By ARTHUR B. REEVE
An American from Maddox Munitions, Incorporated, the owners of a new war invention—the telautomaton, forms the centre round which this exciting mystery tale is built. In trying to answer the ever-present question ‘Who killed Marshall Maddox?’ the reader is tossed about a sea of conjecture by two strong main currents which continually cross and recross each other and keep him mystified till the end of the book. Scientific inventiveness—at times diabolical in its ruthless ingeniousness, plays no less strong a part than does Paquita, the adventuress. Was the death of Maddox retributive for his double life or was it due to the covetousness of some schemer. It required a detective of Craig Kennedy’s acumen to discover.
UNDER THE PERISCOPE
By LIEUT. MARK BENNETT, R.N.R.
A realistic and detailed picture of life on a submarine during the war, including descriptions of the construction and management of the boat, and the effect of submarine conditions on the crew. All the incidents recorded are founded on fact, and most of them are personal experiences of the author.
Large Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
HIS DAUGHTER
By GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
This is the story of an American whose nature is refined in the fire of war. It begins in the easy-going days of travel abroad when young Dayton meets Elizabeth Brown and becomes informally engaged; and goes on to the artist life in Paris when he meets Elise, a joyous young Parisian girl of the lower class. Suddenly called home and prevented by accident from communicating with Elise, he marries Elizabeth with the determination to be true to her. Chance takes him to Paris, and there three things happened: he learns of another daughter, the child of Elise; Maria, Elizabeth’s daughter, dies of typhoid; and the Germans strike. Both he and his loyal wife plunge into the war, and in the ordeals which there confront them the dross of his nature is destroyed.
THE MAN FROM AUSTRALIA