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
The Ashanti Campaign seems but an event of yesterday, but it happened when
the generation now rising up were too young to have made themselves
acquainted with its incidents. The author has woven, in a tale of
thrilling interest, all the details of the campaign, of which he was
himself a witness. His hero, after many exciting adventures in the
interior, finds himself at Coomassie just before the outbreak of the war,
is detained a prisoner by the king, is sent down with the army which
invaded the British Protectorate, escapes, and accompanies the English
expedition on their march to Coomassie.
"Mr. Henty keeps up his reputation as a writer of boys'
stories. 'By Sheer Pluck' will be eagerly read."--_Athenaeum._
"The book is one which will not only sustain, but add to Mr.
Henty's reputation."--_The Standard._
"Written with a simple directness, force, and purity of style
worthy of Defoe. Morally, the book is everything that could be
desired, setting before the boys a bright and bracing ideal of
the English gentleman."--_Christian Leader._
#BY G. A. HENTY.#
"Mr. Henty's books are always welcome visitors in the home
circle."--_Daily News._
_FACING DEATH:_
Or the Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines. By G. A.
HENTY. With 8 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE, in
black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth, elegant, 5_s._
"Facing Death" is a story with a purpose. It is intended to show that a
lad who makes up his mind firmly and resolutely that he will rise in life,
and who is prepared to face toil and ridicule and hardship to carry out
his determination, is sure to succeed. The hero of the story is a typical
British boy, dogged, earnest, generous, and though "shamefaced" to a
degree, is ready to face death in the discharge of duty. His is a
character for imitation by boys in every station.
"The tale is well written and well illustrated, and there is
much reality in the characters."--_Athenaeum._
"If any father, godfather, clergyman, or schoolmaster is on the
look-out for a good book to give as a present to a boy who is
worth his salt, this is the book we would
recommend."--_Standard._
_YARNS ON THE BEACH._
By G. A. HENTY. With 2 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth
extra, 1_s._ 6_d._
"This little book should find special favour among boys. The
yarns are spun by old sailors, and while full of romance and
adventure, are admirably calculated to foster a manly
spirit."--_The Echo._
* * * * *
#BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.#
_IN THE KING'S NAME:_
Or the Cruise of the _Kestrel_. By G. MANVILLE FENN. Illustrated by
12 full-page Pictures by GORDON BROWNE, in black and tint.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6_s._
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