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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=Under Hatches=: or, Ned Woodthorpe’s Adventures. By F. FRANKFORT
MOORE. Illustrated by A. FORESTIER. 3_s._
“The story as a story is one that will just suit boys all the world
over. The characters are well drawn and consistent.”--_Schoolmaster._
=The Missing Merchantman.= By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 6 page
Illustrations by W. H. OVEREND. 3_s._
“One of the author’s best sea stories. The hero is as heroic as any
boy could desire, and the ending is extremely happy.”--_British
Weekly._
=Menhardoc=: A Story of Cornish Nets and Mines. By G. MANVILLE FENN.
Illustrated by C. J. STANILAND, R.I. 3_s._
“The Cornish fishermen are drawn from life, and stand out from the
pages in their jerseys and sea-boots all sprinkled with silvery
pilchard scales.”--_Spectator._
=Yussuf the Guide=: or, The Mountain Bandits. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With
6 page Illustrations by J. SCHÖNBERG. 3_s._
“Told with such real freshness and vigour that the reader feels he
is actually one of the party, sharing in the fun and facing the
dangers.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._
=Patience Wins=: or, War in the Works. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With 6
page Illustrations. 3_s._
“Mr. Fenn has never hit upon a happier plan than in writing this
story of Yorkshire factory life. The whole book is all aglow with
life.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._
=Mother Carey’s Chicken.= By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 6 page
Illustrations by A. FORESTIER. 3_s._
“The incidents are of thrilling interest, while the characters
are drawn with a care and completeness rarely found in a boys’
book.”--_Literary World._
=Robinson Crusoe.= With 100 Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 3_s._
“One of the best issues, if not absolutely the best, of Defoe’s work
which has ever appeared.”--_The Standard._
=Perseverance Island=: or, The Robinson Crusoe of the 19th Century. By
DOUGLAS FRAZAR. With 6 page Illustrations. 3_s._
=Gulliver’s Travels.= With 100 Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 3_s._
“Mr. Gordon Browne is, to my thinking, incomparably the most artistic,
spirited, and brilliant of our illustrators of books for boys, and one
of the most humorous also, as his illustrations of ‘Gulliver’ amply
testify.”--_Truth._
=The Wigwam and the War-path=: Stories of the Red Indians. By ASCOTT R.
HOPE. With 6 page Illustrations. 3_s._
“Is notably good. It gives a very vivid picture of life
among the Indians, which will delight the heart of many a
schoolboy.”--_Spectator._
=The Loss of John Humble=: What Led to It, and What Came of It. By G.
NORWAY. With 6 page Illustrations by JOHN SCHÖNBERG, 3_s._
“Full of life and adventure. The interest of the story is sustained
without a break from first to last.”--_Standard._
=Hussein the Hostage.= By G. NORWAY. With 6 page Illustrations by JOHN
SCHÖNBERG. 3_s._
“_Hussein the Hostage_ is full of originality and vigour. The
characters are lifelike, there is plenty of stirring incident, and the
interest is sustained throughout.”--_Journal of Education._
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