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A WISE FOOL Edward Charles Reed

This is the Prize-Winning Novel in the John Long (2nd) £500 Prize Competition for the Best First Novel. John Long’s previous £500 Prize Competition for the Best First Novel was won by Emmeline Morrison with her Novel, “Good Grain,” probably one of the most popular novels published in recent years.

THE WOMAN TEMPTED THE COUNTESS OF CATHCART THE FACE IN THE NIGHT EDGAR WALLACE THE MARQUISE RING E. W. SAVI MASQUERADES SHANE LESLIE THE CHALLENGE NAT GOULD DESIRE OF THE DESERT ARTHUR APPLIN BURNT BRIDGES TEMPLE LANE THE HIDDEN HOUR J. B. HARRIS-BURLAND THE ROSE OF ALGIERS CECIL H. BULLIVANT THE VENUS GIRL LESLIE BERESFORD (“PAN”) TIGER RIVER ARTHUR O. FRIEL THE LAIRD WINIFRED DUKE THE DAY OF RECKONING E. ALMAZ STOUT THE SEA DEMONS H. M. EGBERT THE BREAD OF DEPENDENCE EDMUND B. D’AUVERGNE THE DANCING GIRL GASTON LEROUX THE ARREST FREDERICK BROCK THE INVISIBLE NET J. J. BELL STORM HALLIWELL SUTCLIFFE THE WORLD OUTSIDE HAROLD MACGRATH THE CRÊPE DE CHINE WIFE AMY J. BAKER THE MYSTERY OF WO-SING A. G. HALES THE COMPULSORY MILLIONAIRE W. HAROLD THOMSON BARNEY S. B. H. HURST THREE OF A KIND EMMELINE MORRISON JOAN PETERSON--SPORT MARGARET ARMSTRONG THE LEGACY FROM NOWHERE PETER GLADWIN ROOM 13 EDGAR WALLACE CHÉRI-BIBI, MYSTERY MAN GASTON LEROUX THE END OF A CIGARETTE EDWARD GELLIBRAND MARGOT’S PROGRESS (3s. 6d. net) DOUGLAS GOLDRING

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