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
"A Waif of the Sea" deals very pathetically with the sorrows and trials of
children, and of mothers who are separated from their children. The
narrative is full of human interest, and the lives and struggles of the
people of a poor London neighbourhood are well portrayed.
"A very touching and pretty tale of town and country, full of
pathos and interest, embodied in a narrative which never flags,
and told in a style which deserves the highest praise for its
lucid and natural ease."--_Edinburgh Courant._
#BY ANNIE S. SWAN.#
_WARNER'S CHASE:_
Or the Gentle Heart. By ANNIE S. SWAN. With 3 Illustrations printed
in colours. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._
"Warner's Chase" is a domestic story, in which we see the failure of an
essentially self-seeking and self-assertive nature to secure happiness to
itself or bestow it upon others, and the triumph of gentleness, love, and
unselfish service, in the person of a feeble girl.
"A good book for boys and girls. There is nothing sentimental
in it, but a tone of quiet and true religion that keeps its own
place."--_Perth Advertiser._
"In Milly Warren, the heroine, who unwittingly restores the
family fortunes, we have a fine ideal of real womanly
goodness."--_Schoolmaster._
_INTO THE HAVEN._
By ANNIE S. SWAN. With 2 Illustrations printed in colours. Crown
8vo, cloth extra, 1_s._ 6_d._
"No story more attractive, by reason of its breezy freshness
and unforced pathos, as well as for the practical lessons it
conveys."--_Christian Leader._
#BY CAROLINE AUSTIN.#
_DOROTHY'S DILEMMA:_
A Tale of the Time of Charles I. By CAROLINE AUSTIN. With 3
full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._
This is a story of the time of Charles I., and the opening scenes are laid
in a remote country district through which the king passes in his flight
to the north. A little Puritan maiden, Dorothy Hardcastle, is induced to
afford a night's shelter to his majesty unknown to her father, who has
fought on the side of the Parliament. In the event, her deception costs
her father his life, and she is removed to London, whither her only
brother John also goes. The story follows them both through their strange
adventures in the great city, and leaves them setting sail for the New
World, full of sorrow for past mistakes and with an earnest desire to lead
a true, unselfish life on the other side of the sea.
_MARIE'S HOME:_
Or, A Glimpse of the Past. By CAROLINE AUSTIN. With 3 full-page
Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._
This record of an early life, spent partly in an old English home and
partly amid stirring scenes of the French revolution, teaches just such
lessons of unselfish love as are of value to English maidens of to-day.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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