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CRITICISM BY LORD ROBERTS United Service Club, Pall Mall, W. Dear Sir,—I have read with considerable interest your vivid account of the dangers to which the loss of our naval supremacy may be expected to expose us, and the means by which you think we should be able to extricate ourselves from those dangers. I hardly like to criticise a work which, to be effective, must to a great extent be imaginative, but on one or two points I would venture to offer a few remarks:— First, You refer to the assistance the Home Army might receive from India and the Colonies. I feel confident that in such an emergency as you portray, the Colonies and Dependencies of the Empire would be most anxious to assist the Mother Country; but unless our sea power were assured, it appears to me that they would be unable to do so. Until our command of the sea had been regained, we should be powerless to move a soldier either from or to the United Kingdom. Secondly, You very properly lay stress on the part which might be taken by the Volunteers in the defence of the United Kingdom. No one can appreciate more fully than I do the gallant and patriotic spirit which animates the Volunteer Force, and I most thoroughly agree with you as to the value it might be under such serious circumstances as you depict. In fact, the raison d'être of the Force is to be able to defend the country in the event of an invasion. But to enable our Volunteers to do all that is expected of them, they must be made thoroughly efficient. Much has been done of late years to this end, but much more is required before our citizen soldiers can be depended upon to hold their own against foreign troops whose training is continually being carried on, and whose organisation is believed to be nearly perfect. It is very penny-wise and pound-foolish of us not to do all in our power to render the Volunteers the serviceable body they might be

The Mystery Man. “Hush! Think, if you were overheard!” “Well, my dear fellow, I only assert what’s true,” I said. “I really can’t believe it,” observed my companion, shaking his head doubtfully. “But I’m absolutely satisfied,” I answered. “The two affairs, mysterious as they are, are more closely connected than we imagine. I thought I had convinced you by my arguments. A revelation will be made some day, and it will be a startling one—depend upon it

Excerpt:These strange facts would never have been placed on record, nor would this exciting chapter of an eventful life have been written, except for two reasons: first, because the discovery I made has been declared to be of considerable importance to scientists, bibliophiles, and the world at large; and, secondly, because it is my dear wife’s wish that in order to clear her in the eyes of both friends and foes nothing should be concealed, misrepresented, or withheld.It was, indeed, a memorable day when I halted before the white, almost windowless house of the prior of San Sisto and knocked twice at its plain, green-painted door. The sun-blanched, time-mellowed city of Florence lay silent, glaring, and deserted in the blazing noon of a July day. The Florentines had fled to the mountains for air. The persiennes, or sun-shutters, were everywhere closed, the shops shut, the people slumbering, and the silence only broken by the heat-song of the chirping cicale in the scorched trees at the end of the Lung Arno.Like many another Tuscan town, it stood with long rows of high, frescoed, and sculptured palaces facing the brown river, its magnificent Duomo and campanile, its quaint fourteenth-century streets, and its medieval Ponte Vecchio all forming a grim, imposing relic of long-past glory. In many places its aspect was little changed since the old quattrocento days, when it was the centre of all the arts and the powerful rival of Venice and Genoa, although its trade has decayed and its power departed. The Lion and Lily of Florence upon a flag is no longer feared, as it once was, even by the bloodthirsty corsairs, and the rich Florentine brocades, velvets, and finely tempered arms are no longer in requisition in the markets of the world.Save for the influx of scrambling tourists, it is one of the dead towns of Europe. Modern trade passes it by unnoticed; its very name would be forgotten were it not for those marvellous works of art in its galleries and in its very streets.

IS ABOUT MYSELF That they were hard, undeniable facts, presenting a problem both startling and sensational, the reader will quickly learn from this straightforward narrative—an open confession of what actually occurred. In all innocence, and certainly without any desire to achieve that ephemeral notoriety which accrues from having one’s portrait in the pictorial press and being besieged by interviewers in search of a “story,” I found myself, without seeking adventure, one of the chief actors in a drama which was perhaps one of the strangest and most astounding of this our twentieth century. I almost hesitate to set down the true facts, so utterly amazing are they. Indeed, as I sit in the silence of this old brown room in a low-built and timbered Surrey farmhouse, with pen and paper before me, I feel that it is only by a miracle that I have been spared to narrate one of the most complex and ingenious plots which the human mind, with malice aforethought, ever conceived

An Eye for an EyeWilliam Le Queux, anglo-french journalist and writer (1864-1927)This ebook presents «An Eye for an Eye», from William Le Queux. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.Table of Contents-01- About this book-02- THE MYSTERY MAN-03- THE PENNY IN PAPER-04- AN APPOINTMENT-05- THE THREE CARDS-06- THE SECOND WOMAN-07- WHAT I SAW IN THE PARK-08- EVA GLASLYN-09- SOME REMARKABLE EVIDENCE-10- THE LOVE OF LONG AGO-11- ON THE SILENT HIGHWAY-12- BEAUTY AT THE HELM-13- THE DEFORMED MAN’S STATEMENT-14- DICK BECOMES MYSTERIOUS-15- THIS HAPLESS WORLD-16- THE NEAR BEYOND-17- IN THE CITY-18- A VISIT FROM BOYD-19- YOU WILL NEVER KNOW—NEVER-20- EVA MAKES A CONFESSION-21- A NIGHT ADVENTURE-22- UNDER THE LEADEN SEAL-23- IN DEFIANCE OF THE LAW-24- HER LADYSHIP-25- THE TRUTH REVEALED-26- CONCLUSION

