A TERRIBLE COWARD.
By G. Manville Fenn. With 2 full-page Illustrations in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 1s. 6d.
The tale of a lad who never bounced, bragged, or bullied, and who, from his unwillingness to risk his life in foolhardy tricks and dangerous frolics, won for himself the distinction in the Cornish village where he lived of being called a "terrible coward." When the time came, however, that put the most venturesome to the test, the coward was found to be the one who went to the front, and distanced all by his cool unflinching English courage.
BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
"No one can find his way to the hearts of lads more readily than Mr. Fenn."—Nottingham Guardian.
PATIENCE WINS:
Or, War in the Works. By G. Manville Fenn. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.
This is a graphic narrative of factory life in the Black country. The hero, Cob, and his three uncles, engineers, machinists, and inventors, go down to Arrowfield to set up "a works." They find, however, that the workmen, through prejudice and ignorance, are determined to have no new-fangled machinery. But Cob and his uncles are of the genuine kind that never know defeat, and war is declared. The workmen attack and the masters defend the works by night and by day, in spite of which the machinery is destroyed, the workshops almost blown up, and endless attempts made to do injury. After a series of narrow escapes and stirring encounters, in which both sides get worsted in turn, the workmen by degrees find that no malice is borne against them, and at last admiration takes the place of hatred. A great business is built up, and its foundation is laid on the good-will of the men.
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