is a fine figure,
standing aloof, yet never passive in his awful solitude. He
works out a grand and unselfish salvation in an heroic
way."--_The Athenaeum_.

"One of the strongest novels published this autumn. In it Mr.
Hornung has taken a long step forward in his work as a
novelist.... Here at last is a novel of power and purpose.... In
vividness of writing the book is remarkable."--_The Outlook_.

"One of the strongest and most touching of recent novels.
Describes the moral fall of an English clergyman and his
strange, brave, victorious struggle to win back public respect
and confidence."--_The Congregationalist_.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

The Amateur Cracksman

_30th Thousand. 12mo, $1.25. The titles of the stories are:_

I. The Ides of March
II. A Costume Piece
III. Gentlemen and Players
IV. Le Premier Pas
V. Wilful Murder
VI. Nine Points of the Law
VII. The Return Match
VIII. The Gift of the Emperor

"For sheer excitement and inventive genius the burglarian
exploits of 'The Amateur Cracksman' carry off the palm. Raffles
is as distinct and convincing a creation as Sherlock
Holmes."--_The Bookman_.

"Raffles is amazing; his resource is perfect; he talks like a
gentleman and acts like one, except when occupied with pressing
business in another man's house, at midnight, and naturally he
has a 'cool nerve,' a nerve positively arctic. They all have
nerves like that, these Raffleses."--_New York Tribune_.

Dead Men Tell No Tales

_A Novel. 12mo, $1.25_

"In this novel, as in the previous ones from Mr. Hornung's pen,
there is a wealth of well-handled incidents. It is story-telling
of the most direct kind and holds the attention from the first
page to the last. Mr. Hornung seems to us in each succeeding
book from his pen to gain in confidence and authority, and we do
not hesitate to place him among the first of the comparatively
new writers who must be reckoned with."--_Literature_.

The Rogue's March

_A Romance. 12mo, $1.50_

"Mr. Hornung has succeeded admirably in his object: his
Australian scenes are a veritable nightmare; they sear the
imagination, and it will be some time before we get Hookey
Simpson, the clank of the chains, and the hero's degradation off
our mind."--_London Satur