Blackie & Son's Illustrated Story Books Catalogue, 1889Blackie & Son
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Blackie & Son's Illustrated Story Books Catalogue, 1889
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A Story of Adventure in South Africa.
With 8 Illustrations by WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I. 6s.
The discovery of the plan of the diamond mine, the dangers incurred in
reaching the wild, remote spot in an armoured wagon, and the many
incidents of farm and veldt life, are vividly described by an author who
knows the country well.
"We have seldom seen a better story for boys."--_Guardian_.
*Capt. F. S. BRERETON, R.A.M.C.*
*One of the Fighting Scouts:*
A Tale of Guerrilla Warfare in South Africa.
With 8 Illustrations by STANLEY L. WOOD, and a Map. 5s.
This story deals with the guerrilla aspect of the Boer War, and shows
how George Ransome is compelled to leave his father’s farm and take
service with the British. He is given the command of a band of scouts
as a reward for gallantry, and with these he punishes certain rebels for
a piece of rascality, and successfully attacks Botha’s commando. Thanks
to his knowledge of the veldt he is of signal service to his country,
and even outwits the redoubtable De Wet.
"Altogether an unusually good story."--_Yorkshire Post_.
*Under the Spangled Banner:*
A Tale of the Spanish-American War.
With 8 Illustrations by PAUL HARDY. 5s.
Hal Marchant is in Cuba before the commencement of hostilities. A
Spaniard who has been frustrated in an attempt to rob Hal’s employer
attacks the hacienda and is defeated, but turns the tables by denouncing
Hal as a spy. The hero makes good his escape from Santiago, and
afterwards fights for America both on land and at sea. The story gives
a vivid and at the same time accurate account of this memorable
struggle.
"Just the kind of book that a boy would delight
in."--_Schoolmaster_.
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*FREDERICK HARRISON*
*The Boys of Wynport College.*
With 6 Illustrations by HAROLD COPPING. 3s. _New Edition_.
The hero and his chums differ as widely in character as in personal
appearance. We have Patrick O’Fflahertie, the good-natured Irish boy;
Jack Brookes, the irrepressible humorist; Davie Jackson, the
true-hearted little lad, on whose haps and mishaps the plot to a great
extent turns; and the hero himself, who finds in his experiences at
Wynport College a wholesome corrective of a somewhat lax home training.
"A book which no well-regulated school-boy should be
without."--_Whitehall Review_.
*LÉON GOLSCHMANN*
*Boy Crusoes:*
A Story of the Siberian Forest.
Adapted from the Russian by LÉON GOLSCHMANN.
With 6 page Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I. 3s. 6d.
Two Russian lads are so deeply impressed by reading Robinson Crusoe that
they run away from home. They lose their way in a huge trackless forest,
and for two years are kept busy hunting for food, fighting against
wolves and other enemies, and labouring to increase their comforts,
before they are rescued.
"This is a story after a boy’s own heart."--_Nottingham
Guardian_.
*MEREDITH FLETCHER*
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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