"Hermaños," he said, "you threw in your lot with my enemies, and you could not blame me if I made you answer for so doing. I certainly intended to do so; but I suppose we are none of us infallible, and with such pleading in your favour, I have nothing left me but to surrender. From this moment you are free. I give you your lives, gentlemen! Is it possible, since Silvestre is dead, for you to give me your allegiance? Now, shall we shake hands, endeavour to forget the past, and live only to promote the happiness of the country, for which we have risked so much?"
One by one they advanced and solemnly shook Fernandez by the hand. Then, at a signal fromthe President, Antoine left the room, to appear a moment later with a tray of glasses and two bottles of champagne.
"Gentlemen," cried Fernandez, holding his glass aloft, "I give you the toast, 'Peace and prosperity to the fair State of Equinata.'"
When they had departed, Fernandez turned to me with a queer smile upon his face.
"I don't think they will trouble us again," he said.
I did not reply! What I was thinking was that I would have given something to have heard their conversation as they crossed the Square!
Strange to say, the populace of La Gloria did not appear to trouble themselves very much, either one way or the other, concerning their President's re-appearance. The officials, however, were, as behoved them, considerably more demonstrative. They were well acquainted with Fernandez' temper, and, like sagacious mortals, realized that it would be wiser for them to allow him to suppose that, whatever their own private opinions might be, they desired no better leader than himself. With Hermaños, and his fellow-conspirators, he was not likely, as he observed, to have very much trouble. They professed to have seen the error of their ways, and were as enthusiastic in Fernandez' praise as they had hitherto been in his detriment. As for my own part in this singular business I allowed Fernandez to tell the story in his own fashion. This he did, to such good purpose that in a very short time I found myself the hero of La Gloria, an honour with which I could very well havedispensed. Monsieur Maxime and his crew were most liberally rewarded by the President, as were Matthews and his fellow-sailor. They remained in Equinata for a short time, but what became of them later I cannot say.
"My dear Trevelyan," said Fernandez to me one morning, "I really intend that we should have a serious talk together. Now you know that whenever I have broached the subject of a recompense to you for the trouble you have taken, you have invariably put me off with some excuse or another, but I will be denied no longer. Forgive me if I say I am well acquainted with the state of your finances."
"It is not a fine prospect, is it?" I said, with a laugh.
"If you had stood by Silvestre and had left me to my fate, you would have been a comparatively rich man. And even if you did turn the tables upon Silvestre, why were you so quixotic as to hand him back the money?"
"I think you can guess," I answered. "If you can't, I am afraid I must leave you to work the problem out."
"And if you would not takehismoney, why should you be equally particular in my case? It is only fair that I should recompense you for the inestimable service you have rendered me."
"I am afraid that it is impossible," I answered,for, as I have already said, I had long since made up my mind upon this subject.
Fernandez endeavoured to press me, but I remained adamant. Nothing he could do or say would induce me to change my mind. I knew that it was only by adhering to my resolution that I could salve my conscience. I had still sufficient money of my own left to pay for my passage to England.
Important as the capital of Equinata may appear in the eyes of its inhabitants, it is, nevertheless, scarcely so prominent in the maritime world as certain other places I could mention on the South American coast. It was true I could wait for the monthly mail-steamer which would connect with a branch line at La Guayra, or I might take one of the small trading-boats and proceed along the coast until I could find a vessel bound for Europe. But having had sufficient of trading schooners inLa Belle Josephineto last me a lifetime, I eventually made up my mind to await the coming of the mail-boat, which, if all went well, would put in an appearance in a fortnight's time.
During that fortnight I was permitted a further opportunity of studying the character of the Señorita under another aspect. Since her return to La Gloria she seemed to have undergone a complete change. Her temper was scarcely alikefor two days at a time. She was capricious, wilful, easily made angry; then she would veer round, and be tender, repentant and so anxious to please, that it was impossible to be vexed with her.
"The President will miss you very much when you leave us," she said to me on the evening before my departure, as we stood together on the marble terrace overlooking the palace gardens.
It was a lovely night, and the air was filled with the scent of the orange blossom. I do not think my companion had ever looked more beautiful than she did at that moment. Indeed her beauty seemed to me to be almost unearthly.
