BY DR. GORDON STABLES.
Westward With Columbus. By Gordon Stables, m.d., c.m. With 8 page Illustrations by Alfred Pearse. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.
The hero of this story is Columbus himself; and a very picturesque, noble, and enchanting hero he makes. His career is traced from boyhood onwards, but the narrative deals chiefly with the great naval venture which Columbus conducted across the Atlantic, and which resulted in the discovery of the American continent. There were many dangers which threatened to wreck this momentous enterprise, but these were all overcome by this indomitable man, and his efforts were at last crowned with success. It is a splendid story, possessing all the value of truth, with all the charm of the most daring romance.
'Twixt School and College: A Tale of Self-reliance. By Gordon Stables, c.m., m.d., r.n. With 8 page Illustrations by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.
"One of the best of a prolific writer's books for boys, being full of practical instructions as to keeping pets, from white mice upwards, and inculcates in a way which a little recalls Miss Edgeworth's 'Frank' the virtue of self-reliance, though the local colouring of the home of the Aberdeenshire boy is a good deal more picturesque."—Athenæum.
BY FRANCES ARMSTRONG.
A Fair Claimant: Being a Story for Girls. By Frances Armstrong. With 8 page Illustrations by Gertrude D. Hammond. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.
The heroine of this story is found, when a child, in the attic of a lodging-house in Chelsea. Her mother has unaccountably disappeared, and her parentage remains a mystery. She is adopted by a wealthy lady, and resides abroad until the death of her benefactress. Thereafter, Olive Bethune comes to England as a governess, and it is then that she begins to learn her own strange history. It is a tale of surprising vicissitude, which is slowly unravelled with happy skill, but in the end all the wrongs are pleasantly righted. The interest of this narrative never for a moment flags, because the character of the heroine is as fascinating as the mystery of her birth.