BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
NAT THE NATURALIST:
Or a Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas. By G. Manville Fenn, author of "The Golden Magnet," "In the King's Name," &c. Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by Gordon Browne in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.
This is a pleasant story of a lad who, though he is brought up in a strictly quiet fashion by an aunt, has a great desire to go abroad to seek specimens in natural history, and has that desire gratified by an uncle who comes home from distant lands, whence he brings a beautiful collection. The boy Nat and his uncle Dick go on a voyage to the remoter islands of the Eastern seas, and their adventures there are told in a truthful and vastly interesting fashion, which will at once attract and maintain the earnest attention of young readers. The descriptions of Mr. Ebony, their black comrade, and of the scenes of savage life, are full of genuine humour.
"Mr. Fenn has hit upon a capital idea. This is among the best of the boys' books of the season."—The Times.
"We can conceive of no more attractive present for a young naturalist."—Land and Water.
"This sort of book encourages independence of character, develops resource, and teaches a boy to keep his eyes open."—Saturday Review.
"The late Lord Palmerston used to say that one use of war was to teach geography: such books as this teach it in a more harmless and cheaper way."—Athenæum.
"One of the best issues, if not absolutely the best, of Defoe's work which has ever appeared."—The Standard.