Blackie's Books for Young People, Catalogue - 1899Blackie & Son
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Blackie's Books for Young People, Catalogue - 1899
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“The story is lively and spirited, with abundance of blockade-running,
hard fighting, narrow escapes, and introductions to some of the most
distinguished generals on both sides.”--_The Times._
=To Greenland and the Pole.= By GORDON STABLES, C.M., M.D., R.N. With 8
page Illustrations by G. C. HINDLEY, and a Map. 5_s._
“His Arctic explorers have the verisimilitude of life. It is one of
the books of the season, and one of the best Mr. Stables has ever
written.”--_Truth._
=Westward with Columbus.= By GORDON STABLES, C.M., M.D., R.N. With 8
page Illustrations by A. PEARSE. 5_s._
“We must place _Westward with Columbus_ among those books that all
boys ought to read.”--_The Spectator._
=’Twixt School and College=: A Tale of Self-reliance. By GORDON
STABLES, C.M., M.D., R.N. Illustrated by W. PARKINSON. 5_s._
“One of the best of a prolific writer’s books for boys, and inculcates
the virtue of self-reliance.”--_Athenæum._
BY HUGH ST. LEGER.
=An Ocean Outlaw=: A Story of Adventure in the good ship _Margaret_.
With Illustrations by WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I. 4_s._
“We know no modern boys’ book in which there is more sound, hearty,
good-humoured fun, or of which the tone is more wholesome and bracing
than Mr. St. Leger’s.”--_National Observer._
=Hallowe’en Ahoy!= or, Lost on the Crozet Islands. By HUGH ST. LEGER.
With 6 Illustrations by H. J. DRAPER. 4_s._
“One of the best stories of seafaring life and adventure which
have appeared this season. No boy who begins it but will wish to
join the _Britannia_ long before he finishes these delightful
pages.”--_Academy._
=Sou’wester and Sword.= By HUGH ST. LEGER. With 6 page Illustrations by
HAL HURST. 4_s._
“As racy a tale of life at sea and war adventure as we have met with
for some time.... Altogether the sort of book that boys will revel
in.”--_Athenæum._
BY CHARLES W. WHISTLER.
“Historical tales are always welcome when they are told by such a
prince of story-tellers as Mr. CHARLES W. WHISTLER.”--_The Record._
_In crown 8vo, cloth elegant._
=King Olaf’s Kinsman=: A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the
Danes. By CHARLES W. WHISTLER. With 6 page Illustrations by W. H.
MARGETSON. 4_s._
“Mr. Whistler’s story is in fine an excellent one--worthy to rank with
some of R. L. Stevenson’s tales for boys.”--_St. James’s Gazette._
=Wulfric the Weapon-Thane=: The Story of the Danish Conquest of
East Anglia. By CHARLES W. WHISTLER. With 6 Illustrations by W. H.
MARGETSON. 4_s._
“A picturesque and energetic story. A worthy companion to his capital
story, _A Thane of Wessex_. One that will delight all active-minded
boys.”--_Saturday Review._
=A Thane of Wessex=: Being the Story of the Great Viking Raid of 845.
By CHARLES W. WHISTLER. With 6 Illustrations by W. H. MARGETSON. 3_s._
6_d._
“The story is told with spirit and force, and affords an excellent
picture of the life of the period.”--_Standard._
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