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Blackie & Son's Books for Young People, Catalogue - 1898
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"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:= Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle. By
G. MANVILLE FENN. With 6 page Illustrations by A.
FORESTIER. 3_s._
"Undoubtedly one of the best Mr. Fenn has written. The incidents are
of thrilling interest, while the characters are drawn with a care and
completeness rarely found in a boy's 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._
=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. _New Edition._ 3_s._
"This story will place the author at once in the front rank. It is full
of life and adventure. The interest of the story is sustained without a
break from first to last."--_Standard._
=Hussein the Hostage:= or, A Boy's Adventures in Persia. 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, the
interest is sustained throughout, and every boy will enjoy following
the fortunes of the hero."--_Journal of Education._
=Cousin Geoffrey and I.= By CAROLINE AUSTIN. With 6 page
Illustrations by W. PARKINSON. 3_s._
"Miss Austin's story is bright, clever, and well developed."--_Saturday
Review._
[Illustration: _Reduced Illustration from "Cousin Geoffrey"._]
=The Rover's Secret=: A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of
Cuba. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 6 page Illustrations by
=W. C. Symons=. 3_s._
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