among the great scouting stories, brings out the romantic side of the
fight for Canada. Rob Somers, son of an English settler in New York
State, sets out with Lone Pete, a trapper, in pursuit of an Indian
raiding party which has destroyed his home and carried off his younger
brother. He is captured and taken to Quebec, where he finds his brother
in strange circumstances, and escapes in dead of winter, in company with
a little band of New Englanders. They are pursued over snow and ice,
and in a log-hut beside Lake Champlain maintain a desperate struggle
against a large force of French, Indians, and half-breeds, ultimately
reaching Fort Edward in safety.
"If there had ever been the least doubt as to Mr. Strang's pre-eminence
as a writer of boys' books, it would be very effectually banished by
this work of his."--_Glasgow Herald_.
Palm Tree Island: A Romance of the South Seas. Illustrated by ARCHIBALD
WEBB and ALAN WRIGHT.
In this story two boys are left on a volcanic island in the South Seas,
destitute of everything but their clothes. The story relates how they
provided themselves with food and shelter, with tools and weapons; how
they fought with wild dogs and sea monsters; and how, when they have
settled down to a comfortable life under the shadow of the volcano,
their peace is disturbed by the advent of savages and a crew of mutinous
Englishmen. The savages are driven away; the mutineers are subdued
through the boys' ingenuity; and they ultimately sail away in a vessel
of their own construction. In no other book has the author more
admirably blended amusement with instruction.
"Written so well that there is not a dull page in the book."--_The
World_.
"A capital story for boys, thoroughly healthy in tone, providing plenty
of adventure and a quantum of the marvellous to satisfy the most
exacting of our young bloods."--_Schoolmaster_.
Settlers and Scouts: A Story of Pioneering in East Africa. Illustrated
by T. C. DUGDALE.
The scene of this story is laid in the Highlands of British East Africa,
and the book gives a vivid and accurately-drawn picture of the dangers
and hardships that even in these days await the pioneer in the more
remote parts of the British Empire. It also furnishes a good deal of
information respecting the country and the people amid which the story
moves. An Englishman and his son emigrate thither and settle down as
farmers and stock-raisers; and the difficulties they encounter, first
through the depredations of wild beasts, and afterwards owing to the
hostility of an Arab chief and his followers engaged in the ivory trade,
prove in the highest degree their courage and resource.
"Mr. Strang, as behoves such a favourite as he, provides plenty of
adventure and excitement, but he gives much practical information as
well, and his books may be recommended to any reader who wishes to learn
what chance there is for a white settler in Uganda or to study the state
of affairs at the Congo."--_Daily Mail_.
Boys of the Light Brigade: A Story of the Peninsular War. Illustrated
by W. RAINEY.
This book opens in the streets of Salamanca with Lieutenant Jack Lumsden
of the 95th Rifles endeavouring to keep the peace between some of his
own Riflemen and the Spaniards. His harangue in fluent Spanish is
overheard by Sir John Moore, who recognises in the young officer just
the man he wants for his purpose, and sends him off upon a mission of
some delicacy. Thence onward, Lumsden's adventures are interwoven with
the history of Moore's gallant army in the Peninsula, culminating in the
great retreat and the Battle of Corunna.
"Of all the qualities that go to make up a perfect boys' book we know of
none that is wanting in 'Boys of the Light Brigade,'"--_Glasgow Herald_.
Kobo: A Story of the Far East. Illustrated by W. RAINEY.
This book recounts the adventures of a young British engineer during the
opening phases of the Russo-Japanese War. Bob Fawcett is sent to the
Far East on behalf of his firm, which has supplied range-finding
instruments to the Japanese Navy. His arrival coinciding with the
outbreak of war leads, by a natural sequence of events, to his being an
eye-witness of the first great sea fights by which Japan revealed
herself to the world as a first-rate naval power; and the grim struggle
between East and West is an ever-present background to the stirring
story of his subsequent adventures amongst Cossacks and Manchu brigands,
and of his friendship with Kobo, an officer of the Japanese Secret
Service.
"An excellent story, such as one might expect to have from the author of
that capital book, 'Tom Burnaby.' 'With a Japanese duty comes
inexorably first.' This, indeed, is the keynote of the whole story.
This principle of action dominates Bob's friend, and it dominates the
story."--_Spectator_.
"The book is capital: full of life and vigour and local colour.... Mr.
Strang has intimate personal knowledge of the countries of which he
writes, which, no doubt, accounts for much of the _vraisemblance_ of his
story."--_Guardian_.
Jack Brown in China: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War. (Originally
published under the title of "Brown of Moukden.") Illustrated by W.
RAINEY.
This book describes the adventures of a young Englishman in Manchuria
during the latter stages of the Russo-Japanese War. Mr. Brown, senior,
a merchant of Moukden, is wrongly convicted by the Russian authorities
of giving information to the Japanese, and is deported from the city.
Jack does not know where his father has been sent, but he goes through
some desperate adventures in his attempts to find out, and to get his
wrongs redressed. At one time he is in imminent danger of being
beheaded as a "foreign devil" in an outlying village, but is delivered
in the nick of time by a band of brigands; and he has more than a
passing glimpse of actual warfare. There is humour as well as excitement
in the book, and some of Mr. Strang's orientals are very entertaining
characters.
"The equal of anything we know of in the whole range of juvenile
fiction.... The book will hold boy readers spellbound."--_Church
Times_.
Samba: A Story of the Congo. Illustrated by W. RAINEY.
