Adventure stories; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Sailing -- Juvenile fiction; Ship captains -- Juvenile fiction
"The story of the adventurous Venetian, who six hundred years ago
penetrated into India and Cathay and Thibet and Abyssinia, is pleasantly
and clearly told; and nothing better can be put into the hands of the
school boy or girl than this series of the records of noted travellers.
The heroism displayed by these men was certainly as great as that ever
shown by conquering warrior; and it was exercised in a far nobler
cause,--the cause of knowledge and discovery, which has made the
nineteenth century what it is."--_Graphic._
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RALEGH:
HIS EXPLOITS AND VOYAGES.
"This belongs to the 'Young Folks' Heroes of History' series, and deals
with a greater and more interesting man than any of its predecessors.
With all the black spots on his fame, there are few more brilliant and
striking figures in English history than the soldier, sailor, courtier,
author, and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh. Even at this distance of time,
more than two hundred and fifty years after his head fell on the
scaffold, we cannot read his story without emotion. It is graphically
written, and is pleasant reading, not only for young folks, but for old
folks with young hearts."--_Woman's Journal._
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DRAKE:
THE SEA-LION OF DEVON.
Drake was the foremost sea-captain of his age, the first English admiral
to send a ship completely round the world, the hero of the magnificent
victory which the English won over the Invincible Armada. His career was
stirring, bold, and adventurous, from early youth to old age.
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price._
LEE & SHEPARD, Publishers BOSTON.
BOOKS OF TRAVEL.
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OVER THE OCEAN;
OR,
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN FOREIGN LANDS.
By CURTIS GUILD, editor of "The Boston Commercial Bulletin." Crown 8vo.
Cloth. $2.50.
"This is certainly a collection of some of the most perfect pen-pictures
of sights and scenes in foreign lands we have ever seen."--_Albion._
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ABROAD AGAIN;
OR,
FRESH FORAYS IN FOREIGN FIELDS.
Uniform with "Over the Ocean." By the same author. Crown 8vo. Cloth.
$2.50.
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AN AMERICAN GIRL ABROAD.
By Miss ADELINE TRAFTON, author of "His Inheritance," "Katherine Earle,"
&c. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.
"'The American Girl' is a bright, good, merry-hearted girl, off for a
good time; and her readers are of the opinion that the journey was a
decided success."--_Liberal Christian._
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BEATEN PATHS;
OR,
A WOMAN'S VACATION.
By ELLA W. THOMPSON. 16mo. Cloth. $1.50.
"The author seems to have hit on just the most charming things to see,
and talks of them in a charming manner."--_Tribune._
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A THOUSAND MILES' WALK ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA,
OVER THE PAMPAS AND THE ANDES.
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