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

<h2>CHAPTER XXII.</h2> <h3>CLEARED AT LAST.</h3> <div class="figleft"> <ANTIMG src="images/i010-t.png" width-obs="102" height-obs="100" alt="T" title="" /></div> <div class='unindent'><br/>HE following day, after lunch, Captain Bayley and Frank drove round to Westminster. Football was going on in Dean's Yard, and Frank recognised among the players many faces that he knew. It seemed strange to him to think that while he had gone through so much, and had grown from a boy into a man, that they had changed so little, and had been working away regularly at the old round of Euripides and Homer, Terence and Virgil. The carriage stopped at the entrance to Dean's Yard, and, alighting, they walked across to Mr. Richards'.</div> <p>Captain Bayley had written a line to the master, asking him if possible to remain at home, as he wished particularly to see him, and he and Frank were ushered straight into the master's study. He shook hands with Captain Bayley, whose acquaintance he had made while Frank had boarded with him, and then looked at Frank; for a minute he did not recognise him, then he exclaimed in surprise, "Frank Norris!"</p> <p>"Yes, it's I, sir," Frank said; "I don't ask you to take my hand, for you believe me guilty of the crime of which I was accused here. I can only say now, as I said then,<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_375" id="Page_375">[375]</SPAN></span> that I am innocent. I know now that I was a fool to run away instead of facing it out, but I was desperate, because every one thought me guilty."</p> <p>"Your schoolfellows did not, Norris," Mr. Richards said. "I don't think that I did, even at first; a few hours afterwards I almost knew you were innocent, and had you not run away I could have gone far to prove it."</p> <p>Frank gave an exclamation of joy, and Captain Bayley exclaimed indignantly&mdash;</p> <p>"Then why did you not prove it, sir? Why did you allow my nephew to remain with the foul disgrace on his name?"</p> <p>"I did not act without consideration," Mr. Richards said calmly. "Norris had gone, and I resolved if he returned again to say what I had learned; but my proofs were not absolute. We had made, it seemed to me, a terrible mistake, and I did not wish to cause ruin to another boy unless it was absolutely necessary to do so to clear Norris. Now that he has returned I can no longer hesitate; but before I begin I must ask you both whether your suspicions have fallen on any one else?"</p> <p>"It is not suspicion, sir, it is certainty," Captain Bayley said; "we have no doubt whatever that the whole thing was the work of Frank's rascally cousin, Fred Barkley. He was, you know, a sort of rival of Frank for my favour, and he had reason to believe that I had determined that Frank should inherit the larger portion of my property; thus he had a motive for bringing disgrace on him. It was just as probable that he should have stolen the money and sent it to Frank as that Frank should have stolen it himself; so far it seemed to me that it might lie between either of them.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_376" id="Page_376">[376]</SPAN></span></p> <p>"What has settled the case in my mind is that I have learned that Fred was intrusted with a letter by Frank to me, declaring his innocence, which, as you know, I never doubted until Frank left without writing to me. That letter I never received, and I believe that it was suppressed. In the second place it was Fred who persuaded his cousin to take that ruinous step of running away, and pressed upon him money to enable him to do so, although he had refused to lend him a halfpenny when Frank required it to pay that broken-nosed tailor to hold his tongue."</p> <p>"Very well," Mr. Richards said, "then I can speak freely; my silence was caused to some considerable extent by regard for your feelings. You had lost one nephew, who had gone away with a cloud of disgrace surrounding him&mdash;for aught I could tell, Norris, in his despair, might have committed suicide, or he might have so cut himself off from you that you might never have heard from him again&mdash;thus, then, I felt that it would be cruel indeed to prove that your other nephew was a villain, unless by so doing I could restore Norris to you. So, after much thought and deliberation, I determined to hold my tongue until I heard that Norris had either returned or had been heard of.</p> <p>"On the morning when it was discovered that Frank had fled, I called up one by one the whole of the boys in the house. Even after his flight I could not believe that Norris had done this thing, it was so absolutely contrary to all that I knew of his disposition, and I determined to sift the matter to the bottom. From the elder boys I learned nothing, although I questioned them most closely as to everything that had taken place in the house during<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_377" id="Page_377">[377]</SPAN></span> the past week. I was not disappointed, for I had hardly expected to learn much from them.</p> <p>"It was from the four boys who were the fags of the four who had been in Frank's secret that I hoped to learn something, and I was not mistaken. From the three in the house I learned nothing; but when I came to Pearson, who was Barkley's junior and fag, I met with even more success than I had expected. At first, of course, the boy did not like to say anything; but I told him that unless he answered my questions freely I should have him up before Doctor Litter, and he then told me all he knew about it.</p> <p>"The more willingly, for, like most other boys in the School, he was fond of Norris, while Barkley was by no means a kind master. He said that twice Barkley had got into a rage with him about things which didn't seem of any importance. The first occasion was a week previous. He had gone into Barkley's study to ask him to explain some difficulty in his C&aelig;sar; the door was not fastened, and as he had been working with his shoes off, Barkley did not hear him till he was close to the table. The boy noticed that he had a sheet of writing-paper before him, on which he was writing, not in his usual hand, but in printed characters. He would have thought nothing of it had not Barkley, on looking up and seeing him standing there, jumped up in a sudden rage and boxed his ears furiously, calling him a prying little sneak. The boy could not fix this to a day, but it was certainly just about the time when this letter was posted to you.</p> <p>"The other affair had happened the day previously. He had gone into Barkley's room with his books on<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_378" id="Page_378">[378]</SPAN></span> coming down from school at twelve o'clock, and seeing on his table a letter stamped and ready for the post, he supposed that as usual he was to post it, and was running downstairs with it in his hand when he met Barkley coming up. 'What have you got there?' he asked. 'I am taking your letter to the post,' he said; whereupon Barkley flew into another rage, called him an officious little beast, gave him a box in the ear, and took the letter from him. I asked the boy if he noticed to whom the letter was directed. He said he had, and that it was to you. Knowing nothing about the suppression of a letter of Norris's, and thinking that perhaps Barkley had written to his uncle about the matter, and had then changed his mind about posting it, this second affair did not strike me as having any importance whatever. The first matter, however, seemed important, for that just at the time when a letter was sent to Norris written in printing characters Barkley should have been seen writing a letter of that sort, struck me as most remarkable; and although I did not know exactly how the two lads stood in reference to yourself, it struck me at once that it was at least possible that we had been wrong, and that it was Barkley after all who took the note.</p> <p>"Had I suspected for an instant that he had done it to bring disgrace upon his cousin, I should at once have communicated with Dr. Litter, and have probed the affair from the bottom; but I thought that he had taken the note with the intention of helping his cousin out of his difficulty, and that when the note was traced, and the matter became public, he had in a base and cowardly manner allowed Frank to bear the blame. This would have been bad enough in all conscience, although comparatively<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_379" id="Page_379">[379]</SPAN></span> venial to his deliberate attempt to bring disgrace upon Norris.</p> <p>"However, the matter seemed bad enough to me as it stood; but, as I said, I shrunk from causing the ruin of another young fellow unless it was necessary to clear Norris. I hesitated for a long time whether, knowing as much as I did, I ought not to take some steps in the matter; but for the reasons I have told you I determined to wait, hoping that you would soon have Norris back again, and knowing that I should hear of his return from some of the boys who were his special friends. Barkley must have seen from my manner that there was something wrong between him and me; but he never asked me the reason for the change in my manner to him, and completely ignored my coolness. It was a relief to me when the time came for his going up to the University, for I then felt that some of the responsibility was off my shoulders, and that I was no longer shirking my duty to expose him.</p> <p>"That is all, Captain Bayley; but I think that this, with what you have told me, is quite sufficient to bring the guilt home to the true party, and to completely clear Norris."</p> <p>"Quite sufficient," Captain Bayley said, "and I am thankful indeed that you obtained the one missing link of evidence necessary to prove Frank's innocence. I am greatly obliged to you, Mr. Richards, for the kind and thoughtful manner in which you acted, which was indeed in every way for the best; for had I at the time been made aware that Fred was the culprit, I should have gone half out of my mind at the injustice we had done Frank, and at not knowing where to find him or how to<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_380" id="Page_380">[380]</SPAN></span> communicate with him. And now what is to be done next? I do not want this unhappy lad to be punished, but at the same time it is absolutely necessary that Frank's innocence shall be publicly proclaimed. Fred will no doubt brazen it out."</p> <p>There was silence for a minute or two, and then Mr. Richards said.</p> <p>"If you like, Captain Bayley, I will take the matter in hand. I will write to Barkley and tell him that Norris has now come home, and that I must therefore take up the matter at the point at which I dropped it. I will recapitulate to him the reasons that there are for supposing that he stole the money,&mdash;first, his interest in Frank's disgrace; secondly, the fact that he was seen writing a letter in printed characters on the day on which the note was sent to Norris; thirdly, his suppression of the letter to yourself; fourthly, the part he took in persuading Norris to run away; lastly, the hints which you say he gave you that Norris had confessed his guilt.</p> <p>"I shall tell him I have had this interview with you; that you are thoroughly convinced of his guilt and of Norris's innocence; and that while you are determined that Norris shall be vindicated, you are desirous that his act of treacherous villainy shall not be made public; if, then, he will write a confession, saying that he took it, this confession shall not be made public.</p> <p>"I shall of course show it to the Doctor, and explain the whole circumstances to him, and ask him to make a public statement in school to the boys, to the effect that it has been found out that Norris was not guilty of the act of which two years ago he was charged, and that the real thief has been discovered, but that as he is no longer<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_381" id="Page_381">[381]</SPAN></span> at school it is unnecessary now to mention his name, and that, moreover, he has been heavily punished for the crime&mdash;which indeed is the case&mdash;by his loss of your favour and of the fortune which he looked to obtain under your will.</p> <p>"I shall tell Barkley that if he refuses to confess it will be necessary, in order to clear Norris, that the affair should be investigated in a Public Court, and that Dr. Litter will at once apply for a warrant for his apprehension on the charge of theft, and that the whole matter will then be gone into in a Police Court. I cannot doubt but that he will accept the first alternative, for the second will be ruin to him."</p> <p>Captain Bayley cordially assented. Three days later Frank received a letter from Dr. Litter asking him to call upon him.</p> <p>"I am truly sorry, Norris," the head-master said, as he entered, "for the injustice I did you; truly and heartily sorry. The affair caused me intense pain at the time; it has been on my mind ever since. Over and over again something has told me that you were innocent; and yet, thinking the case over again, my reason has always convinced me for the time of your guilt, for I could see no other possible solution of the mystery. I am glad indeed to find that I was mistaken, and that you were a victim of a piece of what I can only term villainy. The affair will be a lesson to me for my life, and henceforth I will never allow appearances, however apparently conclusive, to weigh against a uniformly excellent character. I trust that you will forgive my terrible error."