The First Edition in sound but worn publishers cloth 8vo.319pps+8 page publishers catalogue a scarce murder mystery by the Chicago socialite Mrs Emma Van Deventer [written under the male pseodonym to escape the predjudice against women authors]involving the disapearance of a schoolmaster Mr Brierly. Considered significant enough to be illustrated in Eric Quayle's "The Collectors book of Detective Fiction" not for the fastidious collector but an affordable copy of a scarce title.