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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The story hunter](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqzfnbf3ph1sdpt26rvsjj1/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260915%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260915T165633Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=0da46f709589b2594bb10900c235a6ab188fd95fa94e4ff0dc458ff5c83e458e) ## About this work The story hunter by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling, Paul 1862-1942 \[Illustrator\] Hardy — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside THE STORY HUNTER OR TALES OF THE WEIRD AND WILD BY ERNEST R. SUFFLING Author of “Afloat in a Gipsy Van,” “Jethou, or Crusoe Life in the Channel Islands,” “Life on the Broads,” etc. ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL HARDY LONDON JARROLD & SONS, 10 AND 11, WARWICK LANE, E.C. \[All Rights Reserved\] 1896 PREFACE. A year or two since, when I wrote Jethou; or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles, I received a large number of press reviews and criticisms, all but two of which were of a very satisfactory and encouraging tone, and spoke so flatteringly of my future career as a writer of fiction, as to cause a blush—perhaps of modesty—perhaps of hope—to suffuse my lily cheek. One of the adverse critics, who must have been troubled with liver complaint in some form, took a pessimistic view of my work, doubting the facts contained in the book, and—in a literary sense—running amuck with the fictional portions. But, as he unwittingly helped the sale of the first edition of Jethou, I thank the wielder of this biting pen. The other detractor found no particular fault with the book, but thought the writer somewhat lacking in high invention, i.e., in imaginative power. Of course few persons see their own faults, and I had never even dreamed that I had any lack of inventive power. But now that my deficiency has been suggested to me by the critic of London’s leading daily newspaper, I venture to place the present volume before the public as an effort towards the vindication of my imaginative power, and with the earnest hope that something may be found in it of sufficient interest to repay the reader for the time spent in its perusal. E. R. Suffling. Blomfield Lodge, Portsdown Road, London, W. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction—A Hypnotist… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-story-hunter) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. 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