My Mistress the Queen: A Tale of the 17th Century. By M. A. Paull.
"The style is pure and graceful, the presentation of manners and character has been well studied, and the story is full of interest."—Scotsman.
"This is a charming book. The old-time sentiment which pervades the volume renders it all the more alluring."—Western Mercury.
The Stories of Wasa and Menzikoff: The Deliverer of Sweden, and the Favourite of Czar Peter.
"Both are stories worth telling more than once, and it is a happy thought to have put them side by side. Plutarch himself has no more suggestive comparison."—Spectator.
Stories of the Sea in Former Days: Narratives of Wreck and Rescue.
"Next to an original sea-tale of sustained interest come well-sketched collections of maritime peril and suffering which awaken the sympathies by the realism of fact. 'Stories of the Sea' are a very good specimen of the kind."—The Times.
Tales of Captivity and Exile.
"It would be difficult to place in the hands of young people a book which combines interest and instruction in a higher degree."—Manchester Courier.
Famous Discoveries by Sea and Land.