volume XXVII appeared that included three stories by

Percy F. Westerman. Those stories are presented in this ebook, with the addition of a contents-list and an illustrations-list.

This book contains a number of misprints. The following misprints have been corrected:

[an attempt will made to] -> [an attempt will be made to]

[ejacuated Devereux] --> [ejaculated Devereux]

[asked the American, cutely,] --> [asked the American, acutely,]

[One warthy Berber] --> [One swarthy Berber]

[she ay moored] --> [she lay moored]

[are th signal that a] --> [are the signal that a]

[the cluste of] --> [the cluster of]

Obvious punctuation/spelling errors were corrected without note.

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