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
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_THE LOG OF THE "FLYING FISH:"_
A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and
Adventure. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 12 full-page
Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo, cl.
elegant, olivine edges, $1·50.
In this story the aim of the author has been, not only to interest and
amuse, but also to stimulate a taste for scientific study. He has
utilized natural science as a peg whereon to hang the web of a narrative
of absorbing interest, interweaving therewith sundry very striking
scientific facts in such a manner as to provoke a desire for further
information.
Professor Von Schalckenberg constructs a gigantic and wonderful ship,
appropriately named the _Flying Fish_, which is capable of navigating
not only the higher reaches of the atmosphere, but also the extremest
depths of ocean; and in her the four adventurers make a voyage to the
North Pole, and to a hitherto unexplored portion of Central Africa.
"The _Flying Fish_, that marvellous achievement of
science, actually surpasses all Jules Verne's
creations; with incredible speed she flies through
the air, skims over the surface of the water, and
darts along the ocean bed. We strongly recommend
our school-boy friends to possess themselves of
her log."--_Athenæum._
"Is full of even more vividly recounted adventures
than those which charmed so many boy readers in
_Pirate Island and Congo Rovers_. . . . There is a
thrilling adventure on the precipices of Mount
Everest, when the ship floats off and
providentially returns by force of
'gravitation.'"--_Academy._
_THE MISSING MERCHANTMAN._
By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 8 full-page Pictures by
W. H. OVEREND. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine
edges, $1·50.
A fine Australian clipper is seized by the crew; the passengers are
landed on one desert island, the captain and a junior officer on
another; and the young hero of the story is kept on board to navigate
the ship. The mutineers refit the ship as a pirate vessel at an island
which affords them convenient shelter, and in which Ned makes the
discovery of an old-world treasure-hoard. At length, with the aid of a
repentant member of the crew, Ned succeeds in carrying off the ship. In
the meantime the captain and his associates have succeeded in rejoining
the passengers, and they are after many adventures found by Ned.
"Mr. Collingwood is _facile princeps_ as a teller
of sea stories for boys, and the present is one of
the best productions of his pen."--_Standard._
"This is one of the author's best sea stories. The
hero is as heroic as any boy could desire, and the
ending is extremely happy."--_British Weekly._
BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.
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