Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California
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BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
"No one can find his way to the hearts of lads more readily than Mr. Fenn."--_Nottingham Guardian._
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_PATIENCE WINS:_
Or, War in the Works. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 8 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1.50.
This is a graphic narrative of factory life in the Black Country. Thehero, Cob, and his three uncles, engineers, machinists, and inventors,go down to Arrowfield to set up "a works." They find, however, that theworkmen, through prejudice and ignorance, are determined to have nonew-fangled machinery. After a series of narrow escapes and stirringencounters, the workmen by degrees find that no malice is borne againstthem, and at last admiration takes the place of hatred. A great businessis built up, and its foundation is laid on the good-will of the men.
"An excellent story, the interest being sustained from first to last. This is, both in its intention and the way the story is told, one of the best books of its kind which has come before us this year."--_Saturday Review._
"Mr. Fenn is at his best in 'Patience Wins.' It is sure to prove acceptable to youthful readers, and will give a good idea of that which was the real state of one of our largest manufacturing towns not many years ago."--_Guardian._
"Mr. Fenn has written many a book for boys, but never has he hit upon a happier plan than in writing this story of Yorkshire factory life. The whole book, from page 1 to 352, is all aglow with life, the scenes varying continually with kaleidoscopic rapidity."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
_NAT THE NATURALIST:_
A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas. By G. MANVILLE FENN. Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1.50.
This is a pleasant story of a lad who has a great desire to go abroad toseek specimens in natural history, and has that desire gratified. Theboy 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, which will at once attract and maintain theearnest attention of young readers. The descriptions of Mr. Ebony, theirblack comrade, and of the scenes of savage life, are full of genuinehumour.
"Mr. Manville Fenn has here hit upon a capital idea. . . . This is among the best of the boys' books of the season."--_The Times._
"This sort of book encourages independence of character, develops resource, and teaches a boy to keep his eyes open."--_Saturday Review._
"We can conceive of no more attractive present for a young naturalist."--_Land and Water._
"The late Lord Palmerston used to say that one use of war was to teach geography; such books as this teach it in a more harmless and cheaper way."--_Athenaeum._