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BY G. A. HENTY.
"Mr. Henty's books for boys have long been recognized as amongst the very best things of their kind."--_Court Journal._
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_THE LION OF ST. MARK._
A Tale of Venice in the Fourteenth Century. By G. A. HENTY. With 10 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.
A story of Venice at a period when her strength and splendour were putto the severest tests. The hero, the son of an English trader who hastaken up residence in the city, displays a fine sense and manlinesswhich carry him safely through an atmosphere of intrigue, crime, andbloodshed. In his gondola on the canals and lagunes, and in the shipswhich he rises to command, he is successful in extricating his friendsand himself from imminent dangers, and contributes largely to thevictories of the Venetians at Porto d'Anzo and Chioggia. He is honouredby the state and finally wins the hand of the daughter of one of thechief men of Venice.
"Every boy should read _The Lion of St. Mark_. Mr. Henty has never produced any story more delightful, more wholesome, or more vivacious. From first to last it will be read with keen enjoyment."--_Saturday Review._
"Mr. Henty has probably not published a more interesting story than _The Lion of St. Mark_. He has certainly not published one in which he has been at such pains to rise to the dignity of his subject."--_The Academy._
_THE LION OF THE NORTH._
A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion. By G. A. HENTY. With 12 full-page Illustrations by JOHN SCHOeNBERG. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.
In this story Mr. Henty gives the history of the first part of theThirty Years' War, a struggle unprecedented in length, in the fury withwhich it was carried on, and in the terrible destruction and ruin whichit caused. The issue had its importance, which has extended to thepresent day, as it established religious freedom in Germany. The army ofthe chivalrous King of Sweden, the prop and maintenance of theProtestant cause, was largely composed of Scotchmen, and among these wasthe hero of the story. The chief interest of the tale turns on the greatstruggle between Gustavus and his chief opponents Wallenstein, Tilly,and Pappenheim.
"As we might expect from Mr. Henty the tale is a clever and instructive piece of history, and as boys may be trusted to read it conscientiously, they can hardly fail to be profited as well as pleased."--_The Times._
"A praiseworthy attempt to interest British youth in the great deeds of the Scotch Brigade in the wars of Guatavus Adolphus. Mackay, Hepburn, and Munro live again in Mr. Henty's pages, as those deserve to live whose disciplined bands formed really the germ of the modern British army."--_Athenaeum._
"A stirring story of stirring times. This book should hold a place among the classics of youthful fiction."--_United Service Gazette._