Part 3

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Marie Corelli’s Novels

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A ROMANCE OF TWO WORLDS. _Fourteenth Edition._

VENDETTA. _Twelfth Edition._

THELMA. _Sixteenth Edition._

ARDATH. _Tenth Edition._

THE SOUL OF LILITH. _Ninth Edition._

WORMWOOD. _Eighth Edition._

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THE SORROWS OF SATAN. _Thirty-fourth Edition._

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Anthony Hope’s Novels

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THE GOD IN THE CAR. _Seventh Edition._

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A CHANGE OF AIR. _Fourth Edition._

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A MAN OF MARK. _Fourth Edition._

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THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO. _Third Edition._

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ARMINELL: A Social Romance. _Fourth Edition._

URITH: A Story of Dartmoor. _Fifth Edition._

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IN THE ROAR OF THE SEA. _Fifth Edition._

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MRS. CURGENVEN OF CURGENVEN. _Fourth Edition._

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CHEAP JACK ZITA. _Fourth Edition._

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THE QUEEN OF LOVE. _Fourth Edition._

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KITTY ALONE. _Fourth Edition._

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NOÉMI: A Romance of the Cave-Dwellers. Illustrated by R. Caton Woodville. _Third Edition._

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THE BROOM-SQUIRE. Illustrated by Frank Dadd. _Fourth Edition._

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THE PENNYCOMEQUICKS. _New Edition._

DARTMOOR IDYLLS.

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PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. _Third Edition._

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MRS. FALCHION. _Fourth Edition._

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‘A very striking and admirable novel.’—_St. James’s Gazette._

THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE.

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THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. _Fourth Edition._

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WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. _Fourth Edition._

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‘The one work of genius which 1895 has as yet produced.’—_New Age._

AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH: The Last Adventures of ‘Pretty Pierre.’ _Second Edition._

‘The present book is full of fine and moving stories of the great North, and it will add to Mr. Parker’s already high reputation.’—_Glasgow Herald._

THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. _Illustrated. Sixth Edition._

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‘Mr. Parker seems to become stronger and easier with every serious novel that he attempts.... In “The Seats of the Mighty” he shows the matured power which his former novels have led us to expect, and has produced a really fine historical novel.... Most sincerely is Mr. Parker to be congratulated on the finest novel he has yet written.’—_Athenæum._

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Stanley Weyman. UNDER THE RED ROBE. By Stanley Weyman, Author of ‘A Gentleman of France.’ With Twelve Illustrations by R. Caton Woodville. _Eleventh Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._

‘A book of which we have read every word for the sheer pleasure of reading, and which we put down with a pang that we cannot forget it all and start again.’—_Westminster Gazette._

‘Every one who reads books at all must read this thrilling romance, from the first page of which to the last the breathless reader is haled along. An inspiration of “manliness and courage.”’—_Daily Chronicle._

‘A delightful tale of chivalry and adventure, vivid and dramatic.’—_Globe._