"I fancy every one likes to feel that he or she will be missed," I answered. "You may be sure I shall often think of Equinata. Perhaps some day I may be able to return."
"Who knows where we shall be then?" she replied gloomily.
"What do you mean?" I asked in a tone of surprise. "You will, of course, be here, leading the Social Life of Equinata as you do now!"
"I am afraid that even now you do not realize how quickly affairs change in South America," she replied. "Some one else may manage to catch the Public Fancy, there will be a Revolution and we shall go out of power—perhaps to our graves!"
"I cannot believe that. In any case your uncle would take care your safety is assured!"
She gave a little impatient tap with her foot upon the stones.
"Of course he would protect me if he could," she answered, "but he might not be able to do anything. Had you not come to our rescue on that island, what use would his protection have been to me? How do I know that we may not be situated like that again? Oh, I am tired of this life—tired—tired!"
Almost before I knew what had happened she was leaning on the balustrading, sobbing as if her heart would break. I was so taken by surprise, that for a moment I did not know what to say, or do, to comfort her. Then I went forward and placed my hand gently upon her shoulder.
"Señorita," I said, "is there anything I can do to help you?"
"No, no," she answered. "You can do nothing! Leave me to my misery. Does it matter to you, or to any one, what becomes of me?"
"It must matter a good deal to your friends," I replied.
"Friends?" she cried, facing me once more and speaking with a scorn impossible to describe. "I have no friends. The women hate and fear me, the men cringe to me because of my influencewith the President. Even he may grow tired of me before long, and then——"
I allowed this speech to pass uncommented on. At the same time I wished the President would make his appearance and put an end to what was becoming a rather dangeroustête-à-tête. When she spoke again it was in a fierce whisper.
"Do you remember that night when we stood together in the balcony of the Opera House, and talked of ambition and of what a man might rise to? Señor Trevelyan, I tell you this, if I loved a man I could help him to rise to anything. Do you hear me? To anything!"
There was only one way to treat the matter, and before I answered her I knew perfectly well what the result would be.
"Enviable man!" was all I said.
She drew herself up to her full height. Then, turning on her heel, she made her way swiftly towards the house. My silly compliment had succeeded where expostulation or reserve would have failed.
Next morning the mail-boat which was to carry me away from Equinata made her appearance in the harbour. She was to sail at midday, and up to eleven o'clock I had seen nothing of the Señorita. About ten minutes before I left the palace, however, she made her appearance in the President's study. Her face was somewhat palerthan usual, and though she endeavoured to lead me to suppose that she had forgotten our conversation on the previous evening, I could see that the memory of it still weighed heavily upon her. The President had declared his intention of personally escorting me on board the steamer, and at the last moment, not a little to my surprise, the Señorita decided to accompany him. We accordingly set off, and in due course reached the vessel, a miserable packet of some six hundred tons, whose captain, on hearing of our arrival, hastened forward to receive his distinguished guests. After he had paid his respects he offered to show the Señorita the saloon, and thus gave me a few minutes alone with the President.
"It is needless for me to say how sorry I am that you are going," said the latter. "I wish I could have persuaded you to stay with us. But I suppose you know your own business best. Remember this, however! Should you ever need a friend, there is one in La Gloria to whom you can always turn!"
I thanked him and promised that I would not forget, and then the Señorita rejoined us. We had only time to exchange a few words before the whistle sounded for strangers to leave the ship.
"Good-bye," said the President, giving me his hand. "Think sometimes of Equinata."
"You may be sure I shall do that," I answered, with a glance at the white town ashore.
Then the Señorita in her turn held out her little hand. I took it, and as I did so looked into her eyes.
"Good-bye," she said, and in a low voice added:—"May the Saints protect you."
Then she followed the President to the gangway. A quarter of an hour later we were steaming between the Heads, and in half-an-hour La Gloria was out of sight.
It was a cold and foggy day in November when the steamer which I had boarded in Barbadoes reached the Thames. I had been absent from England more than four months, and the veriest glutton for excitement could not have desired more than had fallen to my lot.
