“The narrative is breezy, vivid, and full of incidents, faithful in nautical colouring, and altogether delightful.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
The Pirate Island. By Harry Collingwood. With 8 page Pictures by C. J. Staniland and J. R. Wells. 5s.
“A capital story of the sea; indeed in our opinion the author is superior in some respects as a marine novelist to the better-known Mr. Clark Russell.”—The Times.
The Log of the “Flying Fish”: A Story of Aerial and Submarine Adventure. By Harry Collingwood. With 6 page Illustrations by Gordon Browne. 3s. 6d.
“The Flying Fish actually surpasses all Jules Verne’s creations; with incredible speed she flies through the air, skims over the surface of the water, and darts along the ocean bed. We strongly recommend our schoolboy friends to possess themselves of her log.”—Athenæum.
⁂ For other Books by Harry Collingwood, see pages 22 and 23.
BY KIRK MUNROE.
“Captain Mayne Reid and Gustave Aimard find a worthy successor in Mr. Kirk Munroe.”—St. James’s Gazette.
With Crockett and Bowie: A Tale of Texas. By Kirk Munroe. With 8 page Illustrations by Victor Perard. 5s.
“Mr. Munroe has constructed his plot with undoubted skill, and his descriptions of the combats between the Texans and the Mexicans are brilliantly graphic. This is in every sense one of the best books for boys that has been produced this season.”—Spectator.