NEW ILl.u.s.tRATED BOOKS FOR BOYS.

The Orchid Seekers. A Story of Adventure in Borneo. By Ashmore Russan and Fredk. Boyle. With Sixteen Original Ill.u.s.trations by Alfred Pea.r.s.e and M.F. Hartley. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, price 5s.

"Boys will be grateful to the joint authors.... No reader can complain of lack of interest or sensation in the narrative...."--_Daily Telegraph._

"A capital story of adventure, such as would delight most boys, and gratify many of their elders.... Written with great spirit. The authors are to be congratulated on producing a story full of thrilling incident without violating probabilities."--_Sat.u.r.day Review._

The Riders; or, Through Forest and Savannah with the "Red c.o.c.kades."

By Ashmore Russan and Fredk. Boyle. With Twenty-six Original Ill.u.s.trations by Alfred Pea.r.s.e. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, price 5s.

"Most daring and attractive story of travel, peril, and adventure. The book is of higher literary cla.s.s than many of its rivals, and as a present for a youth of mature age cannot well be beaten."--_Daily Telegraph._

Young Tom Bowling. A Story of the Boys of the British Navy. By J.C.

Hutcheson. Fully Ill.u.s.trated by J.B. Greene. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, price 5s.

"It is a spirited and adventurous tale about several brave boys of the British Navy, who, besides getting through a mult.i.tude of monkey tricks aboard a man-of-war, see some 'sarvice' in administering to the Arab slave-traders that correction which these inhuman monsters so richly deserve. The book has a number of excellent pictures."--_Scotsman._

"As a sea-yarn, with plenty of rollicking fun, exciting adventure, and play of varied character, it should commend itself to all boy-readers.

Mr. Hutcheson has skilfully contrived to give as a background to the story a very true and vivid and convincing description of the duties, occupations, and routine work of the boys of the British Navy, and it is this element in the book which gives it an importance beyond that of a mere story of adventure."--_Daily Mail._

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The Boys of Fairmead. By M.C. Rowsell. With Original Ill.u.s.trations by Chris Hammond. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bev. boards, price 3s. 6d.

"It is always a pleasure to take up a book by Miss Rowsell, whether she writes for juveniles or adults, whether her pen be employed in history, biography, or fiction, she invariably shows the cultured mind and the polished diction of the writer, thinker and gentlewoman. This book has adventure, and it has to a marked degree humour. Essentially a book for boys, their elders will read it with pleasure."--_Public Opinion._

The Fortunes of Claude. By Edgar Pickering. Ill.u.s.trated by Lancelot Speed. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, price 3s. 6d.

This volume narrates the adventures of Claude, a nameless orphan, who finds not only his name, but fortune and relations, whilst serving in the army of "Bonnie Prince Charlie." He takes part in the battle of Culloden, his escape therefrom and subsequent adventures will be read with breathless interest by every boy who is the fortunate possessor of this book. The ill.u.s.trations by Mr. Speed add much to the interest of the story.

A Chase Round the World. By Robert Overton. Ill.u.s.trated by A. Monro. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, price 3s. 6d.

The boy hero in this tale is occupied throughout in an honourable endeavour to clear his father's name from the shadow of suspicion which rests upon it, and to recover a stolen treasure. How he succeeds in his quest, which carries him round the world and leads to many strange adventures we leave to the readers of the story to find out.

Suffice it to say that the plot is admirably worked out, and there is not a dull page from cover to cover.

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NEW ILl.u.s.tRATED BOOKS FOR BOYS.

In Quest of Sheba's Treasure. A Perilous Adventure by Sea and Land. By S. Walkey. Ill.u.s.trated by G. Hutchinson. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, price 3s. 6d.

"A rousing book of adventure is 'In Quest of Sheba's Treasure,' by S.

Walkey, a tale of the days of Nelson (of whom, however, we get but a glimpse) and of some bold Devon lads who went off to the Bedouin desert in quest of the treasure of the Queen of Sheba, to which they had obtained a clue. And after many perils and breathless escapes they find it."--_Glasgow Herald._

Lost in African Jungles. By Frederick Whishaw. With Four Original Ill.u.s.trations by J.B. Greene. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, price 3s. 6d.

"'Lost in African Jungles' transports us by the magic wand of Fred.

Whishaw to the other side of the world, where plenty of perils from men and beasts abound. Apart from being an excellent entertainment in itself, the book will serve to ill.u.s.trate the difficulties encountered by British Colonists in the conquest of Lobengula."--_Birmingham Gazette._

The Fur Traders of the West; or, Adventures among the Redskins. By E.R.

Suffling. With numerous Ill.u.s.trations by Andriolli and Lancelot Speed.

In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, price 3s. 6d.

"The perilous but successful career of the Cornish family who settled in the wild Oregon country to trade for skins with the Indians is depicted with unflagging spirit, and much varied information is skilfully mingled with the incidents of the story."--_Manchester Guardian._

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Mona St. Claire. By Annie E. Armstrong. With Six Ill.u.s.trations by G.D.

Hammond, R.I. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, price 3s. 6d.

"One is always glad to welcome literature thoroughly pure in its tone, and such as youth can read with enjoyment. This is happily the case with the present volume, which contains within its dainty covers a wholesome and withal a stirring story."--_Lloyd's News._

My Ladies Three. By Annie E. Armstrong. With Six Ill.u.s.trations by G.D.

Hammond, R.I. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, price 3s. 6d.

"This is a pretty gentle tale of a young girl's romance in the days which we connect with memories of Queen Anne, of Johnson and Goldsmith, of gold-laced waistcoats and three-cornered hats. The story is charming in its detail, for its fresh dainty picturing of the old-fashioned country life and of the ways and manners of the country gentlefolk of a by-gone time."--_School Board Chronicle._

My Friend Anne. By Jessie Armstrong. With Six Ill.u.s.trations by G.D.

Hammond, R.I. In large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled boards, price 3s. 6d.

A well-written tale of the days of Anne Boleyn, and the court of Henry VIII., where for the most part the scene is laid, is depicted with accuracy, and yet at the same time with an interest which cannot fail to please the most critical of readers.

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