"One of the very best books for boys that we have seen for a long time: its author stands far in advance of any other writer for boys as a teller of stories of the sea."--_The Standard._ BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD. "Stands far in advance of any other writer for boys as a teller of sea stories."--_Standard._ * * * * * _THE CONGO ROVERS:_ A Tale of the Slave Squadron. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 8 full-page Illustrations by J. SCHÖNBERG, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, $1·50. The scene of this tale is laid on the west coast of Africa, and in the lower reaches of the Congo; the characteristic scenery of the great river being delineated with wonderful accuracy and completeness of detail. The hero of the story--a midshipman on board one of the ships of the slave squadron--after being effectually laughed out of his boyish vanity, develops into a lad possessed of a large share of sound common sense, the exercise of which enables him to render much valuable service to his superior officers in unmasking a most daring and successful ruse on the part of the slavers. "Mr. Collingwood carries us off for another cruise at sea, in _The Congo Rovers_, and boys will need no pressing to join the daring crew, which seeks adventures and meets with any number of them."--_The Times._ "We can heartily recommend _The Congo Rovers_ as a book that boys will be sure to read throughout with pleasure, and with advantage, also, to their morals and their imaginations."--_Academy._ BY G. NORWAY. * * * * * _THE LOSS OF JOHN HUMBLE:_ What Led to It, and what Came of It. By G. NORWAY. With 8 full-page Illustrations by JOHN SCHÖNBERG. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1·50. John Humble, an orphan, is sent to sea with his Uncle Rolf, the captain of the _Erl King_, but in the course of certain adventures the boy is left behind at Portsmouth. He escapes to a Norwegian vessel, the _Thor_, which is driven from her course in a voyage to Hammerfest, and wrecked on a desolate shore. The survivors experience the miseries of a long sojourn in the Arctic circle, but ultimately, with the aid of some friendly but thievish Lapps, they succeed in making their way to a reindeer station and so southward to Tornea and home again. "Since the days when we read _Robinson Crusoe_, no book of its kind has delighted us more. It is just the gift for boys. 'Old Boys' will read it with pleasure."--_Schoolmaster._ "This story will place the author at once in the front rank. It is full of life and adventure, and the interest is sustained without a break from first to last."--_Standard._ BY SARAH TYTLER.