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=Afloat at Last:= A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea. By John C.
Hutcheson. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W.H. Overend.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, _3s. 6d._
Mr. Hutcheson's reputation for the realistic treatment of life at
sea will be fully sustained by the present volume--the narrative of
a boy's experiences on board ship during his first voyage. From the
stowing of the vessel in the Thames to her recovery from the Pratas
Reef on which she is stranded, everything is described with the
accuracy of perfect practical knowledge of ships and sailors; and
the incidents of the story range from the broad humours of the
fo'c's'le to the perils of flight from and fight with the pirates
of the China Seas. The captain, the mate, the Irish boatswain, the
Portuguese steward, and the Chinese cook, are fresh and
cleverly-drawn characters, and the reader throughout has the sense
that he is on a real voyage with living men.
=The White Squall:= A Story of the Sargasso Sea. By John C.
Hutcheson. With 6 full-page Illustrations by John
Schönberg. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, _3s. 6d._
"Few writers have made such rapid improvement in the course of a
few years as has the author of this capital story.... Boys will
find it difficult to lay down the book till they have got to the
end."--_Standard._
"The sketches of tropical life are so good as sometimes to remind
us of _Tom Cringle_ and the _Cruise of the Midge_."--_Times._
=The Wreck of the Nancy Bell:= Or Cast Away on Kerguelen Land. By
John C. Hutcheson. Illustrated by 6 full-page Pictures. Crown
8vo, cloth extra, _3s. 6d._
"A full circumstantial narrative such as boys delight in. The ship
so sadly destined to wreck on Kerguelen Land is manned by a very
lifelike party, passengers and crew. The life in the Antarctic
Iceland is well treated."--_Athenæum._
=Picked Up at Sea:= Or the Gold Miners of Minturne Creek. By John C.
Hutcheson. With 6 full-page Pictures. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, _3s.
6d._
"The author's success with this book is so marked that it may well
encourage him to further efforts. The description of mining life in
the Far-west is true and accurate."--_Standard._
=Sir Walter's Ward:= A Tale of the Crusades. By William
Everard. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Walter Paget.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, _3s. 6d._
"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 numerous and
exciting adventures."--_Academy._
=Stories Of Old Renown:= Tales of Knights and Heroes. By Ascott R.
Hope. With 100 Illustrations by Gordon Browne. New
Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, _3s. 6d._
"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."--_Guardian._