by G. A. Henty
"Wherever English is spoken one imagines that Mr. Henty's name isknown. One cannot enter a schoolroom or look at a boy's bookshelfwithout seeing half-a-dozen of his familiar volumes. Mr. Henty is nodoubt the most successful writer for boys, and the one to whose newvolumes they look forward every Christmas with most pleasure."--_Reviewof Reviews._
A LIST OF BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
... By ...
G. A. HENTY GORDON STABLES G. M. FENN ROBERT LEIGHTON S. BARING-GOULD HARRY COLLINGWOOD KIRK MUNROE ROSA MULHOLLAND F. FRANKFORT MOORE ALICE CORKRAN, ETC.
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G. A. HENTY'S POPULAR STORIES FOR BOYS
NEW VOLUMES FOR 1897-98
Mr. Henty, the most popular writer of Books of Adventure in England,adds three new volumes to his list this fall--books that will delightthousands of boys on this side who have become his ardent admirers.
WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT
A Tale of the Seven Years' War. With 12 full-page illustrations. 12mo,$1.50.
The hero of this story while still a youth entered the service ofFrederick the Great, and by a succession of fortunate circumstances andperilous adventures, rose to the rank of colonel. Attached to the staffof the king, he rendered distinguished services in many battles, in oneof which he saved the king's life. Twice captured and imprisoned, heboth times escaped from the Austrian fortresses.
The story follows closely the historic lines, and no more vividdescription of the memorable battles of Rossbach, Leuthen, Prague,Zorndorf, Hochkirch, and Torgau can be found anywhere than is heregiven. Woven in this there runs the record of the daring and hazardousadventures of the hero, and the whole narrative has thus, with historicaccuracy, the utmost charm of romance.
A MARCH ON LONDON
A Story of Wat Tyler's Rising. With 8 full-page illustrations by W. H.Margetson. 12mo, $1.50.
The story of Wat Tyler's Rebellion is but little known, but the heroof this story passes through that perilous time and takes part in thecivil war in Flanders which followed soon after. Although young he isthrown into many exciting and dangerous adventures, through which hepasses with great coolness and much credit. Brought into royal favorhe is knighted for bravery on the battlefield, and saving the lives ofsome wealthy merchants, he realizes fortune with his advancement andrank. New light is thrown on the history of this time and the wholestory is singularly interesting.
WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA.
A Story of the Peninsular War. With 12 full-page illustrations by WalPaget. 12mo, $1.50.
A bright Irish lad, Terence O'Connor, is living with his widowedfather, Captain O'Connor of the Mayo Fusiliers, with the regiment atthe time when the Peninsular war began. Upon the regiment being orderedto Spain, Terence received a commission of ensign and accompanied it.On the way out, by his quickness of wit he saved the ship from captureand, instead, aided in capturing two French privateers. Arriving inPortugal, he ultimately gets appointed as aid to one of the generalsof a division. By his bravery and great usefulness throughout the war,he is rewarded by a commission as Colonel in the Portuguese army andthere rendered great service, being mentioned twice in the generalorders of the Duke of Wellington. The whole story is full of excitingmilitary experiences and gives a most careful and accurate account ofthe various campaigns.
"No country nor epoch of history is there which Mr. Henty does notknow, and what is really remarkable is that he always writes well andinterestingly."--_New York Times._
AT AGINCOURT
A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris. With 12 full-page Illustrations byWalter Paget. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie, on the oldfrontier between France and England, where the lad Guy Aylmer had goneto join his father's old friend Sir Eustace de Villeroy. The timeswere troublous and soon the French king compelled Lady Margaret deVilleroy with her children to go to Paris as hostages for Sir Eustace'sloyalty. Guy Aylmer went with her as her page and body-guard. Paris wasturbulent and the populace riotous. Soon the guild of the butchers,adopting white hoods as their uniform, seized the city, and besiegedthe house where our hero and his charges lived. After desperatefighting, the white hoods were beaten and our hero and his chargesescaped from the city, and from France. He came back to share in thegreat battle of Agincourt, and when peace followed returned with honorto England.
ON THE IRRAWADDY
A Story of the First Burmese War. With 8 full-page Illustrations by W.H. Overend. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The hero having an uncle, a trader on the Indian and Burmese rivers,goes out to join him. Soon after war is declared by Burmah againstEngland and he is drawn into it. His familiarity with the Burmesecustoms and language make him of such use that he is put upon SirArchibald Campbell's staff. He has many experiences and narrow escapesin battles and in scouting. With half-a-dozen men he rescues his cousinwho had been taken prisoner, and in the flight they are besieged in anold ruined temple. His escape and ultimate successful return to Englandshow what a clear head with pluck can do.
WITH COCHRANE THE DAUNTLESS
A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American Waters.With 12 full-page Illustrations by W. H. Margetson. Crown 8vo, olivineedges, $1.50.
The hero of this story, an orphaned lad, accompanies Cochrane asmidshipman, and serves in the war between Chili and Peru. He has manyexciting adventures in battles by sea and land, is taken prisonerand condemned to death by the Inquisition, but escapes by a long andthrilling flight across South America and down the Amazon, piloted bytwo faithful Indians. His pluck and coolness prove him a fit companionto Cochrane the Dauntless, and his final success is well deserved.
"Boys like stirring adventures, and Mr. Henty is a master of thismethod of composition."--_New York Times._
A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS
A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes. With 12 full-page Illustrations by RalphPeacock, and a Plan. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
Gervaise Tresham, the hero of this story, joins the Order of theKnights of St. John, and leaving England he proceeds to the strongholdof Rhodes. Subsequently, Gervaise is made a Knight of the White Crossfor valor, while soon after he is appointed commander of a war-galley,and in his first voyage destroys a fleet of Moorish corsairs. Duringone of his cruises the young knight is attacked on shore, capturedafter a desperate struggle, and sold into slavery in Tripoli. Hesucceeds in escaping, however, and returns to Rhodes in time to takepart in the splendid defence of that fortress. Altogether a finechivalrous tale of varied interest and full of noble daring.
THE TIGER OF MYSORE
A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib. With 12 full-page Illustrations byW. H. Margetson, and a Map. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
Dick Holland, whose father is supposed to be a captive of Tippoo Saib,goes to India to help him to escape. He joins the army under LordCornwallis, and takes part in the campaign against Tippoo. Afterwards,he assumes a disguise, enters Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore,rescues Tippoo's harem from a tiger, and is appointed to high officeby the tyrant. In this capacity Dick visits the hill fortresses, stillin search of his father, and at last he discovers him in the greatstronghold of Savandroog. The hazardous rescue through the enemy'scountry is at length accomplished, and the young fellow's dangerousmission is done.
THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS
A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by W. H. Overend, and 3 Maps. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
The hero, Julian Wyatt, after several adventures with smugglers, bywhom he is handed over a prisoner to the French, regains his freedomand joins Napoleon's army in the Russian campaign, and reaches Moscowwith the victorious Emperor. Then, when the terrible retreat begins,Julian finds himself in the rear guard of the French army, fightingdesperately, league by league
, against famine, snow-storms, wolves,and Russians. Ultimately he escapes out of the general disaster,after rescuing the daughter of a Russian Count; makes his way to St.Petersburg, and then returns to England. A story with an excellentplot, exciting adventures, and splendid historical interests.
"Here we have Mr. George Henty--the Boys' Own Author."--_Punch._
WULF THE SAXON
A Story of the Norman Conquest. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by Ralph Peacock. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The hero is a young thane who wins the favor of Earl Harold and becomesone of his retinue. When Harold becomes King of England Wulf assistsin the Welsh wars, and takes part against the Norsemen at the Battle ofStamford Bridge. When William of Normandy invades England, Wulf is withthe English host at Hastings, and stands by his king to the last inthe mighty struggle. Altogether this is a noble tale. Wulf himself isa rare example of Saxon vigor, and the spacious background of stormfulhistory lends itself admirably to heroic romance.
