Historical Stories for Boys
New historical stories are published in great numbers every year. The most popular author of this kind of book for boys is Mr. G. A. Henty, among whose very numerous historical tales, all good, are—
At Aboukir and Acre.
At Agincourt.
Bonnie Prince Charlie.
By Right of Conquest.
The Dash for Khartoum.
In the Reign of Terror.
With Moore at Corunna.
The Lion of St. Mark.
Maori and Settler.
St. Bartholomew's Eve.
Under Drake's Flag.
With Clive in India.
With Frederick the Great.
With Lee in Virginia.
By Rev. A. J. Church—
The Chantry Priest of Barnet.
The Count of the Saxon Shore.
Stories from English History.
With the King at Oxford.
Other historical tales:—
| Stories from Froissart | By | Henry Newbolt. |
| The Scottish Chiefs | " | Jane Porter. |
| The Children of the New Forest | " | Captain Marryat. |
| A Monk of Fife | " | Andrew Lang. |
| Grettir the Outlaw | " | Baring Gould. |
| The Story of Burnt Njal | " | Sir George Dasent. |
| Lorna Doone | " | R. D. Blackmore. |
| In Old Egypt | " | H. P. Mendes. |
| An Island Story | " | H. E. Marshall. |
| Scotland's Story | " | " |
The Black Arrow.
Kidnapped.
David Balfour.
By Charles Kingsley—
Hereward the Wake.
Westward Ho!
By Conan Doyle—
Micah Clarke
The White Company.
The Refugees.
By Stanley J. Weyman—
The House of the Wolf.
Under the Red Robe.
The Man in Black.
A Gentleman of France.
By Mr. Andrew Balfour—
By Stroke of Sword.
To Arms!
By Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc.
There are also historical stories more particularly intended by their authors for grown-up readers, but which boys and girls can, however, find quite interesting enough, even if much has to be skipped. First among these are Sir Walter Scott's novels:—
Ivanhoe.
Kenilworth.
Woodstock.
Quentin Durward.
Rob Roy.
The Abbott.
The Monastery.
The Talisman.
Other writers and books follow. By Alexandre Dumas—
The Three Musketeers.
Twenty Years After.
The Vicomte de Brageleonne.
Marguerite de Valois.
Chicot the Jester.
The Forty-five Guardsmen.
Barnaby Rudge.
A Tale of Two Cities.
By Lord Lytton—
Rienzi.
Harold.
The Last of the Barons.
The Last Days of Pompeii.