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"There is not a dull page from beginning to end. . . . He is the most interesting rogue we have met for a long time."—New York Evening Sun.
"Raffles is amazing; his resource is perfect; he talks like a gentlemen 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.
BOOKS BY MR. HORNUNG
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Some Persons Unknown
12mo, $1.25
CONTENTS
"In about half-a-dozen cases the scene is laid in Australia, and the dramatic and tragic aspects of Colonial life are treated by Mr. Hornung with that happy union of vigor and sympathy which has stood him in such good stead in his earlier novels."—London Spectator.
The Rogue's March
A ROMANCE
12mo, $1.50
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"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 Saturday Review.
"Vividly and vigorously told."—London Academy.
My Lord Duke
12mo, $1.25
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Young Blood
12mo, $1.25
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IN THE IVORY SERIES
The Boss of Taroomba
16mo, 75 cents
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A Bride from the Bush
16mo, 75 cents
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Irralie's Bushranger
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Transcriber's Note: Numerous words were hyphenated inconsistently in the original text (for instance, "evensong" and "even-song"). These inconsistencies have been retained. End-of-line hyphens have been retained or removed based on the predominant usage elsewhere in the text.In Chapter II, "The resolution was easier than its accomplshment" was changed to "The resolution was easier than its accomplishment".In Chapter XIX, a missing quotation mark was added before "I will—I will", and "it's last day's work" was changed to "its last day's work".
Transcriber's Note: Numerous words were hyphenated inconsistently in the original text (for instance, "evensong" and "even-song"). These inconsistencies have been retained. End-of-line hyphens have been retained or removed based on the predominant usage elsewhere in the text.
In Chapter II, "The resolution was easier than its accomplshment" was changed to "The resolution was easier than its accomplishment".
In Chapter XIX, a missing quotation mark was added before "I will—I will", and "it's last day's work" was changed to "its last day's work".