BERIC THE BRITON
A Story of the Roman Invasion. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
This story deals with the invasion of Britain by the Roman legionaries.Beric, who is a boy-chief of a British tribe, takes a prominent part inthe insurrection under Boadicea: and after the defeat of that heroicqueen (in A.D. 62) he continues the struggle in the fen-country.Ultimately Beric is defeated and carried captive to Rome, where he istrained in the exercise of arms in a school of gladiators. Such is theskill which he there acquires that he succeeds in saving a Christianmaid by slaying a lion in the arena, and is rewarded by being madelibrarian in the palace, and the personal protector of Nero. Finallyhe escapes from this irksome service, organizes a band of outlaws inCalabria, defies the power of Rome, and at length returns to Britain,where he becomes a wise ruler of his own people.
WHEN LONDON BURNED
A Story of the Plague and the Fire. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by J. Finnemore. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The hero of this story was the son of a nobleman who had lost hisestates during the troublous times of the Commonwealth. Instead ofhanging idly about the court seeking favors, Cyril Shenstone determinedto maintain himself by honest work. During the Great Plague and theGreat Fire, which visited London with such terrible results, Sir Cyrilwas prominent among those who brought help to the panic-strickeninhabitants. This tale has rich variety of interest, both nationaland personal, and in the hero you have an English lad of the noblesttype--wise, humane, and unselfish.
"Ask for Henty, and see that you get him."--_Punch._
THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM
A Tale of the Nile Expedition. By G. A. Henty. With 10 full-pageIllustrations by John Schoenberg and J. Nash. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
In the record of recent British history there is no more captivatingpage for boys than the story of the Nile campaign, and the attempt torescue General Gordon. For, in the difficulties which the expeditionencountered, in the perils which it overpassed, and in its final tragicdisappointments, are found all the excitements of romance, as well asthe fascination which belongs to real events.
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE
A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The adventures of the son of a Scotch officer in French service. Theboy, brought up by a Glasgow bailie, is arrested for aiding a Jacobiteagent, escapes, is wrecked on the French coast, reaches Paris, andserves with the French army at Dettingen. He kills his father's foein a duel, and escaping to the coast, shares the adventures of PrinceCharlie, but finally settles happily in Scotland.
UNDER DRAKE'S FLAG
A Tale of the Spanish Main. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
A story of the days when England and Spain struggled for the supremacyof the sea. The heroes sail as lads with Drake in the Pacificexpedition, and in his great voyage of circumnavigation. The historicalportion of the story is absolutely to be relied upon, but this willperhaps be less attractive than the great variety of exciting adventurethrough which the young heroes pass in the course of their voyages.
WITH WOLFE IN CANADA
Or, The Winning of a Continent. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
Mr. Henty here gives an account of the struggle between Britain andFrance for supremacy in the North American continent. The fall ofQuebec decided that the Anglo-Saxon race should predominate in the NewWorld; and that English and American commerce, the English language,and English literature, should spread right round the globe.
"Mr. Henty is one of the best of story-tellers for youngpeople."--_Spectator._
BY PIKE AND DYKE
A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. By G. A. Henty. With 10full-page Illustrations by Maynard Brown, and 4 Maps. Crown 8vo,olivine edges, $1.50.
In this story Mr. Henty traces the adventures and brave deeds of anEnglish boy in the household of the ablest man of his age--William theSilent. Edward Martin, the son of an English sea-captain, enters theservice of the Prince as a volunteer, and is employed by him in manydangerous and responsible missions, in the discharge of which he passesthrough the great sieges of the time.
BY ENGLAND'S AID
Or, The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604). By G. A. Henty. With10 full-page Illustrations by Alfred Pearse, and 4 Maps. Crown 8vo,olivine edges, $1.50.
The story of two English lads who go to Holland as pages in the serviceof one of "the fighting Veres." After many adventures by sea and land,one of the lads finds himself on board a Spanish ship at the time ofthe defeat of the Armada, and escapes only to fall into the hands ofthe Corsairs. He is successful in getting back to Spain, and regainshis native country after the capture of Cadiz.
IN THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES
A Story of Adventure in Colorado. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by G. C. Hindley. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
From first to last this is a story of splendid hazard. The hero,Tom Wade, goes to seek his uncle in Colorado, who is a hunter andgold-digger, and he is discovered, after many dangers, out on theplains with some comrades. Going in quest of a gold mine the littleband is spied by Indians, chased across the Bad Lands, and overwhelmedby a snowstorm in the mountains.
BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST
Or, With Cortez in Mexico. By G. A. Henty. With 10 full-pageIllustrations by W. S. Stacey, and 2 Maps. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
With the Conquest of Mexico as the ground-work of his story, Mr. Hentyhas interwoven the adventures of an English youth. He is beset by manyperils among the natives, but by a ruse he obtains the protection ofthe Spaniards, and after the fall of Mexico he succeeds in regaininghis native shore, with a fortune and a charming Aztec bride.
"No living writer of books for boys writes to better purpose than Mr.G. A. Henty."--_Philadelphia Press_.
TRUE TO THE OLD FLAG
A Tale of the American War of Independence. By G. A. Henty. With 12full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
A graphic and vigorous story of the American Revolution, which paintsthe scenes with great power, and does full justice to the pluck anddetermination of the soldiers during the unfortunate struggle.
THE LION OF ST. MARK
A Tale of Venice in the Fourteenth Century. By G. A. Henty. With 10full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
A story of Venice at a period when her strength and splendor were putto the severest tests. The hero displays a fine sense and manlinesswhich carry him safely through an atmosphere of intrigue, crime, andbloodshed. He contributes largely to the victories of the Venetians atPorto d'Anzo and Chioggia, and finally wins the hand of the daughter ofone of the chief men of Venice.
THE LION OF THE NORTH
A Tal
e of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion. By G. A. Henty.With 12 full-page Illustrations by John Schoenberg. Crown 8vo, olivineedges, $1.50.
In this story Mr. Henty gives the history of the first part of theThirty Years' War. The issue had its importance, which has extendedto the present day, as it established religious freedom in Germany.The army of the chivalrous King of Sweden was largely composed ofScotchmen, and among these was the hero of the story.
IN GREEK WATERS
A Story of the Grecian War of Independence (1821-1827). By G. A. Henty.With 12 full-page Illustrations by W. S. Stacey, and a Map. Crown 8vo,olivine edges, $1.50.
Deals with the revolt of the Greeks in 1821 against Turkish oppression.Mr. Beveridge and his son Horace fit out a privateer, load it withmilitary stores, and set sail for Greece. They rescue the Christians,relieve the captive Greeks, and fight the Turkish war vessels.
"Mr. Henty's books never fail to interest boy readers."--_Academy._
WITH CLIVE IN INDIA
Or, The Beginnings of an Empire. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne, and a Map. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
The period between the landing of Clive in India and the close of hiscareer was eventful in the extreme. At its commencement the Englishwere traders existing on sufferance of the native princes; at its closethey were masters of Bengal and of the greater part of Southern India.The author has given a full account of the events of that stirringtime, while he combines with his narrative a thrilling tale of daringand adventure.
THE YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN
A Story of the Times of Hannibal. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by C. J. Staniland, R.I. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
There is no better field for romance-writers in the whole of historythan the momentous struggle between the Romans and Carthaginians forthe empire of the world. Mr. Henty has had the full advantage of muchunexhausted picturesque and impressive material, and has thus beenenabled to form a striking historic background to as exciting a storyof adventure as the keenest appetite could wish.