Having bade my fellow-passengers good-bye, I caught the first available train to town only to discover, when I reached Fenchurch Street, that I should have some considerable time to wait at Waterloo before I could get on to Salisbury. I accordingly cast about me for a way of employing my time. This resolved itself in a decision to call upon my old friend, Mr. Winzor, in order to obtain from him the letter I had entrusted to his charge. As I made my way along the crowded streets I could not help contrasting them to the sun-bathed thoroughfares of La Gloria. In my mind's eye I could see again the happy-go-luckycaféson the tree-shaded pavement, the white houses with their green shutters; and,behind the city, the mountains towering up, peak after peak, into the azure sky.
At last I turned into the street I remembered so well, and approached the office of my old friend. I ascended the steps and pushed open the glass door. Somewhat to my surprise a strange clerk accosted me. When I inquired for Mr. Winzor, the surprised look upon the youth's face told me that something unusual had happened.
"Don't you know that he is dead?" he inquired.
"Dead?" I cried, in genuine consternation. "Good heavens! you don't mean that!"
"He died more than six weeks ago," the young man replied. "He had some papers to sign in that room, and when his chief clerk went in to get them he found the old gentleman stone dead."
I was more distressed than I could say at this news. The little lawyer had been a kindly friend to me, and also to my mother.
Thanking the clerk for his information I left the office and made my way to Waterloo. There I took the train to Salisbury, and, on arrival at the cathedral city, set out for Falstead.
At this last stage of my story I will not weary you with a long description of my home coming. Let it suffice that I at last reached the village and found myself approaching the house of mychildhood. The tiny gate had scarcely closed behind me when the front-door opened and my mother hastened to greet me.
When we reached her little drawing-room I questioned her concerning Molly.
"I expect her every moment," said my mother.
As she spoke the click of the gate caused me to go to the window with all speed.
Shall I describe what followed? Would it interest you to know how Molly and I greeted each other? I think not. I will inform you, however, that I was more than repaid for all I had been through by the way in which I was received.
Later in the evening we went for a walk together.
"Dick, dear," said my sweetheart, "you have not told me how your venture prospered."
This was the question I had been dreading.
"It has not prospered at all," I said. "The fact is, I have made nothing out of it. I am ashamed to say so, but I am poorer than when I left England four months ago."
To my surprise she received my information with perfect equanimity.
"But I am afraid you don't understand what it means to me, darling," I said. "And, before we go any further, I am going to tell you thewhole story. Though it may make you think differently of me, I feel that I should let you know all."
I thereupon set to work and told her everything, from the moment of my first meeting with Silvestre on board thePernambucoto my return to Falstead that evening. I finished with the information that there was still upwards of five thousand pounds of Silvestre's money to my credit in the Salisbury bank. I told her that it was my intention not to keep a halfpenny of it, but to send it anonymously to a London hospital.
"And I think you would be right, Dick," the sweet girl answered. "Do not keep it. It would only bring us bad luck. And now, what about our marriage?"
I shook my head.
"I fear, dear, we shall have to go on waiting," I said. "I must try and get another berth, but whether or not I shall be able to do so Heaven only knows."
"Dick, dear," she said, slipping her arm through mine as she spoke, "I cannot keep the secret from you any longer. I ought to have told you before."
"And what is this wonderful secret?" I inquired.
"I doubt whether I look it, Dick, but I am a very rich woman."
"A rich woman!" I cried incredulously. "What do you mean by that?"
For the moment I thought she was joking, but one glance at her face showed me that she was serious.
"I mean what I say," she answered. "I am a very rich woman. When poor old Mr. Winzor died he left me all his fortune—nearly forty thousand pounds."
I could scarcely contain my astonishment.
"Was it not good of him?" she continued. "Forty thousand pounds at three per cent. is twelve hundred pounds a year, is it not?"
Even then I was too much surprised by her information to be able to realize the change that had taken place in Molly's position.
"Are you not glad, dear?" she said at last.
"Yes, yes," I replied, "but I cannot quite understand it yet. It seems too good to be true."
"We shall be able to do so much with it," she said, drawing closer to me and lifting her sweet face to mine.
"I am luckier than I deserve to be," I answered.
And doubtless, my dear reader, you will say it was the truth.