</p> <p>"I don't see that you could have acted otherwise, sir," Frank said, "for even at the time, although I knew that I<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_382" id="Page_382">[382]</SPAN></span> was innocent, I perceived that the proofs against me were so overwhelmingly strong that my guilt must appear a certainty to every one. I am happy indeed that I am cleared at last; and, after all, it has done me no harm. I have, of course, lost the University education which I looked forward to; but I think, after all, that the three years I have spent in America have in many ways done me more good than the University could have done."</p> <p>"Very likely, Norris," the doctor said; "they have in every sense of the word made a man of you, and a very fine man too, and I sincerely trust that no further cloud will ever fall upon your career. And now I want you to come up School with me, for I must publicly make amends for my error, and set you right before the School."</p> <p>As Frank followed Dr. Litter into the great schoolroom he felt infinitely more nervous than he had done in any of the dangers he had passed through in his journey across the plains. When the head-master was seen to enter the School accompanied by a gentleman, a silence of surprise fell upon the boys, for such an event was altogether unprecedented there. As in the stranger, who stood nearly as tall and far broader than the doctor, many of the boys in the upper forms recognised Frank Norris, a buzz ran round the School, followed again by the silence of excited expectation. Dr. Litter walked to his table at the further end of the School and then turned.</p> <p>"You will all stand up," he said. "Boys," he went on, "all of you in the Fifth Form, and those above it, and some of you in the under forms, will recognise in the gentleman who stands beside me your former schoolfellow Norris; those who do will be aware of the circumstances under which he left, and will be aware that I charged<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_383" id="Page_383">[383]</SPAN></span> him with stealing a note of the value of ten pounds from my desk. I am happy to say that it has been proved that charge was entirely false."</p> <p>A sudden burst of enthusiastic cheering broke from the upper forms. Norris's innocence had been a matter of faith among his schoolfellows, and even his running away had not sufficed to shake their trust in him. They stood upon the forms and cheered until they were hoarse. At last a wave of the doctor's hand restored silence, and he went on.</p> <p>"I wish now, before you all, boys, to express my deep regret to Norris, and to apologise to him most heartily for the accusation which I made. I have now in my hand the confession of the real culprit. I shall not mention his name; he has long since ceased to be among you, and I may say that he has been punished severely, though to my mind most insufficiently, for his crime, and as Norris is desirous that the matter shall be dropped, the least I can do is to give in to his wishes. And now, as I think that after this you will scarcely do any useful work this afternoon, you may as well go down at once."</p> <p>A fresh roar of cheering broke out, and then the boys who had been at school with Frank jumped from their forms and crowded round him, each striving to grasp his hand, and all shouting words of welcome and congratulation.</p> <p>It was some time before Frank could reply to these greetings, so shaken was he by the scene. On emerging from the schoolroom his old house-mates urged him to go up to Richards', and the Sixth were invited to accompany him. Although contrary to the usual rules, an unlimited supply of shandy-gaff was sent for, and for an hour Frank<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_384" id="Page_384">[384]</SPAN></span> sat and chatted with his old schoolfellows, and to their great admiration gave them an outline of his adventures on the Mississippi, his journey across the plains, and as a gold-digger in California; then with a glad heart, and a feeling that he was at last cleared of the cloud which had so long hung over him, Frank returned to Eaton Square.</p> <p>His path in life never afterwards crossed that of his cousin. The latter, after passing through the University with credit, entered the Bar. Somehow he was not successful there. That he was clever all allowed, but a cloud seemed to hang over him. The tale of Frank's reinstallation had gone up from Westminster to the University; his old schoolfellows there had talked the matter over, and although nothing was known for certain, somehow the belief that Barkley was the culprit spread among them.</p> <p>He had never been popular, and now his old schoolfellows gradually drew aloof from him. Nothing was ever openly said. The thing was talked of in whispers, but even whispers, sometimes, are heard; and during his last year at the University Fred Barkley stood alone among his fellows. The whispers found their echo in town, and Fred Barkley found that a cloud rested on him which all his efforts were unable to dissipate. After some years of useless attempts to make his way, he was glad to accept the offer of a petty judgeship in India, and there, ten years later, he died, stabbed to the heart by a Mahomedan dacoit whom he had sentenced to a term of imprisonment.</p> <p>A year after his return from America Frank married Alice. Turk, for some time after his arrival in England, had steadily declined all advances which she made to him, perceiving clearly in his heart that she was a rival in his<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_385" id="Page_385">[385]</SPAN></span> master's affection. He had at last, however, the good sense to accept the situation; but to the end of his life, which was a long one, he never accorded her more than toleration, keeping all the affection of his great heart for his master, although in his old years he took to his master's children, and endured patiently, if not cordially, the affection which they bestowed upon him.</p> <p>Frank sits in Parliament at present, as member for the county in which the broad estates which came to him with his wife are situated. It was rather a disappointment to her that he did not distinguish himself greatly in Parliament, but he was fonder of the country life of an English gentleman than of the squabbles at Westminster. He can always be depended upon to vote with his party, and he occasionally makes vigorous and indignant attacks against any policy which he believes to be lowering the prestige and position of his country; but, except upon occasions when subjects of national interest are being discussed, he is seldom to be found in the house, and his wife is now well content with his reputation as one of the best masters of fox-hounds, one of the best landlords, and one of the most popular country gentlemen in England.</p> <p>Captain Bayley died but ten years ago, at a great age, and his grandson, long since able to dispense with his crutches, is one of the most prominent members in the House of Commons. 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Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>A story of Venice at a period when her strength and splendour were put to the severest tests. The hero, the son of an English trader who has taken up residence in the city, displays a fine sense and manliness which carry him safely through an atmosphere of intrigue, crime, and bloodshed. In his gondola on the canals and lagunes, and in the ships which he rises to command, he is successful in extricating his friends and himself from imminent dangers, and contributes largely to the victories of the Venetians at Porto d'Anzo and Chioggia. He is honoured by the state and finally wins the hand of the daughter of one of the chief men of Venice.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Every boy should read <i>The Lion of St. Mark</i>. Mr. Henty has never produced any story more delightful, more wholesome, or more vivacious. From first to last it will be read with keen enjoyment."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"Mr. Henty has probably not published a more interesting story than <i>The Lion of St. Mark</i>. He has certainly not published one in which he has been at such pains to rise to the dignity of his subject."&mdash;<i>The Academy.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>THE LION OF THE NORTH.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">John Sch&ouml;nberg</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>In this story Mr. Henty gives the history of the first part of the Thirty Years' War, a struggle unprecedented in length, in the fury with which it was carried on, and in the terrible destruction and ruin which it caused. The issue had its importance, which has extended to the present day, as it established religious freedom in Germany. The army of the chivalrous King of Sweden, the prop and maintenance of the Protestant cause, was largely composed of Scotchmen, and among these was the hero of the story. The chief interest of the tale turns on the great struggle between Gustavus and his chief opponents Wallenstein, Tilly, and Pappenheim.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"As we might expect from Mr. Henty the tale is a clever and instructive piece of history, and as boys may be trusted to read it conscientiously, they can hardly fail to be profited as well as pleased."&mdash;<i>The Times.</i></p> <p>"A praiseworthy attempt to interest British youth in the great deeds of the Scotch Brigade in the wars of Guatavus Adolphus. Mackay, Hepburn, and Munro live again in Mr. Henty's pages, as those deserve to live whose disciplined bands formed really the germ of the modern British army."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> <p>"A stirring story of stirring times. This book should hold a place among the classics of youthful fiction."&mdash;<i>United Service Gazette.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_5a" id="Page_5a">[5]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty's books never fail to interest boy readers."&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>FOR THE TEMPLE:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 10 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">S. J. Solomon</span>: and a coloured Map. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>Mr. Henty here weaves into the record of Josephus an admirable and attractive story. The troubles in the district of Tiberias, the march of the legions, the sieges of Jotapata, of Gamala, and of Jerusalem, form the impressive and carefully studied historic setting to the figure of the lad who passes from the vineyard to the service of Josephus, becomes the leader of a guerrilla band of patriots, fights bravely for the Temple, and after a brief term of slavery at Alexandria, returns to his Galilean home with the favour of Titus.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty's graphic prose pictures of the hopeless Jewish resistance to Roman sway add another leaf to his record of the famous wars of the world."&mdash;<i>Graphic.</i></p> <p>"The story is told with all the force of descriptive power which has made the author's war stories so famous."&mdash;<i>Church Times.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>WITH CLIVE IN INDIA:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or the Beginnings of an Empire. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The period between the landing of Clive as a young writer in India and the close of his career was critical and eventful in the extreme. At its commencement the English were traders existing on sufferance of the native princes. At its close they were masters of Bengal and of the greater part of Southern India. The author has given a full and accurate account of the events of that stirring time, and battles and sieges follow each other in rapid succession, while he combines with his narrative a tale of daring and adventure, which gives a lifelike interest to the volume.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"In this book Mr. Henty has contrived to exceed himself in stirring adventures and thrilling situations. The pictures add greatly to the interest of the book."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"Among writers of stories of adventure for boys Mr. Henty stands in the very first rank, and Mr. Gordon Browne occupies a similar place with his pencil.... Those who know something about India will be the most ready to thank Mr. Henty for giving them this instructive volume to place in the hands of their children."&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> <p>"He has taken a period of Indian History of the most vital importance, and he has embroidered on the historical facts a story which of itself is deeply interesting. Young people assuredly will be delighted with the volume."&mdash;<i>Scotsman.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_6a" id="Page_6a">[6]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Surely Mr. Henty should understand boys' tastes better than any man living."&mdash;<i>The Times.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THE YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of the Times of Hannibal. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">C. J. Staniland</span>, R.I. