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=Bonnie Prince Charlie=: A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden. By G. A. HENTY. With 12 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
The adventures of the son of a Scotch officer in French service. Theboy, brought up by a Glasgow bailie, is arrested for aiding a Jacobiteagent, escapes, is wrecked on the French coast, reaches Paris, andserves with the French army at Dettingen. He kills his father's foe in aduel, and escaping to the coast, shares the adventures of PrinceCharlie, but finally settles happily in Scotland.
"Ronald, the hero, is very much the hero of 'Quentin Durward.' The lad's journey across France, and his hairbreadth escapes, make up as good a narrative of the kind as we have ever read. For freshness of treatment and variety of incident, Mr. Henry has surpassed himself."--_Spectator._
=With Clive in India=; or, the Beginnings of an Empire. By G. A. HENTY. With 12 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
The period between the landing of Clive as a young writer in India andthe close of his career was critical and eventful in the extreme. At itscommencement the English were traders existing on sufferance of thenative princes. At its close they were masters of Bengal and the greaterpart of Southern India. The author has given a full and accurate accountof the events of that stirring time, and battles and sieges follow eachother in rapid succession, while he combines with his narrative a taleof daring and adventure, which gives a lifelike interest to the volume.
"He has taken a period of Indian history of the most vital importance, and he has embroidered on the historical facts a story which of itself is deeply interesting. Young people assuredly will be delighted with the volume."--_Scotsman._
=The Lion of the North=: A Tale of GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS and the Wars of Religion. By G. A. HENTY. With full-page Illustrations by JOHN SCHOeNBERG. 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
In this story Mr. Henry gives the history of the first part of theThirty Years' War. The issue had its importance, which has extended tothe present day as it established religious freedom in Germany. The armyof the chivalrous king of Sweden was largely composed of Scotchmen, andamong these was the hero of the story.
"The tale is a clever and instructive piece of history, and as boys may be trusted to read it conscientiously, they can hardly fail to be profited."--TIMES.
=The Dragon and the Raven=; or, The Days of King Alfred. By G. A. HENTY. With full-page Illustrations by C. J. STANILAND, R. I. 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
In this story the author gives an account of the fierce struggle betweenSaxon and Dane for supremacy in England, and presents a vivid picture ofthe misery and ruin to which the country was reduced by the ravages ofthe sea-wolves. The hero, a young Saxon thane, taken part in all thebattles fought by King Alfred. He is driven from his home, takes to thesea and resists the Danes on their own element, and being pursued bythem up the Seine, is present at the long and desperate siege of Paris.
"Treated in a manner most attractive to the boyish reader."--_Athenaeum._
=The Young Carthaginian=: A Story of the Times of Hannibal. By G. A. HENTY. With full-page Illustrations by C. J. STANILAND, R. I. 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
Boys reading the history of the Punic Wars have seldom a keenappreciation of the merits of the contest. That it was at first astruggle for empire, and afterward for existence on the part ofCarthage, that Hannibal was a great and skillful general, that hedefeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae, and all buttook Rome, represents pretty nearly the sum total of their knowledge. Tolet them know more about this momentous struggle for the empire of theworld Mr. Henty has written this story, which not only gives in graphicstyle a brilliant description of a most interesting period of history,but is a tale of exciting adventure sure to secure the interest of thereader.
"Well constructed and vividly told. From first to last nothing stays the interest of the narrative. It bears us along as on a stream whose current varies in direction, but never loses its force."--_Saturday Review._
=In Freedom's Cause=: A Story of Wallace and Bruce. By G. A. HENTY. With full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
In this story the author relates the stirring tale of the Scottish Warof Independence. The extraordinary valor and personal prowess of Wallaceand Bruce rival the deeds of the mythical heroes of chivalry, and indeedat one time Wallace was ranked with these legendary personages. Theresearches of modern historians have shown, however, that he was aliving, breathing man--and a valiant champion. The hero of the talefought under both Wallace and Bruce, and while the strictest historicalaccuracy has been maintained with respect to public events, the work isfull of "hairbreadth 'scapes" and wild adventure.
"It is written in the author's best style. Full of the wildest and most remarkable achievements, it is a tale of great interest, which a boy, once he has begun it, will not willingly put on one side."--_The Schoolmaster._
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