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WORKS BY W. H. FITCHETT, B.A, LL.D.

  =Wesley and his Century: a study in spiritual Forces.= With a Photogravure Frontispiece from the Portrait of John Wesley by GEORGE ROMNEY and Four Facsimiles of Letters, &c. SECOND IMPRESSION. 6_s._ net.

  _BOOKMAN._—‘A deeply interesting volume.... The story is good as biography and rich in material.

  =The Commander of the ‘Hirondelle.’= With 16 Full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

  _ATHENÆUM._—‘An admirable sea story.... It is good literature, too, and written with historical and technical knowledge.’

  =Nelson and his Captains; Sketches of Famous Seamen.= With 11 Portraits and a Facsimile Letter. THIRD IMPRESSION. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

  _PUNCH._—‘My Baronite having read all Dr. Fitchett’s tales of battles on land, thinks his best piece is his sea piece.... Saxon and Celt reading the glowing narrative will feel proud to know it’s all true.’

  =The Tale of the Great Mutiny.= SEVENTH AND CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED IMPRESSION. With 8 Portraits and 4 Plans. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

  _GUARDIAN._—‘It is almost impossible to lay the book down. The story of those summer months of 1857 must ever appeal to English readers.’

  _BOOKMAN._—‘Written with all the swing and dash, with all the careful accuracy and brilliant descriptive power which have made Dr. Fitchett’s books so deservedly popular.’

  =How England Saved Europe: the story of the Great War (1793–1815).= SECOND IMPRESSION. In 4 vols. crown 8vo. with Portraits. Facsimiles, and Plans, 6_s._ each.

  _TIMES._—‘It is not without significance that this excellent “Story of the Great War,” at once popular in the best sense, well informed, full of instruction, and very attractively written, should be the work of a Colonial writer.’

  _GUARDIAN._—‘Mr. Fitchett has achieved a real success, and the boy who cannot read these volumes with pleasure (and profit) is hopeless. They are, if boyhood would but see it, more enthralling than half the novels published.’

  =Fights for the Flag.= FOURTH EDITION. With 16 Portraits, 13 Plans, and a Facsimile Letter of the Duke of Marlborough. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

  _SPECTATOR._—‘“Fights for the Flag” is as good as “Deeds that Won the Empire.” To say more than this in praise of the book before us is unnecessary, for “Deeds that Won the Empire” was one of the best collection of popular battle studies ever given to the public.’

  _REVIEW OF REVIEWS._—‘As a gift-book, or as a book to take up and read at odd moments, or to devour at a prolonged sitting, this book has few equals, and will probably equal or eclipse the popularity of its predecessors.’

  =Deeds that Won the Empire.= TWENTY-THIRD EDITION. With 16 Portraits and 11 Plans. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

  _SPECTATOR._—‘Not since Macaulay ceased to write has English literature produced a writer capable of infusing such life and vigour into historical scenes. The wholesome and manly tone of Mr. Fitchett’s book is specially satisfactory.... The book cannot but take the reader by storm wherever it finds him.’

  =Wellington’s Men: some Soldier-Autobiographies.= Edited by W. H. FITCHETT, B.A., LL.D. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

  _SPECTATOR._—‘Mr. Fitchett has ere this sounded the clarion and filled the fife to good purpose, but he has never done better work than in rescuing from oblivion the narratives which appear in this volume.... We feel very grateful to Mr. Fitchett for his skilful editing of four stories which ought not to be allowed to die.’

  London: SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 Waterloo Place, S.W.

  NOVELS BY H. S. MERRIMAN.

  THE LAST HOPE. FOURTH IMPRESSION (SECOND EDITION). Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _DAILY TELEGRAPH._—‘“The Last Hope” illustrates all Mr. Merriman’s good qualities.... Its interest is unflagging and its brilliancy undeniable.’

  TOMASO’S FORTUNE, and Other Stories. SECOND IMPRESSION. Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _SATURDAY REVIEW._—‘Engrossing, fascinating, picturesque tales, full of colour, adventure, and emotion.’

  FLOTSAM. SEVENTH IMPRESSION. With a Frontispiece. Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _VANITY FAIR._—‘A capital book, that will repay any reader, old or young, for the reading.’

  BARLASCH OF THE GUARD. EIGHTH IMPRESSION (SECOND EDITION). Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _WORLD._—‘Without doubt, the finest thing of its kind that Mr. Merriman has yet accomplished in fiction. Barlasch is a masterpiece.’

  THE VULTURES. SEVENTH IMPRESSION. Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _DAILY NEWS._—‘It is a notable book, stirring, fresh, and of a high interest; it fascinates and holds us to the end.... A fine book, a worthy successor of “The Sowers.”’

  THE VELVET GLOVE. FIFTH IMPRESSION. Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _SKETCH._—‘Equal to, if not better than, the best he has ever written. “The Velvet Glove” is the very essence of good romance.’

  THE ISLE OF UNREST. SEVENTH IMPRESSION. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _THE TIMES._—‘Capital reading, absorbing reading.... An exciting story, with “thrills” at every third page.’

  RODEN’S CORNER. FIFTH EDITION. Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _TRUTH._—‘A novel I defy you to lay down when once you have got well into it.’

  IN KEDAR’S TENTS. TENTH EDITION. Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _PALL MALL GAZETTE._—‘After the few first pages one ceases to criticize, one can only enjoy.... In a word—the use of which, unqualified, is such a rare and delicious luxury—the book is good.’

  THE SOWERS. TWENTY-EIGHTH EDITION. Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _GRAPHIC._—‘His absorbingly interesting story will be found very difficult indeed to lay down until its last page has been turned.’

  WITH EDGED TOOLS. Crown 8vo, 6_s._; and Fcap. 8vo, boards, Pictorial Cover, 2_s._; or limp red cloth, 2_s._ 6_d._

  _WESTMINSTER GAZETTE._—‘Admirably conceived as a whole, and most skilful in its details. The story never flags or loiters.’

  FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER. Crown 8vo, 6_s._; and Fcap. 8vo, boards, Pictorial Cover, 2_s._; or limp red cloth, 2_s._ 6_d._

  _ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS._—‘The book is a good book. The characters of Michael Seymour and of James Agar are admirably contrasted.’

  THE SLAVE OF THE LAMP. Crown 8vo, 6_s._; and Fcap. 8vo, boards, Pictorial Cover, 2_s._; or limp red cloth, 2_s._ 6_d._

  _MANCHESTER GUARDIAN._—‘A masterly story ... so like real life, and so entirely unconventional.’

  THE GREY LADY. With 12 Full-page Illustrations by ARTHUR RACKHAM. SIXTH IMPRESSION. Crown 8vo, 6_s._

  _BRITISH WEEKLY._—‘An interesting, thoughtful, carefully written story, with a charming touch of pensiveness.’

  NOTE.—Mr. MERRIMAN’S 14 NOVELS are published uniform in style, binding, and price, and thus form a Collected Edition of his Works.

  London: SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15 Waterloo Place, S.W.

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  Transcriber’s note:

  1. Changed ‘suppling’ to ‘supplying’ on p. 53.

  2. Used an ? in place of an inverted asterism.

  3. Silently corrected typographical errors.

  4. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.