Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of CaliforniaHenty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California
Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile fiction
"The effect of an interesting story, well
constructed and vividly told, is enhanced by the
picturesque quality of the scenic background. From
first to last nothing stays the interest of the
narrative. It bears us along as on a stream, whose
current varies in direction, but never loses its
force."--_Saturday Review._
"Ought to be popular with boys who are not too ill
instructed or too dandified to be affected by a
graphic picture of the days and deeds of
Hannibal."--_Athenæum._
_WITH WOLFE IN CANADA:_
Or, The Winning of a Continent. By G. A. HENTY.
With 12 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1·50.
In the present volume Mr. Henty gives an account of the struggle between
Britain and France for supremacy in the North American continent. On the
issue of this war depended not only the destinies of North America, but
to a large extent those of the mother countries themselves. The fall of
Quebec decided that the Anglo-Saxon race should predominate in the New
World; that Britain, and not France, should take the lead among the
nations of Europe; and that English and American commerce, the English
language, and English literature, should spread right round the globe.
"It is not only a lesson in history as
instructively as it is graphically told, but also
a deeply interesting and often thrilling tale of
adventure and peril by flood and
field."--_Illustrated London News._
"A model of what a boy's story-book should be. Mr.
Henty has a great power of infusing into the dead
facts of history new life, and his books supply
useful aids to study as well as
amusement."--_School Guardian._
BY G. A. HENTY.
"The brightest of all the living writers whose
office it is to enchant the boys."--_Christian
Leader._
* * * * *
_THROUGH THE FRAY:_
A Story of the Luddite Riots. By G. A. HENTY. With
12 full-page Illustrations by H. M. PAGET, in
black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine
edges, $1·50.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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