FOR THE TEMPLE
A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem. By G. A. Henty. With 10 full-pageIllustrations by S. J. Solomon, and a colored Map. Crown 8vo, olivineedges, $1.50.
Mr Henty here weaves into the record of Josephus an admirable andattractive story. The troubles in the district of Tiberias, the marchof the legions, the sieges of Jotapata, of Gamala, and of Jerusalem,form the impressive setting to the figure of the lad who becomesthe leader of a guerrilla band of patriots, fights bravely for theTemple, and after a brief term of slavery at Alexandria, returns to hisGalilean home.
THROUGH THE FRAY
A Story of the Luddite Riots. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by H. M. Paget. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The story is laid in Yorkshire at the commencement of the presentcentury, when the high price of food induced by the war and theintroduction of machinery drove the working-classes to desperation,and caused them to band themselves in that wide-spread organizationknown as the Luddite Society. There is an abundance of adventure inthe tale, but its chief interest lies in the character of the hero, andthe manner in which he is put on trial for his life, but at last comesvictorious "through the fray."
"The brightest of all the living writers whose office it is to enchantthe boys."--_Christian Leader._
CAPTAIN BAYLEY'S HEIR
A Tale of the Gold Fields of California. By G. A. Henty. With 12full-page Illustrations by H. M. Paget. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
A frank, manly lad and his cousin are rivals in the heirship of aconsiderable property. The former falls into a trap laid by the latter,and while under a false accusation of theft foolishly leaves Englandfor America. He works his passage before the mast, joins a small bandof hunters, crosses a tract of country infested with Indians to theCalifornian gold diggings, and is successful both as digger and trader.
IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE
A Story of Wallace and Bruce. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
Relates the stirring tale of the Scottish War of Independence. Thehero of the tale fought under both Wallace and Bruce, and while thestrictest historical accuracy has been maintained with respect topublic events, the work is full of "hairbreadth 'scapes" and wildadventure.
A JACOBITE EXILE
Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of CharlesXII. of Sweden. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations by PaulHardy, and a Map. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
Sir Marmaduke Carstairs, a Jacobite, is the victim of a conspiracy, andhe is denounced as a plotter against the life of King William. He fliesto Sweden, accompanied by his son Charlie. This youth joins the foreignlegion under Charles XII., and takes a distinguished part in severalfamous campaigns against the Russians and Poles.
CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
A Story of Escape from Siberia. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The hero of this story is an English boy resident in St. Petersburg.Through two student friends he becomes innocently involved in variouspolitical plots, resulting in his seizure by the Russian police andhis exile to Siberia. He ultimately escapes, and, after many excitingadventures, he reaches Norway, and thence home, after a perilousjourney which lasts nearly two years.
"Mr. Henty is one of our most successful writers of historicaltales."--_Scotsman._
IN THE REIGN OF TERROR
The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by J. Schoenberg. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
Harry Sandwith, a Westminster boy, becomes a resident at the chateau ofa French marquis, and after various adventures accompanies the familyto Paris at the crisis of the Revolution. Imprisonment and death reducetheir number, and the hero finds himself beset by perils with thethree young daughters of the house in his charge. After hair-breadthescapes they reach Nantes. There the girls are condemned to deathin the coffinships, but are saved by the unfailing courage of theirboy-protector.
ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND
A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
No portion of English history is more crowded with great events thanthat of the reign of Edward III. Cressy and Poitiers; the destructionof the Spanish fleet; the plague of the Black Death; the Jacquerierising; these are treated by the author in "St. George for England."The hero of the story, although of good family, begins life as a Londonapprentice, but after countless adventures and perils becomes by valorand good conduct the squire, and at last the trusted friend of theBlack Prince.
A CHAPTER OF ADVENTURES
Or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria. By G. A. Henty. With 6full-page Illustrations by W. H. Overend. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
A coast fishing lad, by an act of heroism, secures the interest of ashipowner, who places him as an apprentice on board one of his ships.In company with two of his fellow-apprentices he is left behind,at Alexandria, in the hands of the revolted Egyptian troops, and ispresent through the bombardment and the scenes of riot and blood-shedwhich accompanied it.
HELD FAST FOR ENGLAND
A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
This story deals with one of the most memorable sieges in history--thesiege of Gibraltar in 1779-83 by the united forces of France andSpain. With land forces, fleets, and floating batteries, the combinedresources of two great nations, this grim fortress was vainly besiegedand bombarded. The hero of the tale, an English lad resident inGibraltar, takes a brave and worthy part in the long defence, and itis through his varied experiences that we learn with what bravery,resource, and tenacity the Rock was held for England.
"Among writers of stories of adventures for boys Mr. Henty stands inthe very first rank."--_Academy._
FOR NAME AN
D FAME
Or, Through Afghan Passes. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
An interesting story of the last war in Afghanistan. The hero, afterbeing wrecked and going through many stirring adventures among theMalays, finds his way to Calcutta and enlists in a regiment proceedingto join the army at the Afghan passes. He accompanies the force underGeneral Roberts to the Peiwar Kotal, is wounded, taken prisoner,carried to Cabul, whence he is transferred to Candahar, and takes partin the final defeat of the army of Ayoub Khan.
ORANGE AND GREEN
A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The record of two typical families--the Davenants, who, having comeover with Strongbow, had allied themselves in feeling to the originalinhabitants; and the Whitefoots, who had been placed by Cromwellover certain domains of the Davenants. In the children the spirit ofcontention has given place to friendship, and though they take oppositesides in the struggle between James and William, their good-will andmutual service are never interrupted, and in the end the Davenants comehappily to their own again.
MAORI AND SETTLER
A Story of the New Zealand War. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by Alfred Pearse. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The Renshaws emigrate to New Zealand during the period of the warwith the natives. Wilfrid, a strong, self-reliant, courageous lad, isthe mainstay of the household. He has for his friend Mr. Atherton, abotanist and naturalist of herculean strength and unfailing nerve andhumor. In the adventures among the Maoris, there are many breathlessmoments in which the odds seem hopelessly against the party, but theysucceed in establishing themselves happily in one of the pleasant NewZealand valleys.
A FINAL RECKONING
A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by W. B. Wollen. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The hero, a young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood, emigratesto Australia and gets employment as an officer in the mounted police.A few years of active work on the frontier, where he has many a brushwith both natives and bush-rangers, gain him promotion to a captaincy,and he eventually settles down to the peaceful life of a squatter.
"Mr. Henty's books are welcome visitors in the home circle."--_DailyNews._
THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE
Or, With Peterborough in Spain. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by H. M. Paget. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
There are few great leaders whose lives and actions have so completelyfallen into oblivion as those of the Earl of Peterborough. This islargely due to the fact that they were overshadowed by the glory andsuccesses of Marlborough. His career as General extended over littlemore than a year, and yet, in that time, he showed a genius for warfarewhich has never been surpassed.
THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN
Or, The Days of King Alfred. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by C. J. Staniland, R.I. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
In this story the author gives an account of the fierce strugglebetween Saxon and Dane for supremacy in England, and presents a vividpicture of the misery and ruin to which the country was reduced by theravages of the sea-wolves. The hero, a young Saxon thane, takes partin all the battles fought by King Alfred. He is driven from his home,takes to the sea, and resists the Danes on their own element, and beingpursued by them up the Seine, is present at the long and desperatesiege of Paris.
FACING DEATH
Or, The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines. By G. A.Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo,olivine edges, $1.50.
