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mine in Australasia, and its resources are unlimited. It derives its name from the original discoverer, Mr. William Morgan of Rockhampton. It would not be out of place here to give a short account of its origin. A few years ago Mr. Morgan, a prospector, who was roaming over the country in search of minerals, happened to be travelling through a small selection of 640 acres owned by a workingman, who just managed to eke out a living on it, the land being very poor. The selector, an uneducated man and ignorant of geology, was busy carting stone in his wheelbarrow. Mr. Morgan, being of an...

Romney Pringle, poor literary agent and avid cyclist, is in truth a conman of the highest caliber. The complete twelve stories are included in this volume. This criminal rogue is a well-deserved member of "Queen's Quorum" of influential and important mystery and crime stories.