‘The reader must learn for himself how the amateur detective is almost run down by the professional as his own murderer, and how all comes right in the end. The complications of the plot are ingenious and exceedingly well managed.'—Glasgow Herald.
Tinkletop’s Crime, etc. With a Frontispiece by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Post 8vo., illustrated boards, 2s.; cloth, 2s. 6d.
‘In “Tinkletop’s Crime,” Mr. George R. Sims has republished not only that amusing tale, but also a number of other short stories, full of the mingled humour and pathos for which he is renowned.... There could not be a better companion than this entertaining volume.'—Daily Telegraph.
Zeph: a Circus Story, etc. Post 8vo., illustrated boards, 2s.; cloth limp, 2s. 6d.
‘Mr. Sims’s touch is remarkably light, and his effects are all delicate. There are few writers since Dickens who have such mastery over all the emotions as he. Farce and pathos, and all the varying gradations between, are alike within his compass.... “Dagonet,” thanks to his wide experiences of slum-life, has sounded every note in the gamut of human passion. Like Mr. Besant, he enjoys the rare distinction of having promoted in substantial fashion the great work of redeeming the vice-slaves of the London purlieus.'—National Press.
My Two Wives. Post 8vo., illustrated boards, 2s.; cloth, 2s. 6d.
‘Mr. Sims is sometimes called an English Zola, sometimes a present-day Dickens. He is something of both; but that he has qualities of his own, and is without a peer in his peculiar line of alternate mirth and humour, is proved once again by this welcome volume.'—Weekly Dispatch.
Memoirs of a Landlady. Post 8vo., illustrated boards, 2s.; cloth, 2s. 6d.
‘Mrs. Jarvis, the pleasant, motherly old landlady, who gives her pathetic and humorous, sometimes tragic, reminiscences with delightful digression, will take her place next to Mr. Sims’s inimitable Mary Jane. Mrs. Jarvis is one of the most lovable of the many lovable womanly women he has created.'—Star.
Scenes from the Show. Post 8vo., illustrated boards, 2s.; cloth, 2s. 6d.