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
"In the King's Name" is a spirited story of the Jacobite times,
concerning the adventures of Hilary Leigh, a young naval officer in the
preventive service off the coast of Sussex, on board the _Kestrel._
Leigh is taken prisoner by the adherents of the Pretender, amongst whom
is an early friend and patron who desires to spare the lad's life, but
will not release him. The narrative is full of exciting and often
humorous incident.
"Mr. Penn has won a foremost place among writers
for boys. 'In the King's Name' is, we think, the
best of all his productions in this
field."--_Daily News._
"Told with the freshness and verve which
characterize all Mr. Fenn's writings and put him
in the front rank of writers for
boys."--_Standard._
_MENHARDOC:_
A Story of Cornish Nets and Mines. By G. MANVILLE
FENN. With 8 full-page Illustrations by C. J.
STANILAND, R.I., in black and tint. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, $1·50.
The scene of this story of boyish aspiration and adventure is laid among
the granite piles and tors of Cornwall. Here amongst the hardy, honest
fishermen and miners the two London boys are inducted into the secrets
of fishing in the great bay, they learn how to catch mackerel, pollack,
and conger with the line, and are present at the hauling of the nets,
although not without incurring many serious risks. Adventures are pretty
plentiful, but the story has for its strong base the development of
character of the three boys. There is a good deal of quaint character
throughout, and the sketches of Cornish life and local colouring are
based upon experience in the bay, whose fishing village is called here
Menhardoc. This is a thoroughly English story of phases of life but
little touched upon in boys' literature up to the present time.
"They are real living boys, with the virtues and
faults which characterize the transition stage
between boyhood and manhood. The Cornish fishermen
are drawn from life, they are racy of the soil,
salt with the sea water, and they stand out from
the pages in their jerseys and sea-boots all
sprinkled with silvery pilchard
scales."--_Spectator._
"Mr. Fenn has written many books in his time; he
has not often written one which for genuine merit
as a story for young people will exceed
this."--_Scotsman._
BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
"No one can find his way to the hearts of lads
more readily than Mr. Fenn."--_Nottingham
Guardian._
* * * * *
_PATIENCE WINS:_
Or, War in the Works. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 8
full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in black
and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1·50.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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