Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California
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BY S. BARING-GOULD.
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_GRETTIR THE OUTLAW:_
A Story of Iceland. By S. BARING-GOULD, author of "John Herring," "Mehalah," &c. With 10 full-page Illustrations by M. ZENO DIEMER, and a Coloured Map. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.
A narrative of adventure of the most romantic kind, and at the same timean interesting and minutely accurate account of the old Icelandicfamilies, their homes, their mode of life, their superstitions, theirsongs and stories, their bearserk fury, and their heroism by land andsea. The story is told throughout with a simplicity which will make itattractive even to the very young, but the clearness is really securedby a close personal knowledge, not only of the whole saga-literature,but of the places in which the events occurred. It will on this accountbe turned to with no little interest by students of the old sagas, whileno boy will be able to withstand the magic of such scenes as the fightof Grettir with the twelve bearserks, the wrestle with Karr the Old inthe chamber of the dead, the combat with the spirit of Glam the thrall,and the defence of the dying Grettir by his younger brother.
"A foremost place in the boys' fiction of the season must be given to _Grettir the Outlaw_."--_Globe._
"Is the boys' book of its year. That is, of course, as much as to say that it will do for men grown as well as juniors. It is told in simple, straightforward English, as all stories should be, and it has a freshness, a freedom, a sense of sun and wind and the open air which make it irresistible."--_Scots Observer._