The boy's Froissart : $b being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of adventures, battle, and custom in England, France, Spain, etc.Froissart, Jean
History
The boy's Froissart : $b being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of adventures, battle, and custom in England, France, Spain, etc.
Froissart, Jean
France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Great Britain -- History -- 14th century; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
“The author has succeeded in making her pen-pictures of the great
scientists as graphic as the excellent portraits that illustrate the
work. Around each name she has picturesquely grouped the essential
features of scientific achievement.”--_Brooklyn Times._
=CHILDREN’S STORIES OF AMERICAN PROGRESS.= Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25.
“Miss Wright is favorably known by her volume of well-told ‘Stories in
American History’: and her ‘Stories of American Progress’ is equally
worthy of commendation. Taken together they present a series of pictures
of great graphic interest. The illustrations are excellent.”--_The
Nation._
=CHILDREN’S STORIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.= Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25.
“A most delightful and instructive collection of historical events, told
in a simple and pleasant manner. Almost every occurrence in the gradual
development of our country is woven into an attractive story for young
people.”--_San Francisco Evening Post._
* * * * *
G. A. HENTY’S POPULAR STORIES FOR BOYS
New Volumes for 1895-96. Each, crown 8vo, handsomely illustrated, $1.50.
Mr. Henty, the most popular writer of Books of Adventure in England,
adds three new volumes to his list this fall--books that will delight
thousands of boys on this side who have become his ardent admirers.
“Mr. Henty’s books never fail to interest boy readers. Among writers of
stories of adventure he stands in the very first rank.”--_Academy_,
London.
“No country nor epoch of history is there which Mr. Henty does not know,
and what is really remarkable is that he always writes well and
interestingly. Boys like stirring adventures, and Mr. Henty is a master
of this method of composition.”--_New York Times._
A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS
A TALE OF THE SIEGE OF RHODES. With 12 full-page illustrations.
Gervaise Tresham, the hero of this story, joins the Order of the Knights
of St. John, and leaving England he proceeds to the stronghold of
Rhodes, and becomes a page in the household of the Grand Master.
Subsequently, Gervaise is made a Knight of the Grand Cross for valor,
while soon after he is appointed commander of a war-galley, and in his
first voyage destroys a fleet of Moorish corsairs. During one of his
cruises the young knight is attacked on shore, captured after a
desperate struggle, and sold into slavery in Tripoli. He succeeds in
escaping, however, and returns to Rhodes in time to take part in the
splendid defence of that fortress. Altogether a fine chivalrous tale, of
varied interest and full noble daring.
THE TIGER OF MYSORE
A STORY OF THE WAR W\WITH TIPPOO SAIB. With 12 full-page illustrations.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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