Uniform Edition of the Stories of
HERBERT STRANG
SIZE 7 3/4 in. x 5 in., CLOTH, WITH COLOUR AND HALF-TONE
PLATES, AND FULL COLOUR JACKETS.
Tom Burnaby: A Story of Uganda and the Great Congo Forest. Illustrated by C. SHELDON.
A particular interest attaches to "Tom Burnaby," for it was the first romance of adventure written by Mr. Herbert Strang, and it secured for him the place in the forefront of writers of boys' stories that he has maintained ever since. The hero is attached to an expedition sent to punish a band of slave-raiding Arabs in the vicinity of the Victoria Nyanza. He is captured by the Arabs, but escapes, and, after long wanderings in the great Congo Forest, is befriended by an African chief, whom he assists in a prolonged struggle with his old enemies. The story of Tom's efforts to impart military discipline to the natives, his strategy and final triumph over the Arabs, is told with great zest and with many touches of humour.
"The tone of the story is excellent; manly and spirited, it cannot fail to rouse a response in a boy's heart."--World.
A Gentleman-at-Arms: Being Passages in the Life of Sir Christopher Rudd, Knight, as Related by Himself in the Year 1641.
This book is unique in literature for boys. It relates the adventurous career of an Elizabethan gentleman, in a style carefully modelled on the simple prose of the century which produced the Authorised Version of the Bible. No previous writer for boys has ever attempted a similar achievement. Apart from its romantic and exciting incidents, this story has great value by reason of its historical and geographical information, and its exceptional style.
Sultan Jim: Empire Builder. Illustrated by CYRUS CUNEO.
Mr. Herbert Strang has chosen the African continent as the setting for some of his most remarkable stories, and of these "Sultan Jim" is not the least remarkable. It was written prior to the war, when the colonising activities of rival European powers was raising problems of the greatest interest and importance. The presence of a young Englishman in one of the debatable lands at a time of upheaval and international rivalry enables him to uphold the interests of the Empire against formidable opposition. The story is brimful of adventure, and its moral is that of patriotic self-sacrifice.