This is the extended log of a cutter which sailed from the Clyde to the Amazon in search of a gold reef. It relates how they discovered the buccaneer’s treasure in the Spanish Main, fought the Indians, turned aside the river Jamary by blasting, and so laid bare the gold of Stimson’s Reef. "Few stories come within hailing distance of _Stimson’s Reef_ in startling incidents and hairbreadth escapes. It may almost vie with Mr. R. L. Stevenson’s _Treasure Island_."--_Guardian_. (14) * * * * * [Illustration: _From ONE OF THE FIGHTING SCOUTS_ BY CAPT. F. S. BRERETON. (See page 11)] (15) * * * * * *R. STEAD* *Grit Will Tell:* The Adventures of a Barge-boy. With 4 Illustrations by D. CARLETON SMYTH. Cloth, 2s. 6d. A lad whose name has been lost amidst early buffetings by hard fortune suffers many hardships at the hands of a bargeman, his master, and runs away. The various adventures and experiences with which he meets on the road to success, the bear-hunt in which he takes part, and the battle at which he acts as war correspondent, form a story of absorbing interest and after a boy’s own heart. "A thoroughly wholesome and attractive book."--_Graphic_. *HARRY COLLINGWOOD* *The Pirate Island.* With 6 page Illustrations by C. J. STANILAND and J. R. WELLS. 3s. _New Edition_. By a deed of true gallantry the hero’s whole destiny is charmed, and, going to sea, he forms one of a party who, after being burned out of their ship in the South Pacific, are picked up by a pirate brig and taken to the "Pirate Island". After many thrilling adventures, they ultimately succeed in effecting their escape. "A capital story of the sea; indeed in our opinion the author is superior in some respects as a marine novelist to the better-known Mr. Clark Russell."--_Times_. *FLORENCE COOMBE* *Boys of the Priory School.* With 4 page Illustrations by HAROLD COPPING. 2s. 6d. The interest centres in the relations of Raymond and Hal Wentworth, and the process by which Raymond, the hero of the school, learns that in the person of his ridiculed cousin there beats a heart more heroic than his own. "It is an excellent work of its class, cleverly illustrated with ’real boys’ by Mr. Harold Copping."--_Literature_. *JOHN C. HUTCHESON* *Afloat at Last:* A Sailor Boy’s Log With 6 Page Illustrations by W. H. OVEREND. 3s. 6d. From the stowing of the vessel in the Thames to her recovery from the Pratas Reef on which she is stranded, everything is described with the accuracy of perfect practical knowledge of ships and sailors; and the incidents of the story range from the broad humours of the fo’c’s’le to the perils of flight from, and fight with, the pirates of the China Seas. "As healthy and breezy a book as one could wish."--_Academy_.