Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their TimesBrooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter)
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Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
Brooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter)
Biography -- Juvenile literature; Boys -- Biography
"We can heartily recommend it as one that boys will be sure to
read throughout with pleasure, and with advantage, also, to
their morals and their imaginations."--_Academy._
"No better sea story has lately been written than the _Congo
Rovers_. It is as original as any boy could desire."--_Morning
Post._
#BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.#
"Mr. Collingwood has established his reputation as a first-rate
writer of sea-stories."--_Scotsman._
_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, 5_s._
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._
"One of the very best books for boys that we have seen for a
long time: its author is thoroughly at home in maritime
matters, and stands far in advance of any other writer for boys
as a teller of stories of the sea."--_The Standard._
"There is enough to make any boy dream of all that is strange
and wild. But bravery and gentleness and helpfulness are shown
in all their beauty; and so we should like as many boys as
possible to read the story and admire the daring
deeds."--_Christian Leader._
#BY DOUGLAS FRAZAR.#
_PERSEVERANCE ISLAND:_
Or the Robinson Crusoe of the 19th Century. By DOUGLAS FRAZAR. With
12 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5_s._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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