, 2s. 6d._

PRESS OPINIONS.

"Mr. Firth Scott's tale of the then little-known land of Australia--for
it is told of a time prior to the discovery of gold--is strikingly
original and ingenious, animated, interesting, and puzzling.... 'The
Track of Midnight' deserves grateful recognition by lovers of tales well
told; in it there is life, action, character, and admirable colour. If
this is, as we think it is, Mr. Firth Scott's first novel, he has made
an uncommonly good beginning."--_The World._

"'The Track of Midnight' is a very exciting story, for it is full of
hair-breadth 'scapes and never for a moment halts. It holds the
attention from first to last, being a tale of love as well as of
adventure."--_The Globe._

"The secret of 'Midnight's' identity is capitally kept, and comes as a
surprise to the reader."--_Daily Graphic._

"Readers in quest of an exciting and cleverly-constructed story should
make a note of Mr. Scott's tale of Australian adventure."--_Bookseller._

"The story is well put together, and is faithful in every detail to the
traditions which have come down to the present period, and which are
sanctioned by the narratives of eye-witnesses. The interest excited in
the mind of the reader in the development of the story is entrancing,
while with a masterly skill he reserves his greatest surprise for the
last page of the book. Scenes of adventure, blood-curdling affrays, and
all the 'moving incidents of flood and field,' fill the pages with
peculiar interest, and carry the reader to the end with a sigh that the
end is come.... As a story of the early colonial days it is bound to
almost surfeit the mind of the most exacting lover of adventure."
--_Queensland Mercantile Gazette._

The Romance of Australian Exploring.

BY G. FIRTH SCOTT.

_With Maps and Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s._

"Here we have described, in a very readable manner, some of the heroic
deeds by which the mysteries of the 'silent sombre land' were solved,
and the boundless wealth of the island-continent made available to the
world.... Mr. Scott, in a preface, says that his object has been to
present the records of the most important expeditions 'with the least
amount of dry detail and the largest possible amount of interest and
romance.' He has done well."--_Adelaide Observer._

"'The Romance of Australian Exploring' can be thoroughly recommended. It
is neither too long nor too hasty. It represents the best of each
jour