Adventure stories; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Sailing -- Juvenile fiction; Ship captains -- Juvenile fiction
The great Indian Empire is the champion land for romance and adventure.
In this story a little Yankee lad is kidnapped from his home. By the aid
of a detective, an older brother, a lad of 16 years, traces him to
India. The adventures of the two, one as a captive, the other as a
rescuer, in different parts of the empire, are thrilling, dealing as
they do with the Natives, the Snake Charmers and Jugglers, Royal
Personages and Mountaineers, Tiger Hunts, Elephant and Rhinoceros
Fights. The descriptions of Scenery, Customs and Wonders are graphic and
instructive. Many of the illustrations are from special photographs
taken for the author while in India.
DRIFTING ROUND THE WORLD;
A BOY'S ADVENTURES BY SEA AND LAND.
By CAPT. CHARLES W. HALL.
Author of "Adrift in the Ice-fields," "The Great Bonanza," etc. With
numerous full-page and letter-press illustrations. Royal Octavo, of
which new editions are now ready. Handsome cover, $1.75. Cloth, gilt,
$2.50.
If a handsomer or more enjoyable book for boys has been issued, or is
yet to issue, from the press in time for Christmas, we would like to see
it. Rob Randall is the name of the boy whose adventures form the
material for this story. Rob, like many another boy of his years, has a
hankering after travel, and he is destined to get his fill of it. He
ships on board a schooner bound to Greenland, is ship-wrecked on the
coast of Labrador, visits Iceland, skips down to and through Scotland,
England, France, Holland, Russia, Asia, and heaven knows where else
besides, until, having travelled this wide world all over, he lights in
at last at San Francisco, and finally brings up at his place of
beginning--the little village of Stonehaven, on the coast of New
England. Rob, in one respect, is like Japhet that Captain Marryatt has
written about--he was off on these travels of his in search of his
father. The book is full of information, and is written in a style that
cannot fail to command the attention of its readers. The scenes which it
portrays are illustrated by 200 beautiful pictures.--_Pittsburg Times._
Sold by all Booksellers and Newsdealers.
LEE AND SHEPARD, Publishers, Boston.
_YOUNG FOLK'S TROPHIES OF TRAVEL._
_With the Young Americans in the Land of the Rising Sun._
THE WONDERFUL CITY OF TOKIO;
OR,
The Further Adventures of the Jewett Family and their Friend Oto Nambo.
By EDWARD GREEY.
Author of "Young Americans in Japan," "The Golden Lotus," etc. With one
hundred and sixty-nine illustrations. Royal Octavo, 7 x 9-1/2 inches,
with cover in gold and colors, designed by the author, $1.75. Cloth,
black and gold, $2.50.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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