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A. CONAN DOYLE'S NOVELS. Author's Edition, in 12 vols. With an Introductory Preface and 2 Photogravure Illustrations to each Volume. Large crown 8vo. 6s. each net.

This edition of Sir A. Conan Doyle's Novels is limited to 1,000 sets, the first volume of each set being signed and numbered; and the volumes are not sold separately. The Author's future work will, in due time, be added to the edition.

TRUTH.—'Sure to be speedily snapped up by admirers of this popular writer. The volumes are handsomely printed and bound.'

Mr. Clement Shorter in THE SPHERE.—'Those who have read "The White Company," "Micah Clarke," and "The Refugees," to name but three, have perused books which have held them with unabated interest from cover to cover. There are only 1,000 sets of this Author's Edition, which means that in a year or two these 1,000 sets will considerably increase in price.'

ACADEMY.—'Author, publisher, and owners of the volumes are alike to be congratulated.... The edition is fine and the matter contained in it fine also.'

THE RISING GENERATION. By Constance E. Maud, Author of 'An English Girl in Paris,' &c. With Cover designed by Mr. Jacomb Hood. Crown 8vo. 6s.

VANITY FAIR.—'A book filled with charming and sympathetic studies of child life and character.... A striking revelation of power to observe and fathom the proceedings of children, and is written with genuine humour and tenderness.'

GUARDIAN.—'A more thoroughly healthy, refreshing book from beginning to end it would be difficult to find.'

VACATION DAYS IN GREECE. By Rufus B. Richardson, formerly Director of the American School of ArchÆology, Athens. With 16 Illustrations and 2 Maps. Large crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

GUARDIAN.—'The writer has full command of an easy, readable style.'

TO-DAY.—'Mr. Richardson has succeeded in conveying to his readers the natural as well as the historic charm of Greece.'

HILL TOWNS OF ITALY. By Egerton R. Williams, Jun. With 36 Illustrations from Photographs, and a Coloured Map. 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.

BRITISH WEEKLY.—'A very beautiful and artistic work.... Such a work is worth a hundred guide books.'

DOCTORS AND THEIR WORK; or, MEDICINE, QUACKERY, and DISEASE. By R. Brudenell Carter, F.R.C.S., Knight of Justice of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, ex-President of the Medical Society of London, &c. &c. Crown 8vo. 6s.

SPECTATOR.—'From the layman's point of view this must be accounted one of the most sensible and practical books dealing with medicine, disease, and quackery that have ever been published.'

ACADEMY.—'A book of this order can do nothing but good.... We may venture a guess that our recommendation to everyone to read this book—which certainly contains many pages worth their weight in radium—will earn the thanks of everyone who follows it.'

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS: a Biography. By Horatio F. Brown. New Edition in 1 Volume. With a Portrait and a New Preface. Large crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

PALL MALL GAZETTE.—'An excellent presentation of a fascinating man.'

WORLD.—'A worthy literary memorial of a singularly brilliant and attractive personality.'

A REGISTER OF ADMISSIONS TO KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, 1850-1900. With a List of those admitted before 1850 who were living on January 1, 1903. Compiled, with Short Biographical Notes, by John J. Withers, M.A. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

THE INFANTRY WEAPON AND ITS USE IN WAR. By Lieut.-Col. C.B. Mayne, R.E. Large crown 8vo. 6s.

ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE.—'Of such supreme value that it should receive immediate official sanction, and be constituted a text-book published by authority.'

UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE.—'Throughout the entire volume there is unmistakable evidence of profound theoretical knowledge most happily combined with a full measure of practical common-sense.'

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