_30th Thousand. 12mo, $1.25. The titles of the stories are:_
I. The Ides of March
II. A Costume Piece
III. Gentlemen and Players
IV. Le Premier Pas
V. Wilful Murder
VI. Nine Points of the Law
VII. The Return Match
VIII. The Gift of the Emperor
"For sheer excitement and inventive genius the burglarian
exploits of 'The Amateur Cracksman' carry off the palm. Raffles
is as distinct and convincing a creation as Sherlock
Holmes."--_The Bookman_.
"Raffles is amazing; his resource is perfect; he talks like a
gentleman and acts like one, except when occupied with pressing
business in another man's house, at midnight, and naturally he
has a 'cool nerve,' a nerve positively arctic. They all have
nerves like that, these Raffleses."--_New York Tribune_.