8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned.

An abridged edition of Allen's classic fantasy novel Thuggee cult and Mesmerism, edited by journalist William Thomas Stead (1849-1912); number 59 in the "Review of Review's" Masterpiece Library, Penny Popular Novels series.