“Few stories come within hailing distance of Stimson’s Reef in startling incidents and hairbreadth ’scapes. It may almost vie with Mr. R. L. Stevenson’s Treasure Island.”—Guardian.
ROBERT LEIGHTON
Olaf the Glorious: A Historical Story of the Viking age, Illustrated. 3s.
The story tells of Olaf’s romantic youth, his adventures as a viking, and his conversion to Christianity. He returns to pagan Norway, is accepted as king, and converts his people to the Christian faith. The story closes with the great battle of Svold, when Olaf, defeated, jumps overboard, and is last seen with the sunlight shining on the glittering cross upon his shield.
“Is as good as anything of the kind we have met with. Mr. Leighton more than holds his own with Rider Haggard and Baring-Gould.”—Times.
R. STEAD
Grit will Tell: The Adventures of a Barge-boy. With 4 illustrations by D. Carleton Smyth. Cloth, 2s. 6d.
A lad whose name has been lost amidst early buffetings by hard fortune suffers many hardships at the hands of a bargeman, his master, and runs away. The various adventures and experiences with which he meets on the road to success, the bear-hunt in which he takes part, and the battle at which he acts as war-correspondent, form a story of absorbing interest and after a boy’s own heart.
“A thoroughly wholesome and attractive book.”—Graphic.
—Will of the Dales: A story of the times of Elizabeth and James. By R. Stead. Illustrated by J. Jellicoe. 2s. 6d.