"Facing Death" is a story with a purpose. It is intended to show thata lad who makes up his mind firmly and resolutely that he will risein life, and who is prepared to face toil and ridicule and hardshipto carry out his determination, is sure to succeed. The hero of thestory is a typical British boy, dogged, earnest, generous, and though"shamefaced" to a degree, is ready to face death in the discharge ofduty.
BY SHEER PLUCK
A Tale of the Ashanti War. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The author has woven, in a tale of thrilling interest, all the detailsof the Ashanti campaign, of which he was himself a witness. His hero,after many exciting adventures in the interior, is detained a prisonerby the king just before the outbreak of the war, but escapes, andaccompanies the English expedition on their march to Coomassie.
"Mr. Henty might with entire propriety be called the boys' Sir WalterScott."--_Philadelphia Press._
THE CAT OF BUBASTES
A Story of Ancient Egypt. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-pageIllustrations. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
A story which will give young readers an unsurpassed insight into thecustoms of the Egyptian people. Amuba, a prince of the Rebu nation, iscarried with his charioteer Jethro into slavery. They become inmatesof the house of Ameres, the Egyptian high-priest, and are happy in hisservice until the priest's son accidentally kills the sacred cat ofBubastes. In an outburst of popular fury Ameres is killed, and it restswith Jethro and Amuba to secure the escape of the high-priest's son anddaughter.
ONE OF THE 28TH
A Tale of Waterloo. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations byW. H. Overend, and 2 Maps. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The hero of this story, Ralph Conway, has many varied and excitingadventures. He enters the army, and after some rough service in Irelandtakes part in the Waterloo campaign, from which he returns with theloss of an arm, but with a substantial fortune.
STURDY AND STRONG
Or, How George Andrews made his Way. By G. A. Henty. With 4 full-pageIllustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
The history of a hero of everyday life, whose love of truth, clothingof modesty, and innate pluck, carry him, naturally, from poverty toaffluence. George Andrews is an example of character with nothing tocavil at, and stands as a good instance of chivalry in domestic life.
TALES OF DARING AND DANGER
By G. A. Henty. With 2 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.
Containing five stories, varied in scene and character, but all ofadventurous interest and telling of youthful heroism under dangerousand trying circumstances on land and on sea.
YARNS ON THE BEACH
By G. A. Henty. With 2 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.
This book should find special favor among boys. The yarns are spun byold sailors, and are admirably calculated to foster a manly spirit.
"Surely Mr. Henty should understand boys' tastes better than any manliving."--_The Times._
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by H. J. Draper, and a Map. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
The hero, Philip Fletcher, is a right true English lad, but he has aFrench connection on his mother's side. This kinship induces him tocross the Channel in order to take a share in that splendid strugglefor freedom known as the Huguenot wars. Naturally he sides with theProtestants, distinguishes himself in various battles, and receivesrapid promotion for the zeal and daring with which he carries outseveral secret missions. It is an enthralling narrative throughout.
REDSKIN AND COW-BOY
A Tale of the Western Plains. By G. A. Henty. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by Alfred Pearse. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The central interest of this story is found in the many adventures ofan English lad who seeks employment as a cow-boy on a cattle ranch.His experiences during a "round-up" present in picturesque form thetoilsome, exciting, adventurous life of a cow-boy; while the perilsof a frontier settlement are vividly set forth in an Indian raid,accompanied by pillage, capture, and recapture. The story is packedfull of breezy adventure.
WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA
A Story of the American Civil War. By G. A. Henty. With
10 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne, and 6 Maps. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
The story of a young Virginian planter, who, after bravely proving hissympathy with the slaves of brutal masters, serves with no less courageand enthusiasm under Lee and Jackson through the most exciting eventsof the struggle. He has many hairbreadth escapes, is several timeswounded, and twice taken prisoner; but his courage and readiness and,in two cases, the devotion of a black servant and of a runaway slavewhom he had assisted bring him safely through all difficulties.
THROUGH THE SIKH WAR
A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub. By G. A. Henty. With 12full-page Illustrations by Hal Hurst, and a Map. Crown 8vo, olivineedges, $1.50.
Percy Groves, a spirited English lad, joins his uncle in the Punjaub,where the natives are in a state of revolt. When the authorities atLahore proclaim war Percy joins the British force as a volunteer, andtakes a distinguished share in the famous battles of the Punjaub.
BY ROBERT LEIGHTON
"Mr. Leighton's place is in the front rank of writers of boys'books."--_Standard._
THE GOLDEN GALLEON
Illustrated, crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
This is a story of Queen Elizabeth's time, just after the defeat ofthe Spanish Armada. Mr. Leighton introduces in his work the greatsea-fighters of Plymouth town--Hawkins, Drake, Raleigh, and RichardGrenville.
OLAF THE GLORIOUS
By Robert Leighton. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Ralph Peacock.Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
This story of Olaf, King of Norway, opens with his being found livingas a bond-slave in Esthonia, and follows him through his romantic youthin Russia. Then come his adventures as a Viking, his raids upon thecoasts of Scotland and England, and his conversion to Christianity.He returns to Norway as king, and converts his people to the Christianfaith.
WRECK OF "THE GOLDEN FLEECE"
The Story of a North Sea Fisher-boy. By Robert Leighton. With 8full-page Illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
The hero is a parson's son who is apprenticed on board a Lowestoftfishing lugger. The lad suffers many buffets from his shipmates, whilethe storms and dangers which he braved are set forth with intensepower.
THE THIRSTY SWORD
A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (1262-63). By RobertLeighton. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Alfred Pearse, and a Map.Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
This story tells how Roderic MacAlpin, the sea-rover, came to the Isleof Bute; how he slew his brother in Rothesay Castle; how the earl'seldest son was likewise slain; how young Kenric now became king ofBute, and vowed vengeance against the slayer of his brother and father;and finally, how this vow was kept, when Kenric and the murderoussea-rover met at midnight and ended their feud in one last great fight.
THE PILOTS OF POMONA
A Story of the Orkney Islands. By Robert Leighton. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by John Leighton, and a Map. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
Halcro Ericson, the hero, happens upon many exciting adventures andhardy experiences, through which he carries himself with quiet courage.The story gives a vivid presentation of life in these far northernislands.
BY KIRK MUNROE
THE "WHITE CONQUERORS" SERIES
WITH CROCKETT AND BOWIE
Or, Fighting for the Lone Star Flag. A Tale of Texas. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by Victor Perard. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
The story is of the Texas revolution in 1835, when American Texansunder Sam Houston, Bowie, Crockett, and Travis, fought for relief fromthe intolerable tyranny of the Mexican Santa Ana. The hero, Rex Hardin,son of a Texan ranchman and graduate of an American military school,takes a prominent part in the heroic defense of the Alamo, the terriblescenes at Golead, and the final triumph at San Jacinto. The historicalside of the story has been carefully studied and its localitiesrendered familiar by a special trip to Texas, undertaken by the authorfor that purpose within a year.
THROUGH SWAMP AND GLADE
A Tale of the Seminole War. By Kirk Munroe. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by Victor Perard. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
In this new story Mr. Munroe opens to view an exceedingly interestingperiod of American history--the period of the Seminole War in Florida.Coacoochee, the hero of the story, is a young Indian of noble birth,the son of Philip the chieftain of the Seminoles. He is a boy at thetime of the beginning of the Seminole troubles and grows up to lead histribe in the long struggle which resulted in the Indians being drivenfrom the north of Florida down to the distant southern wilderness. Itis full of strange adventure, of stirring incident and rapid action.
AT WAR WITH PONTIAC
Or, The Totem of the Bear. A Tale of Redcoat and Redskin. By KirkMunroe. With 8 full-page Illustrations by J. Finnemore. Crown 8vo,$1.25.