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>Boys reading the history of the Punic Wars have seldom a keen appreciation of the merits of the contest. That it was at first a struggle for empire, and afterwards for existence on the part of Carthage, that Hannibal was a great and skilful general, that he defeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cann&aelig;, and all but took Rome, represents pretty nearly the sum total of their knowledge.</p> <p>To let them know more about this momentous struggle for the empire of the world Mr. Henty has written this story, which not only gives in graphic style a brilliant description of a most interesting period of history, but is a tale of exciting adventure sure to secure the interest of the reader.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"The effect of an interesting story, well constructed and vividly told, is enhanced by the picturesque quality of the scenic background. From first to last nothing stays the interest of the narrative. It bears us along as on a stream, whose current varies in direction, but never loses its force."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"Ought to be popular with boys who are not too ill instructed or too dandified to be affected by a graphic picture of the days and deeds of Hannibal."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>WITH WOLFE IN CANADA:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, The Winning of a Continent. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>In the present volume Mr. Henty gives an account of the struggle between Britain and France for supremacy in the North American continent. On the issue of this war depended not only the destinies of North America, but to a large extent those of the mother countries themselves. The fall of Quebec decided that the Anglo-Saxon race should predominate in the New World; that Britain, and not France, should take the lead among the nations of Europe; and that English and American commerce, the English language, and English literature, should spread right round the globe.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"It is not only a lesson in history as instructively as it is graphically told, but also a deeply interesting and often thrilling tale of adventure and peril by flood and field."&mdash;<i>Illustrated London News.</i></p> <p>"A model of what a boy's story-book should be. Mr. Henty has a great power of infusing into the dead facts of history new life, and his books supply useful aids to study as well as amusement."&mdash;<i>School Guardian.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_7a" id="Page_7a">[7]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"The brightest of all the living writers whose office it is to enchant the boys."&mdash;<i>Christian Leader.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THROUGH THE FRAY:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of the Luddite Riots. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">H. M. Paget</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The author in this story has followed the lines which he worked out so successfully in <i>Facing Death</i>. As in that story he shows that there are victories to be won in peaceful fields, and that steadfastness and tenacity are virtues which tell in the long run. The story is laid in Yorkshire at the commencement of the present century, when the high price of food induced by the war and the introduction of machinery drove the working-classes to desperation, and caused them to band themselves in that wide-spread organization known as the Luddite Society. There is an abundance of adventure in the tale, but its chief interest lies in the character of the hero, and the manner in which by a combination of circumstances he is put on trial for his life, but at last comes victorious "through the fray."</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty inspires a love and admiration for straightforwardness, truth, and courage. This is one of the best of the many good books Mr. Henty has produced, and deserves to be classed with his <i>Facing Death</i>."&mdash;<i>Standard.</i></p> <p>"The interest of the story never flags. Were we to propose a competition for the best list of novel writers for boys we have little doubt that Mr. Henty's name would stand first."&mdash;<i>Journal of Education.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>TRUE TO THE OLD FLAG:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the American War of Independence. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>In this story the author has gone to the accounts of officers who took part in the conflict, and lads will find that in no war in which American and British soldiers have been engaged did they behave with greater courage and good conduct. The historical portion of the book being accompanied with numerous thrilling adventures with the redskins on the shores of Lake Huron, a story of exciting interest is interwoven with the general narrative and carried through the book.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Does justice to the pluck and determination of the British soldiers during the unfortunate struggle against American emancipation. The son of an American loyalist, who remains true to our flag, falls among the hostile redskins in that very Huron country which has been endeared to us by the exploits of Hawkeye and Chingachgook."&mdash;<i>The Times.</i></p> <p>"Mr. G. A. Henty's extensive personal experience of adventures and moving incidents by flood and field, combined with a gift of picturesque narrative, make his books always welcome visitors in the home circle."&mdash;<i>Daily News.</i></p> <p>"Very superior in every way. The book is almost unique in its class in having illustrative maps."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_8a" id="Page_8a">[8]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty is the king of story-tellers for boys."&mdash;<i>Sword and Trowel.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of Wallace and Bruce. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>In this story the author relates the stirring tale of the Scottish War of Independence. The extraordinary valour and personal prowess of Wallace and Bruce rival the deeds of the mythical heroes of chivalry, and indeed at one time Wallace was ranked with these legendary personages. The researches of modern historians have shown, however, that he was a living, breathing man&mdash;and a valiant champion. The hero of the tale fought under both Wallace and Bruce, and while the strictest historical accuracy has been maintained with respect to public events, the work is full of "hairbreadth 'scapes" and wild adventure.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty has broken new ground as an historical novelist. His tale is full of stirring action, and will commend itself to boys."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> <p>"It is written in the author's best style. Full of the wildest and most remarkable achievements, it is a tale of great interest, which a boy, once he has begun it, will not willingly put on one side."&mdash;<i>The Schoolmaster.</i></p> <p>"Scarcely anywhere have we seen in prose a more lucid and spirit-stirring description of Bannockburn than the one with which the author fittingly closes his volume."&mdash;<i>Dumfries Standard.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>UNDER DRAKE'S FLAG.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Spanish Main. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. Illustrated by 12 full-page Pictures by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>A story of the days when England and Spain struggled for the supremacy of the sea, and England carried off the palm. The heroes sail as lads with Drake in the expedition in which the Pacific Ocean was first seen by an Englishman from a tree-top on the Isthmus of Panama, and in his great voyage of circumnavigation. The historical portion of the story is absolutely to be relied upon, but this, although very useful to lads, will perhaps be less attractive than the great variety of exciting adventure through which the young adventurers pass in the course of their voyages.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"A stirring book of Drake's time, and just such a book as the youth of this maritime country are likely to prize highly."&mdash;<i>Daily Telegraph.</i></p> <p>"Ned in the coils of the boa-constrictor is a wonderful picture. A boy must be hard to please if he wishes for anything more exciting."&mdash;<i>Pall Mall Gazette.</i></p> <p>"A book of adventure, where the hero meets with experience enough one would think to turn his hair gray."&mdash;<i>Harper's Monthly Magazine.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_9a" id="Page_9a">[9]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty's books for boys are always admirable."&mdash;<i>Birmingham Post.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>ONE OF THE 28^TH:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of Waterloo. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">W. H. Overend</span>, and 2 Maps. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>Herbert Penfold, being desirous of benefiting the daughter of an intimate friend, and Ralph Conway, the son of a lady to whom he had once been engaged, draws up a will dividing his property between them. At his death the authorized search for the will fails to bring it to light. The mother of Ralph, however, succeeds in entering the house as a servant, and after an arduous and exciting search secures the will. In the meantime, her son has himself passed through a series of adventures. He enters the army, and after some rough service in Ireland, takes part in the Waterloo campaign, from which he returns with the loss of an arm, but with a substantial fortune.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Written with Homeric vigour and heroic inspiration. It is graphic, picturesque, and dramatically effective ... shows us Mr. Henty at his best and brightest."&mdash;<i>Observer.</i></p> <p>"<i>One of the 28th</i> contains one of the best descriptions of the various battles which raged round Waterloo which it has ever been our fate to read."&mdash;<i>Daily Telegraph.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>THE CAT OF BUBASTES:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of Ancient Egypt. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">J. R. Weguelin</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>In availing himself of the pictured records of Egyptian life and history, Mr. Henty has produced a story which will give young readers an unsurpassed insight into the customs of one of the greatest of the ancient peoples. Amuba, a prince of the Rebu nation on the shores of the Caspian, is carried with his charioteer Jethro into slavery. They become inmates of the house of Ameres, the Egyptian high-priest, and are happy in his service until the priest's son accidentally kills the sacred cat of Bubastes. In an outburst of popular fury Ameres is killed, and it rests with Jethro and Amuba to secure the escape of the high-priest's son and daughter. After many dangers they succeed in crossing the desert to the Red Sea, and eventually making their way to the Caspian.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"The story is highly enjoyable. We have pictures of Egyptian domestic life, of sport, of religious ceremonial, and of other things which may still be seen vividly portrayed by the brush of Egyptian artists."&mdash;<i>The Spectator.</i></p> <p>"The story, from the critical moment of the killing of the sacred cat to the perilous exodus into Asia with which it closes, is very skilfully constructed and full of exciting adventures. It is admirably illustrated."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_10a" id="Page_10a">[10]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty is one of our most successful writers of historical tales."&mdash;<i>Scotsman.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>IN THE REIGN OF TERROR:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">J. Sch&ouml;nberg</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>Harry Sandwith, a Westminster boy, becomes a resident at the chateau of a French marquis, and after various adventures accompanies the family to Paris at the crisis of the Revolution. Imprisonment and death reduce their number, and the hero finds himself beset by perils with the three young daughters of the house in his charge. The stress of trial brings out in him all the best English qualities of pluck and endurance, and after hair-breadth escapes they reach Nantes. There the girls are condemned to death in the coffin-ships Les Noyades, but are saved by the unfailing courage of their boy-protector.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Harry Sandwith, the Westminster boy, may fairly be said to beat Mr. Henty's record. His adventures will delight boys by the audacity and peril they depict.... The story is one of Mr. Henty's best."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"The interest of this story of the <i>Reign of Terror</i> lies in the way in which the difficulties and perils Harry has to encounter bring out the heroic and steadfast qualities of a brave nature. Again and again the last extremity seems to have been reached, but his unfailing courage triumphs over all. It is an admirable boy's book."&mdash;<i>Birmingham Post.