[[1]] Australian blacks believe that the sound made by the luringa, or bull-roarer, is the voice of a strong spirit named Tumana.
Some Volumes in Messrs. Blackie's List
The Library of Famous Books
R. M. BALLANTYNE--
The Wild Man of the West.
The Young Fur Traders.
The Coral Island.
Martin Rattler.
Ungava.
The Dog Crusoe.
The World of Ice.
The Gorilla Hunters.
Deep Down.
The Lighthouse.
Erling the Bold.
The Lifeboat.
Gascoyne, the Sandalwood Trader.
W. H. G. KINGSTON--
Mark Seaworth.
Peter the Whaler.
The Three Midshipmen.
The Three Lieutenants.
The Three Commanders.
The Three Admirals.
From Powder-monkey to Admiral.
J. FENIMORE COOPER--
The Pathfinder.
Deerslayer.
The Last of the Mohicans.
CAPTAIN MARRYAT--
Masterman Ready.
Poor Jack.
The Children of the New Forest.
The Settlers in Canada.
LOUISA M. ALCOTT--
A Garland for Girls.
Little Women.
Good Wives.
HANS ANDERSEN--
Favourite Fairy Tales.
Popular Fairy Tales.
CAROLINE AUSTIN--
Marie's Home.
S. BARING-GOULD--
Grettir the Outlaw.
JOHN BUNYAN--
The Pilgrim's Progress.
HARRY COLLINGWOOD--
A Middy of the Slave Squadron.
SUSAN COOLIDGE--
What Katy Did.
What Katy Did at School.
What Katy Did Next.
ALICE CORKRAN--
Meg's Friend.
Margery Merton's Girlhood.
MISS CUMMINS--
The Lamplighter.
R. H. DANA--
Two Years before the Mast.
G. W. DASENT--
Tales from the Norse.
DANIEL DEFOE--
Robinson Crusoe.
G. MANVILLE FENN--
Devon Boys.
EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN--
Little Lady Clare.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH--
The Vicar of Wakefield.
THE BROTHERS GRIMM--
Grimm's Fairy Tales.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE--
Tanglewood Tales.
G. A. HENTY--
A Final Reckoning.
A Chapter of Adventures.
Tales from Henty.
THOMAS HUGHES--
Tom Brown's School Days.
CHARLES KINGSLEY--
The Heroes.
The Water-Babies.
Hereward the Wake.
CHARLES and MARY LAMB--
Tales from Shakspeare.
EMMA LESLIE--
Gytha's Message.
GEORGE MACDONALD--
The Light Princess.
NORMAN MACLEOD--
The Starling.
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD--
Our Village.
ROSA MULHOLLAND--
Hetty Gray.
Four Little Mischiefs.
CAPTAIN MAYNE REID--
The Rifle Rangers.
CHRISTOPH VON SCHMID--
The Basket of Flowers.
SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.--
From Tales of a Grandfather.
ANNA SEWELL--
Black Beauty.
CATHERINE SINCLAIR--
Holiday House.
R. L. STEVENSON--
Treasure Island.
Kidnapped.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE--
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
DEAN SWIFT--
Gulliver's Travels.
SARAH TYTLER--
Girl Neighbours.
A Loyal Little Maid.
JULES VERNE--
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
LEW WALLACE--
Ben Hur.
MRS. WHITNEY--
Faith Gartney's Girlhood.
M. WISS--
The Swiss Family Robinson.
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE--
The Lances of Lynwood.
A Book of Golden Deeds.
The Little Duke.
Famous Discoveries by Land and Sea.
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The Dragon and the Raven.
Wulf the Saxon.
Bonnie Prince Charlie.
By Conduct and Courage.
The Cat of Bubastes.
Maori and Settler.
Both Sides the Border.
The Treasure of the Incas.
With Lee in Virginia.
A Jacobite Exile.
By Right of Conquest.
The Young Carthaginian.
For the Temple.
In Greek Waters.
Through the Sikh War.
By Pike and Dyke.
St. Bartholomew's Eve.
St. George for England.
The Tiger of Mysore.
Bravest of the Brave.
By England's Aid.
Facing Death.
One of the 28th.
By Sheer Pluck.
True to the Old Flag.
With Kitchener in Soudan.
In the Reign of Terror.
For Name and Fame.
Captain Bayley's Heir.
In Freedom's Cause.
Held Fast for England.
A Final Reckoning.
The Dash for Khartoum.
The Lion of the North.
With Moore at Corunna.
When London Burned.
Under Drake's Flag.
A March on London.
At Agincourt.
The Lion of St. Mark.
Orange and Green.
Through Three Campaigns.
With Frederick the Great.
With the British Legion.
A Roving Commission.
Condemned as a Nihilist.
At the Point of the Bayonet.
On the Irrawaddy.
No Surrender!
A Knight of the White Cross.
To Herat and Cabul.
With the Allies to Pekin.