidedly interesting."—To-Day. "Thoroughly readable."—Punch. "A passionate love story.... It is very powerfully written, and takes, what is so rare to find, a new and uncommon line."—Queen.
"Decidedly curious and interesting."—Morning Leader. "A very original story."—Lloyd's Weekly.
"Not only a clever and original, but in some parts a humorous novel."—The Christmas Bookseller. |
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