In which we meet again the characters of his dashing success, “_The
Colonel of the Red Huzzars_” (Eleven editions).
Mr. Scott displays uncommon dramatic skill in the handling of his
characters--the same, by the way, as those who were met in his “Colonel
of the Red Huzzars.” It is a continuation of that former dashing
romance of an American army officer who turns out to have royal blood
in his veins which eventually wins for him a throne and enthrones him
in the heart of a charming princess; mystery, intrigue, plot, and
counterplot, all are here, and the reader will find his attention held
until the very last page, when loyalty and the wit of a woman triumph
in the face of even “the Book of Laws” and a clever rascal.
“Here is a new story to set the pulses tingling.”--_Philadelphia
Press._
“Since Hope’s ‘Prisoner of Zenda,’ nothing better has been done
than this new story by the author of ‘The Colonel of the Red
Huzzars.’”--_Cincinnati Enquirer._
“There are situations involving the principal characters which
are ingenious in conception and cleverly woven into the story by
essential and natural sequence, and at these situations the reader
feels a desire to continue the story, even if the house be burning.
He has produced a story that is interesting and exciting without
being overdrawn.”--_Boston Evening Transcript._
_Four Full-Page Illustrations in Color by Clarence F. Underwood. 12
mo. Decorated Cloth, $1.50._
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA
_THE DASHING NOVEL_
THE
COLONEL
OF THE
RED HUZZARS
By
JOHN REED SCOTT
Stirring adventures, courtly intrigue, and fencing both of sword and
wit, fill the pages of this story. The plot is built upon a wager
between Major Dalberg, U. S. A., and a friend that within a certain
time both would be dining with the king and dancing with the princess
royal of Valeria. Strangely enough, Dalberg proves to be of the blood
royal of Valeria, is reinstated into his ancestral rights, and when
matters are about to reach a climax, the pretender steps in, and there
ensues an encounter between American pluck and unscrupulous cleverness.
“There’s not a dull page in it.”--_The Index, Pittsburg._
“A slap-dashing vacation-day romance.”--_Evening Sun, New York._
“So naïvely fresh in its handling, so plausible through its
naturalness, that it comes like a mountain breeze across the
far-spreading desert of similar romances.”--_Gazette-Times,
Pittsburg._