_In large square crown 8vo, cloth gilt._
A New Series of Large Books, well illustrated and suitably bound. The
volumes were specially selected for use as Prizes for Boys, and consist
of healthy, stirring Tales of Adventure on both Sea and Land such as they
know how to appreciate.
LAND BATTLES, from Hastings to the Recent Battles in the Soudan. By L.
VALENTINE. New Edition. With Original Illustrations.
Brief sketches of our most famous land battles.
DARING DEEDS, and Tales of Peril and Adventure. By SKIPP BORLASE. New
Edition. With Original Illustrations.
“One of the most exciting books of adventure ever
published.”—_Manchester Guardian._
FROM LOG CABIN TO WHITE HOUSE: A Narrative of the Life of President
Garfield. By W. M. THAYER.
TRUE STORIES OF BRAVE DEEDS. Edited by Rev. G. T. HOARE. With Original
Illustrations.
“Some noble examples of manly courage, which are so profitably
studied by the young, are here depicted.”
SEA FIGHTS, from Sluys to the Bombardment of Alexandria. By Mrs.
VALENTINE. With Original Illustrations.
“Stories and descriptions of the most interesting sea fights of
the British Navy, designed to give some idea of the great and
glorious records of our country’s sea, empire.”
TALES OF OLD OCEAN. By Lieut. C. R. LOW. With Original Illustrations.
“Stirring tales of life at sea.”
MEN OF NOTE. Their Boyhood and School-days. By ERNEST FOSTER. With
Original Illustrations.
“A most interesting account of the early days of a few of the
great men of the present and past century.”
RALPH LUTTRELL’S FORTUNES. By R. ST. JOHN CORBET. With Original
Illustrations.
“A story showing how much may be achieved by honesty and
perseverance.”—_Chronicle._
A PLUNGE INTO SPACE: A Trip to Mars. By ROBERT CROMIE. With Original
Illustrations.
“This story is undeniably clever. The imagination is brilliant,
the scientific details are skilfully worked in, the dialogues
and descriptions are lively and interesting, and the pictures
of Martian life and scenery are remarkable.”—_Times._
MARTIN NOBLE; or, A Boy’s Experience of London Life. By JOHN G. WATTS.
With Original Illustrations by GUNSTON.
“Martin is simply a frank, manly lad, who does his best under
all difficulties, and he secures the reader’s sympathy from the
first. It is a brisk, cheerful story well told.”—_Pall Mall
Gazette._
THE WARS OF THE ROSES; or, York and Lancaster. By JOHN G. EDGAR, Author
of “Sea Kings and Naval Heroes.” With Original Illustrations.
“A book written to attract the English boys of to-day to a
remarkable epoch in the history of their country.”
THE BOY’S BOOK OF HEROES. By HELENA PEAKE. With Illustrations.
“An interesting record of the heroes of other days.”
Price 2s. each.