Valancourt classics

Adventures in Africa lead to a lost race, and the monster they worship.

Miss Lois Cayley graduates from Cambridge, but has nothing left of the small amount of money her father left her when he died. She wants adventure and is determined to travel "round the world with twopence in her pocket". Her cleverness and charm let her do just that, with plenty of adventure, generous friends, dastardly villains, and a little romance.