"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 Ill.u.s.trations by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $150.
"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 ill.u.s.trated, and there is much reality in the characters."--_Athenaeum._
"If any father, G.o.dfather, 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._
_ORANGE AND GREEN:_
A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick. By G. A. HENTY.
With 8 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by GORDON BROWNE.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $150.
The history of Ireland has a.s.sumed 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--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.
"An extremely spirited story, based on the struggle in Ireland, rendered memorable by the defence of "Derry and the siege of Limerick."--_Sat.u.r.day Review._
"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 n.o.ble and useful member of society, whether he be a soldier or aught else."--_Practical Teacher._
"The narrative is free from the vice of prejudice, and ripples with life as vivacious as if what is being described were really pa.s.sing before the eye. . . . _Orange and Green_ should be in the hands of every young student of Irish history without delay."--_Morning News (Belfast)._
BY G. A. HENTY.
"Mr. Henty as a boys" story-teller stands in the very foremost rank."--_Glasgow Herald._
_THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN:_
Or, The Days of King Alfred. By G. A. HENTY. With 8 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by C. J. STANILAND, R.I.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $150.
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.
"Perhaps the best story of the early days of England which has yet been told."--_Court Journal._
"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."--_Scotsman._
_St.u.r.dY AND STRONG:_
Or, How George Andrews made his Way. By G. A.
HENTY. With 4 full-page Ill.u.s.trations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1.
"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."--_The Empire._
_TALES OF DARING AND DANGER._
By G. A. HENTY. With 2 full-page Ill.u.s.trations.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 75 cents.
"It would be hard to find better holiday reading for boys and girls."--_World._
_YARNS ON THE BEACH._
By G. A. HENTY. With 2 full-page Ill.u.s.trations.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 75 cents.
"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."--_Echo._
BY S. BARING-GOULD.
_GRETTIR THE OUTLAW:_
A Story of Iceland. By S. BARING-GOULD, author of "John Herring," "Mehalah," &c. With 10 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by M. ZENO DIEMER, and a Coloured Map. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $150.
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 superst.i.tions, their songs and stories, their bea.r.s.erk 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 bea.r.s.erks, 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.