Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California
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BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
"Our boys know Mr. Fenn well, his stories having won for him a foremost place in their estimation."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
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_IN THE KING'S NAME:_
Or the Cruise of the _Kestrel_. By G. MANVILLE FENN. Illustrated by 12 full-page Pictures by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 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, amongst whomis an early friend and patron who desires to spare the lad's life, butwill not release him. The narrative is full of exciting and oftenhumorous incident.
"Mr. Penn has won a foremost place among writers for boys. 'In the King's Name' is, we think, the best of all his productions in this field."--_Daily News._
"Told with the freshness and verve which characterize all Mr. Fenn's writings and put him in the front rank of writers for boys."--_Standard._
_MENHARDOC:_
A Story of Cornish Nets and Mines. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 8 full-page Illustrations by C. J. STANILAND, R.I., in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1.50.
The scene of this story of boyish aspiration and adventure is laid amongthe granite piles and tors of Cornwall. Here amongst the hardy, honestfishermen and miners the two London boys are inducted into the secretsof fishing in the great bay, they learn how to catch mackerel, pollack,and conger with the line, and are present at the hauling of the nets,although not without incurring many serious risks. Adventures are prettyplentiful, but the story has for its strong base the development ofcharacter of the three boys. There is a good deal of quaint characterthroughout, and the sketches of Cornish life and local colouring arebased upon experience in the bay, whose fishing village is called hereMenhardoc. This is a thoroughly English story of phases of life butlittle touched upon in boys' literature up to the present time.
"They are real living boys, with the virtues and faults which characterize the transition stage between boyhood and manhood. The Cornish fishermen are drawn from life, they are racy of the soil, salt with the sea water, and they stand out from the pages in their jerseys and sea-boots all sprinkled with silvery pilchard scales."--_Spectator._
"Mr. Fenn has written many books in his time; he has not often written one which for genuine merit as a story for young people will exceed this."--_Scotsman._