TOYING WITH FATE;
OR,
Nick Carter’s Narrow Shave
BY
NICHOLAS CARTER
Author of the celebrated stories of Nick Carter’s adventures, which
are published exclusively in the New Magnet Library, conceded
to be among the best detective tales ever written.
NEW YORK
STREET & SMITH, Publishers
79-89 Seventh Avenue
Copyright, 1903
By STREET & SMITH
Toying With Fate
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian.
The Best of Everything!
Our experience with the American reading publichas taught us that it expects better reading than readersof any other nationality. Why? Because Americans,as a rule, are better educated and more intelligent.We make it a point to cater to all classes of readerswith our paper-covered novels. If a man likes adventureor detective stories, he can find more and betterones in the S. & S. novel list than he can among thecloth books. If a woman wants love, society, or mysterystories, the S. & S. catalogue again contains just whatshe wants at the lowest possible price. If a boy wantsup-to-date baseball, athletic, or treasure-hunt stories,he cannot get anything that will please him so muchas the books in the Medal and New Medal Libraries,no matter how much he has to spend for his readingmatter.
Here are a few suggestions:
BOOKS FOR MEN.
The Nick Carter stories in the New Magnet Library.
The Howard W. Erwin stories in the Far WestLibrary.
The William Wallace Cook stories in the New FictionLibrary.
The Dumas stories in the Select Library.
BOOKS FOR WOMEN.
The Mrs. Georgie Sheldon stories in the New EagleSeries.
The Charles Garvice stories in the New Eagle Series.
The Bertha Clay stories in the Bertha Clay Library.
The Southworth stories in the Southworth Library.
The Mrs. Mary J. Holmes stories in the Eagle andSelect Libraries.
BOOKS FOR BOYS.
The Burt L. Standish stories in the New MedalLibrary.
The Horatio Alger stories in the Medal and NewMedal Libraries.
The Oliver Optic stories in the Medal and NewMedal Libraries.
The Edward C. Taylor stories in the New MedalLibrary.
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