Publishers' Foreword

We have, as publishers, a sincere pleasure and satisfaction in presenting to the great reading public, this thrilling story of the "Leopard's Claw" by Mr. George W. Ellis. It is a story of true mystery and adventure, in which is interwoven several charming phases of the gentle passion of love set in different parts of the globe, ranging from picturesque by-ways of the English countryside to the wild and lawless interiors of Africa. The descriptions and character-drawing are done by one familiar with not only the places and persons concerned but with human actions and motives and with an eye to the exciting in fiction that betrays one long versed in the art of story-telling. We get in the last chapters a glimpse of the great war just about to spread its heavy pall over the world. All in all it is one of the best narrations on which we have ever placed our imprint and we feel sure the great reading public will heartily and instantly respond to the fascinations of the tale.

New York, April, 1918. The Publishers