“A lovely tale set in the picturesque environment of India and Afghanistan.”—Black and White.
“Full of excitement and romance, which will be read with breathless eagerness.... Written with a most scrupulous adherence to the historical narrative”—Christian World.
Every Inch a Sailor. By Gordon Stables, M.D., R.N., author of “As We Sweep through the Deep,” “How Jack Mackenzie Won his Epaulettes,” etc. Cloth extra, gilt top. Price 5s.
“Between the reader, ourselves, and the binnacle, there isn’t a living writer—unless it be Clark Russell, and he appeals more to the adult—who can hold a candle, or shall we say a starboard light, to Gordon Stables as a narrator of sea stories for boys. This one is worthy of the high traditions of the author.”—Literary World.
In the Wilds of the West Coast. By J. Macdonald Oxley, author of “Up Among the Ice-Floes,” “Diamond Rock,” etc. Illustrated by W. Thomas Smith. Crown 8vo, cloth extra. Price 5s.
Early English Voyagers; or, The Adventures and Discoveries of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier. Numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges. Price 5s.
“A wonderful story of English courage, endurance, and love of adventure. Not a few of the daring exploits associated with these historic names have an air of romance and strangeness which appeals strongly to the imagination.”—Leeds Mercury.
In Savage Africa; or, The Adventures of Frank Baldwin from the Gold Coast to Zanzibar. By Verney Lovett Cameron, C.B., D.C.L., Commander Royal Navy; author of “Jack Hooper,” “Across Africa,” etc. With Thirty-two Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges. Price 5s.
“The author is the first European who ever crossed the breadth of the African continent in its central latitudes, and he is therefore quite at home in describing native manners, warfare, and superstitions. The adventures of the tale have the impress of vivid truth and actual reality.”—Dundee Advertiser.
Jack Hooper. His Adventures at Sea and in South Africa. By Verney Lovett Cameron, C.B., D.C.L., Commander Royal Navy; author of “Across Africa,” etc. With Twenty-three Full-page Illustrations, Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges. Price 5s.