A story of old days in America, when Detroit was a frontier town andthe shores of Lake Erie were held by hostile Indians under Pontiac. Thehero, Donald Hester, goes in search of his sister Edith, who has beencaptured by the Indians. Strange and terrible are his experiences; forhe is wounded, taken prisoner, condemned to be burned, and contrives toescape. In the end there is peace between Pontiac and the English, andall things terminate happily for the hero. One dares not skip a page ofthis enthralling story.
THE WHITE CONQUERORS
A Tale of Toltec and Aztec. By Kirk Munroe. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by W. S. Stacey. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
This story deals with the Conquest of Mexico by Cortes and hisSpaniards, the "White Conquerors," who, after many deeds of valor,pushed their way into the great Aztec kingdom and established theirpower in the wondrous city where Montezuma reigned in barbaricsplendor. BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD
THE LOG OF A PRIVATEERSMAN
By Harry Collingwood. With 12 full-page Illustrations by W. Rainey,R.I. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
In the war between Napoleon and the British, many privateers were sentout from England to seize and destroy the French merchant vessels. Onone of these George Bowen went as second mate. Long distance duels atsea, fights at close quarters, fierce boarding attacks, capture andrecapture, flight and pursuit, storm and wreck, fire at sea and dayswithout food or water in a small boat on the ocean, are some of themany thrilling experiences our hero passed through.
THE LOG OF "THE FLYING FISH."
A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure. By HarryCollingwood. With 12 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown8vo, $1.00.
In this story the aim of the author has been, not only to interest andamuse, but also to stimulate a taste for scientific study.
THE MISSING MERCHANTMAN
By Harry Collingwood. With 6 full-page Pictures by W. H. Overend. Crown8vo, $1.00.
A fine Australian clipper is seized by the crew; the passengers arelanded on one deserted island, the captain and a junior officer onanother; and the young hero of the story is kept on board to navigatethe ship, which the mutineers refit as a private vessel. After manyadventures Ned succeeded in carrying off the ship, and in picking upthe captain and the passengers.
THE CONGO ROVERS
A Tale of the Slave Squadron. By Harry Collingwood. With 8 full pageIllustrations by J. Schoenberg. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The scene of this thrilling tale is laid on the west coast of Africaamong the slavers.
THE ROVER'S SECRET
A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba. By Harry Collingwood.With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. C. Symons. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
The hero of "The Rover's Secret," a young officer of the British navy,narrates his peculiar experiences in childhood and his subsequentperils and achievements.
THE PIRATE ISLAND
A Story of the South Pacific. By Harry Collingwood. Illustrated by 8full-page Pictures by C. J. Staniland and J. R. Wells. Olivine edges.Crown 8vo, $1.50.
This story details the adventures of a lad who was found in his infancyon board a wreck, and is adopted by a fisherman. Going to sea, he formsone of a party who,
after being burned out of their ship, are picked upby a pirate brig and taken to the "Pirate Island," where they have manythrilling adventures. BY PROFESSOR A. J. CHURCH
LORDS OF THE WORLD
A Story of the Fall of Carthage and Corinth. By Professor A. J. Church.With 12 full-page Illustrations by Ralph Peacock. Crown 8vo, olivineedges, $1.50.
The scene of this story centres in the destruction of Carthage bythe Romans. The young hero is captured by the Romans, but wearingthe dress of his twin sister, escapes death. Entering the army ofCarthage he is in the thick of the long conflict and passes throughmany thrilling adventures. He is present at the final scene, and thatawful catastrophe is most vividly told. The story is full of valuablehistorical details and the interest never flags.
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO
Or, The Adventures of a Roman Boy. By Professor A. J. Church. With12 full-page Illustrations by Adrien Marie. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
The hero is a young Roman who has a very chequered career, being now acaptive in the hands of Spartacus, again an officer on board a vesseldetailed for the suppression of the pirates, and anon a captive oncemore, on a pirate ship.
BY S. BARING-GOULD
GRETTIR THE OUTLAW
A Story of Iceland. By S. Baring-Gould. With 10 full-page Illustrationsby M. Zeno Diemer, and a Colored Map. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
No boy will be able to withstand the magic of such scenes as the fightof Grettir with twelve bearserks, and the wrestle with Karr the Old inthe chamber of the dead.
BY F. FRANKFORT MOORE
HIGHWAYS AND HIGH SEAS
Cyril Harley's Adventures on Both. By F. Frankfort Moore. With 8full-page Illustrations by Alfred Pearse. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
The story belongs to a period when highways meant post-chaises,coaches, and highwaymen, and when high seas meant privateers andsmugglers.
UNDER HATCHES
Or, Ned Woodthorpe's Adventures. By F. Frankfort Moore. With 8full-page Illustrations by A. Forestier. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
In rescuing another lad from drowning, Ned Woodthorpe is taken on boarda convict ship. After a series of exciting events the convicts and crewobtain the mastery. Ultimately the ship is recaptured and Ned and hisfriends escape from their troubles.
BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN
"Mr. Fenn is in the front rank of writers for boys."--_LiverpoolMercury._
DICK O' THE FENS
A Romance of the Great East Swamp. By George Manville Fenn. With 12full-page Illustrations by Frank Dadd. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
Dick o' the Fens and Tom o' Grimsey are the sons of a squire and afarmer living on the edge of one of the vast fen wastes, and theiradventures are of unusual interest. Shooting and fishing experiencesare introduced in a manner which should stimulate the faculty ofobservation, and give a healthy love for country life; while the recordof the fen-men's stealthy resistance to the great draining scheme isfull of the keenest interest. The ambushes and shots in the mist anddark, the incendiary fires, and the bursting of the sea-wall, aredescribed with Mr. Fenn's wonted skill in the management of mystery.
BROWNSMITH'S BOY
By George Manville Fenn. With 6 page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
The career of "Brownsmith's Boy" embraces the home adventures ofan orphan, who, having formed the acquaintance of an eccentric oldgardener, accepts his offer of a home and finds that there is plentyof romance in a garden, and much excitement even in a journey now andthen to town. In a half-savage lad he finds a friend who shows his loveand fidelity principally by pretending to be an enemy. In "Brownsmith'sBoy" there is abundance of excitement and trouble within four walls.
YUSSUF THE GUIDE
Being the Strange Story of Travels in Asia Minor. By George ManvilleFenn. With 8 full-page Illustrations by John Schoenberg. Crown 8vo,$1.00.
Deals with the stirring incidents in the career of a lad who has beenalmost given over by the doctors, but who rapidly recovers health andstrength in a journey through Asia Minor. The adventures are many,and culminate in the travelers being snowed up for the winter in themountains, from which they escape while their captors are waiting forthe ransom that does not come.
THE GOLDEN MAGNET
A Tale of the Land of the Incas. By George Manville Fenn. With 12full-page Pictures by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The tale of a romantic lad, who leaves home to seek his fortunein South America by endeavoring to discover some of that treasurewhich legends declare was ages ago hidden by the Peruvian rulers andpriests, to preserve it from the Spanish invaders. He is accompaniedby a faithful companion, who does true service, and shows the greatestcourage during the strange and exciting adventures which befall them.
BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN
"Mr Manville Fenn may be regarded as the successor in boyhood'saffections of Captain Mayne Reid."--_Academy._
NAT THE NATURALIST
A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas. By George Manville Fenn.Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by George Browne. Crown 8vo,olivine edges, $1.50.
Nat and his uncle Dick go on a voyage to the remoter islands of theEastern seas, and their adventures there are told in a truthful andvastly interesting fashion. The descriptions of Mr Ebony, their blackcomrade, and of the scenes of savage life, are full of genuine humor.
