Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their TimesBrooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter)
History
Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
Brooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter)
Biography -- Juvenile literature; Boys -- Biography
"As we might expect from Mr. Henty the tale is a clever and
instructive piece of history, and as boys may be trusted to
read it conscientiously, they can hardly fail to be profited as
well as pleased."--_The Times._
"A praiseworthy attempt to interest British youth in the great
deeds of the Scotch Brigade in the ware of Gustavus Adolphus.
Mackay, Hepburn, and Munro live again in Mr. Henty's pages, as
those deserve to live whose disciplined bands formed really the
germ of the modern British army."--_Athenaeum._
"A stirring story of stirring times. This book should hold a
place among the classics of youthful fiction."--_United Service
Gazette._
#BY G. A. HENTY.#
"Mr. Henty as a boy's story-teller stands in the very foremost
rank."--_Glasgow Herald._
_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, 6_s._
In the present volume Mr. Henty has endeavoured to give the details of the
principal events in the struggle between Britain and France for supremacy
on the North American continent. The importance of this struggle can
scarcely be overrated, as on the issue of it 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, and that English commerce, the English
language, and English literature, should spread right round the globe.
While thus of the greatest significance, this episode from the world's
history lends itself pre-eminently to the romantic style of treatment of
which Mr. Henty is master.
_WITH CLIVE IN INDIA:_
Or the Beginnings of an Empire. By G. A. HENTY. With 12 full-page
Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6_s._
The period between the landing of Clive as a young writer in India and the
close of his career was critical and eventful in the extreme. At its
commencement the English were traders existing on sufferance of the
native princes. At its close they were masters of Bengal and of the
greater part of Southern India. The author has given a full and accurate
account of the events of that stirring time, and battles and sieges follow
each other in rapid succession, while he combines with his narrative a
tale of daring and adventure, which gives a life-like interest to the
volume.
"In this book Mr. Henty has contrived to exceed himself in
stirring adventures and thrilling situations. The pictures add
greatly to the interest of the book."--_Saturday Review._
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