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 NOVELS OF MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE

THE GHOST GIRL. By Henry Kitchell Webster

Author of "The Whispering Man," etc.

A bewildering story of a beautiful girl, supposed to have died In Paris, who haunts an American artist, commissioned to paint her portrait from a photograph.

Frontispiece, $1.25 Net. Postpaid $1.42

THE LOST DESPATCH. By Natalie S. Lincoln

Author of "The Trevor Case," etc.

Nancy Newton, pledged to aid the Confederacy in every way in her power, is involved in a baffling mystery, connected with the murder of Captain Lloyd, U. S. Secret Service.

Illustrated, $1.30 Net, Postpaid $1.42

THE BISHOP'S PURSE.

By Oliver Herford and Cleveland Moffett The adventures of a clever woman thief, who steals a purse containing $25,000, and to avoid detection, secrets it in the golf bag of a traveling companion.

Illustrated, $1.30 Net, Postpaid $1.42

THE AMIABLE CRIMES OF DIRK MEMLING.

By Rupert Hughes. Author of "Excuse Me," etc.

Dirk Memline, a thief with an artistic temperament, has a fancy for stealing unusual things. Assisted y his confederate, a beautiful girl, he devises the most curious and daring thefts.

Illustrated, $1.25 Net, Postpaid $1.37

THE TREVOR CASE. By Natalie S. Lincoln

The social set of Washington is deeply stirred over the murder of a beautiful society woman. The denouement is entirely unexpected and unusual.

Illustrated, $1.30 Net, Postpaid $1.42

THE NAMELESS THING. By Melville Davisson Post

Something: exceptional in the way of detective stories. The exciting and thrilling adventures incident to the detection of a murderer who left no clues.

Illustrated, $1.25 Net, Postpaid $1.37

THE MYSTERY OF THE SECOND SHOT

By Rufus Oillmore

Several peculiar circumstances connected with an apparent case of suicide lead a reporter to the solution of a mystery quite new in the annals of crime.

Illustrated, $1.25 Net, Postpaid $1.37

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