QUICKSILVER
Or, A Boy with no Skid to his Wheel. By George Manville Fenn. With 10full-page Illustrations by Frank Dadd. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
Dr. Grayson has a theory that any boy, if rightly trained, can be madeinto a gentleman and a great man; and in order to confute a friendlyobjector decides to select from the workhouse a boy to experiment with.He chooses a boy with a bad reputation but with excellent instincts,and adopts him, the story narrating the adventures of the mercuriallad who thus finds himself suddenly lifted several degrees in thesocial scale. The idea is novel and handled with Mr. Fenn's accustomedcleverness.
DEVON BOYS
A Tale of the North Shore. By George Manville Fenn. With 12 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The adventures of Sep Duncan and his school friends take place inthe early part of the Georgian era, during the wars between Englandand France. The scene is laid on the picturesque rocky coast ofNorth Devon. Fishermen, smugglers, naval officers, and a stern oldcountry surgeon play their parts in the story, which is one of honestadventure, with the mastering of difficulties in a wholesome manly way,mingled with sufficient excitement to satisfy the most exacting reader.
MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN
Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle. By George Manville Fenn. With 8full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
A stirring story of adventure in the Eastern seas, where a lad sharesthe perils of his father, the captain of the merchant ship _ThePetrel_.
"Jules Verne himself never constructed a more marvelous tale. Itcontains the strongly marked features that are always conspicuous inMr. Fenn's stories--a racy humor, the manly vigor of his sentiment, andwholesome moral lessons."--_Christian Leader._
BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN
"No one can find his way to the hearts of lads more readily than Mr.Fenn."--_Nottingham Guardian._
BUNYIP LAND
The Story of a Wild Journey in New Guinea. By George Manville Fenn.With 6 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"Bunyip Land" is the story of an eminent botanist, who ventures intothe interior of New Guinea in his search for new plants. Years passaway, and he does not return; and though supposed to be dead, his youngwife and son refuse to believe it; and as soon as he is old enoughyoung Joe goes in search of his father, accompanied by Jimmy, a nativeblack. Their adventures are many and exciting, but after numerousperils they discover the lost one, a prisoner among the blacks, andbring him home in triumph.
IN THE KING'S NAME
Or, The Cruise of the _Kestrel_. By George Manville Fenn. Illustratedby 12 full-page Pictures by Go
rdon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges,$1.50.
"In the King's Name" is a spirited story of the Jacobite times,concerning the adventures of Hilary Leigh, a young naval officer in thepreventive service off the coast of Sussex, on board the _Kestrel_.Leigh is taken prisoner by the adherents of the Pretender, amongstwhom is an early friend and patron who desires to spare the lad's life,but will not release him. The narrative is full of exciting and oftenhumorous incident.
MENHARDOC
A Story of Cornish Nets and Mines. By George Manville Fenn. With 6full-page Illustrations by C. J. Staniland, R.I. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
The scene of this story is laid among the granite piles and torsof Cornwall. Adventures are pretty plentiful, but the story has forits strong base the development of character of the three boys. Thesketches of Cornish life and local coloring are based upon experiencein the bay, whose fishing village is called here Menhardoc. This is athoroughly English story of phases of life but little touched upon inboy's literature up to the present time.
PATIENCE WINS
Or, War in the Works. By George Manville Fenn. With 6 full-pageIllustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
A graphic narrative of factory life in the Black Country. The heroand his three uncles set up "a works," but find that the workmen aredetermined to have no new-fangled machinery. After a series of narrowescapes and stirring encounters, the workmen by degrees find that nomalice is borne against them, and eventually a great business is builtup, and its foundation laid on the good will of the men.
BY DR. GORDON STABLES
A NAVAL CADET
A Story of Adventure by Sea. By Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M. Illustrated,crown 8vo, $1.25.
FOR LIFE AND LIBERTY
A Story of Battle by Land and Sea. By Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M. With8 full-page Illustrations by Sidney Paget. 12mo, $1.50.
The story of an English boy who runs from home and joins the southernarmy in the late Civil War. He is accompanied by his chum, who entersthe navy, and their various adventures in the great conflict are setforth with great vigor and are unfailing in interest.
TO GREENLAND AND THE POLE
A Story of Adventure in the Arctic Regions. By Gordon Stables, M.D.,C.M. With 8 full-page Illustrations by G. C. Hindley, and a Map. Crown8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The unfailing fascination of Arctic venturing is presented in thisstory with new vividness. The author is himself an old Arctic voyager,and he deals with deer-hunting in Norway, sealing in the Arctic Seas,bear-stalking on the ice-floes, the hardships of a journey acrossGreenland, and a successful voyage to the back of the North Pole.
WESTWARD WITH COLUMBUS
By Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M. With 8 full-page Illustrations by AlfredPearse. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The hero of this story is Columbus himself. His career is traced fromboyhood onward through the many hazardous enterprises in which he wasat various times engaged. The narrative deals chiefly, however, withthe great naval venture which Columbus conducted across the Atlantic,and which resulted in the discovery of the American continent.
'TWIXT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
A Tale of Self-reliance. By Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The hero is presented by his father with an outlying cottage and gardenon the farm, and the gift is turned to pleasant account as a placeof residence for a whole menagerie of pets dear to the heart of mosthealthy-minded boys.
STORIES OF ADVENTURE BY SEA AND LAND
WULFRIC THE WEAPON THANE
The Story of the Danish Conquest of East Anglia. By Charles W.Whistler. With 6 illustrations by W. H. Margetson. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
A tale in which is set forth:--How Wulfric saved the Danish warrior'slife; how he fought in the Viking ship; how he was accused falsely;how he joined King Eadmund, as his weapon-thane; how he fought for theking; and how he won the lady Osritha and brought her to his home.
TOMMY THE ADVENTUROUS
The Story of a Brother and Sister. By S. E. Cartwright. With 3Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
THORNDYKE MANOR
A Tale of Jacobite Times. By Mary C. Rowsell. With 6 full-pageIllustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
Thorndyke Manor is an old house near the mouth of the Thames whichis convenient, on account of its secret vaults and situation, as thebasis of operation in a Jacobite conspiracy. Its owner finds himselfsuddenly involved in the closest meshes of the plot. He is conveyed tothe Tower, but his innocence is triumphantly proved by his sister.
TRAITOR OR PATRIOT
A Tale of the Rye House Plot. By Mary C. Rowsell. With 6 full-pagePictures. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"A romantic love episode, whose true characters are life-like beings,not dry sticks, as in many historical tales."--_Graphic._
HAL HUNGERFORD
Or, The Strange Adventures of a Boy Emigrant. By J. R. Hutchinson. With4 full-page Illustrations by Stanley Berkeley. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
"There is no question whatever as to the spirited manner in which thestory is told; the death of the mate of the smuggler by the teeth ofthe dog is especially effective."--_London Spectator._
SIR WALTER'S WARD
A Tale of the Crusades. By William Everard. Illustrated by WalterPaget. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"A highly fascinating work, dealing with a period which is alwayssuggestive of romance and deeds of daring."--_Schoolmaster._
COUSIN GEOFFREY AND I
By Caroline Austin. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. Parkinson.Crown 8vo, $1.25.
The only daughter of a country gentleman finds herself unprovidedfor at her father's death, and for some time lives as a dependent.She finally makes a brave attempt to earn her own livelihood, and shesucceeds in doing this.
HUGH HERBERT'S INHERITANCE
By Caroline Austin. With 6 full-page Illustrations by C. T. Garland.Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"A story that teaches patience as well as courage in fighting thebattles of life."--_Daily Chronicle._
STORIES OF ADVENTURE BY SEA AND LAND
SOU'WESTER AND SWORD
By Hugh St. Leger. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Hal Hurst. Crown8vo, $1.50.
