A regular salt-water yarn, telling of a sailor boy’s life in the Royal Navy from the time he joins the service on board one of our training ships till he passes for leading seaman and is on the high road to gain the rank of warrant-officer. A book brimming over with anecdote and adventure and giving every detail of a bluejacket’s duty and diversified experiences.
MASTERMAN READY; or, The Wreck of the Pacific. By Captain Marryat, R.N. With nearly 60 Original Illustrations by E. J. Wheeler.
THE SETTLERS IN CANADA. By Captain Marryat, R.N. With over Fifty Original Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, F. A. Fraser, &c.
POOR JACK. By Captain Marryat, R.N. With Forty-six Illustrations after Designs by Clarkson Stanfield, R.A.
“We are glad to see in this sumptuous edition of ‘Poor Jack’ a continued proof of the author’s popularity.”—Literary World.
GATH TO THE CEDARS: Travels in the Holy Land and Palmyra. By S. H. Kent. With Sixteen Original Illustrations.
“Miss Kent has made a most interesting journey, and she is a traveller full of observation and knowledge, and can write clearly and well. Her book will take her readers on a journey they will not regret.”—The Times.