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>No portion of English history is more crowded with great events than that of the reign of Edward III. Cressy and Poitiers laid France prostrate at the feet of England; the Spanish fleet was dispersed and destroyed by a naval battle as remarkable in its incidents as was that which broke up the Armada in the time of Elizabeth. Europe was ravaged by the dreadful plague known as the Black Death, and France was the scene of the terrible peasant rising called the Jacquerie. All these stirring events are treated by the author in <i>St. George for England</i>. The hero of the story, although of good family, begins life as a London apprentice, but after countless adventures and perils, becomes by valour and good conduct the squire, and at last the trusted friend of the Black Prince.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty has developed for himself a type of historical novel for boys which bids fair to supplement, on their behalf, the historical labours of Sir Walter Scott in the land of fiction."&mdash;<i>Standard.</i></p> <p>"Mr. Henty as a boy's story-teller stands in the very foremost rank. With plenty of scope to work upon he has produced a strong story at once instructive and entertaining."&mdash;<i>Glasgow Herald.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_11a" id="Page_11a">[11]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty is the prince of story-tellers for boys."&mdash;<i>Sheffield Independent.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>A FINAL RECKONING:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">W. B. Wollen</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>In this book Mr. Henty has again left the battlefields of history and has written a story of adventure in Australia in the early days of its settlement.</p> <p>The hero, a young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood, emigrates to Australia, and gets employment as an officer in the mounted police.</p> <p>A few years of active work on the frontier, where he has many a brush with both natives and bush-rangers, gain him promotion to a captaincy, and he eventually settles down to the peaceful life of a squatter.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty has never published a more readable, a more carefully constructed, or a better written story than this."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> <p>"Exhibits Mr. Henty's talent as a story-teller at his best.... The drawings possess the uncommon merit of really illustrating the text."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"All boys will read this story with eager and unflagging interest. The episodes are in Mr. Henty's very best vein&mdash;graphic, exciting, realistic; and, as in all Mr. Henty's books, the tendency is to the formation of an honourable, manly, and even heroic character."&mdash;<i>Birmingham Post.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, With Peterborough in Spain. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">H. M. Paget</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>There are few great leaders whose lives and actions have so completely fallen into oblivion as those of the Earl of Peterborough. This is largely due to the fact that they were overshadowed by the glory and successes of Marlborough. His career as General extended over little more than a year, and yet, in that time, he showed a genius for warfare which has never been surpassed, and performed feats of daring worthy of the leaders of chivalry.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty has done good service in endeavouring to redeem from oblivion the name of the great soldier, Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough. The young recruit, Jack Stilwell, worthily earns his commission and tells his tale with spirit."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> <p>"Mr. Henty never loses sight of the moral purpose of his work&mdash;to enforce the doctrine of courage and truth, mercy and loving kindness, as indispensable to the making of a gentleman. Lads will read The Bravest of the Brave with pleasure and profit; of that we are quite sure."&mdash;<i>Daily Telegraph.</i></p> <p>"In describing the brief, brilliant, most extraordinary campaigns of this chivalric and picturesque commander Mr. Henty is in his element, and the boy who does not follow the animated and graphic narrative with rapture must sadly lack spirit and pluck."&mdash;<i>Civil Service Gazette.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_12a" id="Page_12a">[12]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Among writers of stories of adventure for boys Mr. Henty stands in the very first rank."&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>FOR NAME AND FAME:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, Through Afghan Passes. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>This is an interesting story of the last war in Afghanistan. The hero, after being wrecked and going through many stirring adventures among the Malays, finds his way to Calcutta, and enlists in a regiment proceeding to join the army at the Afghan passes. He accompanies the force under General Roberts to the Peiwar Kotal, is wounded, taken prisoner, and carried to Cabul, whence he is transferred to Candahar, and takes part in the final defeat of the army of Ayoub Khan.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty's pen is never more effectively employed than when he is describing incidents of warfare. The best feature of the book&mdash;apart from the interest of its scenes of adventure&mdash;is its honest effort to do justice to the patriotism of the Afghan people."&mdash;<i>Daily News.</i></p> <p>"Here we have not only a rousing story, replete with all the varied forms of excitement of a campaign, but an instructive history of a recent war, and, what is still more useful, an account of a territory and its inhabitants which must for a long time possess a supreme interest for Englishmen, as being the key to our Indian Empire."&mdash;<i>Glasgow Herald.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>BY SHEER PLUCK:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Ashanti War. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The Ashanti Campaign seems but an event of yesterday, but it happened when the generation now rising up were too young to have made themselves acquainted with its incidents. The author has woven, in a tale of thrilling interest, all the details of the campaign, of which he was himself a witness. His hero, after many exciting adventures in the interior, finds himself at Coomassie just before the outbreak of the war, is detained a prisoner by the king, is sent down with the army which invaded the British Protectorate, escapes, and accompanies the English expedition on their march to Coomassie.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty keeps up his reputation as a writer of boys' stories. 'By Sheer Pluck' will be eagerly read."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> <p>"The book is one which will not only sustain, but add to Mr. Henty's reputation."&mdash;<i>The Standard.</i></p> <p>"Written with a simple directness, force, and purity of style worthy of Defoe. Morally, the book is everything that could be desired, setting before the boys a bright and bracing ideal of the English gentleman."&mdash;<i>Christian Leader.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_13a" id="Page_13a">[13]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty's books are always welcome visitors in the home circle."&mdash;<i>Daily News.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>FACING DEATH:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or the Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>"Facing Death" is a story with a purpose. It is intended to show that a lad who makes up his mind firmly and resolutely that he will rise in life, and who is prepared to face toil and ridicule and hardship to carry out his determination, is sure to succeed. The hero of the story is a typical British boy, dogged, earnest, generous, and though "shamefaced" to a degree, is ready to face death in the discharge of duty. His is a character for imitation by boys in every station.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"The tale is well written and well illustrated, and there is much reality in the characters."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> <p>"If any father, godfather, clergyman, or schoolmaster is on the look-out for a good book to give as a present to a boy who is worth his salt, this is the book we would recommend."&mdash;<i>Standard.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>ORANGE AND GREEN:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The history of Ireland has assumed such immediate interest that Mr. Henty's fictional treatment of one of its important crises will be welcomed by all who desire that the young should realize vividly the sources of many of its troubles. The story is the record of two typical families&mdash;the Davenants, who, having come over with Strongbow, had allied themselves in feeling to the original inhabitants; and the Whitefoots, who had been placed by Cromwell over certain domains of the Davenants. In the children the spirit of contention has given place to friendship, and though they take opposite sides in the struggle between James and William, their good-will and mutual service are never interrupted, and in the end the Davenants come happily to their own again.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"An extremely spirited story, based on the struggle in Ireland, rendered memorable by the defence of 'Derry and the siege of Limerick."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"The work is not only amusing and instructive, but it is also one, as all Mr. Henty's books are, likely to make any lad desire to be a noble and useful member of society, whether he be a soldier or aught else."&mdash;<i>Practical Teacher.</i></p> <p>"The narrative is free from the vice of prejudice, and ripples with life as vivacious as if what is being described were really passing before the eye.... <i>Orange and Green</i> should be in the hands of every young student of Irish history without delay."&mdash;<i>Morning News (Belfast).</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_14a" id="Page_14a">[14]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. A. HENTY.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Henty as a boys' story-teller stands in the very foremost rank."&mdash;<i>Glasgow Herald.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, The Days of King Alfred. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">C. J. Staniland</span>, R.I. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>In this story the author gives an account of the desperate struggle between Saxon and Dane for supremacy in England, and presents a vivid picture of the misery and ruin to which the country was reduced by the ravages of the sea-wolves. The hero of the story, a young Saxon thane, takes part in all the battles fought by King Alfred, and the incidents in his career are unusually varied and exciting. He is driven from his home, takes to the sea and resists the Danes on their own element, and being pursued by them up the Seine, is present at the long and desperate siege of Paris.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Perhaps the best story of the early days of England which has yet been told."&mdash;<i>Court Journal.</i></p> <p>"We know of no popular book in which the stirring incidents of the reign of the heroic Saxon king are made accessible to young readers as they are here. Mr. Henty has made a book which will afford much delight to boys, and is of genuine historic value."&mdash;<i>Scotsman.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>STURDY AND STRONG:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, How George Andrews made his Way. By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"The history of a hero of everyday life, whose love of truth, clothing of modesty, and innate pluck, carry him, naturally, from poverty to affluence. George Andrews is an example of character with nothing to cavil at, and stands as a good instance of chivalry in domestic life."&mdash;<i>The Empire.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>TALES OF DARING AND DANGER.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 2 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 75 cents.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"It would be hard to find better holiday reading for boys and girls."&mdash;<i>World.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>YARNS ON THE BEACH.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">G. A. Henty</span>. With 2 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 75 cents.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"This little book should find special favour among boys. The yarns are spun by old sailors, and are admirably calculated to foster a manly spirit."&mdash;<i>Echo.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_15a" id="Page_15a">[15]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY S. BARING-GOULD.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>GRETTIR THE OUTLAW:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of Iceland. By <span class="smcap">S. Baring-Gould</span>, author of "John Herring," "Mehalah," &amp;c. With 10 full-page Illustrations by M. <span class="smcap">Zeno Diemer</span>, and a Coloured Map. