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."--_Scotsman._
#BY G. A. HENTY.#
"Mr. Henty is one of the best of story-tellers for young
people."--_Spectator._
_A FINAL RECKONING:_
A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. By G. A. HENTY, With 8 full-page
Illustrations by W. B. WOLLEN. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5_s._
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, when the bush-rangers and the natives constituted a real and
formidable danger.
The hero, a young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood, emigrates to
Australia, where he gets employment as an officer in the mounted police.
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. In that
post he greatly distinguishes himself, and finally leaves the service and
settles down to the peaceful life of a squatter.
_ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND:_
A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. By G. A. HENTY. With 8 full-page
Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, 5_s._
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 _St. George for England_. 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.
"A story of very great interest for boys. In his own forcible
style the author has endeavoured to show that determination and
enthusiasm can accomplish marvellous results; that courage is
generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness, and that
it is the parent of nearly all the other virtues, since but few
of them can be practised without it."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
"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."--_Standard._
"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."--_Glasgow
Herald._
#BY G. A. HENTY.#
"Among writers of stories of adventure for boys Mr. Henty
stands in the very first rank."--_Academy._
_FOR NAME AND FAME:_
Or, Through Afghan Passes. By G. A. HENTY. With 8 full-page
Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, 5_s._
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.
"Mr. Henty's pen is never more effectively employed than when
he is describing incidents of warfare. The best feature of the
book--apart from the interest of its scenes of adventure--is
its honest effort to do justice to the patriotism of the Afghan
people."--_Daily News._
"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."--_Glasgow Herald._
_BY SHEER PLUCK:_
A Tale of the Ashanti War. By G. A. HENTY. With 8 full-page
Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, 5_s._
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.
"Mr. Henty keeps up his reputation as a writer of boys'
stories. 'By Sheer Pluck' will be eagerly read."--_Athenaeum._
"The book is one which will not only sustain, but add to Mr.
Henty's reputation."--_The Standard._
"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."--_Christian Leader._
#BY G. A. HENTY.#
"Mr. Henty's books are always welcome visitors in the home
circle."--_Daily News._
_FACING DEATH:_
Or the Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines. By G. A.
HENTY. With 8 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in
black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth, elegant, 5_s._
"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.
"The tale is well written and well illustrated, and there is
much reality in the characters."--_Athenaeum._
"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."--_Standard._
_YARNS ON THE BEACH._
By G. A. HENTY. With 2 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth
extra, 1_s._ 6_d._
"This little book should find special favour among boys. The
yarns are spun by old sailors, and while full of romance and
adventure, are admirably calculated to foster a manly
spirit."--_The Echo._
* * * * *
#BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.#
_IN THE KING'S NAME:_
Or the Cruise of the _Kestrel_. By G. MANVILLE FENN. Illustrated by
12 full-page Pictures by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6_s._
"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 _Kestrel_. 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.
"Mr. Fenn 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."--_Daily News._
"Told with the freshness and verve which characterize all Mr.
Fenn's writings and put him in the front rank of writers for
boys."--_Standard._
#BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.#
"Mr. Manville Fenn may be regarded as the successor in
boyhood's affections of Captain Mayne Reid."--_Academy._
_DEVON BOYS:_
A Tale of the North Shore. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With 12
full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo, cloth
elegant, olivine edges, 6_s._
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.
_BROWNSMITH'S BOY._
By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With 12 full-page Illustrations by GORDON
BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine
edges, 6_s._
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.
"'Brownsmith's Boy' excels all the numerous 'juvenile' books
that the present season has yet produced."--_Academy._
"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
'Brownsmith's Boy.' The story is a thoroughly manly and healthy
one."--_Pictorial World._
"'Brownsmith's Boy' 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."--_North British Mail._
"Is every way a charming book for young people. The author has
much of the inventiveness of the well-known French writer Jules
Verne; indeed, he is in the front rank of writers of stories
for boys. Parents especially ought to be very thankful to him
for providing their sons with so much wholesome and fascinating
amusement in the way of literature."--_Liverpool Mercury._
#BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.#
"There is a freshness, a buoyancy, a heartiness about Mr.
Fenn's writings."--_Standard._
_THE GOLDEN MAGNET:_
A Tale of the Land of the Incas. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 12
full-page Pictures by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown
8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6_s._
The tale is of a romantic lad, who leaves home to seek his fortune in
South America by endeavouring to discover some of that treasure which
legends declare was ages ago hidden to preserve it from the Spanish
invaders. He 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 English lad during the strange adventures which befall
them.
"Told with admirable force and strength. Few men other than Mr.
Fenn have the capacity for telling such stories as
this."--_Scotsman._
"There could be no more welcome present for a boy. There is not
a dull page, and many will be read with breathless
interest."--_Journal of Education._
_BUNYIP LAND:_
The Story of a Wild Journey in New Guinea. By G. MANVILLE FENN.
With 12 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6_s._
"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.
"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."--_Spectator._
"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."--_Daily Chronicle._
_A TERRIBLE COWARD._
By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 2 full-page Illustrations in black and
tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 1_s._ 6_d._
The tale of a lad who never bounced, bragged, or bullied. When the testing
time came, however, the "coward" was found to be the one who distanced all
by his cool unflinching English courage.
