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Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California

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by G. A. Henty


  BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.

  "Mr. Collingwood has established his reputation as a first-rate writer of sea-stories.--_Scotsman._

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  _THE ROVER'S SECRET:_

  A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. "With 8 full-page Illustrations by W. C. SYMONS. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.

  The hero of the _Rover's Secret_, a young officer of the British navy,narrates his peculiar experiences in childhood and his subsequent perilsand achievements: the mutiny on board the _Hermione_; his escape with acompanion to La Guayra, their seizure by the Spaniards, their romanticflight, and the strange blunder which commits them to a cruise to theheadquarters of the notorious pirate Merlani, whose ultimate capture andconfession come about in a way as exciting as unexpected.

  "_The Rover's Secret_ is by far the best sea-story we have read for years, and is certain to give unalloyed pleasure to boys. The illustrations are fresh and vigorous."--_Saturday Review._

  "A book that will rejoice the hearts of most lads. We doubt whether, since the days of Captain Marryat, there has arisen a writer who combined fertility of invention in stirring episodes, with practical knowledge of seafaring life, in the degree to which Mr. Collingwood attains in this volume."--_Scottish Leader._

  _THE PIRATE ISLAND:_

  A Story of the South Pacific. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by C. J. STANILAND and J. R. WELLS, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1.50.

  This story details the adventures of a lad who was found in his infancyon board a wreck, and is adopted by a fisherman. By a deed of truegallantry his whole destiny is changed, and, going to sea, he forms oneof a party who, after being burned out of their ship in the SouthPacific, and experiencing great hardship and suffering in their boats,are picked up by a pirate brig and taken to the "Pirate Island." Aftermany thrilling adventures, they ultimately succeed in effecting theirescape. The story depicts both the Christian and the manly virtues insuch colours as will cause them to be admired--and therefore imitated.

  "A capital story of the sea; indeed in our opinion the author is superior in some respects as a marine novelist to the better known Mr. Clarke Russell."--_The Times._

  "The best of these books. . . . The events are described with minuteness and care. The result is a very amusing book."--_Saturday Review._

  "Told in the most vivid and graphic language. It would be difficult to find a more thoroughly delightful gift-book."--_The Guardian._

  "One of the very best books for boys that we have seen for a long time: its author stands far in advance of any other writer for boys as a teller of stories of the sea."--_The Standard._

 

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