Blackie & Son's Illustrated Story Books Catalogue, 1889 — John Shaqi
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Blackie & Son's Illustrated Story Books Catalogue, 1889
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*CLIVE PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY*
*Gold, Gold in Cariboo:*
A Story of Adventure in British Columbia.
With 4 Illustrations by G. C. HINDLEY. 1s. 6d. _New Edition_.
Ned Corbett, a young Englishman, and his companion set out with a
pack-train in order to obtain gold on the upper reaches of the Fraser
River. After innumerable adventures, and a life-and-death struggle with
the Arctic weather of that wild region, they find the secret gold-mines
for which they have toilsomely searched.
"It would be difficult to say too much in favour of _Gold, Gold
in Cariboo_. We have seldom read a more exciting tale of wild
mining adventure in a singularly inaccessible country. There is
a capital plot, and the interest is sustained to the last
page."--_The Times_.
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*ROBERT LEIGHTON*
*The Golden Galleon.*
With 6 Illustrations by W. RAINEY, R.I. 3s. _New Edition_.
Gilbert Oglander, and his friend, Timothy Trollope, join in Lord Thomas
Howard’s expedition to intercept the Spanish treasure-fleet from the
West Indies, and are on board _The Revenge_ in the memorable fight
between that one little man-of-war and fifty-three great galleons of
Spain. After the battle come storm and shipwreck, and the lads, having
drifted for days, find refuge on board a derelict galleon, whence they
are rescued and brought home to England.
"A well-constructed and lively historical
romance."--_Spectator_.
*S. BARING-GOULD*
*Grettir the Outlaw:*
A Story of Iceland in the days of the Vikings.
With 6 page Illustrations by M. ZENO DIEMER. 3s.
A narrative of adventure of the most romantic kind. No boy will be able
to withstand the magic of such scenes as the fight of Grettir with the
twelve bearserks, the wrestle with Karr the Old in the chamber of the
dead, the combat with the spirit of Glam the thrall, and the defence of
the dying Grettir by his younger brother.
"Has a freshness, a freedom, a sense of sun and wind and the
open air, which make it irresistible."--_National Observer_.
*C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE*
*The Captured Cruiser:*
or, Two Years from Land.
With 6 page Illustrations by F. BRANGWYN. 3s. 6d.
The central incidents deal with the capture, during the war between
Chili and Peru, of an armed cruiser. The heroes and their companions
break from prison in Valparaiso, board this warship in the night,
overpower the watch, escape to sea under the fire of the forts, and
finally, after marvellous adventures, lose the cruiser among the
icebergs near Cape Horn.
"The two lads and the two skippers are admirably drawn. Mr. Hyne
has now secured a position in the first rank of writers of
fiction for boys."--_Spectator_.
*Stimson’s Reef:*
With 4 page illustrations by W. S. STACEY. 2s. 6d.
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