119. The Island Queen. By R. M. Ballantyne. (Nisbet) 3s. 6d.
Here a young lady is by general consent elected to be queen of a shipwrecked crew. Mr. Ballantyne’s tales of adventure are perfectly safe from the moral point of view, and always have a religious tone, but when any matter brings forward points of difference, the tone is not that of the Church. Happily, however, there is seldom room for any such difficulty.
120. The Young Crusoe. By Mrs. Hofland. (Nelson) 1s. 6d.
The best of this once popular author’s stories republished.
121. The Fate of the ‘Black Swan.’ By F. Frankfort Moore. (S.P.C.K.) 3s.
A search in New Guinea for a missing brother.
122. The Fortunes of Hassan. (S.P.C.K.) 2s. 6d.
Hassan is a dog who sees a good deal of the fortunes of war in Bulgaria.
123. The Good Ship ‘Barbara.’ By S. W. Sadler, R.N. (S.P.C.K.) 3s. 6d.
Two brothers, one in the navy, the other in the merchant service, see a good deal of the coast of Africa. The introduction of an ‘unattached’ and helpless missionary is the only weak point.