A Tale of Weston School. By Lewis Hough. With 6 full-page Pictures in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
A story of school life which will be read with genuine interest, especially as it exposes some of the dangers which may beset lads who are ill instructed at home or have been thrown among unscrupulous companions. The descriptions of the characters of the boys at Dr. Jolliffe's are vivid and truthful. The narrative throughout is bright, easy, and lighted by touches of humour.
"Young people who appreciate 'Tom Brown's School-days' will find this story a worthy companion to that fascinating book. There is the same manliness of tone, truthfulness of outline, avoidance of exaggeration and caricature, and healthy morality as characterized the masterpiece of Mr. Hughes."—Newcastle Journal.
BY JOHN C. HUTCHESON.
"Mr. Hutcheson bids fair to take a prominent place among our best writers of boys' books."—The Academy.
THE WRECK OF THE NANCY BELL;
Or, Cast Away on Kerguelen Land, By John C. Hutcheson. Illustrated by 6 full-page Pictures in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
This is a book after a boy's own heart. The story narrates the eventful voyage of a vessel on her way from the port of London to New Zealand, and the haps and mishaps that befell her, culminating in the wreck of the ill-fated Nancy Bell on Kerguelen Land. There is no lack of incident. From the opening chapter, with the cowardly steward's alarm of "a ghost in the cabin" to the end of the story, which details the rescue of the shipwrecked passengers, one engrossing narrative holds the attention of the reader, until he reaches the final page.
"A full circumstantial narrative such as boys delight in. The ship so sadly destined to wreck on Kerguelen Land is manned by a very life-like party, passengers and crew. The life in the Antarctic Iceland is well treated."—Athenæum.