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 tale of the sea, told in the simple and fascinating style in which few
writers can equal Mrs. Cupples. Little Miss Matty, our youngest passenger,
is a dear little girl, who, by her tender devotion, sustains many of the
rough sailors in time of danger, and leads them to a knowledge of the
better life. Boys will appreciate the story for its incident, and girls
because the chief actor is a little maiden.
SEPPERL THE DRUMMER-BOY. By MARY C. ROWSELL.
The story is of a drummer-boy, who, by courage and patience, became a
great musician, and whose name is remembered with reverence and
admiration. The narrative and the style are both simple enough for very
young readers, but yet so interesting that a good many "grown up" people
will take real pleasure in making the little ones listeners, and reading
the story to them.
A BLIND PUPIL. By ANNIE S. FENN.
This is a strikingly original tale, which will deeply interest both girls
and boys, for it is full of simple but exciting incidents; and though the
hero of the story is a blind boy, whose unhappy disposition is improved
and at last quite changed by the influence of a firm and kindly
friendship, the descriptions of external objects are remarkably
picturesque and vivid.
LOST AND FOUND: or Twelve Years with Bulgarian Gypsies. By Mrs. CARL
ROTHER.
Tells of how the young heir of Wolfsburg on the Rhine was entrapped and
carried off by a gang of Bulgarian gypsies; how for years he wandered with
them through Austria and Bulgaria; how he eventually joined the Bulgarian
army and fought against the Servians, and how at last he found his
father's home. The wandering life through the fertile valleys of the Rhine
and Danube is pleasantly depicted.
FISHERMAN GRIM. By MARY C. ROWSELL.
May be called a historical romance in a nutshell. The scene is laid in
Saxon times on the north-east coast of England, where Grimsby now stands,
and the story of Hablok the little Danish Prince, and Grim the rough
English fisherman with his cat Tib, is told with a simplicity and vivacity
that will delight children.
#THE SIXPENNY SERIES FOR CHILDREN.#
_Neatly bound in cloth extra. Each book contains 64 pages and a Coloured
Illustration._
NEW VOLUMES.
#Little Mop#: and other Stories. By Mrs. CHARLES BRAY.
#The Tree Cake#: and other Stories. By W. L. ROOPER.
#Nurse Peggy, and Little Dog Trip.# Two Stories by Two Sisters.
* * * * *
#Wild Marsh Marigolds.# By DARLEY DALE.
#Fanny's King.# By DARLEY DALE.
#Kitty's Cousin.# By HANNAH B. MACKENZIE.
#Cleared at Last.# By JULIA GODDARD.
#Little Dolly Forbes.# By ANNIE S. FENN.
#A Year with Nellie.# By ANNIE S. FENN.
#The Little Brown Bird#: a Story of Industry.
#The Maid of Domremy#: and other Tales.
#Little Eric#: a Story of Honesty.
#Uncle Ben the Whaler#: and other Stories.
#The Palace of Luxury#: and other Stories.
#The Charcoal-Burner#: or, Kindness Repaid.
#Willy Black#: a Story of Doing Right.
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