Published by the Leadenhall Press, London, 1894, 1st edition. Grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, black and gilt lettering to front cover, no dustwrapper. 7.25ins x 5ins, 181pp, 16pp book adverts. First book by the author who went on to write the Chinese tales of Kai Lung and the detective stories featuring Max Carrados. Text pages lightly browned, overall a VG copy.