"Just such a tale as boys will delight to read, and as they are
certain to profit by."--_Aberdeen Journal._
#BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.#
"Mr. Fenn is in the front rank of writers of stories for
boys."--_Liverpool Mercury._
_YUSSUF THE GUIDE:_
Being the Strange Story of the Travels in Asia Minor of Burne the
Lawyer, Preston the Professor, and Lawrence the Sick. By G.
MANVILLE FENN. With 8 full-page Illustrations by JOHN
SCHOENBERG. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5_s._
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.
_MENHARDOC:_
A Story of Cornish Nets and Mines. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 8
full-page Illustrations by C. J. STANILAND, R.I., in black and
tint. Crown 8vo, cloth, elegant, 5_s._
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.
"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."--_Spectator._
"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."--_Scotsman._
#BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.#
"No one can find his way to the hearts of lads more readily
than Mr. Fenn."--_Nottingham Guardian._
_PATIENCE WINS:_
Or, War in the Works. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 8 full-page
Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, 5_s._
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.
"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."--_Saturday Review._
"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."--_Guardian._
"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."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
_NAT THE NATURALIST:_
A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas. By G. MANVILLE FENN.
Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by GORDON BROWNE, in black
and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5_s._
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.
"Mr. Manville Fenn has here hit upon a capital idea.... This is
among the best of the boys' books of the season."--_The Times._
"This sort of book encourages independence of character,
develops resource, and teaches a boy to keep his eyes
open."--_Saturday Review._
"We can conceive of no more attractive present for a young
naturalist."--_Land and Water._
"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."--_Athenaeum._
#BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.#
"Mr. G. A. Henty has found a formidable rival in Mr.
Collingwood."--_Academy._
_THE LOG OF THE "FLYING FISH:"_
A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure. By HARRY
COLLINGWOOD. With 12 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6_s._
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.
Professor Von Schalckenberg constructs a gigantic and wonderful ship,
appropriately named the _Flying Fish_, 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.
In common with all this author's stories, "The Log of the Flying Fish" is
thoroughly healthy and unexceptionable in tone, and may be unhesitatingly
placed in the hands of "our boys," who will enjoy in its perusal a
literary treat entirely after their own hearts.
_THE CONGO ROVERS:_
A Tale of the Slave Squadron. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 8
full-page Illustrations by J. SCHOENBERG, in black and tint.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 5_s._
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--a midshipman on board one of the ships of the slave
squadron--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.
"Mr. Collingwood carries us off for another cruise at sea, in
'The Congo Rovers,' and boys will need no pressing to join the
daring crew, which seeks adventures and meets with any number
of them in the forests and pestilential fogs of the
Congo."--_The Times._
"We can heartily recommend it as one that boys will be sure to
read throughout with pleasure, and with advantage, also, to
their morals and their imaginations."--_Academy._
"No better sea story has lately been written than the _Congo
Rovers_. It is as original as any boy could desire."--_Morning
Post._
#BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.#
"Mr. Collingwood has established his reputation as a first-rate
writer of sea-stories."--_Scotsman._
_THE PIRATE ISLAND:_
A Story of the South Pacific. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. Illustrated by
8 full-page Pictures by C. J. STANILAND and J. R. WELLS, in
black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5_s._
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--and therefore imitated.
"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."--_The Times._
"The best of these books.... The events are described with
minuteness and care. The result is a very amusing
book."--_Saturday Review._
"Told in the most vivid and graphic language. It would be
difficult to find a more thoroughly delightful
gift-book."--_The Guardian._
"One of the very best books for boys that we have seen for a
long time: its author is thoroughly at home in maritime
matters, and stands far in advance of any other writer for boys
as a teller of stories of the sea."--_The Standard._
"There is enough to make any boy dream of all that is strange
and wild. But bravery and gentleness and helpfulness are shown
in all their beauty; and so we should like as many boys as
possible to read the story and admire the daring
deeds."--_Christian Leader._
#BY DOUGLAS FRAZAR.#
_PERSEVERANCE ISLAND:_
Or the Robinson Crusoe of the 19th Century. By DOUGLAS FRAZAR. With
12 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5_s._
This story shows the limitless ingenuity and invention of man, and
portrays the works and achievements of a castaway, who, thrown ashore
almost literally naked upon a desert isle, is able, by the use of his
brains, the skill of his hands, and a practical knowledge of the common
arts and sciences, to far surpass the achievements of all his
predecessors, and to surround himself with implements of power utterly
beyond the reach of the original Robinson Crusoe.
"One of the best issues, if not absolutely the best, of Defoe's
work which has ever appeared."--_The Standard._
_THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF
ROBINSON CRUSOE._
BY DANIEL DEFOE.
Beautifully Printed, and Illustrated by above 100 Pictures
Designed by Gordon Browne.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6_s._
[Illustration]
There have been countless editions of _Robinson Crusoe_, and they have
mostly been imperfect, inasmuch as they have been so largely altered from
the original text that the language in many instances has not been that of
Defoe but of his revisers. The present volume has been carefully printed
from the original edition, and all obsolete or little-known terms and
obscure phrases are explained in brief foot-notes. The "Editing" is not a
corruption or pretended improvement of Defoe's great work.