Samba: A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo

by Herbert Strang

  JUST PUBLISHED

  _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

  One of Clive's Heroes

  A STORY OF THE FIGHT FOR INDIA

  ILLUSTRATED BY W. RAINEY, R.I.

  The Headmaster of Harrow: "I have read it and think it a very goodbook. The historical accuracy is really wonderful in a romance, andthe local Indian colour well preserved. Mr. Strang is to becongratulated."

  Athenaeum: "An absorbing story.... The narrative not only thrills, butalso weaves skilfully out of fact and fiction a clear impression of ourfierce struggle for India."

  Aberdeen Free Press: "Mr. Strang may congratulate himself on havingachieved another superlatively good story."

  Guardian: "An excellent tale. Mr. Herbert Strang's care and accuracyin detail are far beyond those of the late Mr. Henty, with whom it isthe fashion to compare his work, while he tells a story infinitelybetter."

  Christian World: "A book from Mr. Herbert Strang is now as regular andwelcome an event as in former days were Mr. Henty's yearly volumes._One of Clive's Heroes_ will thrill many a young heart during theChristmas holidays. Sound history and thrilling romance."

  Lady's Pictorial: "When in doubt what to buy for a boy, or boys, for aChristmas gift, choose Mr. Herbert Strang's _One of Clive's Heroes_."

  Church Times: "Boys are fortunate indeed to have found in Mr. Strang aworthy successor to their old friend, the late G. A. Henty."

  Notts Guardian: "'The successor to Henty' is a title that needs livingup to; but Mr. Herbert Strang, upon whom it has been conferred, richlydeserves it."

  Educational Times: "Far better than Henty."

  Education: "A splendid book for boys. We used to think that no onecould take Henty's place; and we feel certain that no one will ever beable to take Mr. Strang's."

  Saturday Review: "Herbert Strang tells a story as well as Henty toldit, and his style is much more finished."

  HODDER AND STOUGHTON

  PUBLISHERS LONDON

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  JUST PUBLISHED

  _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

  (HERBERT STRANG'S FIRST HALF-CROWN BOOK)

  Jack Hardy

  OR, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO

  ILLUSTRATED BY W. RAINEY, R.I.

  Bookman: "A story about a gallant young middy could not have a morealluring sub-title than 'A Hundred Years Ago.' On his way to join the_Fury_ the gallant midshipman discovered a hotbed of smuggling atLuscombe, and unearthed a spy of Napoleon's. Jack's first fight withthe smugglers ended disastrously, and he soon found himself in a Frenchprison. Thence he made a daring escape, recaptured the _Fury_, andpicked up a fine prize ship on his way back to Portsmouth. Thecharacters in the story are drawn with originality and humour,especially that fine seaman Babbage.... Finally Jack triumphs allalong the line, and his gallantry is rewarded by his appointment tojoin the _Victory_. Boys will expect to hear more of Jack Hardy, andof what he did at Trafalgar."

  Athenaeum: "Herbert Strang is second to none in graphic power andveracity.... Here is the best of character sketching in bold outline."

  Speaker: "A greater than Henty."

  School Guardian: "Mr. Herbert Strang fills in stories for boys theplace of the late Mr. Henty."

  Tribune: "Herbert Strang's former books 'caught on' with our boys as noother books of adventure since Henty's industrious pen fell from hishand."

  Dublin Express: "It has become a truism to say that the mantle of Hentyhas descended to Herbert Strang, and indeed in some respects Mr. Strangsurpasses Henty."

  HODDER AND STOUGHTON

  PUBLISHERS LONDON

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  BY HERBERT STRANG

  Kobo

  A STORY OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

  Athenaeum: "In Kobo, Herbert Strang has provided much more than a goodboys' book for the Christmas market. Whilst readers of _Tom Burnaby_will not be disappointed of an ample meal of stirring adventures andhard war fights, readers of a more serious turn will find an excellentpicture of Japanese life and character, ... not to mention some vividsketches of modern naval warfare."

  Spectator: "An excellent story, such as one might expect to have fromthe author of that capital book, _Tom Burnaby_.... 'With a Japanese,duty comes inexorably first.' This, indeed, is the key-note of thewhole story. This principle of action dominates Bob's friend, and itdominates the story."

  Saturday Review: "Last year a new name of great promise appeared in thelist of writers of boys' books. This year the promise shown by Mr.Herbert Strang in _Tom Burnaby_ is more than borne out by _Kobo_ and_Boys of the Light Brigade_.... He shares the late Mr. Henty'sknowledge of history and war; he is less encyclopaedic in hisdescriptive methods perhaps than was Henty, though he gives the sameair of verisimilitude to his chapters by means of maps and charts ...he has an admirable style, and a sense of humour which he handles withthe more effect because he never turns a situation into broad farce."

  Academy: "For vibrant actuality there is nothing to come up to Mr.Strang's _Kobo_."

  Daily Telegraph: "This vivid story owes not a little of itsattractiveness to its many picturesque touches of local colour."

  Pall Mall Gazette "Mr. Herbert Strang, whose splendid story, _TomBurnaby_, proved so brilliantly successful last year, has writtenanother that will rank as its equal for vivid interest."

  Westminster Gazette: "An adventure story after a boy's own heart."