This is a unique and authenticated edition of this title which is published exclusively for e-readers by Qwertyword Limited of Exeter.We have created a new cover style, colour and image; proofed and reset the text; edited out the errors; created chapter formats; and presented the work in a layout, and style designed for ease of reading on your device.Every one of our books has its own dedicated ISBN and which is different from the ISBN allocated to any hard copy edition of this work which we might publish.This action packed drama mainly takes place in the wild Highlands of Scotland with thrilling action and a death-denouement at the end. What is the mysterious bright light beam? Who understand its secrets? What creates its power to destroy the vision of people and animals? Who invented its deadly power? And why? Who is Hilderman? And von Hilder? And Dr Whitehouse? And Garnesk? Who is the enemy? And what is the significance of the comings and goings of submarines at night off the northern coastline; even mooring in the deep dark waters of the lochs! The action is fast and finely written in the best style of William Le Queux.

• This annotated edition features a new introduction to the text featuring literary critique and detailed historical context for the modern reader.Malevolent spies lurk in the shadows...Mighty fleets do battle on the high seas...And the capital of the mighty British Empire is reduced to blazing ruin...The Great War in England in 1897 is William Le Queux’s classic 1894 bestselling account of a fictional invasion of England.Written to a backdrop of increasing paranoia in the British press over the growing might of threats from abroad, Le Queux’s thrilling tale of a country caught unawares and brought to the brink of defeat by a murderous enemy continues to sweep up the modern reader with its stirring narrative.This ever popular classic is now available with a new introduction to the text for the modern reader.

CONTENTSCHAPTER I PRESENTS A PROBLEMCHAPTER II IS MAINLY ASTONISHINGCHAPTER III SHOWS LIGHTS FROM THE MISTCHAPTER IV OPENS SEVERAL QUESTIONSCHAPTER V IN WHICH THE SHADOW FALLSCHAPTER VI MYSTERY INEXPLICABLECHAPTER VII TELLS OF TWO MENCHAPTER VIII REMAINS AN ENIGMACHAPTER IX DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGILCHAPTER X CONTAINS A CLUECHAPTER XI THE AFFAIR ON THE SEVENTEENTHCHAPTER XII LOLACHAPTER XIII RELATES A STRANGE STORYCHAPTER XIV WHEREIN CONFESSION IS MADECHAPTER XV CONFIRMS CERTAIN SUSPICIONSCHAPTER XVI "WHERE THE TWO C'S MEET"CHAPTER XVII REVEALS ANOTHER PLOTCHAPTER XVIII DONE IN THE NIGHTCHAPTER XIX RECORDS FURTHER FACTSCHAPTER XX ANOTHER DISCOVERY IS MADECHAPTER XXI EXPLAINS LOLA'S FEARSCHAPTER XXII THE ROAD OF RICHESCHAPTER XXIII FOLLOWS THE ELUSIVE JULESCHAPTER XXIV MAKES A STARTLING DISCLOSURECHAPTER XXV IS MORE MYSTERIOUSCHAPTER XXVI HOT-FOOT ACROSS EUROPECHAPTER XXVII OPENS A DEATH-TRAPCHAPTER XXVIII DESCRIBES A CHASECHAPTER XXIX THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEADCHAPTER XXX NARRATES A STARTLING AFFAIRCHAPTER XXXI "SHEEP OF THY PASTURE"CHAPTER XXXII THE TENTS OF UNGODLINESSCHAPTER XXXIII DISCLOSES A STRANGE TRUTHCHAPTER XXXIV CONCERNS TO-DAYADVERTISEMENTS

"Ah! You don't take the matter at all seriously!" I observed, a trifle annoyed. "Why should I?" asked my friend, Ambler Jevons, with a deep pull at his well-coloured briar. "What you've told me shows quite plainly that you have in the first place viewed one little circumstance with suspicion, then brooded over it until it has become magnified and now occupies your whole mind. Take my advice, old chap, and think nothing more about it. Why should you make yourself miserable for no earthly reason? You're a rising man-hard up like most of us-but under old Eyton's wing you've got a brilliant future before you. Unlike myself, a mere nobody, struggling against the tide of adversity, you're already a long way up the medical ladder. If you climb straight you'll end with an appointment of Physician-in-Ordinary and a knighthood thrown in as makeweight. Old Macalister used to prophesy it, you remember, when we were up at Edinburgh.