November Joe: Detective Of The Woods.

H. HESKETH PRICHARD

Publication: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, Boston and New York

First edition. 12mo. Queen's Quorum 55 says, "Another detective variation, again combining the old and the new, revealed itself in the backwoods-sleuth of Hesketh Prichard's NOVEMBER JOE. As the book points out, "the specialty of a Sherlock Holmes is the everyday routine of a woodsman. Observation and deduction are part and parcel of his daily existence. He literally reads as he runs. The floor of the forest is his page." November Joe, a memorable conception, is a sort of modern Leatherstocking "who would sooner hunt a deer than a man any day." The American edition of NOVEMBER JOE has priority because it appeared one month ahead of the English first edition [London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913]." The stories are of historical significance and the book is scarce. Light wear to the spine ends and corners else a very good copy.