"Written with Homeric vigour and heroic inspiration. It is graphic, picturesque, and dramatically effective ... shows us Mr. Henty at his best and brightest. The adventures will hold a boy of a winter's night enthralled as he rushes through them with breathless interest 'from cover to cover'."—Observer.
Facing Death: or, The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines. By G. A. Henty. With 8 page Pictures by Gordon Browne. 5s.
"If any father, godfather, clergyman, or schoolmaster is on the look-out for a good book to give as a present to a boy who is worth his salt, this is the book we would recommend."—Standard.
BY G. A. HENTY.
"Ask for Henty, and see that you get him."—Punch.
In crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges.
The Cat of Bubastes: A Story of Ancient Egypt. By G. A. Henty. Illustrated by J. R. Weguelin. 5s.
"The story, from the critical moment of the killing of the sacred cat to the perilous exodus into Asia with which it closes, is very skilfully constructed and full of exciting adventures. It is admirably illustrated."—Saturday Review.
Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War. By G. A. Henty. With 8 page Illustrations by Alfred Pearse. 5s.