Molly and I have been married five years.We have a boy of three, and a baby girl who promises to be the manager of her mother. We lead a very quiet life in a house we have built for ourselves on the outskirts of Falstead. There is not a happier man in the world than I am, nor has any man a sweeter wife. So far I have not returned to Equinata. As a matter of fact I do not suppose that I shall ever do so, for grievous changes have occurred there. As all the world is aware, Fernandez was assassinated while reviewing his troops on the Grand Plaza, two years after I left, while Sagana met with the same untimely fate a year later. Immediately on hearing the news I made inquiries as to the whereabouts of the Señorita, only to hear that she had fled the country and had entered a convent in the neighbourhood of Rio.
Perhaps she is happier there!
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The Novels included are by some of the most noted authors of the day, beautifully printed and produced.1 The Curse of Clement Waynflete.ByBertram Mitford. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.2 The Crime and the Criminal.ByRichard Marsh. Illustrated byHarold Piffard.3 Captain Shannon.ByCoulson Kernahan. Illustrated byF. S. Wilson.4 Chronicles of Martin Hewitt.ByArthur Morrison. Illustrated byD. Murray Smith.5 "The Queen of Night."ByHeadon Hill. Illustrated byHarold Piffard.6 A Man's Foes.ByE. H. Strain. Illustrated byA. Forestier.7 A Secret Service.ByWilliam Le Queux. Illustrated byHarold Piffard.8 A Veldt Official.ByBertram Mitford. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.9 Woman, the Mystery.ByHenry Herman. Illustrated byGeorge Hutchinson.10 Martin Hewitt, Investigator.ByArthur Morrison. Illustrated bySidney Paget.11 A Stolen Life.ByM. McDonnell Bodkin. Illustrated byFrances Ewan.12 A Social Highwayman.ByE. P. Train. Illustrated byF. McKernan.13 The Datchet Diamonds.ByRichard Marsh. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.14 At Midnight.ByAda Cambridge. Illustrated byP. Frenzenyand others.15 Lady Turpin.ByHenry Herman. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.16 Adventures of Martin Hewitt.ByArthur Morrison. Illustrated byT. S. C. Crowther.17 The Expiation of Wynne Palliser.ByBertram Mitford. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.18 A Sensational Case.ByAlice Maud Meadows. Illustrated bySt. Clair Simmons.19 The Dorrington Deed Box.ByArthur Morrison. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood, &c.20 The Right Sort.ByMrs. E. Kennard. Illustrated byEdgar Giberne.21 Beacon Fires.ByHeadon Hill. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.22 Fordham's Feud.ByBertram Mitford. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.23 The Dwarf's Chamber.ByFergus Hume. Illustrated byPercy F. S. Spence.24 The Voyage of the "Pulo Way."ByW. Carlton Dawe. Illustrated byJ. Ambrose Walton.25 Lord Edward Fitzgerald.ByM. McDonnell Bodkin. Illustrated byLeonard Linsdell.26 The Unseen Hand.ByLawrence L. Lynch. Illustrated bySt. Clair Simmons.27 The Crime of a Christmas Toy.ByHenry Herman. Illustrated byGeorge Hutchinson.28 The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings.By Mrs.L. T. Meade. Illustrated bySidney Paget.29 Out from the Night.ByAlice Maud Meadows. Illustrated byT. W. Henry.30 The Rebels.ByM. McDonnell Bodkin. Illustrated byJ. Ambrose Walton.31 The Last Stroke.ByLawrence L. Lynch.32 A Master of Mysteries.By Mrs.L. T. Meade. Illustrated byJ. Ambrose Walton.33 The Eye of Fate.ByAlice Maud Meadows.34 A Bear Squeeze.ByM. McDonnell Bodkin.35 £19,000.ByBurford Delannoy.36 Willow, the King.ByJ. C. Snaith.37 The Man and His Kingdom.ByE. Phillips Oppenheim.38 The Sanctuary Club.By Mrs.L. T. Meade.39 Between the Lines.ByBurford Delannoy.40 The Man of the Moment.ByMorice Gerard.41 Caged.ByHeadon Hill.42 Under Fate's Wheel.ByLawrence L. Lynch.43 Margate Murder Mystery.ByBurford Delannoy.
The Novels included are by some of the most noted authors of the day, beautifully printed and produced.
