A story of the great Matabele rising in 1896. The hero and his friends are
surprised by the revolted natives in the heart of the Matopo mountains,
and after many stirring adventures make their way back to Buluwayo. The
hero subsequently joins the Africander Corps, and distinguishes himself in
the operations by which the insurrection is crushed.
“The stormy times of the recent insurrection in Matabeleland are
described with a piquantness which will ensure the book becoming a
favourite.”—_Liverpool Courier_.
CLIVE PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY
Gold, Gold in Cariboo: A Story of Adventure in British Columbia. With 4
Illustrations by G. C. HINDLEY. 2_s._ 6_d._ _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_.
ROBERT LEIGHTON
The Wreck of the Golden Fleece. Illustrated by FRANK BRANGWYN. 3_s._ _New
Edition._
The hero is apprenticed on board a Lowestoft fishing lugger, where he has
to suffer many buffets from his shipmates. The storms and dangers which he
braved are set forth with intense power. The narrative deals with a
highway robbery, the trial of the accused fisherman, his escape, and the
mad chase after the criminal out upon the high seas.
“Excellent in every respect, it contains every variety of incident. The
plot is very cleverly devised, and the types of the North Sea sailors
are capital.”—_The Times_.
S. BARING-GOULD
Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland in the days of the Vikings. With 6
page Illustrations by M. ZENO DIEMER. 3_s._
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. 3_s._ 6_d._
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.
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