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>A narrative of adventure of the most romantic kind, and at the same time an interesting and minutely accurate account of the old Icelandic families, their homes, their mode of life, their superstitions, their songs and stories, their bearserk fury, and their heroism by land and sea. The story is told throughout with a simplicity which will make it attractive even to the very young, but the clearness is really secured by a close personal knowledge, not only of the whole saga-literature, but of the places in which the events occurred. It will on this account be turned to with no little interest by students of the old sagas, while no boy will be able to withstand the magic of such scenes as the fight of Grettir with the twelve bearserks, the wrestle with Karr the Old in the chamber of the dead, the combat with the spirit of Glam the thrall, and the defence of the dying Grettir by his younger brother.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"A foremost place in the boys' fiction of the season must be given to <i>Grettir the Outlaw</i>."&mdash;<i>Globe.</i></p> <p>"Is the boys' book of its year. That is, of course, as much as to say that it will do for men grown as well as juniors. It is told in simple, straightforward English, as all stories should be, and it has a freshness, a freedom, a sense of sun and wind and the open air which make it irresistible."&mdash;<i>Scots Observer.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY PROFESSOR CHURCH.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, The Adventures of a Roman Boy. By Professor <span class="smcap">A. J. Church</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Adrien Marie</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>Prof. Church has in this story sought to revivify that most interesting period, the last days of the Roman Republic. The hero, Lucius Marius, is a young Roman who has a very chequered career, being now a captive in the hands of Spartacus, again an officer on board a vessel detailed for the suppression of the pirates, and anon a captive once more, on a pirate ship. He escapes to Tarsus, is taken prisoner in the war with Mithradates, and detained by the latter in Pontus for a number of years.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Adventures well worth the telling. The book is extremely entertaining as well as useful: there is a wonderful freshness in the Roman scenes and characters."&mdash;<i>Times.</i></p> <p>"Entertaining in the highest degree from beginning to end, and full of adventure which is all the livelier for its close connection with history."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_16a" id="Page_16a">[16]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Fenn is in the front rank of writers of stories for boys."&mdash;<i>Liverpool Mercury.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>DICK O' THE FENS:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Romance of the Great East Swamp. By <span class="smcap">G. Manville Fenn</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Frank Dadd</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>A tale of boy life in the old Lincolnshire Fens, when the first attempts were made to reclaim them and turn the reedy swamps, and wild-fowl and fish haunted pools into dry land. Dick o' the Fens and Tom o' Grimsey are the sons of a squire and a farmer living on the edge of one of the vast wastes, and their adventures are of unusual interest. Sketches of shooting and fishing experiences are introduced in a manner which should stimulate the faculty of observation and give a healthy love for country life; while the record of the fen-men's stealthy resistance to the great draining scheme is full of the keenest interest. The ambushes and shots in the mist and dark, the incendiary fires, the bursting of the sea-wall, and the long-baffled attempts to trace the lurking foe, are described with Mr. Manville Fenn's wonted skill in the management of mystery.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"We should say that in <i>Dick o' the Fens</i> Mr. Manville Fenn has very nearly attained perfection. Life in the Fen country in the old ante-drainage days is admirably reproduced.... Altogether we have not of late come across a historical fiction, whether intended for boys or for men, which deserves to be so heartily and unreservedly praised as regards plot, incidents, and spirit as <i>Dick o' the Fens</i>. It is its author's masterpiece as yet."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>BROWNSMITH'S BOY.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">George Manville Fenn</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The career of "Brownsmith's Boy" embraces the home adventures of an orphan, who, having formed the acquaintance of an eccentric old gardener, accepts his offer of a home and finds that there is plenty of romance in a garden, and much excitement even in a journey now and then to town. In a half-savage lad he finds a friend who shows his love and fidelity principally by pretending to be an enemy. In "Brownsmith's Boy" there is abundance of excitement and trouble within four walls.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"<i>Brownsmith's Boy</i> excels all the numerous 'juvenile' books that the present season has yet produced."&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> <p>"Mr. Fenn's books are among the best, if not altogether the best, of the stories for boys. Mr. Fenn is at his best in <i>Brownsmith's Boy</i>. The story is a thoroughly manly and healthy one."&mdash;<i>Pictorial World.</i></p> <p>"<i>Brownsmith's Boy</i> must rank among the few undeniably good boys' books. He will be a very dull boy indeed who lays it down without wishing that it had gone on for at least 100 pages more."&mdash;<i>North British Mail.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_17a" id="Page_17a">[17]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Manville Fenn may be regarded as the successor in boyhood's affections of Captain Mayne Reid."&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>QUICKSILVER:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or a Boy with no Skid to his Wheel. By <span class="smcap">George Manville Fenn</span>. With 10 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Frank Dadd</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>Dr. Grayson has a theory that any boy, if rightly trained, can be made into a gentleman and a great man; and in order to confute a friendly objector decides to select from the workhouse a boy to experiment with. He chooses a boy with a bad reputation but with excellent instincts, and adopts him, the story narrating the adventures of the mercurial lad who thus finds himself suddenly lifted several degrees in the social scale. The idea is novel and handled with Mr. Manville Fenn's accustomed cleverness, the restless boyish nature, with its inevitable tendency to get into scrapes, being sympathetically and often humorously drawn.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"<i>Quicksilver</i> is little short of an inspiration. In it that prince of storywriters for boys&mdash;George Manville Fenn&mdash;has surpassed himself. It is an ideal book for a boy's library."&mdash;<i>Practical Teacher.</i></p> <p>"Mr. Fenn possesses the true secret of producing real and serviceable boys' books. Every word he writes is informed with full knowledge and, even more important, quick sympathy with all the phases of youthful life. In <i>Quicksilver</i> he displays these qualities in a high degree."&mdash;<i>Dundee Advertiser.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>DEVON BOYS:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the North Shore. By <span class="smcap">George Manville Fenn</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The adventures of Sep Duncan and his school friends take place in the early part of the Georgian era, during the wars between England and France. The scene is laid on the picturesque rocky coast of North Devon, where the three lads pass through many perils both afloat and ashore. Fishermen, smugglers, naval officers, and a stern old country surgeon play their parts in the story, which is one of honest adventure with the mastering of difficulties in a wholesome manly way, mingled with sufficient excitement to satisfy the most exacting reader. The discovery of the British silver mine and its working up and defence take up a large portion of the story.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"We do not know that Mr. Fenn has ever reached a higher level than he has in <i>Devon Boys</i>. It must be put in the very front rank of Christmas books."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> <p>"An admirable story, as remarkable for the individuality of its young heroes&mdash;the cynical Bob Chowne being especially good&mdash;as for the excellent descriptions of coast scenery and life in North Devon. It is one of the best books we have seen this season."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_18a" id="Page_18a">[18]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"There is a freshness, a buoyancy, a heartiness about Mr. Fenn's writings."&mdash;<i>Standard.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THE GOLDEN MAGNET:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Land of the Incas. By <span class="smcap">G. Manville Fenn</span>. With 12 full-page Pictures by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The tale is of a romantic lad, who leaves home, where his father conducts a failing business, to seek his fortune in South America by endeavouring to discover some of that treasure which legends declare was ages ago hidden by the Peruvian rulers and the priests of that mysterious country, to preserve it from the Spanish invaders. The hero of the story is accompanied by a faithful companion, who, in the capacity both of comrade and henchman, does true service, and shows the dogged courage of the British lad during the strange adventures which befall them. The plot of the story is simple, but the movement is rapid and full of strange excitement.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"This is, we think, the best boys' book Mr. Fenn has produced.... The illustrations are perfect in their way."&mdash;<i>Globe.</i></p> <p>"There could be no more welcome present for a boy. There is not a dull page in the book, and many will be read with breathless interest. '<i>The Golden Magnet</i>' is, of course, the same one that attracted Raleigh and the heroes of <i>Westward Ho!</i>"&mdash;<i>Journal of Education.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>BUNYIP LAND:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>The Story of a Wild Journey in New Guinea. By <span class="smcap">G. Manville Fenn</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>"Bunyip Land" is the story of an eminent botanist, who ventures into the interior of New Guinea in his search for new plants. Years pass away, and he does not return; and though supposed to be dead, his young wife and son refuse to believe it; and as soon as he is old enough young Joe goes in search of his father, accompanied by Jimmy, a native black. Their adventures are many and exciting, but after numerous perils they discover the lost one, a prisoner among the blacks, and bring him home in triumph.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Fenn deserves the thanks of everybody for 'Bunyip Land' and 'Menhardoc,' and we may venture to promise that a quiet week may be reckoned on whilst the youngsters have such fascinating literature provided for their evenings' amusement."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> <p>"One of the best tales of adventure produced by any living writer, combining the inventiveness of Jules Verne, and the solidity of character and earnestness of spirit which have made the English victorious in so many fields of labour and research."&mdash;<i>Daily Chronicle.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_19a" id="Page_19a">[19]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Our boys know Mr. Fenn well, his stories having won for him a foremost place in their estimation."&mdash;<i>Pall Mall Gazette.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>IN THE KING'S NAME:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or the Cruise of the <i>Kestrel</i>. By <span class="smcap">G. Manville Fenn</span>. Illustrated by 12 full-page Pictures by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>"In the King's Name" is a spirited story of the Jacobite times, concerning the adventures of Hilary Leigh, a young naval officer in the preventive service off the coast of Sussex, on board the <i>Kestrel.</i> Leigh is taken prisoner by the adherents of the Pretender, amongst whom is an early friend and patron who desires to spare the lad's life, but will not release him. The narrative is full of exciting and often humorous incident.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Penn has won a foremost place among writers for boys. 'In the King's Name' is, we think, the best of all his productions in this field."&mdash;<i>Daily News.</i></p> <p>"Told with the freshness and verve which characterize all Mr. Fenn's writings and put him in the front rank of writers for boys."&mdash;<i>Standard.