The scene of this story is laid in the Congo Free State, where a young
Englishman and his uncle, while prospecting for gold, are brought into
violent contact with the Belgians who are working the rubber
concessions. Moved to indignation by the sight of the barbarous methods
employed to extort rubber from the natives, the hero openly champions
the cause of the oppressed; he gathers about him a small force, to which
he imparts a measure of military discipline, and with it administers a
sharp lesson to the slave-drivers. He restores the confidence of the
natives in the White Man; to them he is Lokolobolo, a great chief, and a
harbinger of brighter days.
"It was an excellent idea on the part of Mr. Herbert Strang to write a
story about the treatment of the natives in the Congo Free State.... Mr.
Strang has a big following among English boys, and anything he chooses
to write is sure to receive their appreciative attention."--_Standard_.
"Mr. Herbert Strang has written not a few admirable books for boys, but
none likely to make a more profound impression than his new story of
this year."--_Scotsman_.
The Adventures of Dick Trevanion: A Story of 1804. Illustrated by W.
RAINEY.
This is a romance of the early years of the nineteenth century. In it
the old smuggling days are made to live again, and reverberations are
heard of the war with Napoleon. The Trevanions are a Cornish family,
whose fortunes have fallen low through the working out of their tin
mines, and the scheming of a relative who bears a grudge against the
head of the house. Dick, after many exciting events in which he is
involved with smugglers and French privateers, makes a happy discovery,
through which the prosperity of his family is restored.
"Mr. Herbert Strang has been well called the 'Twentieth-Century
Marryat.' His many books stand high up on the list of boys' favourites.
and among his new books for this year none is likely to be more welcome
than 'The Adventures of Dick Trevanion.' The story is dated in the
early years of the nineteenth century, and Dick's adventures on land and
sea are so vividly depicted by Mr. Strang that it would not be
surprising to find the book in the hands of older readers with a taste
for adventure."--_Gentlewoman_.
With Drake on the Spanish Main: Illustrated by ARCHIBALD WEBB.
A rousing story of adventure by sea and land. The hero, Dennis
Hazelrig, is cast ashore on an island in the Spanish Main, the sole
survivor of a band of adventurers from Plymouth. He lives for some time
with no companion but a spider monkey, but by a series of remarkable
incidents he gathers about him a numerous band of escaped slaves and
prisoners, English, French and native; captures a Spanish fort; fights a
Spanish galleon; meets Francis Drake, and accompanies him in his famous
adventures on the Isthmus of Panama; and finally reaches England the
possessor of much treasure.
"Mr. Herbert Strang bids fair to become to the present what the late G.
A. Henty was to the past generation of young folk; in fact, his stirring
romances, though, like Henty's, worked up on a sound historical basis,
are far better written."--_The Lady_.
"Another of Mr. Herbert Strang's masterful stories of adventure and
romance."--_School Guardian_.
The Air Patrol: A Story of the North-West Frontier. Illustrated by CYRUS
CUNEO.
In this book Mr. Strang looks ahead to a time when there is a great
Mongolian Empire whose army sweeps down on to the North-West Frontier of
India. His two heroes luckily have an aeroplane, and with the help of a
few Pathan miners, they hold a pass in the Hindu Kush against a swarm of
Mongols, long enough to prevent the cutting of the communications of the
Indian army operating in Afghanistan.
"An exceptionally good book, written moreover in excellent
style."--_Times_.
"The 'Air Patrol' is really a masterpiece."--_Morning Post_.
Barclay of the Guides: A Story of the Indian Mutiny. Illustrated in
Colour by W. KOEKKOEK. With Maps.
Of all our native Indian regiments the Guides have probably the most
glorious traditions. They were among the few who remained true to their
salt during the trying days of the great Mutiny, vying in gallantry and
devotion with our best British regiments. The story tells how James
Barclay, after a strange career in Afghanistan, becomes associated with
this famous regiment, and, though young in years, bears a man's part in
the great march to Delhi, the capture of the royal city, and the
suppression of the Mutiny.
"Mr. Strang has been truly described as 'a born teacher of history,' and
this story of the Indian Mutiny is an additional proof of the truth of
the observation."--_Schoolmistress_.
_Complete List of Stories for Boys by_
HERBERT STRANG
ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION, THE
ADVENTURES OF HARRY ROCHESTER, THE
A GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS
A HERO OF LIEGE
AIR PATROL, THE
AIR SCOUT, THE
BARCLAY OF THE GUIDES
BLUE RAIDER, THE
BOYS OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
BRIGHT IDEAS
BURTON OF THE FLYING CORPS
CARRY ON
CRUISE OF THE GYRO-CAR, THE
FIGHTING WITH FRENCH
FLYING BOAT, THE
FRANK FORESTER
HEIR OF A HUNDRED KINGS, THE
HUMPHREY BOLD
JACK BROWN IN CHINA
JACK HARDY
KING OF THE AIR
KOBO
LONG TRAIL, THE
LORD OF THE SEAS
MOTOR SCOUT, THE
NO MAN'S ISLAND
OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN, THE
ONE OF CLIVE'S HEROES
PALM TREE ISLAND
ROB THE RANGER
ROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN DAYS
SAMBA
SETTLERS AND SCOUTS
SULTAN JIM
SWIFT AND SURE
THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR, A
THROUGH THE ENEMY'S LINES
TOM BURNABY
TOM WILLOUGHBY'S SCOUTS
TRUE AS STEEL
WINNING HIS NAME
WITH DRAKE ON THE SPANISH MAIN
WITH HAIG ON THE SOMME
YOUNG JACK