Two Christmas Stories: Sam Franklin's Savings-Bank; A Miserable Christmas and a Happy New YearStretton, Hesba
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Two Christmas Stories: Sam Franklin's Savings-Bank; A Miserable Christmas and a Happy New Year
Stretton, Hesba
Christmas stories; English fiction
=THE AFRICAN CRUISER.= A Midshipman’s Adventures on the West Coast.
By S. W. SADLER, R.N., Author of ‘Marshall Vavasour.’ A Book for
Boys. With Nine Illustrations. Second Edition. Crown 8vo.
‘A capital story of youthful adventure.... Sea-loving boys will
find few pleasanter gift-books this season than “The African
Cruiser.”’--_Hour._
‘Sea yarns have always been in favour with boys, but this,
written in a brisk style by a thorough sailor, is crammed full of
adventures.’--_Times._
=SEEKING HIS FORTUNE, and other Stories.= Crown 8vo. With Four
Illustrations.
CONTENTS:--Seeking his Fortune--Oluf and Stephanoff--What’s in a
Name?--Contrast--Onesta.
‘These are plain, straightforward stories, told in the precise
detailed manner which we are sure young people like.’--_Spectator._
‘They are romantic, entertaining, and decidedly inculcate a sound
and generous moral.... We can answer for it that this volume will
find favour with those for whom it is written, and that the sisters
will like it quite as well as the brothers.’--_Athenæum._
=SEVEN AUTUMN LEAVES FROM FAIRYLAND.= Illustrated with Nine Etchings.
CONTENTS:--
Mermaid.
Little Hans.
Dimple.
The Two Princes.
Specklesides.
Black Sneid.
Little Curly.
* * * * *
_HENRY S. KING & CO.’S SERIES OF FIVE-SHILLING BOOKS FOR JUVENILES._
=MIKE HOWE, THE BUSHRANGER OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND.= By JAMES BONWICK.
Crown 8vo. With a Frontispiece.
This story, although a work of fiction, is a narrative of facts as
to the leading incidents of the Bushranger’s career. The tale may
therefore be regarded as a contribution to Colonial Literature.
‘He illustrates the career of a bushranger half a century ago; and
this he does in a highly creditable manner. His delineations of life
in the bush are, to say the least, exquisite, and his
representations of character are very marked.’--_Edinburgh Courant._
=THE TASMANIAN LILY.= By JAMES BONWICK. Crown 8vo. With Frontispiece.
‘An interesting and useful work.’--_Hour._
‘The characters of the stories are capitally conceived, and are full
of those touches which give them a natural appearance.’--_Public
Opinion._
Two Works by DAVID KER.
=I. THE BOY SLAVE IN BOKHARA.= A Tale of Central Asia. Crown 8vo.
With Illustrations.
In this work real scenes are grouped round an imaginary hero; genuine
information is conveyed in a more attractive form than that of a mere
dry statistical report.
‘Ostap Danilevitch Kostarenko, the Russian who is supposed to relate
the story, has a great number of adventures, and passes, by dint of
courage and ability, from a state of slavery to one of independence.
Will prove attractive to boys.’--_Pall Mall Gazette._
‘Exciting boy’s story, well told and abounding in incidents.’
--_Hour._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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