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>MENHARDOC:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of Cornish Nets and Mines. By <span class="smcap">G. Manville Fenn</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">C. J. Staniland</span>, R.I., in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The scene of this story of boyish aspiration and adventure is laid among the granite piles and tors of Cornwall. Here amongst the hardy, honest fishermen and miners the two London boys are inducted into the secrets of fishing in the great bay, they learn how to catch mackerel, pollack, and conger with the line, and are present at the hauling of the nets, although not without incurring many serious risks. Adventures are pretty plentiful, but the story has for its strong base the development of character of the three boys. There is a good deal of quaint character throughout, and the sketches of Cornish life and local colouring are based upon experience in the bay, whose fishing village is called here Menhardoc. This is a thoroughly English story of phases of life but little touched upon in boys' literature up to the present time.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"They are real living boys, with the virtues and faults which characterize the transition stage between boyhood and manhood. The Cornish fishermen are drawn from life, they are racy of the soil, salt with the sea water, and they stand out from the pages in their jerseys and sea-boots all sprinkled with silvery pilchard scales."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> <p>"Mr. Fenn has written many books in his time; he has not often written one which for genuine merit as a story for young people will exceed this."&mdash;<i>Scotsman.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_20a" id="Page_20a">[20]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"No one can find his way to the hearts of lads more readily than Mr. Fenn."&mdash;<i>Nottingham Guardian.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>PATIENCE WINS:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, War in the Works. By <span class="smcap">G. Manville Fenn</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>This is a graphic narrative of factory life in the Black Country. The hero, Cob, and his three uncles, engineers, machinists, and inventors, go down to Arrowfield to set up "a works." They find, however, that the workmen, through prejudice and ignorance, are determined to have no new-fangled machinery. After a series of narrow escapes and stirring encounters, the workmen by degrees find that no malice is borne against them, and at last admiration takes the place of hatred. A great business is built up, and its foundation is laid on the good-will of the men.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"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."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"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."&mdash;<i>Guardian.</i></p> <p>"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."&mdash;<i>Pall Mall Gazette.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>NAT THE NATURALIST:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas. By <span class="smcap">G. Manville Fenn</span>. Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>This is a pleasant story of a lad who has a great desire to go abroad to seek specimens in natural history, and has that desire gratified. The boy Nat and his uncle Dick go on a voyage to the remoter islands of the Eastern seas, and their adventures there are told in a truthful and vastly interesting fashion, which will at once attract and maintain the earnest attention of young readers. The descriptions of Mr. Ebony, their black comrade, and of the scenes of savage life, are full of genuine humour.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Manville Fenn has here hit upon a capital idea.... This is among the best of the boys' books of the season."&mdash;<i>The Times.</i></p> <p>"This sort of book encourages independence of character, develops resource, and teaches a boy to keep his eyes open."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"We can conceive of no more attractive present for a young naturalist."&mdash;<i>Land and Water.</i></p> <p>"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."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_21a" id="Page_21a">[21]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Fenn is in the front rank of writers of stories for boys."&mdash;<i>Liverpool Mercury.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle. By <span class="smcap">G. Manville Fenn</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>A stirring story of adventure in the Eastern seas, where a lad shares the perils of his father, the captain of the merchant ship <i>The Petrel</i>. After touching at Singapore, they are becalmed off one of the tropic isles, where the ship is attacked and, after a desperate fight, set on fire by Malay pirates. They escape in a boat and drift ashore upon a beautiful volcanic island, where, after sundry adventures, they come upon the half-burned remains of the ship, out of whose timbers they construct a small vessel, but when on the point of sailing are discovered by the Malays. They are in great peril, when a volcanic eruption, while increasing their danger, relieves them of their enemies, and they finally escape and reach a civilized port.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Jules Verne himself never constructed a more marvellous tale. It contains the strongly marked features that are always conspicuous in Mr. Fenn's stories&mdash;a racy humour, the manly vigour of his sentiment, and wholesome moral lessons. For anything to match his realistic touch we must go to Daniel Defoe."&mdash;<i>Christian Leader.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>YUSSUF THE GUIDE:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Being the Strange Story of the Travels in Asia Minor of Burne the Lawyer, Preston the Professor, and Lawrence the Sick. By <span class="smcap">G. Manville Fenn</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">John Sch&ouml;nberg</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>Deals with the stirring incidents in the career of Lawrence Grange, a lad who has been almost given over by the doctors, but who rapidly recovers health and strength in a journey through Asia Minor with his guardians "The Professor" and "The Lawyer." Yussuf is their guide; and in their journeyings through the wild mountain region in search of the ancient cities of the Greeks and Romans they penetrate where law is disregarded, and finally fall into the hands of brigands. Their adventures in this rarely-traversed romantic region are many, and culminate in the travellers being snowed up for the winter in the mountains, from which they escape while their captors are waiting for the ransom that does not come.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"This story is told with such real freshness and vigour that the reader feels he is actually one of the party, sharing in the fun and facing the dangers with them."&mdash;<i>Pall Mall Gazette.</i></p> <p>"Takes its readers into scenes that will have great novelty and attraction for them, and the experiences with the brigands will be especially delightful to the boyish imagination."&mdash;<i>Scotsman.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_22a" id="Page_22a">[22]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY SARAH DOUDNEY.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>UNDER FALSE COLOURS.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">Sarah Doudney</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">G. G. Kilburne</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>A story which, while it is eminently suitable for girls' reading because of the purity of its style, its genuine pathos and healthy sentiment, has in it so strong a dramatic element that it will attract readers of all ages and of either sex. The incidents of the plot, arising from the thoughtless indulgence of a deceptive freak, are exceedingly natural, and the keen interest of the narrative is sustained from beginning to end. It is worthy of the high reputation attained by the author as a writer of stories interesting as novels and destined for the delight of the home circle.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"This is a charming story, abounding in delicate touches of sentiment and pathos. Its plot is skilfully contrived. It will be read with a warm interest by every girl who takes it up."&mdash;<i>Scotsman.</i></p> <p>"Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories&mdash;pure in style, original in conception, and with skilfully wrought-out plots; but we have seen nothing from this lady's pen equal in dramatic energy to her latest work, <i>Under False Colours</i>."&mdash;<i>Christian Leader.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY ROSA MULHOLLAND.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>GIANNETTA:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Girl's Story of Herself. By <span class="smcap">Rosa Mulholland</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Lockhart Bogle</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The daughter of an Anglo-Irish gentleman, who had married a poor Swiss girl, was stolen as an infant by some of her mother's relatives. The child having died, they afterwards for the sake of gain substitute another child for it, and the changeling, after becoming a clever modeller of clay images, is suddenly transferred to the position of a rich heiress. She develops into a good and accomplished woman, and though the imposture of her early friends is finally discovered, she has gained too much love and devotion to be really a sufferer by the surrender of her estates.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Extremely well told and full of interest. Giannetta is a true heroine&mdash;warm-hearted, self-sacrificing, and, as all good women nowadays are, largely touched with the enthusiasm of humanity. The illustrations are unusually good, and combine with the binding and printing to make this one of the most attractive gift-books of the season."&mdash;<i>The Academy.</i></p> <p>"No better book could be selected for a young girl's reading, as its object is evidently to hold up a mirror, in which are seen some of the brightest and noblest traits in the female character."&mdash;<i>Schoolmistress.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_23a" id="Page_23a">[23]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. G. A. Henty has found a formidable rival in Mr. Collingwood."&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THE LOG OF THE "FLYING FISH:"</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure. By <span class="smcap">Harry Collingwood</span>. With 12 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Crown 8vo, cl. elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>In this story the aim of the author has been, not only to interest and amuse, but also to stimulate a taste for scientific study. He has utilized natural science as a peg whereon to hang the web of a narrative of absorbing interest, interweaving therewith sundry very striking scientific facts in such a manner as to provoke a desire for further information.</p> <p>Professor Von Schalckenberg constructs a gigantic and wonderful ship, appropriately named the <i>Flying Fish</i>, which is capable of navigating not only the higher reaches of the atmosphere, but also the extremest depths of ocean; and in her the four adventurers make a voyage to the North Pole, and to a hitherto unexplored portion of Central Africa.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"The <i>Flying Fish</i>, 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."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> <p>"Is full of even more vividly recounted adventures than those which charmed so many boy readers in <i>Pirate Island and Congo Rovers</i>.... There is a thrilling adventure on the precipices of Mount Everest, when the ship floats off and providentially returns by force of 'gravitation.'"&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>THE MISSING MERCHANTMAN.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">Harry Collingwood</span>. With 8 full-page Pictures by <span class="smcap">W. H. Overend</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>A fine Australian clipper is seized by the crew; the passengers are landed on one desert island, the captain and a junior officer on another; and the young hero of the story is kept on board to navigate the ship. The mutineers refit the ship as a pirate vessel at an island which affords them convenient shelter, and in which Ned makes the discovery of an old-world treasure-hoard. At length, with the aid of a repentant member of the crew, Ned succeeds in carrying off the ship. In the meantime the captain and his associates have succeeded in rejoining the passengers, and they are after many adventures found by Ned.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Collingwood is <i>facile princeps</i> as a teller of sea stories for boys, and the present is one of the best productions of his pen."&mdash;<i>Standard.</i></p> <p>"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."&mdash;<i>British Weekly.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_24a" id="Page_24a">[24]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Collingwood has established his reputation as a first-rate writer of sea-stories.&mdash;<i>Scotsman.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THE ROVER'S SECRET:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba. By <span class="smcap">Harry Collingwood</span>. "With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">W. C. Symons</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The hero of the <i>Rover's Secret</i>, a young officer of the British navy, narrates his peculiar experiences in childhood and his subsequent perils and achievements: the mutiny on board the <i>Hermione;</i> his escape with a companion to La Guayra, their seizure by the Spaniards, their romantic flight, and the strange blunder which commits them to a cruise to the headquarters of the notorious pirate Merlani, whose ultimate capture and confession come about in a way as exciting as unexpected.