BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.
"Mr. Collingwood has established his reputation as a first-rate writer of sea-stories.—Scotsman.
THE ROVER'S SECRET:
A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba. By Harry Collingwood. "With 8 full-page Illustrations by W. C. Symons. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1·50.
The hero of the Rover's Secret, a young officer of the British navy, narrates his peculiar experiences in childhood and his subsequent perils and achievements: the mutiny on board the Hermione; his escape with a companion to La Guayra, their seizure by the Spaniards, their romantic flight, and the strange blunder which commits them to a cruise to the headquarters of the notorious pirate Merlani, whose ultimate capture and confession come about in a way as exciting as unexpected.
"The Rover's Secret is by far the best sea-story we have read for years, and is certain to give unalloyed pleasure to boys. The illustrations are fresh and vigorous."—Saturday Review.
"A book that will rejoice the hearts of most lads. We doubt whether, since the days of Captain Marryat, there has arisen a writer who combined fertility of invention in stirring episodes, with practical knowledge of seafaring life, in the degree to which Mr. Collingwood attains in this volume."—Scottish Leader.