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Blackie & Son's Books for Young People, Catalogue - 1886
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The career of Grant Denison ("Brownsmith's Boy") embraces for the
most part the home adventures of an orphan, who, having formed the
acquaintance of an eccentric old gardener, accepts his offer of a
home and finds that there is plenty of romance in a garden, and much
excitement even in a journey now and then to town. In a half-savage
lad he finds a friend who shows his love and fidelity principally by
pretending to be an enemy. This boy, however, is always staunch, and
saves his companion from many a peril, and in more than one fierce
fight aids him against the cruel oppression of older lads. In
"Brownsmith's Boy" there is abundance of excitement and trouble
within four walls.
BUNYIP LAND:
The Story of a Wild Journey in New Guinea. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 12
full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant,
olivine edges, 6_s._
"Bunyip Land" is the story of Joseph Carstairs, son of an eminent
botanist, who, in his search for new plants for the London
nurserymen, ventures into the interior of New Guinea. Years pass
away, and Professor Carstairs does not return; and though he is
supposed to be dead, his young wife and son, who live at a station in
Australia, refuse to believe this to be the case; and as soon as he
is old enough young Joe goes in search of his father, accompanied by
Jimmy, a native black. They journey into the interior, which Jimmy
believes to be full of the native demons or bunyips, as he calls
them, hence the title Bunyip Land. Their adventures are many and
exciting, but after numerous perils they discover the professor a
prisoner among the blacks, and bring him home in triumph.
"Mr. Fenn deserves the thanks of everybody for the two books
'Bunyip Land,' and 'Menhardoc,' that he contributes for the
gratification of 'our boys' during the coming holidays, and we may
venture to promise that a quiet week may be reckoned on whilst the
youngsters have such fascinating literature provided for their
evenings' amusement."--_Spectator._
"'Bunyip Land' and 'The Golden Magnet,' are two of the best tales of
adventure produced by any living writer, combining, as they do, the
inventiveness of Jules Verne, and the solidity of character and
earnestness of spirit which have made the English victorious in so
many fields of labour and research."--_Daily Chronicle._
BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
"There is a freshness, a buoyancy, a heartiness about Mr. Fenn's
writings."--_Standard._
THE GOLDEN MAGNET:
A Tale of the Land of the Incas. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 12 full-page
pictures by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant,
olivine edges, 6_s._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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