1 The Curse of Clement Waynflete.ByBertram Mitford. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.
2 The Crime and the Criminal.ByRichard Marsh. Illustrated byHarold Piffard.
3 Captain Shannon.ByCoulson Kernahan. Illustrated byF. S. Wilson.
4 Chronicles of Martin Hewitt.ByArthur Morrison. Illustrated byD. Murray Smith.
5 "The Queen of Night."ByHeadon Hill. Illustrated byHarold Piffard.
6 A Man's Foes.ByE. H. Strain. Illustrated byA. Forestier.
7 A Secret Service.ByWilliam Le Queux. Illustrated byHarold Piffard.
8 A Veldt Official.ByBertram Mitford. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.
9 Woman, the Mystery.ByHenry Herman. Illustrated byGeorge Hutchinson.
10 Martin Hewitt, Investigator.ByArthur Morrison. Illustrated bySidney Paget.
11 A Stolen Life.ByM. McDonnell Bodkin. Illustrated byFrances Ewan.
12 A Social Highwayman.ByE. P. Train. Illustrated byF. McKernan.
13 The Datchet Diamonds.ByRichard Marsh. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.
14 At Midnight.ByAda Cambridge. Illustrated byP. Frenzenyand others.
15 Lady Turpin.ByHenry Herman. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.
16 Adventures of Martin Hewitt.ByArthur Morrison. Illustrated byT. S. C. Crowther.
17 The Expiation of Wynne Palliser.ByBertram Mitford. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.
18 A Sensational Case.ByAlice Maud Meadows. Illustrated bySt. Clair Simmons.
19 The Dorrington Deed Box.ByArthur Morrison. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood, &c.
20 The Right Sort.ByMrs. E. Kennard. Illustrated byEdgar Giberne.
21 Beacon Fires.ByHeadon Hill. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.
22 Fordham's Feud.ByBertram Mitford. Illustrated byStanley L. Wood.
23 The Dwarf's Chamber.ByFergus Hume. Illustrated byPercy F. S. Spence.
24 The Voyage of the "Pulo Way."ByW. Carlton Dawe. Illustrated byJ. Ambrose Walton.
25 Lord Edward Fitzgerald.ByM. McDonnell Bodkin. Illustrated byLeonard Linsdell.
26 The Unseen Hand.ByLawrence L. Lynch. Illustrated bySt. Clair Simmons.
27 The Crime of a Christmas Toy.ByHenry Herman. Illustrated byGeorge Hutchinson.
28 The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings.By Mrs.L. T. Meade. Illustrated bySidney Paget.
29 Out from the Night.ByAlice Maud Meadows. Illustrated byT. W. Henry.
30 The Rebels.ByM. McDonnell Bodkin. Illustrated byJ. Ambrose Walton.
31 The Last Stroke.ByLawrence L. Lynch.
32 A Master of Mysteries.By Mrs.L. T. Meade. Illustrated byJ. Ambrose Walton.
33 The Eye of Fate.ByAlice Maud Meadows.
34 A Bear Squeeze.ByM. McDonnell Bodkin.
35 £19,000.ByBurford Delannoy.
