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
Or Ned Somerset's Inheritance. By CHARLES PEARCE. With 4 full-page
Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._ 6_d._
A story of London life, founded on the strange bequest left by a sea
captain, and the endeavours of some unscrupulous persons to obtain
possession of it before the discovery of the true heir in the person of a
street Arab.
"The most exciting of them all."--_The Times._
"A bright genial story, which boys will thoroughly
enjoy."--_Birmingham Post._
#BY ALICE CORKRAN.#
_ADVENTURES OF MRS. WISHING-TO-BE._
By ALICE CORKRAN, author of "Latheby Towers," &c. With 3 full-page
Pictures in colours. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._
The strange adventures of a very young lady, showing how she met with the
wonderful people of nursery legend and the manner of her introduction to
them.
"Simply a charming book for little girls."--_Saturday Review._
"Well worth buying for the frontispiece alone."--_Times._
_THE WINGS OF COURAGE,_
AND THE CLOUD-SPINNER. Translated from the French of GEORGE SAND,
by MRS. CORKRAN. With 2 coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo,
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"Mrs. Corkran has earned our gratitude by translating into
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_MAGNA CHARTA STORIES:_
Or Struggles for Freedom in the Olden Time. Edited by ARTHUR
GILMAN, A.M. With 12 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth
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These stories of heroic deed in the cause of national liberty, from
Marathon and Thermopylae to the times of King Alfred and the _Magna
Charta_, are designed to stimulate a love of history, and add to the
inspiration of freedom, which should be the heritage of every boy and
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"A book of special excellence, which ought to be in the hands
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_THE PATRIOT MARTYR:_
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"It should be read with interest by every girl who loves to learn
what her sex can accomplish in times of difficulty and
danger."--_Bristol Times._
#BY GREGSON GOW.#
_NEW LIGHT THROUGH OLD WINDOWS:_
A Series of Stories illustrating Fables of AEsop. By GREGSON GOW.
With 3 Pictures in colours. Cloth extra, 2_s._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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