Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon’s Retreat from Moscow. By G. A. Henty. With 8 Illustrations by W. H. Overend, and a Map. 5s.
“Julian, the hero of the story, early excites our admiration, and is altogether a fine character such as boys will delight in, whilst the story of the campaign is very graphically told.... Will, we think, prove one of the most popular boys’ books this season.”—St. James’s Gazette.
In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado. By G. A. Henty. Illustrated by G. C. Hindley. 5s.
“Few Christmas books will be more to the taste of the ingenuous boy than In the Heart of the Rockies.”—Athenæum.
“Mr. Henty is seen here at his best as an artist in lightning fiction.”—Academy.
One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo. By G. A. Henty. With 8 page Illustrations by W. H. Overend, and 2 Maps. 5s.
“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.