36 Willow, the King.ByJ. C. Snaith.
37 The Man and His Kingdom.ByE. Phillips Oppenheim.
38 The Sanctuary Club.By Mrs.L. T. Meade.
39 Between the Lines.ByBurford Delannoy.
40 The Man of the Moment.ByMorice Gerard.
41 Caged.ByHeadon Hill.
42 Under Fate's Wheel.ByLawrence L. Lynch.
43 Margate Murder Mystery.ByBurford Delannoy.
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VOLUME I.Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. Including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the Interior of Africa.With portrait and full-page plates. ByDavid Livingstone, LL.D., D.C.L.VOLUME II.A Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle" round the World.ByCharles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., Author of "Coral Reefs," "The Descent of Man," etc. Containing a biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc., with portrait of Darwin, and other illustrations.VOLUME III.Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D.some time Head-master of Rugby School, and Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. ByArthur Penrhyn Stanley, D.D., Dean of Westminster. With a portrait of Dr. Arnold, and other illustrations.VOLUME IV.Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro. With an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley.ByAlfred Russel Wallace, LL.D., Author of "Darwinism," "The Malay Archipelago," etc., etc. With a biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc., portrait of the Author, and other illustrations.VOLUME V.Macaulay's Essays, Historical and Literary, from the "Edinburgh Review."ByLord Macaulay, Essayist, Politician, and Historian. With a biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Fully illustrated from portraits.VOLUME VI.Lavengro: The Scholar, The Priest, The Gipsy.ByGeorge Borrow, Author of "The Bible in Spain," etc., etc. With introductory notes byTheodore Watts-Dunton. Illustrated from portraits.VOLUME VII.Emerson's Prose Works.The complete Prose Works ofRalph Waldo Emerson. With a critical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc., and a portrait of the Author.VOLUME VIII.Coral Reefs, Volcanic Islands, and South American Geology.ByCharles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With critical and historical introductions by ProfessorJohn W. Judd, F.R.S. With various maps, illustrations, and portrait of the Author.VOLUME IX.The Romany Rye. A Sequel to Lavengro.ByGeorge Borrow. Illustrated from old prints and portraits.VOLUME X.The French Revolution: A History.ByThomas Carlyle. With introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc., and full-page illustrations.VOLUME XI.Sartor Resartus; Heroes and Hero Worship; and Past and Present.ByThomas Carlyle. With Critical Introduction. Illustrated from photographs.VOLUME XII.Macaulay's Biographical, Critical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, including "The Lays of Ancient Rome." With notes and introduction. Illustrated from photographs.VOLUME XIII.Society in China.ByRobert K. Douglas, Keeper of Oriental Books and Manuscripts in the British Museum. Professor of Chinese at King's College. Illustrated from photographs.VOLUME XIV.The Bible in Spain.ByGeorge Borrow, Author of "Lavengro," etc., etc. With biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Illustrated from photographs.VOLUME XV.Cromwell's Letters and Speeches.ByThomas Carlyle. Illustrated.VOLUME XVI.On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection.ByCharles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Illustrated from photographs.VOLUME XVII.Bacon's Essays; Civil and Moral Advancement of Learning; Novum Organum, etc.With biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Illustrated from photographs.
VOLUME I.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. Including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the Interior of Africa.With portrait and full-page plates. ByDavid Livingstone, LL.D., D.C.L.
VOLUME II.
A Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle" round the World.ByCharles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., Author of "Coral Reefs," "The Descent of Man," etc. Containing a biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc., with portrait of Darwin, and other illustrations.
VOLUME III.
Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D.some time Head-master of Rugby School, and Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. ByArthur Penrhyn Stanley, D.D., Dean of Westminster. With a portrait of Dr. Arnold, and other illustrations.
VOLUME IV.
Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro. With an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley.ByAlfred Russel Wallace, LL.D., Author of "Darwinism," "The Malay Archipelago," etc., etc. With a biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc., portrait of the Author, and other illustrations.
VOLUME V.
Macaulay's Essays, Historical and Literary, from the "Edinburgh Review."ByLord Macaulay, Essayist, Politician, and Historian. With a biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Fully illustrated from portraits.
VOLUME VI.
Lavengro: The Scholar, The Priest, The Gipsy.ByGeorge Borrow, Author of "The Bible in Spain," etc., etc. With introductory notes byTheodore Watts-Dunton. Illustrated from portraits.
VOLUME VII.
Emerson's Prose Works.The complete Prose Works ofRalph Waldo Emerson. With a critical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc., and a portrait of the Author.
VOLUME VIII.
Coral Reefs, Volcanic Islands, and South American Geology.ByCharles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With critical and historical introductions by ProfessorJohn W. Judd, F.R.S. With various maps, illustrations, and portrait of the Author.
VOLUME IX.
The Romany Rye. A Sequel to Lavengro.ByGeorge Borrow. Illustrated from old prints and portraits.
VOLUME X.
The French Revolution: A History.ByThomas Carlyle. With introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc., and full-page illustrations.
VOLUME XI.
Sartor Resartus; Heroes and Hero Worship; and Past and Present.ByThomas Carlyle. With Critical Introduction. Illustrated from photographs.
VOLUME XII.
Macaulay's Biographical, Critical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, including "The Lays of Ancient Rome." With notes and introduction. Illustrated from photographs.
VOLUME XIII.
Society in China.ByRobert K. Douglas, Keeper of Oriental Books and Manuscripts in the British Museum. Professor of Chinese at King's College. Illustrated from photographs.
VOLUME XIV.
