"Mr. Collingwood has established his reputation as a first-rate writer of sea-stories.--_Scotsman._ * * * * * _THE ROVER'S SECRET:_ A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. "With 8 full-page Illustrations by W. C. SYMONS. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1·50. The hero of the _Rover's Secret_, a young officer of the British navy, narrates his peculiar experiences in childhood and his subsequent perils and achievements: the mutiny on board the _Hermione_; his escape with a companion to La Guayra, their seizure by the Spaniards, their romantic flight, and the strange blunder which commits them to a cruise to the headquarters of the notorious pirate Merlani, whose ultimate capture and confession come about in a way as exciting as unexpected. "_The Rover's Secret_ is by far the best sea-story we have read for years, and is certain to give unalloyed pleasure to boys. The illustrations are fresh and vigorous."--_Saturday Review._ "A book that will rejoice the hearts of most lads. We doubt whether, since the days of Captain Marryat, there has arisen a writer who combined fertility of invention in stirring episodes, with practical knowledge of seafaring life, in the degree to which Mr. Collingwood attains in this volume."--_Scottish Leader._ _THE PIRATE ISLAND:_ A Story of the South Pacific. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by C. J. STANILAND and J. R. WELLS, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $1·50. This story details the adventures of a lad who was found in his infancy on board a wreck, and is adopted by a fisherman. By a deed of true gallantry his whole destiny is changed, and, going to sea, he forms one of a party who, after being burned out of their ship in the South Pacific, and experiencing great hardship and suffering in their boats, are picked up by a pirate brig and taken to the "Pirate Island." After many thrilling adventures, they ultimately succeed in effecting their escape. The story depicts both the Christian and the manly virtues in such colours as will cause them to be admired--and therefore imitated. "A capital story of the sea; indeed in our opinion the author is superior in some respects as a marine novelist to the better known Mr. Clarke Russell."--_The Times._ "The best of these books. . . . The events are described with minuteness and care. The result is a very amusing book."--_Saturday Review._ "Told in the most vivid and graphic language. It would be difficult to find a more thoroughly delightful gift-book."--_The Guardian._