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 and 

 misery in the London slums, the two chief 

 characters of the novel stand out in bright 

 relief. These are Captain Nat, publican and 

 receiver of stolen goods, and his little grand- 

 son Stephen, who is his partner in the own- 

 ership of" The Hole in the Wall," a riverside 

 public house around which the story revolves. 

 Through the unconscious influence of the 

 junior partner, the senior is saved from a plot 

 that threatens to drag them both down. Added 

 to those qualities of powerful realism which 

 characterizes Mr. Morrison's previous work, 

 there is here a subtle sense of the finer quali- 

 ties of character that makes this novel easily 

 his masterpiece. 

 Cloth, 121110, S l -S° 



The Ragged Edge* 



A Novel of Ward Politics 

 bringing before the reading public a new author 



Jfo6n T. Mc In tyre 



The author is thoroughlv at home in his 

 district. The crafty old politician, the ambi- 

 tious leader of the " new element," the keen, 

 cautious, ignorant old voters, the merry- 

 hearted, self-respecting Irish girls of the region, 

 the tough heelers, the trimmers, floaters, and 

 hangers-on are all trenchantly drawn, while the 

 scenes of the district ball, the caucus, the pri- 

 mary, and the election are as real as life. Mr. 

 Mclntyre's novel has those qualities which 

 should initiate the First Novel Series with 

 an emphatic success. 

 Cloth, 121110, $!- 2 5 



The 



Ragged Edge 



McClure, Phillips & Co. 



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