AUTHOR OF “GUILTY BONDS,” “STRANGE TALES OF A NIHILIST,” ETC.
There is a curious division of opinion upon the merits of Mr. William Le Queux’s remarkable book, “The Great War in England in 1897.” The Author has performed a task never before attempted, namely, to forecast an invasion of the whole of England and Scotland, and the reviewers have taken him to task very freely. It has received the warmest commendation from the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Connaught, Lord Wolseley, Lord Roberts, and Lord George Hamilton; and the “Service” papers, who should know something of our army and navy, unanimously praise it. The Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazette says:—“Mr. Le Queux is a vivid writer, and his work gives evidence of care and thoroughness. The book is the best of its kind we have come across.” The United Service Gazette says that the author has studied the tactical and strategical problems thoroughly, and that “the book will do a national service”; while The Naval and Military Record and the Army and Navy Gazette say that Mr. Le Queux has special qualifications for the task he has carried out so successfully. Most of the influential daily papers have also eulogised it strongly, amongst them the Times, Standard, World, Sketch, Nottingham Daily Guardian, Scotsman, Glasgow Herald, Yorkshire Post, Aberdeen Free Press, Bradford Argus, Manchester Courier, Western Morning News, Bristol Mercury, and the Liverpool Courier. The Newcastle Daily Chronicle devoted a column to a review of a most commendatory character. The Daily Graphic says it is “the most comprehensive and thrilling of anything yet attempted.” Three of the most powerful papers on the Continent, the Paris Figaro, the Milan Secolo, and the Rome Opinione, have devoted leading articles to the problems put forward by the Author, all three journals declaring that the work is unique, while The Sheffield Daily Telegraph says it is “the sensation as well as the success of the book season.” That it is phenomenally successful is proved by the fact that Five Editions were sold within four weeks.
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THE CAPTAIN OF THE MARY ROSE.
A TALE OF TO-MORROW.
By W. LAIRD CLOWES,
U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE.
With 60 Illustrations by the Chevalier de Martino and Fred. T. Jane.