ENTIRELY NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION OF
R. M. Ballantyne's Books for Boys.
_Post 8vo, cloth extra. Each with finely coloured Frontispiece and TitlePage. Price 2s. 6d. each._
Mr. J. M. BARRIE says of "The Coral Island":--"_For theauthorship of that book I would joyously swop all mine. Ifthere is a parent who has not given it to his son (or does notdo so within eight days from now), he should at the least beturned out of his club. Many men, no doubt, become parents inorder to give 'The Coral Island' to their son. Jack, Ralph, andPeterkin, I salute you, and hope you are all a fond memoryrecalls. Not since my schooldays have I met you, but I knowwhat was in the pockets of the three of you the day you landedon that island better than I know the contents of my ownto-day, and your wondrous cave is more to me than the Strand._"
=The Coral Island.= A Tale of the Pacific.
"_No boy could be expected to respect another boy who had not read Ballantyne's bewitching book 'The Coral Island.'_"--GAVIN OGILVY, in THE BRITISH WEEKLY.
=The Young Fur-Traders=; or, Snowflakes and Sunbeams from the Far North.
=The World of Ice.= Adventures in the Polar Regions.
=The Gorilla Hunters.= A Tale of the Wilds of Africa.
_A sequel to_ "_The Coral Island,_" _and of as entrancing interest._
=Martin Rattler.= A Boy's Adventures in the Forests of Brazil.
"_One of the best of this delightful and popular author's books._"--SCOTSMAN.
=Ungava.= A Tale of Esquimau Land.
"_Any one who wants boys to believe that there is a better writer of boys' books than Mr. R. M. Ballantyne must shout very loud. 'Ungava' takes us to Esquimau land, and illustrates the phases of the fur-trader's life in the wild regions which surround Hudson Bay._"--SHEFFIELD TELEGRAPH.
=The Dog Crusoe and His Master.= A Story of Adventure on the WesternPrairies.
"_All the tales bear the stamp of the master hand. Here we rove amid the wilds of the west, hunt the buffalo and the grizzly bear, are chased and captured by Indians, and make a clever escape._"--PERTHSHIRE COURIER.
=Hudson Bay=; or, Everyday Life in the Wilds of North America, during aSix Years' Residence in the Territories of the Hon. Hudson Bay Company.With Memoir of the Author and Portrait. Also Twenty-nine Illustrationsdrawn by BAYARD and other Artists, from Sketches by the Author.
"_The death of Mr. R. M. Ballantyne is the close of a long and busy and distinguished literary career. The news will have been received with regret by the many readers whom Mr. Ballantyne's books have stirred and stimulated and charmed. They were written avowedly for boys, but they have been caught up eagerly by readers of every age, old and young alike, and when once taken in hand have seldom been laid down again until the last page had been reached._"--THE TIMES.
T. NELSON AND SONS, London, Edinburgh, and New York.
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