THE BLACK BAG

THE BRa.s.s BOWL

THE PRIVATE WAR

TERENCE O'ROURKE

_By the author of "The Bra.s.s Bowl"_

THE BANDBOX

_By_ LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

Author of "The Day of Days," "The Destroying Angel," etc.

Divertingly told, in Mr. Vance's familiarly vigorous style, it never fails to entertain.--_Boston Transcript._

Mr. Vance uses the wand of a conjurer--his humor comes bubbling to the surface all the time.--_New York Tribune._

The yarn is excellently calculated to pa.s.s the time of a jaded novel reader.... The story is quite surprising enough, and amusing at that.--_New York Evening Sun._

It is a rousing tale of adventure and love told with verve and humor.

Many will p.r.o.nounce it the best story yet written by the author of "The Bra.s.s Bowl."--_Chicago Record-Herald._

The tale bristles with breathless adventure, mistaken ident.i.ties, detective investigations, romantic developments, and startling situations.... It is a rousing story, told with a stimulating style, and culminating in love rewarded; but, before that happy end is reached, there are many thrilling revelations.--_Literary Digest_, New York.

LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., PUBLISHERS 34 BEACON STREET, BOSTON

_A Curious Story of Woman's Love_

THE DESTROYING ANGEL

By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

Author of "The Bandbox," "The Day of Days," etc.

Mr. Vance keeps events moving too fast to cast any shadows before.--_New York World._

A very readable story ... Certainly there is not a dull moment in the book.--_New York Times._

It's a good story, well told, with plenty of brisk down-to-date humor, and its few characters stand out well.--_Los Angeles Times._

Full of romance and strange surprises ... A narrative of dramatic events, thrilling adventures, and all-conquering pa.s.sion that makes a swiftly moving tale.--_Philadelphia North American._

Half a dozen less vigorous and full-blooded stories might be built from the material so lavishly employed ... There is no moment, from start to finish, when the story is not absorbing, and the end of the narrative, which winds to a happy climax, is all that the most ardent romancist could desire.--_Chicago Record-Herald._

LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., PUBLISHERS 34 BEACON STREETFOSTON