The National geographic magazine . The hardest bookof the yearto lay down ««* SHERLOCK HOLMES htmself says of the Mystery tn The Ho\md ofthe Baskervilles I told you in London, Watson, and I tell you againnow, that we have never had a foeman more worthy ofour steel. The best Sherlock Holmes story 01 all.—Detroit Jour? Holmes at his zenith.—Chicago book of the season.—London Sketch. Most absorbing mystery story weve read. — Worcester Gazette. Illustrated. $ McCLURE, PHELLBFS & 00., Publishers, NEW YORK. A VIVID STORY OF LIFE IN DARKEST LONDON I The Hole in the
The National geographic magazine . The hardest bookof the yearto lay down ««* SHERLOCK HOLMES htmself says of the Mystery tn The Ho\md ofthe Baskervilles I told you in London, Watson, and I tell you againnow, that we have never had a foeman more worthy ofour steel. The best Sherlock Holmes story 01 all.—Detroit Jour? Holmes at his zenith.—Chicago book of the season.—London Sketch. Most absorbing mystery story weve read. — Worcester Gazette. Illustrated. $ McCLURE, PHELLBFS & 00., Publishers, NEW YORK. A VIVID STORY OF LIFE IN DARKEST LONDON I The Hole in the Wall By Arthur Morrison Author of Tales of Mean Streets,A Child of the Jago, etc. Against the grim background of crime andmisery in the London slums, the two chiefcharacters of the novel stand out in brightrelief. These are Captain Nat, publican andreceiver of stolen goods, and his little grand-son Stephen, who is his partner in the own-ership of The Hole in the Wall, a riversidepublic house around which the story the unconscious influence of thejunior partner, the senior is saved from a plotthat threatens to drag them both down. Addedto those qualities of powerful realism whichcharacterizes Mr. Morrisons previous work,there is here a subtle sense of the finer quali-ties of character that makes this novel easilyhis , 121110, Sl-S° The Ragged Edge* A Novel of Ward Politicsbringing before the reading public a new author Jfo6n T. Mc In tyre The author is thoroughlv at home in hisdistrict. The cra
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