by G. A. Henty
BY G. A. HENTY.
"Among writers of stories of adventure for boys Mr. Henty stands in the very first rank."--_Academy._
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_FOR NAME AND FAME:_
Or, Through Afghan Passes. By G. A. HENTY. With 8 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1.50.
This is an interesting story of the last war in Afghanistan. The hero,after being 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, andcarried to Cabul, whence he is transferred to Candahar, and takes partin the final defeat of the army of Ayoub Khan.
"Mr. Henty's pen is never more effectively employed than when he is describing incidents of warfare. The best feature of the book--apart from the interest of its scenes of adventure--is its honest effort to do justice to the patriotism of the Afghan people."--_Daily News._
"Here we have not only a rousing story, replete with all the varied forms of excitement of a campaign, but an instructive history of a recent war, and, what is still more useful, an account of a territory and its inhabitants which must for a long time possess a supreme interest for Englishmen, as being the key to our Indian Empire."--_Glasgow Herald._
_BY SHEER PLUCK:_
A Tale of the Ashanti War. By G. A. HENTY. With 8 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1.50.
The Ashanti Campaign seems but an event of yesterday, but it happenedwhen the generation now rising up were too young to have made themselvesacquainted with its incidents. The author has woven, in a tale ofthrilling interest, all the details of the campaign, of which he washimself a witness. His hero, after many exciting adventures in theinterior, finds himself at Coomassie just before the outbreak of thewar, is detained a prisoner by the king, is sent down with the armywhich invaded the British Protectorate, escapes, and accompanies theEnglish expedition on their march to Coomassie.
"Mr. Henty keeps up his reputation as a writer of boys' stories. 'By Sheer Pluck' will be eagerly read."--_Athenaeum._
"The book is one which will not only sustain, but add to Mr. Henty's reputation."--_The Standard._
"Written with a simple directness, force, and purity of style worthy of Defoe. Morally, the book is everything that could be desired, setting before the boys a bright and bracing ideal of the English gentleman."--_Christian Leader._