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"<i>The Rover's Secret</i> 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."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"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."&mdash;<i>Scottish Leader.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>THE PIRATE ISLAND:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of the South Pacific. By <span class="smcap">Harry Collingwood</span>. Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by <span class="smcap">C. J. Staniland</span> and <span class="smcap">J. R. Wells</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>This story details the adventures of a lad who was found in his infancy on board a wreck, and is adopted by a fisherman. By a deed of true gallantry his whole destiny is changed, and, going to sea, he forms one of a party who, after being burned out of their ship in the South Pacific, and experiencing great hardship and suffering in their boats, are picked up by a pirate brig and taken to the "Pirate Island." After many thrilling adventures, they ultimately succeed in effecting their escape. The story depicts both the Christian and the manly virtues in such colours as will cause them to be admired&mdash;and therefore imitated.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"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."&mdash;<i>The Times.</i></p> <p>"The best of these books.... The events are described with minuteness and care. The result is a very amusing book."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> <p>"Told in the most vivid and graphic language. It would be difficult to find a more thoroughly delightful gift-book."&mdash;<i>The Guardian.</i></p> <p>"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."&mdash;<i>The Standard.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_25a" id="Page_25a">[25]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Stands far in advance of any other writer for boys as a teller of sea stories."&mdash;<i>Standard.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THE CONGO ROVERS:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Slave Squadron. By <span class="smcap">Harry Collingwood</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">J. Sch&ouml;nberg</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The scene of this tale is laid on the west coast of Africa, and in the lower reaches of the Congo; the characteristic scenery of the great river being delineated with wonderful accuracy and completeness of detail. The hero of the story&mdash;a midshipman on board one of the ships of the slave squadron&mdash;after being effectually laughed out of his boyish vanity, develops into a lad possessed of a large share of sound common sense, the exercise of which enables him to render much valuable service to his superior officers in unmasking a most daring and successful ruse on the part of the slavers.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Collingwood carries us off for another cruise at sea, in <i>The Congo Rovers</i>, and boys will need no pressing to join the daring crew, which seeks adventures and meets with any number of them."&mdash;<i>The Times.</i></p> <p>"We can heartily recommend <i>The Congo Rovers</i> as a book that boys will be sure to read throughout with pleasure, and with advantage, also, to their morals and their imaginations."&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY G. NORWAY.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THE LOSS OF JOHN HUMBLE:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>What Led to It, and what Came of It. By <span class="smcap">G. Norway</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">John Sch&ouml;nberg</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>John Humble, an orphan, is sent to sea with his Uncle Rolf, the captain of the <i>Erl King</i>, but in the course of certain adventures the boy is left behind at Portsmouth. He escapes to a Norwegian vessel, the <i>Thor</i>, which is driven from her course in a voyage to Hammerfest, and wrecked on a desolate shore. The survivors experience the miseries of a long sojourn in the Arctic circle, but ultimately, with the aid of some friendly but thievish Lapps, they succeed in making their way to a reindeer station and so southward to Tornea and home again.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Since the days when we read <i>Robinson Crusoe</i>, no book of its kind has delighted us more. It is just the gift for boys. 'Old Boys' will read it with pleasure."&mdash;<i>Schoolmaster.</i></p> <p>"This story will place the author at once in the front rank. It is full of life and adventure, and the interest is sustained without a break from first to last."&mdash;<i>Standard.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_26a" id="Page_26a">[26]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY SARAH TYTLER.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>GIRL NEIGHBOURS:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, The Old Fashion and the New. By <span class="smcap">Sarah Tytler</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">C. T. Garland</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>A story specially adapted for girls, told in that quaint delightful fashion which has made Miss Tytler's former books so popular and attractive. The characters of the Girl Neighbours Sapientia (Pie) Stubbs, and Harriet (Harry) Cotton, who may be said respectively to illustrate the old and the new fashioned method of education, are admirably delineated; and the introduction of the two young ladies from London, who represent the modern institutions of professional nursing and schools of cookery, is very happily effected. The story possesses abundant humour and piquant descriptions of character.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"One of the most effective and quietly humorous of Miss Tytler's stories. <i>Girl Neighbours</i> is a healthy comedy, not so much of errors as of prejudices got rid of, very healthy, very agreeable, and very well written."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> <p>"Girls will find it very interesting. The illustrations are very good; the frontispiece, especially, possesses a delicacy of execution not often met with in books of this class."&mdash;<i>School Guardian.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY ASCOTT R. HOPE.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THE WIGWAM AND THE WAR-PATH:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Stories of the Red Indians. By <span class="smcap">Ascott R. Hope</span>. With 8 full-page Pictures by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The interest taken by boys in stories of the North American Indians is probably as keen as ever. At all events the works of Fenimore Cooper and other writers about the red men and the wild hunters of the forests and prairies are still among the most popular of boys' books. "The Wigwam and the War-path" consists of stories of Red Indians which are none the less romantic for being true. They are taken from the actual records of those who have been made prisoners by the red men or have lived among them, joining in their expeditions and taking part in their semi-savage but often picturesque and adventurous life.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Hope's volume is notably good: it gives a very vivid picture of life among the Indians."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> <p>"So far, nothing can be better than Mr. Ascott Hope's choice of <i>The Wigwam and the War-path</i> as the name of a collection of all the most scalping stories, so to speak, of the North American Indians we have ever heard."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_27a" id="Page_27a">[27]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY F. FRANKFORT MOORE.</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>"In writing a spirited tale of adventure to delight the hearts of boys, Mr. Frankfort Moore shows himself a master."&mdash;<i>The Guardian.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>HIGHWAYS AND HIGH SEAS:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Cyril Harley's Adventures on Both. By <span class="smcap">F. Frankfort Moore</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Alfred Pearse</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>The story belongs to a period when highways meant post-chaises, coaches, and highwaymen, and when high seas meant post-captains, frigates, privateers, and smugglers; and the hero&mdash;a boy who has some remarkable experiences upon both&mdash;tells his story with no less humour than vividness. He shows incidentally how little real courage and romance there frequently was about the favourite law-breakers of fiction, but how they might give rise to the need of the highest courage in others and lead to romantic adventures of an exceedingly exciting kind. A certain piquancy is given to the story by a slight trace of nineteenth century malice in the picturing of eighteenth century life and manners.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"This is one of the best stories Mr. Moore has written, perhaps the very best. The exciting adventures among highwaymen and privateers are sure to attract boys."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> <p>"It is pleasant to come across such honest work as <i>Highways and High Seas</i>. The author breathes a vein of genuine humour, his Captain Chink being a real achievement in characterization, and as some of his incidents are veritably thrilling."&mdash;<i>Scots Observer.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>UNDER HATCHES:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, Ned Woodthorpe's Adventures. By <span class="smcap">F. Frankfort Moore</span>. With 8 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">A. Forestier</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;50.</p> </div> <p>In rescuing another lad from drowning, Ned Woodthorpe is compelled to take refuge in a light-ship, from which he is involuntarily transferred to an outward-bound convict-ship. After a series of exciting events, in which Bowkitt, an innocent convict, plays a brilliant part, the convicts and mutinous crew obtain the mastery under the leadership of a fanatical gold-seeker. The officers, Ned, and Bowkitt are set adrift in the cutter, and eventually land on a desert island, to which also the mutineers find their way. By the want of discipline of the latter, opportunity is afforded for the daring recapture of the ship, and Ned and his friends escape from the island.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Moore has never shown himself so thoroughly qualified to write books for boys as he has done in <i>Under Hatches</i>."&mdash;<i>The Academy.</i></p> <p>"A first-rate sea story, full of stirring incidents, and, from a literary point of view, far better written than the majority of boys' books."&mdash;<i>Pall Mall Gaz.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_28a" id="Page_28a">[28]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY ALICE CORKRAN.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>DOWN THE SNOW STAIRS:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or, From Good-night to Good-morning. By <span class="smcap">Alice Corkran</span>. With 60 character Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Square crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <p>This is a remarkable story: full of vivid fancy and quaint originality. In its most fantastic imaginings it carries with it a sense of reality, and derives a singular attraction from that combination of simplicity, originality, and subtle humour, which is so much appreciated by lively and thoughtful children. Children of a larger growth will also be deeply interested in Kitty's strange journey, and her wonderful experiences.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"A fascinating wonder-book for children."&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um.</i></p> <p>"Among all the Christmas volumes which the year has brought to our table this one stands out <i>facile princeps</i>&mdash;a gem of the first water, bearing upon every one of its pages the signet mark of genius.... All is told with such simplicity and perfect naturalness that the dream appears to be a solid reality. It is indeed a Little Pilgrim's Progress."&mdash;<i>Christian Leader.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>MARGERY MERTON'S GIRLHOOD:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">Alice Corkran</span>. With 6 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <p>The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father&mdash;an officer in India&mdash;to the care of an elderly aunt residing near Paris. The accounts of the various persons who have an after influence on the story, the school companions of Margery, the sisters of the Conventual College of Art, the professor, and the peasantry of Fontainebleau, are singularly vivid. There is a subtle attraction about the book which will make it a great favourite with thoughtful girls.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Another book for girls we can warmly commend. There is a delightful piquancy in the experiences and trials of a young English girl who studies painting in Paris."