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THE SEEKERS. 



By FRANK SAVILE, 



AUTHOR OF ' THE DESERT VENTURE,' ETC. 



Crown 8vo. 6s. 



This is a stirring novel of adventure in Eastern Europe. A learned 

 Professor astonishes the British Association by announcing that he 

 has located the famous lost treasure of Diocletian, as buried some- 

 where in the principality of ' Montenera.' This little State with its 

 brave Prince is hard pressed for funds to defend itself against more 

 powerful neighbours who aim at absorbing it, and the treasure would 

 be invaluable. Whether it was discovered or not, the reader learns 

 in the course of a spirited and exciting story. In reviewing the 

 author's last novel, ' The Desert Venture,' the Times said : ' When 

 you have agreed to treat it as crude adventure, it is really as good 

 as you can wish/ The World said : * If Mr. Savile's style is to some 

 extent modelled on that of Merriman, this is no fault, but a virtue. 

 And the reading world will find that it may safely welcome such work 

 as this on its own account as it assuredly will.' 



THE WITCH'S SWORD. 



By DAVID KERR FULTON. 



Illustrated by the Author. Crown 8vo. 6s. 



This work, by a new author, is of a highly imaginative and romantic 

 tendency, and deals with a most interesting period in Scottish history. 

 The hero, who tells his own story, is an All Hallows child, born in 

 the one weird hour which makes him kith and kin to the spirits of 

 the air. The mystery of Flodden and the strange events grouped 

 round the ancient tradition as to the fate of the gallant James are 

 stirringly told, and lead up to the denouement, which comes with 

 vivid unexpectedness at the close of the book. 



The lonely orphan of a wronged father is unwittingly schooled to 

 vengeance by the fiery Welsh swordsman Jevan, who, at the 

 instigation of the dying old nurse, forges the wizard steel that gives 

 the story its name. 



A tender love idyll is woven into the tale and relieves the scenes 

 of violence through which the wearer of the Witch's Sword must 

 fight his way to honour and acceptance. 



