THE GOLDEN GIRDLE
BY
Col. MOCKLER–FERRYMAN
Large Crown 8vo. Cloth. Containing Eight Full–page
Illustrations in Colour by Allan Stewart.
Price 3s. 6d.
The hero of this thrilling story of pluck and adventure is a young Englishman who, after a course of training at the British Museum, is sent out by his uncle to Babylon, to unearth a mysterious girdle, known to have been worn by one of the ancient Assyrian Queens. Making a start from Baghdad, young Henderson, accompanied by the Residency Surgeon, crosses Mesopotamia, and eventually enters the Arabian desert. Here the two friends became the guests of a tribe of Bedouins, and, while prosecuting their search, enjoy many strange experiences. They return to Baghdad after a fruitless quest, and subsequently the hero returns alone to the desert, when, with his Bedouin friends, he resumes the pursuit of what he now discovers to be the object of the most superstitious dread. The chase, as told, is replete with exciting adventures, and the interest of the story is maintained to the end. The young Englishman's indomitable determination has its reward, and the mysteries ascribed to the Golden Girdle are laid at rest.
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