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BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.
"Stands far in advance of any other writer for boys as a teller of sea stories."--_Standard._
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_THE CONGO ROVERS:_
A Tale of the Slave Squadron. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 8 full-page Illustrations by J. SCHOeNBERG, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1.50.
The scene of this tale is laid on the west coast of Africa, and in thelower reaches of the Congo; the characteristic scenery of the greatriver being delineated with wonderful accuracy and completeness ofdetail. The hero of the story--a midshipman on board one of the ships ofthe slave squadron--after being effectually laughed out of his boyishvanity, develops into a lad possessed of a large share of sound commonsense, the exercise of which enables him to render much valuable serviceto his superior officers in unmasking a most daring and successful ruseon the part of the slavers.
"Mr. Collingwood carries us off for another cruise at sea, in _The Congo Rovers_, and boys will need no pressing to join the daring crew, which seeks adventures and meets with any number of them."--_The Times._
"We can heartily recommend _The Congo Rovers_ as a book that boys will be sure to read throughout with pleasure, and with advantage, also, to their morals and their imaginations."--_Academy._