Sir Philip Gibbs unfolds in his graphic, picturesque way the amazing record of vision, courage and sacrifice on the part of the pioneers in the great adventure of Empire.
The aim of this book is to bring together a most astounding collection of facts in regard to the Courtship of Animals of all kinds, from Apes to Ants.
Weird, uncanny stories of the supernatural by May Sinclair; Algernon Blackwood; Mrs. Belloc Lowndes; L.P. Hartley; Denis Mackail; Clemence Dane; C. Ray; Hugh Walpole; Desmond MacCarthy; Walter de la Mare; Arthur Machen; D.H. Lawrence; Oliver Onions; Mary Webb; Charles Whibley; Enid Bagnold.
_Sunday Times._--"Mr. Graeme has the true knack of the story-teller, and lovers of the gruesome will find all they want in this collection of tales, as they are tragic."
_Illustrated London News._--"This is a book of charm and personal philosophy which will not be forgotten by those who read it."
Mr. Clement K. Shorter in the _Sphere._--"Assuredly she has produced a book in which there is not a dull line, upon what is acknowledged to be one of the most fascinating subjects in the whole range of literature."
LESS THAN THE DUST: The Autobiography of a Tramp by Joseph Stamper
Compton McKenzie in the _Daily Mail._--"... there are pages with the quality of Maxim Gorki ... absorbed me sufficiently to make me read every page, starting at three o'clock in the morning after having read several other books--and I cannot say more for a book than that."
_Daily News._--"... a concise exposition of the tactics at Jutland and a stinging rebuke to those who accuse of having missed a glorious opportunity through over-caution and lack of fighting spirit."
In this volume Mr. Jerrold has set out to relate the personal history, so far as it is ascertainable, of the much-married Henry and the six women whom he successfully wedded.
_Observer._--"... a rich mine of controversy...."
_Spectator._--"Unchanged in the last thousand years, the people of Central Asia stroll through Mr. Thomas's pages, shrouded girls, swashbuckling youths, peasants, princes ... it is an amazing pageant that he presents to us."
LIFE AND LAUGHTER 'MIDST THE CANNIBALS by Clifford Collinson
_Yorkshire Herald._--"This is a fascinating narrative of life in the South Seas, and emphasizes that fact proves more interesting than fiction...."