R. M. Ballantyne's Books for Boys.
Post 8vo, cloth extra. Each with finely coloured Frontispiece and Title Page. Price 2s. 6d. each.
Mr. J. M. Barrie says of "The Coral Island":—"For the authorship of that book I would joyously swop all mine. If there is a parent who has not given it to his son (or does not do so within eight days from now), he should at the least be turned out of his club. Many men, no doubt, become parents in order to give 'The Coral Island' to their son. Jack, Ralph, and Peterkin, I salute you, and hope you are all a fond memory recalls. Not since my schooldays have I met you, but I know what was in the pockets of the three of you the day you landed on that island better than I know the contents of my own to-day, and your wondrous cave is more to me than the Strand."
The Coral Island. A Tale of the Pacific.
"No boy could be expected to respect another boy who had not read Ballantyne's bewitching book 'The Coral Island.'"—Gavin Ogilvy, in The British Weekly.
The Young Fur-Traders; or, Snowflakes and Sunbeams from the Far North.
The World of Ice. Adventures in the Polar Regions.
The Gorilla Hunters. A Tale of the Wilds of Africa.
A sequel to "The Coral Island," and of as entrancing interest.
Martin Rattler. A Boy's Adventures in the Forests of Brazil.
"One of the best of this delightful and popular author's books."—Scotsman.
Ungava. A Tale of Esquimau Land.
"Any one who wants boys to believe that there is a better writer of boys' books than Mr. R. M. Ballantyne must shout very loud. 'Ungava' takes us to Esquimau land, and illustrates the phases of the fur-trader's life in the wild regions which surround Hudson Bay."—Sheffield Telegraph.
The Dog Crusoe and His Master. A Story of Adventure on the Western Prairies.
"All the tales bear the stamp of the master hand. Here we rove amid the wilds of the west, hunt the buffalo and the grizzly bear, are chased and captured by Indians, and make a clever escape."—Perthshire Courier.
Hudson Bay; or, Everyday Life in the Wilds of North America, during a Six Years' Residence in the Territories of the Hon. Hudson Bay Company. With Memoir of the Author and Portrait. Also Twenty-nine Illustrations drawn by Bayard and other Artists, from Sketches by the Author.
"The death of Mr. R. M. Ballantyne is the close of a long and busy and distinguished literary career. The news will have been received with regret by the many readers whom Mr. Ballantyne's books have stirred and stimulated and charmed. They were written avowedly for boys, but they have been caught up eagerly by readers of every age, old and young alike, and when once taken in hand have seldom been laid down again until the last page had been reached."—The Times.
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