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 'Unquestionably the most striking book the War has produced. A masterly piece of work, a real contribution to historical writing.'—Sketch.

OVER 46,000 COPIES PRINTED.

With Maps. Large crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

By A. CONAN DOYLE,

Author of 'The White Company,' 'Rodney Stone,' 'Uncle Kernac,' 'The Tragedy of the "Korosko," ' 'The Green Flag, and other Stories of War and Sport,' &c.

REPRESENTATIVE PRESS OPINIONS.

SPECTATOR.—'The conditions under which Dr. Conan Doyle's animated and valuable record was written relieve it from the dangers of red-hot impressionism. ... When to these opportunities are added that manly temper and command of forcible and picturesque language which have won him distinction in the field of fiction, it is not to be wondered at that the result should prove as engrossing as any of his novels.'

QUEEN.—'Whatever histories of the war in South Africa are written, Dr. Conan Doyle's "Great Boer War" must remain the history. ... The book is marvellously exciting, admirably lucid, and scrupulously just.'

WESTMINSTER GAZETTE.—'Mr. Conan Doyle may be congratulated very heartily on having written, in the "Great Boer War," a book which will delight and interest a wide circle of readers. Nowhere will the reader obtain a truer or more graphic picture of the warfare of the kopje and the veldt, nor of the difficulties which our generals had to overcome. The book is also a marvel of conciseness."

GRAPHIC—'To Dr. Conan Doyle must be given the credit of having produced by far the best and most comprehensive book on the South African War which has yet appeared. ... It is unnecessary to say that the book is vigorously written.'

MORNING POST.—'No one who takes up Dr. Conan Doyle's story of the Great Boer War will lay it down without reluctance until the end is reached. It is a brilliant piece of work, a true story told with masterly effect and conscientious mastery of detail.'

DAILY TELEGRAPH.— 'This volume is almost certain to become the standard popular history of the yreat drama which is now drawing to its close in South Africa. ... Dr. Doyle reviews the whole course of the war, and he tells his story in vivid chapters which make the pulse of the reader beat faster as he reads.'

PUNCH.—'It is difficult to read straight on through "The Great Boer War" by reason of the tears that dim the eyes as the sorrowful story is told. Conan Doyle made his reputation as a novelist; stranger far than fiction is the talc he has to tell of the campaign in South Africa. ... His description of the various engagements are master- pieces of graphic writing.'

DAILY NEWS.—'This sketch of the war is a masterly performance. It is hardly possible to overpraise it. ... The experience, the artistic sense, and the creative powers of a great writer are seen in the achievement.'

DAILY CHRONICLE.—'About as satisfactory and sound a book as one could imagine on a subject so recent, so vital, and so distracted with controversy. ... Nowhere else are we likely to find within the compass a story of the whole war and its causes at once so full, so just, and so vivid.'

TIMES.—'An interesting volume, which has reduced more or less to their perspective the many side issues of the campaign. ... Dr. Conan Doyle tells his story well, always in vigorous, often in stirring language.'

STANDARD.—'Dr. Conan Doyle has brought to the story of "The Great Boer War" those gifts of vivid description and that glowing style which have placed him in the front rank of writers of fiction. There is an energy about the book, a sense of rapid movement, a vitality of phrase that will stimulate the most jaded reader.'

London: SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 Waterloo Place, S.W.