&mdash;<i>Saturday Review.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>MEG'S FRIEND.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">Alice Corkran</span>. With 6 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Robert Fowler</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <p>Meg, a child of unknown parentage, has been brought up by a woman who abuses the trust. She is removed to a ladies' school, passes successfully through the many troubles incident to so complete a change, and is ultimately taken into the house of a mysterious benefactor, who proves to be her grandfather. Her fine nature at length breaks down his coldness and apparent aversion to her; and after long separation she once more meets the friend of her neglected childhood.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Another of Miss Corkran's charming books for girls, narrated in that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one of the first amongst writers for young people."&mdash;<i>The Spectator.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_29a" id="Page_29a">[29]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY MARY C. ROWSELL.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>THORNDYKE MANOR:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of Jacobite Times. By <span class="smcap">Mary C. Rowsell</span>. With 6 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">L. Leslie Brooke</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <p>Thorndyke Manor is an old house, near the mouth of the Thames, which is convenient, on account of its secret vaults and situation, as the base of operations in a Jacobite conspiracy. In consequence its owner, a kindly, quiet, book-loving squire, who lives happily with his sister, bright Mistress Amoril, finds himself suddenly involved by a treacherous steward in the closest meshes of the plot. He is conveyed to the Tower, but all difficulties are ultimately overcome, and his innocence is triumphantly proved by his sister. The story, is an excellent representation of English life in the earlier part of the eighteenth century.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"The lifelike characters and agreeable style in which the tale is written will charm youthful readers."&mdash;<i>Leeds Mercury.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>TRAITOR OR PATRIOT?</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Rye-House Plot. By <span class="smcap">Mary C. Rowsell</span>. With 6 full-page Pictures. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"A romantic love episode, whose true characters are lifelike beings, not dry sticks as in many historical tales."&mdash;<i>Graphic.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BY CAROLINE AUSTIN.</h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3><br/><i>COUSIN GEOFFREY AND I.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">Caroline Austin</span>. With 6 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">W. Parkinson</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <p>The only daughter of a country gentleman finds herself unprovided for at her father's death, and for some time lives as a dependant. Life is kept from being entirely unbearable to her by her cousin Geoffrey, who at length meets with a serious accident for which she is held responsible. In despair she runs away, and makes a brave attempt to earn her own livelihood, and being a splendid rider, she succeeds in doing this, until the startling event which brings her cousin Geoffrey and herself together again.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"A powerfully written and realistic story of girl life ... The tone of the book is pure and good."&mdash;<i>Practical Teacher.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>HUGH HERBERT'S INHERITANCE.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">Caroline Austin</span>. With 6 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">C. T. Garland</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"A story that teaches patience as well as courage in fighting the battles of life."&mdash;<i>Daily Chronicle.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_30a" id="Page_30a">[30]</SPAN></span></p> <h3><br/><i>SIR WALTER'S WARD:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Crusades. By <span class="smcap">William Everard</span>. With 6 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Walter Paget</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"This book will prove a very acceptable present either to boys or girls. Both alike will take an interest in the career of Dodo, in spite of his unheroic name, and follow him through his exciting adventures."&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> <p>"With its gentle elevation, its large-hearted charity, its quiet satire of folly and baseness, the story is one to win the affection and charm the fancy not only of boys and maidens, but also of grown men and women."&mdash;<i>Brit. Weekly.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>THE SEARCH FOR THE TALISMAN:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of Labrador. By <span class="smcap">Henry Frith</span>. With 6 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">J. Sch&ouml;nberg</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Frith's volume will be among those most read and highest valued. The adventures among seals, whales, and icebergs in Labrador will delight many a young reader, and at the same time give him an opportunity to widen his knowledge of the Esquimaux, the heroes of many tales."&mdash;<i>Pall Mall Gazette.</i></p> <p>"A genial and rollicking tale. It is a regular boys' book, and a very cheery and wholesome one."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>STORIES OF OLD RENOWN:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Tales of Knights and Heroes. By <span class="smcap">Ascott R. Hope</span>. With 100 Illustrations from designs by <span class="smcap">Gordon Browne</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Mr. Ascott Hope's volume makes a really fascinating book, worthy of its telling title. There is, we venture to say, not a dull page in the book, not a story which will not bear a second reading."&mdash;<i>Guardian.</i></p> <p>"Ogier the Dane, Robert of Sicily, and other old-world heroes find their deeds embedded in beautiful type, and garnished with animated sketches by Gordon Browne. It is a charming gift-book."&mdash;<i>Land and Water.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>REEFER AND RIFLEMAN:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of the Two Services. By <span class="smcap">J. Percy-Groves</span>, late 27th Inniskillings. With 6 full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">John Sch&ouml;nberg</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1&middot;25.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"A good, old-fashioned, amphibious story of fighting with the Frenchmen in the beginning of our century, with a fair sprinkling of fun and frolic."&mdash;<i>Times.</i></p> <p>"The author writes with a picturesque dash which is fast bringing him to the front rank among the writers of boys' books."&mdash;<i>Daily News.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_31a" id="Page_31a">[31]</SPAN></span></p> <h3><br/><i>WHITE LILAC:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of Two Girls. By <span class="smcap">Amy Walton</span>, author of "Susan," "The Hawthorns," &amp;c. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1.</p> </div> <p>White Lilac proved a fortune to the relatives to whose charge she fell&mdash;a veritable good brownie, who brought luck wherever she went. The story of her life forms a most readable and admirable rustic idyl.</p> <h3><br/><i>MISS WILLOWBURN'S OFFER.</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>By <span class="smcap">Sarah Doudney</span>. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Patience Willowburn is one of Miss Doudney's best creations, and is the one personality in the story which can be said to give it the character of a book not for young ladies but for girls."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>HETTY GRAY:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or Nobody's Bairn. By <span class="smcap">Rosa Mulholland</span>. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"A charming story for young folks. Hetty is a delightful creature&mdash;piquant, tender, and true, and her varying fortunes are perfectly realistic."&mdash;<i>World.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>THE WAR OF THE AXE:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>Or Adventures in South Africa. By <span class="smcap">J. Percy-Groves</span>. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"The story of their final escape from the Caffres is a marvellous bit of writing.... The story is well and brilliantly told, and the illustrations are especially good and effective."&mdash;<i>Literary World.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>JACK O' LANTHORN:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Tale of Adventure. By <span class="smcap">Henry Frith</span>. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"<i>Jack o' Lanthorn</i> will hold its own with the best works of Mr. Henty and Mr. Manville Fenn."&mdash;<i>Morning Advertiser.</i></p> <p>"The narrative is crushed full of stirring incident, and is sure to be a prime favourite with our boys."&mdash;<i>Christian Leader.</i></p> </div> <h3><br/><i>BROTHERS IN ARMS:</i></h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>A Story of the Crusades. By <span class="smcap">F. Bayford Harrison</span>. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Full of striking incident, is very fairly illustrated, and may safely be chosen as sure to prove interesting to young people of both sexes."&mdash;<i>Guardian.</i></p> <p>"One of the best accounts of the Crusades it has been our privilege to read. The book cannot fail to interest boys."&mdash;<i>Schoolmistress.</i></p> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_32a" id="Page_32a">[32]</SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>BOOKS OF ADVENTURE FOR BOYS.</h2> <div class="center">Beautifully Illustrated, and bound in cloth elegant. Price $1 per volume.</div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <div class="blockquot"><p>STORIES OF THE SEA IN FORMER DAYS: Narratives of Wreck and Rescue.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Next to an original sea-tale of sustained interest come well-sketched collections of maritime peril and suffering which awaken the sympathies by the realism of fact. <i>Stories of the Sea</i> are a very good specimen of the kind."&mdash;<i>The Times.</i></p> </div> <p>TALES OF CAPTIVITY AND EXILE.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"It would be difficult to place in the hands of young people a book which combines interest and instruction in a higher degree."&mdash;<i>Manchester Courier.</i></p> </div> <p>FAMOUS DISCOVERIES BY SEA AND LAND.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Such a volume may providentially stir up some youths by the divine fire kindled by these 'great of old' to lay open other lands, and show their vast resources."&mdash;<i>Perthshire Advertiser.</i></p> </div> <p>STIRRING EVENTS OF HISTORY.</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"The volume will fairly hold its place among those which make the smaller ways of history pleasant and attractive. It is a gift-book in which the interest will not be exhausted with one reading."&mdash;<i>Guardian.</i></p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>ADVENTURES IN FIELD, FLOOD, AND FOREST. Stories of Danger and Daring.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"One of the series of books for young people which Messrs. Scribner excel in producing. The editor has beyond all question succeeded admirably. The present book cannot fail to be read with interest and advantage."&mdash;<i>Academy.</i></p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>THE STORIES OF WASA AND MENZIKOFF: The Deliverer of Sweden and the Favourite of Czar Peter.</p> </div> <div class="blockquot"><p>"Both are stories worth telling more than once, and it is a happy thought to have put them side by side. Plutarch himself has no more suggestive comparison."&mdash;<i>Spectator.</i></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <div class='center'> SCRIBNER &amp; WELFORD,<br/> 743 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.<br/></div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div class='tnote'><h3>Transcriber's Notes:</h3> <p>Obvious punctuation errors repaired.</p> <p>Varied hyphenation was retained in the following words:</p> <div class='center'> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="hyphenated words"> <tr><td align='left'>school-fellow&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align='left'>schoolfellow</td></tr> <tr><td align='left'>hair-breadth</td><td align='left'>hairbreadth</td></tr> <tr><td align='left'>no-how</td><td align='left'>nohow</td></tr> <tr><td align='left'>store-keepers</td><td align='left'>storekeepers</td></tr> <tr><td align='left'>wide-spread</td><td align='left'>widespread</td></tr> </table></div> <p>The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will <ins title="Transcriber's Note: original reads 'apprear'">appear</ins>.</p> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />