“A story that may justly be styled remarkable. Boys, in reading it, will be surprised to find how Alfred persevered, through years of bloodshed and times of peace, to rescue his people from the thraldom of the Danes. We hope the book will soon be widely known in all our schools.”—Schoolmaster.
A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. By G. A. Henty. Illustrated by W. B. Wollen. 5s.
“All boys will read this story with eager and unflagging interest. The episodes are in Mr. Henty’s very best vein—graphic, exciting, realistic; and, as in all Mr. Henty’s books, the tendency is to the formation of an honourable, manly, and even heroic character.”—Birmingham Post.
The Young Colonists: A Tale of the Zulu and Boer Wars. By G. A. Henty. With 6 Illustrations by Simon H. Vedder. 3s. 6d.
“Fiction and history are so happily blended that the record of facts quicken the imagination. No boy can read this book without learning a great deal of South African history at its most critical period.”—Standard.
A Chapter of Adventures: or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria. By G. A. Henty. With 6 page Illustrations by W. H. Overend. 3s. 6d.
“Jack Robson and his two companions have their fill of excitement, and their chapter of adventures is so brisk and entertaining we could have wished it longer than it is.”—Saturday Review.
BY PROFESSOR A. J. CHURCH.
“That prince of winning story-tellers, and master of musical English.”—Expository Times.
In crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges.