Blackie's Books for Young People, Catalogue - 1899 — John Shaqi
Blackie's Books for Young People, Catalogue - 1899Blackie & Son
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Blackie's Books for Young People, Catalogue - 1899
Blackie & Son
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“Dr. Pouchet’s wonderful work on _The Universe_, than which there is
no book better calculated to encourage the study of nature.”--_Pall
Mall Gazette._
“We know no better book of the kind for a schoolroom
library.”--_Bookman._
BY G. NORWAY.
_In crown 8vo, cloth elegant._
=A Prisoner of War=: A Story of the Time of Napoleon Bonaparte. By G.
NORWAY. With 6 page Illustrations by ROBT. BARNES, A.R.W.S. 3_s._ 6_d._
“More hairbreadth escapes from death by starvation, by ice, by
fighting, &c., were never before surmounted.... It is a fine
yarn.”--_The Guardian._
=A True Cornish Maid.= By G. NORWAY. With 6 page Illustrations by J.
FINNEMORE. 3_s._ 6_d._
“There is some excellent reading.... Mrs. Norway brings before the
eyes of her readers the good Cornish folk, their speech, their
manners, and their ways. _A True Cornish Maid_ deserves to be
popular.”--_Athenæum._
⁂ For other Books by G. NORWAY see p. 23.
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=Under False Colours=: A Story from Two Girls’ Lives. By SARAH DOUDNEY.
Illustrated by G. G. KILBURNE. 4_s._
“Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories--pure
in style and original in conception; but we have seen nothing from her
pen equal in dramatic energy to this book.”--_Christian Leader._
=With the Sea Kings=: A Story of the Days of Lord Nelson. By F. H.
WINDER. Illustrated by W. S. STACEY. 4_s._
“Just the book to put into a boy’s hands. Every chapter contains
boardings, cuttings out, fighting pirates, escapes of thrilling
audacity, and captures by corsairs, sufficient to turn the quietest
boy’s head. The story culminates in a vigorous account of the battle
of Trafalgar. Happy boys!”--_The Academy._
=Dr. Jolliffe’s Boys=: A Tale of Weston School. By LEWIS HOUGH. With 6
page Pictures. 3_s._ 6_d._
“Young people who appreciate _Tom Brown’s School-days_ will find
this story a worthy companion to that fascinating book.”--_Newcastle
Journal._
=Dora=: or, A Girl without a Home. By Mrs. R. H. READ. With 6 page
Illustrations by PAUL HARDY. 3_s._ 6_d._
“It is no slight thing, in an age of rubbish, to get a story so pure
and healthy as this.”--_The Academy._
BY DR. GORDON STABLES, R.N.
“In all Dr. Gordon Stables’ books for boys we are sure to find
a wholesome tone, plenty of instruction, and abundance of
adventure.”--_Saturday Review._
_In crown 8vo, cloth elegant._
=The Naval Cadet.= By GORDON STABLES, C.M., M.D., R.N. With 6 page
Illustrations by WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I. 3_s._ 6_d._
“A really interesting travellers’ tale, with plenty of fun and
incident in it.”--_Spectator._
“Love and war and ‘gun-room fun’ combine to make the history of _The
Naval Cadet_ a very readable book.”--_Literature._
=For Life and Liberty.= By GORDON STABLES, C.M., M.D., R.N. With 8
Illustrations by SYDNEY PAGET, and a Map. 5_s._
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