"As racy a tale of life at sea and war adventure as we have met withfor some time."--_London Athenaeum._
WITH THE SEA KINGS
A Story of the Days of Lord Nelson. By F. H. Winder. With 6 full-pageIllustrations by W. S. Stacey. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
An English lad thought to become a Lord High Admiral like his hero,Nelson, so he ran away from home and joined a privateer. After takingpart in the capture of a French frigate, he was captured by Corsairsand sold into slavery. He escaped, and his subsequent bravery in a seafight brought him an interview with Nelson, and promotion.
THE CAPTURED CRUISER
Or, Two Years from Land. By C. J. Hyne. With 6 full-page Illustrationsby F. Brangwyn. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
This realistic story of modern naval warfare deals with the capture,during the recent war between Chili and Peru, of an armed cruiser.The heroes and their companions break from prison in the harbor ofValparaiso, board this warship in the night, overpower the watch,escape to sea, and, after marvelous adventures, lose the cruiser nearCape Horn.
THE LOSS OF JOHN HUMBLE
What Led to It, and what Came of It. By G. Norway. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by John Schoenberg. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
John Humble, an orphan, is sent to sea with his uncle, the captain ofthe _Erl King_, but in the course of certain adventures is left behindat Portsmouth. He escapes to a Norwegian vessel, which is driven fromher course and wrecked. The survivors experience the miseries of a longsojourn in the Arctic circle, but ultimately they succeed in makingtheir way home again.
HUSSEIN THE HOSTAGE
Or, A Boy's Adventures in Persia. By G. Norway. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by John Schoenberg. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
A narrative of the adventures of the young Prince Hussein a
nd hisfaithful follower, Askar, in their endeavor to free their oppressedtribe from the Persian yoke.
A PRISONER OF WAR
A Story of the Time of Napoleon Bonaparte. By G. Norway. With 6full-page Illustrations by Robert Barnes, A.R.W.S. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"More hairbreadth escapes from death by starvation, by ice, byfighting, etc., were never before surmounted."--_The Guardian._
A STOUT ENGLISH BOWMAN
Being a Story of Chivalry in the Days of Henry III. By Edgar Pickering.With 6 Illustrations. Price, $1.25.
IN PRESS-GANG DAYS
By Edgar Pickering. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. S. Stacey.Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"It is of Marryat we think as we read this delightful story; for itis not only a story of adventure with incidents well conceived andarranged, but the characters are interesting."--_London Academy._
AN OLD-TIME YARN
Wherein is set forth Divers Desperate Mischances which Befell AnthonyIngram and his shipmates in the West Indies and Mexico with Hawkins andDrake. By Edgar Pickering. Illustrated with 6 full-page Pictures drawnby Alfred Pearse. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"Excellent is the description of Mexico and of the dungeons of theInquisition, while Don Diego Polo is a delightful mixture of braveryand humor, and his rescue of the unfortunate prisoners is told withgreat spirit."--_London Guardian._
SILAS VERNEY
A Tale of the Time of Charles II. By Edgar Pickering. With 6 full-pageIllustrations by Alfred Pearse. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"Mr. Pickering reels off the narrative with spirit, rather reminding usof Mr. Stevenson in such books as 'Kidnapped.'"--_London Times._
AN OCEAN OUTLAW
A Story of Adventure in the good ship Margaret. By Hugh St. Leger. With6 page illustrations by Wm. Rainey, R.I. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
This is a breezy sea-yarn in which the reader is made acquainted withJimmy Ducks, cabin-boy aboard the good ship _Margaret_. For littleJimmy is a tip-top sailor-man in the making merry in fair weather,handy in a gale, and a hero at cutlass work, and all his cleverness wasneeded when he and his messmates came to tackle the Ocean Outlaw andhis castaway crew.
GOLD, GOLD, IN CARIBOO
A Story of Adventure in British Columbia. By Clive Phillipps-Wolley.With 6 full-page Illustrations by G. C. Hindley. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
Ned Corbett and his companion, Steve Chance, set out with a pack-trainin order to obtain gold on the upper reaches of the Frazer river. Manydifficulties lie in their path, but after innumerable adventures, anda life-and-death struggle with the Arctic weather of that wild region,they find the secret gold mines for which they have searched.
HIS FIRST KANGAROO
An Australian Story for Boys. By Arthur Ferres. With 6 Illustrations byP. B. S. Spener. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
A CHAMPION OF THE FAITH
A Tale of Prince Hal and the Lollards. By J. M. Callwell. With 6full-page Illustrations by Herbert J. Draper. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
This story deals with the merry escapades of Prince Hal and hisfavorite. Sir John Oldcastle. Then the narrative deepens when thePrince ascends the throne as Henry V., while his old comrade becomesa Lollard and a champion of the new faith. As such, Sir John Oldcastleendures many hardships, but finally is captured by treachery and burntat the stake.
THE WIGWAM AND THE WAR-PATH
Stories of the Red Indians. By Ascott R. Hope. Illustrated by GordonBrowne. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
"Mr. Hope's 'Wigwam and War-path' is notably good; it gives a veryvivid picture of life among the Indians."--_Spectator._
THE SEVEN WISE SCHOLARS
By Ascott R. Hope. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Square 8vo, $1.50.
YOUNG TRAVELLERS' TALES
By Ascott R. Hope. With 6 full-page Illustrations by H. J. Draper.Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"Possess a high value for instruction as well as for entertainment. Hisquiet, level humor bubbles up on every page."--_Daily Chronicle._
ROBINSON CRUSOE
New Edition. With 100 Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
New Edition. With 100 Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
SOME STORIES OF ADVENTURE
"HALLOWE'EN" AHOY!
Or, Lost on the Crozet Islands. By Hugh St. Leger. With 6 pageIllustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
An exciting story of shipwreck and adventure in the South Atlantic. The_Hallowe'en_ is found a derelict with only a girl on board, and aftermany experiences it is sailed to England.
REEFER AND RIFLEMAN
A Tale of the Two Services. By J. Percy Groves. Illustrated. Crown 8vo,$1.25.
THE SEARCH FOR THE TALISMAN
A Tale of Labrador. By Henry Frith. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
FAMOUS DISCOVERIES BY SEA AND LAND
Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
STORIES OF THE SEA IN FORMER DAYS
Narratives of Wreck and Rescue. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
FROM THE CLYDE TO THE JORDAN
By Hugh Callan. With 30 Illustrations and a Map. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
An interesting story of a bicycle trip through Europe and Palestine.
UNDER THE BLACK EAGLE
By Andrew Hilliard. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
The adventures of a young English lad who was imprisoned in Russia andsent to Siberia, from which he escaped across Asia.
JACK O'LANTHORN
A Tale of Adventure. By Henry Frith. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
THE WAR OF THE AXE
Or, Adventures in South Africa. By J. Percy Groves. Illustrated. Crown8vo, $1.00.
TALES OF CAPTIVITY AND EXILE
By W. B. Fortescue. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
HISTORICAL STORIES
A THANE OF WESSEX
Being a Story of the Great Viking Raids into Somerset. By Charles W.Whistler. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
BROTHERS IN ARMS
A Story of the Crusades. By F. Bayford Harrison. Illustrated. Crown8vo, $1.00.
TWO GALLANT REBELS
A Story of the Great Struggle of La Vendee. By Edgar Pickering.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
STORIES OF OLD RENOWN
Tales of Knights and Heroes. By Ascott R. Hope. Illustrated. Crown 8vo,$1.25.
STIRRING EVENTS OF HISTORY
Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
ADVENTURES IN TOYLAND
By Edith King Hall. With 8 Colored Plates and 72 other Illustrations byAlice B. Woodward. Square 8vo, $2.00.
