King Matthias and the Beggar Boy
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The Boys' New Library.
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=The British Legion.= A Tale of the Carlist War. By HERBERT HAYENS, author of "An Emperor's Doom," etc., etc. Crown 8vo. With Six Illustrations by W. H. MARGETSON.
=The Island of Gold.= A Sea Story. By GORDON STABLES, M.D., R.N., author of "Every Inch a Sailor," "How Jack Mackenzie won his Epaulettes," etc., etc. Crown 8vo. With Six Illustrations.
=How Jack Mackenzie Won His Epaulettes.= By GORDON STABLES, M.D., R.N., author of "As We Sweep through the Deep," etc. With Six Illustrations by A. PEARCE. Crown 8vo, cloth extra.
"_A story of the Crimean War, and one of the best that Dr. Stables has written for some time._"--STANDARD.
"_One of the most rattling books for boys published this season.... Delightful as is the first part, the stirring battle scenes of the second will more particularly interest Young England._"--WHITEHALL REVIEW.
=Boris the Bear-Hunter.= A Story of Peter the Great and His Times. By FRED. WHISHAW, author of "A Lost Army," etc. Illustrated by W. S. STACEY. Crown 8vo, cloth extra.
"_Mr. Whishaw may be congratulated on having written the boys' book of the season._"--CHRISTIAN LEADER.
=My Strange Rescue.= AND OTHER STORIES OF SPORT AND ADVENTURE IN CANADA. By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, author of "Up Among the Ice-Floes," "Diamond Rock," etc. Crown 8vo, cloth extra.
"_We are again among the bears in semi-Polar latitudes. And what with bears, wolves, Indians, rapids, snowstorms, and trackless forests, the heroes have a lively time of it. The tales are exceedingly well told._"--TIMES.
=Pincherton Farm.= By E. A. B. D., author of "Young Ishmael Conway," etc. Crown 8vo, cloth extra.
_A story showing the elevating influence of a simple trust in God._
"_A tale of great interest, with some excellent character-drawing._"--GLASGOW HERALD.
=Up Among the Ice-Floes.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, author of "Diamond Rock," etc. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra.
_A lively sketch of the exciting adventures of the crew of a whaler._
"_The fun and dangers of hunting the red deer, fishing the whale, facing storms in ice seas, and forgathering with the Eskimo, keep the book moving pleasantly along; and the story has a novelty and freshness that will please young readers._"--SCOTSMAN.
=A Lost Army.= By FRED. WHISHAW, author of "Boris the Bear-Hunter," "Out of Doors in Tsarland," etc. With Six Illustrations by W. S. STACEY. Post 8vo, cloth extra.
"_The whole story is extremely well told, and, packed with adventure as it is, is calculated to hold the ordinary boy spell-bound. It is a striking work of exceptional and varied interest._"--SCHOOLMASTER.
=Baffling the Blockade.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, author of "In the Wilds of the West Coast," "Diamond Rock," "My Strange Rescue," etc. Post 8vo, cloth extra.
"_It is really one of the most 'convincing' of books, in the sense that the incidents, which are thick and thrilling, read as if they had really happened._"--CHRISTIAN WORLD.
"_Holds us in breathless interest from board to board, so that we are loth to skip a line._"--TIMES.
=Chris Willoughby=; or, Against the Current. By FLORENCE E. BURCH, author of "Dick and Harry and Tom," etc. Post 8vo, cloth extra.
"_A capital tale for boys; thoroughly wholesome in tone, and lively from beginning to end._"--BRITISH WEEKLY.
=Diamond Rock=; or, On the Right Track. By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, author of "Up Among the Ice-Floes," etc. With Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth extra.
"_A sea story of great power.... Relates to the stirring period in naval annals in the early years of the century, when brushes with the French were frequent, and the glamour which hung about matters maritime had not passed away. Mr. Oxley narrates an exciting story vividly._"--LEEDS MERCURY.
=Doing and Daring.= A New Zealand Story. By ELEANOR STREDDER, author of "Jack and his Ostrich," etc. With Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth extra.
"_It has a quickly-moving plot of wild life, adventure, and dangers, and is sure to please a boy reader._"--SCOTSMAN.
=Harold the Norseman.= By FRED. WHISHAW, author of "A Lost Army," "Boris the Bear-Hunter," etc. Post 8vo, cloth extra.
"_An entrancing story dealing with Norse life in the eleventh century, a period unsurpassed for the opportunities it presents to the romancer._"--DUNDEE ADVERTISER.
"_A stirring story of a stirring period, which, though we regard it at the distance of eight centuries, is full of unfailing fascination to all lovers of the romance of history._"--COURT JOURNAL.