"Written with a simple directness, force, and purity of style worthy of Defoe. Morally, the book is everything that could be desired, setting before the boys a bright and bracing ideal of the English gentleman."--_Christian Leader._ BY G. A. HENTY. "The brightest of all the living writers whose office it is to enchant the boys."--_Christian Leader._ FACING DEATH: Or the Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines. By G. A. HENTY. With 8 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5_s._ "Facing Death" is a story with a purpose. It is intended to show that a lad who makes up his mind firmly and resolutely that he will rise in life, and who is prepared to face toil and ridicule and hardship to carry out his determination, is sure to succeed. The hero of the story, though only a colliery lad, is a character that boys will delight in. He is a typical British boy, dogged, earnest, generous, and though "shamefaced" to a degree, is ready to face death in the discharge of duty. His is a character for imitation by boys in every station. "The tale is well written and well illustrated, and there is much reality in the characters."--_Athenæum._ "If any father, godfather, clergyman, or schoolmaster is on the look-out for a good book to give as a present to a boy who is worth his salt, this is the book we would recommend."--_Standard._ BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. NAT THE NATURALIST: Or a Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas. By G. MANVILLE FENN, author of "The Golden Magnet," "In the King's Name," &c. Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by GORDON BROWNE in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5_s._ This is a pleasant story of a lad who, though he is brought up in a strictly quiet fashion by an aunt, has a great desire to go abroad to seek specimens in natural history, and has that desire gratified by an uncle who comes home from distant lands, whence he brings a beautiful collection. The boy Nat and his uncle Dick go on a voyage to the remoter islands of the Eastern seas, and their adventures there are told in a truthful and vastly interesting fashion, which will at once attract and maintain the earnest attention of young readers. The descriptions of Mr. Ebony, their black comrade, and of the scenes of savage life, are full of genuine humour. "Mr. Fenn has hit upon a capital idea. This is among the best of the boys' books of the season."--_The Times._ "We can conceive of no more attractive present for a young naturalist."--_Land and Water._ "This sort of book encourages independence of character, develops resource, and teaches a boy to keep his eyes open."--_Saturday Review._ "The late Lord Palmerston used to say that one use of war was to teach geography: such books as this teach it in a more harmless and cheaper way."--_Athenæum._