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  BY HERBERT STRANG

  Brown of Moukden

  Athenaeum: "Herbert Strang may be congratulated on another first-ratebook.... Characterization is a strong feature, ... and Ah Lum, theliterary chief of the brigands, is a memorable type."

  Spectator: "Mr. Strang has very rightly taken up again the subject inwhich his story of _Kobo_ achieved such a success last year.... Thestory is very skilfully constructed.... Of particular scenes we maysingle out for mention the episode of the railway train, ... a mosteffective piece of narrative.... The relief of humorous passages andsituations has been given, and without stint.... Ah Lum, thespectacled brigand chief, with all the wisdom of Confucius and Lao-Tzeat his finger tips, is a most amusing person.... _Brown of Moukden_ iscertainly a success."

  Academy: "Related with the same spirit and intimate knowledge of theEast that made _Kobo_ a marked success."

  Church Times: "The incident of the locomotive race down the SiberianRailway is, for breathless interest, the equal of anything we know ofin the whole range of juvenile fiction.... The book will hold boyreaders spellbound."

  Army and Navy Gazette: "When Mr. Henty died boys were disconsolate, forthey had lost a real friend; but now we have Mr. Herbert Strang mostcapably taking his place. He was welcomed as showing great promise in_Tom Burnaby_, but he did better in _Kobo_, that strong story of theearlier pages of the Russo-Japanese War, and now he has done betterstill in _Brown of Moukden_."

  Gentlewoman: "Mr. Herbert Strang may really be said to be the successorof the late Mr. Henty, and parents and others on the look-out fordesirable boys' books must be grateful to him each year for anexcellent story at Christmastide.... This is the literature we wantfor young England."

  Journal of Education: "Mr. Strang's former books have led us to expectgreat things from his pen, and these volumes prove him to be in theforemost rank of writers of boys' books. They are thoroughly healthyin tone, full of stirring adventures; and in each case linked tohistory in a manner that is never oppressive, and adds considerably tothe interest of the story."

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  BY HERBERT STRANG

  Boys of the Light Brigade

  A STORY OF SPAIN AND THE PENINSULAR WAR

  Spectator: "Mr. Strang's name will suffice to assure us that thesubject is seriously treated, and a better subject could hardly befound.... Altogether a capital story."

  Professor Oman (Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford, andAuthor of _A History of the Peninsular War_): "Pray
accept thanks froma historian for having got historical accuracy, combined with your fineromantic adventures."

  Outlook: "Let us be thankful for a boy's book really worth reading."

  Schoolmaster: "We have read this book with great interest and delight.More than four hundred pages of the most thrilling events are told witha marvellous fidelity to history."

  Standard: "It is a book which no boy will be able to put down when oncestarted."

  The Adventures of Harry Rochester

  A STORY OF THE DAYS OF MARLBOROUGH AND EUGENE

  Academy: "_Tom Burnaby_ and _Kobo_--the best books of theirseason--have a worthy successor in _The Adventures of Harry Rochester_."

  Glasgow Herald: "Mr. Herbert Strang again displays all the qualitiesthat attracted attention and secured for him such a brilliant successwhen he made his appearance two years ago as the author of _TomBurnaby_.... We recommend it to all parents who want somethingthoroughly sound, as well as interesting, to put into the hands oftheir boys."

  Army and Navy Gazette: "The descriptive power and characterization arequite remarkable."

  Dundee Advertiser: "In some essentials, such as constancy in boldaction, this well-studied and finely-coloured tale is superior to anywritten by the lamented Henty. With the need of some one to takeHenty's vacant place has come the man."

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  BY HERBERT STRANG

  Tom Burnaby

  Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley: "It is just the sort of book I would giveto any schoolboy, for I know he would enjoy every page of it."

  Sir A. Conan Doyle: "... I think it is a really excellent picture ofAfrican life."

  Mr. J. L. Paton, Head-master of Manchester Grammar School: "... It isworth reading and thoroughly wholesome. I wish it all success."

  Dr. R. P. Scott, Secretary of the Head-masters' Association: "... Ihave read the book from cover to cover, and found it thoroughlyinteresting, vivid, healthful, and helpful. I can cordially recommendit to boys, and will do so whenever opportunity offers."

  Pall Mall Gazette: "That splendid story _Tom Burnaby_."

  Educational News: "The stirring pages of _Tom Burnaby_."

  Literary World: "... Mr. Strang ... has put as much work into thisstory as one finds in a really good novel; the little bits of usefulinformation that he sprinkles through it are palatable and readilydigestible, and the 'atmosphere' (if one may mix one's metaphors)'rings true.'"

  Mark Lane Express: "... Mr. Strang has come to the front rank with abound...."

  World: "... The tone of the story is excellent; manly and spirited, itcannot fail to rouse a response in a boy's heart."

  Financial News: "As a writer of stirring stories the author of thefamous _Tom Burnaby_ stands in the front rank of those who devote theirtalents to the edification of the rising generation."

  School Government Chronicle: "Mr. Herbert Strang understands the tasteand temper of the British public-school boy."

  Liverpool Mercury: "The record of his career deserved to be bound inleather and blocked on all sides with gold."

  Dundee Advertiser: "... as good as the plot is the way in which theauthor conveys a living impression of the region and its inhabitants."

  Glasgow Evening News: "... a masterpiece in the Henty manner."

  Englishman (Calcutta): "It is a book that every wholesome-minded boywill revel in, for it is alive with action and picturesque adventure."