The story of what a little girl heard and saw in a toy shop.
TO TELL THE KING THE SKY IS FALLING
By Sheila E. Braine. With 85 Illustrations by Alice B. Woodward. Squarecrown 8vo, $1.75.
A most original fairy tale, in which Henny Penny, Ducky Daddles, andother old friends are met.
THE WHISPERING WINDS
And the Tales that they Told. By Mary H. Debenham. With 25Illustrations by Paul Hardy. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
"We wish the winds would tell us stories like these."--_London Academy._
THINGS WILL TAKE A TURN
By Beatrice Harraden, author of "Ships that Pass in the Night."Illustrated. 12mo, $1.00.
It is the story of a sunny-hearted child, Rosebud, who assists hergrandfather in his dusty, second-hand bookshop.
NAUGHTY MISS BUNNY
Her Tricks and Troubles. By Clara Mulholland. Illustrated. Crown 8vo,75 cents.
"This naughty child is positively delightful."--_Land and Water._
UNLUCKY
A Fragment of a Girl's Life. By Caroline Austin. Illustrated. Crown8vo, 75 cents.
A touching story of an unlucky girl at odds with her stepmother.
LAUGH AND LEARN
The Easiest Book of Nursery Lessons and Nursery Games. By JennettHumphreys. Charmingly Illustrated. Square 8vo, $1.25.
"One of the best books of the kind imaginable, full of practicalteaching in word and picture, and helping the little ones pleasantlyalong a right royal roa
d to learning."--_Graphic._
SOME BOOKS FOR GIRLS
=Nell's School Days.= A Story of Town and Country. By H. P. Gethen.With 4 Illustrations. Price, $1.00.
=Violet Vereker's Vanity.= By Annie E. Armstrong. With 6 Illustrationsby G. D. Hammond. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
The story of a girl with one weakness, which she finally overcame.
=Three Bright Girls.= A Story of Chance and Mischance. By Annie E.Armstrong. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo,$1.25.
"Among many good stories for girls this is undoubtedly one of the verybest."--_Teachers' Aid._
=A Very Odd Girl.= Life at the Gabled Farm. By Annie E. Armstrong. With6 full-page Illustrations by S. T. Dadd. Crown $1.25.
"We can heartily recommend the book, for it is not only bright andinteresting, but also pure and healthy in tone and teaching."--_TheLady._
=White Lilac=: Or, The Queen of the May. By Amy Walton. Illustrated.Crown 8vo, $1.00.
By MARGARET PARKER
=For the Sake of a Friend.= A Story of School Life. Illustrated. Crown8vo, $1.00.
A bright story of two good girl friends.
=A Daughter of Erin.= By Violet G. Finny. With 4 Illustrations. Price,$1.00.
=Under False Colors.= A Story from Two Girls' Lives. By Sarah Doudney.With 6 full-page Illustrations by G. G. Kilburne. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
A story which has in it so strong a dramatic element that it willattract readers of all ages and of either sex. The incidents of theplot, arising from the thoughtless indulgence of a deceptive freak,are exceedingly natural, and the keen interest of the narrative issustained from beginning to end.
=Miss Willowburn's Offer.= By Sarah Doudney. Illustrated. Crown 8vo,$1.00.
"Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories;pure in style, original in conception, and with skilfully wrought-outplots."--_Christian Leader._
=The Secret of the Old House.= A Story for Children. By Evelyn EverettGreen. With 4 full-page Illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. Crown 8vo,$1.00.
"Tim, the little Jacobite, is a charming creation."--_Academy._
By M. CORBET-SEYMOUR
=A Girl's Kingdom.= Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
Olive and her story will receive welcome from all girls.
=Dulcie King=: A Story for Girls. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
"An extremely graceful, well-told tale."
A GIRL'S LOYALTY
By Frances Armstrong. With 8 Illustrations by John H. Bacon. Crown 8vo,olivine edges, $1.50.
Helen Grant received from her grandfather on his death-bed a secretmessage. This influenced her whole life, but she was loyal to her trustand to her friends.
A FAIR CLAIMANT
Being a Story for Girls. By Frances Armstrong. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by Gertrude D. Hammond. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
An exciting story of a young girl, the rightful heir to a largefortune, who has been kept out of it, but who most honorably regainsit, after much trial and difficulty.
THE CLEVER MISS FOLLETT
By J. K. H. Denny. With 12 full-page Illustrations by Gertrude D.Hammond. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The story of a great fortune and its attendant train of misfortunes.
THE HEIRESS OF COURTLEROY
By Anne Beale. With 8 page Illustrations by T. C. H. Castle. Crown 8vo,cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.
"Miss Anne Beale relates how the young 'Heiress of Courtleroy' had suchgood influence over her uncle as to win him from his intensely selfishways in regard to his tenants and others."--_London Guardian._
A TRUE CORNISH MAID
By G. Norway. With 6 full-page Illustrations by J. Finnemore. Crown8vo, $1.25.
A story of the Cornish coast when the press-gang brought terror intoall its seaports, and smuggling was an everyday practice. The heroineof the tale is sister to a young fellow who gets into trouble inlanding a contraband cargo and shooting the officer in charge of thepress-gang.
GIRL NEIGHBORS
Or, The Old Fashion and the New. By Sarah Tytler. With 8 full-pageIllustrations by C. T. Garland. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
"'Girl Neighbors' is a pleasant comedy, not so much of errors as ofprejudices got rid of, very healthy, very agreeable, and very wellwritten."--_London Spectator_.
By ALICE CORKRAN
=Down the Snow Stairs.= Or, From Good-night to Good-morning. By AliceCorkran. With 60 character Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Square crown8vo, olivine edges, $1.25.
"A gem of the first water, bearing upon every one of its pages thesignet mark of genius.... All is told with such simplicity and perfectnaturalness that the dream appears to be a solid reality. It is indeeda Little Pilgrim's Progress."--_Christian Leader._
=Margery Merton's Girlhood.= By Alice Corkran. With 6 full-pageIllustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
The experience of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father,an officer in India, to the care of an elderly aunt residing nearParis.
=Meg's Friend.= By Alice Corkran. With 6 full-page Illustrations byRobert Fowler. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
Meg has been brought up by a woman who abuses the trust. She isremoved to a lady's school and is ultimately taken into the house ofa mysterious benefactor who proves to be her grandfather. After a longseparation she once more meets the friend of her childhood.
=Adventures of Mrs. Wishing-to-Be.= By Alice Corkran. With 3 full-pagePictures in colors. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.
A book of charming fairy tales in which Cinderella, Little Bo-Peep, andother old friends appear.
=Joan's Adventures= at the North Pole and Elsewhere. By Alice Corkran.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.
A beautiful dream-land story.
By ROSA MULHOLLAND
=Banshee Castle.= Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
The story of three bright and lively young girls who fall heir to anold castle in the west of Ireland. Their struggles to live in it onlittle money, and their strange experiences, are deeply interesting.
=Four Little Mischiefs.= Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.
"A charming bright story about real children."--_Watchman._
=Giannetta.= A Girl's Story of Herself. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
"Extremely well told and full of interest."--_Academy._
=Hetty Gray=: Or, Nobody's Bairn. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
"Hetty is a delightful creature, piquant, tender, and true."--_LondonWorld._
=The Late Miss Hollingford.= Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.
This story was a special favorite of Charles Dickens, and the title waschosen by him.
By MRS. R. H. READ
=Dora=: Or, A Girl without a Home. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.
"It is no slight thing to get a story so pure and healthy asthis."--_Academy._
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Transcriber's note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document havebeen preserved (for example, both Redskin and Red-skin).
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.