Deals with the stirring incidents in the career of a lad who has been almost given over by the doctors, but who rapidly recovers health and strength in a journey through Asia Minor. The adventures are many, and culminate in the travelers being snowed up for the winter in the mountains, from which they escape while their captors are waiting for the ransom that does not come.
THE GOLDEN MAGNET
A Tale of the Land of the Incas. By George Manville Fenn. With 12 full-page Pictures by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
The tale of a romantic lad, who leaves home to seek his fortune in South America by endeavoring to discover some of that treasure which legends declare was ages ago hidden by the Peruvian rulers and priests, to preserve it from the Spanish invaders. He is accompanied by a faithful companion, who does true service, and shows the greatest courage during the strange and exciting adventures which befall them.
BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN
"Mr Manville Fenn may be regarded as the successor in boyhood's affections of Captain Mayne Reid."—Academy.
NAT THE NATURALIST
A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas. By George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by George Browne. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.
Nat and his uncle Dick go on a voyage to the remoter islands of the Eastern seas, and their adventures there are told in a truthful and vastly interesting fashion. The descriptions of Mr Ebony, their black comrade, and of the scenes of savage life, are full of genuine humor.
QUICKSILVER