The Bible in Spain.ByGeorge Borrow, Author of "Lavengro," etc., etc. With biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Illustrated from photographs.
VOLUME XV.
Cromwell's Letters and Speeches.ByThomas Carlyle. Illustrated.
VOLUME XVI.
On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection.ByCharles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Illustrated from photographs.
VOLUME XVII.
Bacon's Essays; Civil and Moral Advancement of Learning; Novum Organum, etc.With biographical introduction byG. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Illustrated from photographs.
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A remarkable feature of the world of fiction is that the yearly increasing supply of fresh romances, by both new and established authors, has no effect on the unfailing popularity of the recognised masterpieces. The demand for attractive editions of these books has never been greater than it is to-day, and it is to meet this want that the publishers are issuing this new series. The volumes are well printed from clear type on good paper, tastefully bound in a design that will grace the bookshelf, and splendidly illustrated. In a word, for value, it is the best and cheapest series that has ever been placed on the market.1 Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens2 David CopperfieldCharles Dickens11 Vanity FairW. M. Thackeray12 The History of PendennisW. M. Thackeray16 Westward Ho!Charles Kingsley17 HypatiaCharles Kingsley21 It is Never too Late to MendChas. Reade26 Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë27 ShirleyCharlotte Brontë31 IvanhoeSir Walter Scott32 Old MortalitySir Walter Scott41 The Last Days of PompeiiLord Lytton42 The Last of the BaronsLord Lytton43 HaroldLord Lytton46 The Three MusketeersAlexandre Dumas47 The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas51 CranfordMrs. Gaskell52 Mary BartonMrs. Gaskell56 Autocrat of the Breakfast TableO. W. Holmes61 Charles O'MalleyCharles Lever62 Jack HintonCharles Lever71 The Toilers of the SeaVictor Hugo72 The Hunchback of Notre DameVictor Hugo76 John Halifax, GentlemanMrs. Craik81 Adam BedeGeorge Eliot86 Geoffry HamlynHenry Kingsley91 KaterfeltoG. J. Whyte-Melville92 The GladiatorsG. J. Whyte-Melville96 A Study in ScarletA. Conan Doyle98 Out of the Hurly BurlyMax Adeler103 In Strange CompanyGuy Boothby109 Orley FarmAnthony Trollope115 Danesbury HouseMrs. Henry Wood120 Ben HurLew Wallace
A remarkable feature of the world of fiction is that the yearly increasing supply of fresh romances, by both new and established authors, has no effect on the unfailing popularity of the recognised masterpieces. The demand for attractive editions of these books has never been greater than it is to-day, and it is to meet this want that the publishers are issuing this new series. The volumes are well printed from clear type on good paper, tastefully bound in a design that will grace the bookshelf, and splendidly illustrated. In a word, for value, it is the best and cheapest series that has ever been placed on the market.
1 Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens2 David CopperfieldCharles Dickens11 Vanity FairW. M. Thackeray12 The History of PendennisW. M. Thackeray16 Westward Ho!Charles Kingsley17 HypatiaCharles Kingsley21 It is Never too Late to MendChas. Reade26 Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë27 ShirleyCharlotte Brontë31 IvanhoeSir Walter Scott32 Old MortalitySir Walter Scott41 The Last Days of PompeiiLord Lytton42 The Last of the BaronsLord Lytton43 HaroldLord Lytton46 The Three MusketeersAlexandre Dumas47 The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas51 CranfordMrs. Gaskell52 Mary BartonMrs. Gaskell56 Autocrat of the Breakfast TableO. W. Holmes61 Charles O'MalleyCharles Lever62 Jack HintonCharles Lever71 The Toilers of the SeaVictor Hugo72 The Hunchback of Notre DameVictor Hugo76 John Halifax, GentlemanMrs. Craik81 Adam BedeGeorge Eliot86 Geoffry HamlynHenry Kingsley91 KaterfeltoG. J. Whyte-Melville92 The GladiatorsG. J. Whyte-Melville96 A Study in ScarletA. Conan Doyle98 Out of the Hurly BurlyMax Adeler103 In Strange CompanyGuy Boothby109 Orley FarmAnthony Trollope115 Danesbury HouseMrs. Henry Wood120 Ben HurLew Wallace
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