third writer has entered the circle, S. R. Crockett, with a
lively and jolly book of adventures, which the paterfamilias
pretends to buy for his eldest son, but reads greedily himself
and won't let go till he has turned over the last page.... Out
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and sea."--_Frankfurter Zeitung._
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"The story told in it is, as a story, nearly
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"'The Raiders' is one of the most brilliant efforts of recent
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TROOPER PETER HALKET OF MASHONALAND
BY OLIVE SCHREINER
Author of "Dreams," "Real Life and Dream Life," &c.
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Transcriber's note:
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent.
This book uses both 'story-tellers' and 'storytellers'.
This book uses both 'mould' and 'mold'.
Small decorative centerpiece illustrations in the Advertisements
are not indicated.