by G. A. Henty
BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.
"Mr. G. A. Henty has found a formidable rival in Mr. Collingwood."--_Academy._
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_THE LOG OF THE "FLYING FISH:"_
A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 12 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo, cl. elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.
In this story the aim of the author has been, not only to interest andamuse, but also to stimulate a taste for scientific study. He hasutilized natural science as a peg whereon to hang the web of a narrativeof absorbing interest, interweaving therewith sundry very strikingscientific facts in such a manner as to provoke a desire for furtherinformation.
Professor Von Schalckenberg constructs a gigantic and wonderful ship,appropriately named the _Flying Fish_, which is capable of navigatingnot only the higher reaches of the atmosphere, but also the extremestdepths of ocean; and in her the four adventurers make a voyage to theNorth Pole, and to a hitherto unexplored portion of Central Africa.
"The _Flying Fish_, that marvellous achievement of science, actually surpasses all Jules Verne's creations; with incredible speed she flies through the air, skims over the surface of the water, and darts along the ocean bed. We strongly recommend our school-boy friends to possess themselves of her log."--_Athenaeum._
"Is full of even more vividly recounted adventures than those which charmed so many boy readers in _Pirate Island and Congo Rovers_. . . . There is a thrilling adventure on the precipices of Mount Everest, when the ship floats off and providentially returns by force of 'gravitation.'"--_Academy._
_THE MISSING MERCHANTMAN._
By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 8 full-page Pictures by W. H. OVEREND. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.
A fine Australian clipper is seized by the crew; the passengers arelanded on one desert island, the captain and a junior officer onanother; and the young hero of the story is kept on board to navigatethe ship. The mutineers refit the ship as a pirate vessel at an islandwhich affords them convenient shelter, and in which Ned makes thediscovery of an old-world treasure-hoard. At length, with the aid of arepentant member of the crew, Ned succeeds in carrying off the ship. Inthe meantime the captain and his associates have succeeded in rejoiningthe passengers, and they are after many adventures found by Ned.
"Mr. Collingwood is _facile princeps_ as a teller of sea stories for boys, and the present is one of the best productions of his pen."--_Standard._
"This is one of the author's best sea stories. The hero is as heroic as any boy could desire, and the ending is extremely happy."--_British Weekly._