"Seven Frozen Sailors" is certainly a title possessing enough originality to arouse one's curiosity. The idea is unique, and the seven stories, each by a different author, form an interesting mosaic of imaginative literature... The reading public seems to crave something new, and here is a volume, not cumbersome, but of modest size, that will, no doubt, prove attractive.—Every Saturday (Elgin, Ill.).
The old saying, "too many cooks spoil the broth," does not hold true in this instance, for the little book is really enjoyable.—Boston Transcript.
The Copsford Mystery
(Eighth edition, completing seventeenth thousand). By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "An Ocean Free Lance," "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," etc. Handsomely illustrated by A. BURNHAM SHUTE, and others. Cloth, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
"The Copsford Mystery; or, Is He the Man?" is by W. Clark Russell, whose name at once suggests rolling billows and dashing spray. But this is not a sea tale and is the only story not of the sea that he has written. Save in the first chapter, when we are introduced to a girl who is in the habit of rowing, off Broadstairs, and who gets carried out to sea by the tide, and is rescued by a dark-browed, sunburnt, but handsome man, there is nothing of the sea in it. The construction of the story is more like Doyle than Russell, but it resembles the latter's sea stories in its careful attention to detail. There is also careful delineation of character. In an introduction is an interesting sketch of Russell and his writings, and the book has full page illustrations by A. Burnham Shute and others.
An Ocean Free Lance
(Fifth edition, completing thirteenth thousand). By W. CLARK RUSSELL. New edition, illustrated by HARRY L. V. PARKHURST. Cloth, superbly bound, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
This dashing romance of the sea is held by some readers to contain Mr. Russell's best work. In it will be found the oft-quoted description of a naval engagement.
A Noble Haul
By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," "The Copsford Mystery," "An Ocean Free Lance," etc. 5th thousand. Cloth, 50 cents.