"The late Lord Palmerston used to say that one use of war was to teach geography; such books as this teach it in a more harmless and cheaper way."--_Athenaeum._

BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.

"Mr. Fenn is in the front rank of writers of stories for boys."--_Liverpool Mercury._

_MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN:_

Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 8 full-page Ill.u.s.trations. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $150.

A stirring story of adventure in the Eastern seas, where a lad shares the perils of his father, the captain of the merchant ship _The Petrel_.

After touching at Singapore, they are becalmed off one of the tropic isles, where the ship is attacked and, after a desperate fight, set on fire by Malay pirates. They escape in a boat and drift ash.o.r.e upon a beautiful volcanic island, where, after sundry adventures, they come upon the half-burned remains of the ship, out of whose timbers they construct a small vessel, but when on the point of sailing are discovered by the Malays. They are in great peril, when a volcanic eruption, while increasing their danger, relieves them of their enemies, and they finally escape and reach a civilized port.

"Jules Verne himself never constructed a more marvellous tale. It contains the strongly marked features that are always conspicuous in Mr. Fenn's stories--a racy humour, the manly vigour of his sentiment, and wholesome moral lessons. For anything to match his realistic touch we must go to Daniel Defoe."--_Christian Leader._

_YUSSUF THE GUIDE:_

Being the Strange Story of the Travels in Asia Minor of Burne the Lawyer, Preston the Professor, and Lawrence the Sick. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 8 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by JOHN SCHoNBERG. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, $150.

Deals with the stirring incidents in the career of Lawrence Grange, a lad who has been almost given over by the doctors, but who rapidly recovers health and strength in a journey through Asia Minor with his guardians "The Professor" and "The Lawyer." Yussuf is their guide; and in their journeyings through the wild mountain region in search of the ancient cities of the Greeks and Romans they penetrate where law is disregarded, and finally fall into the hands of brigands. Their adventures in this rarely-traversed romantic region are many, and culminate in the travellers being snowed up for the winter in the mountains, from which they escape while their captors are waiting for the ransom that does not come.

"This story is told with such real freshness and vigour that the reader feels he is actually one of the party, sharing in the fun and facing the dangers with them."--_Pall Mall Gazette._

"Takes its readers into scenes that will have great novelty and attraction for them, and the experiences with the brigands will be especially delightful to the boyish imagination."--_Scotsman._

BY SARAH DOUDNEY.

_UNDER FALSE COLOURS._

By SARAH DOUDNEY. With 12 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by G. G. KILBURNE. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $150.

A story which, while it is eminently suitable for girls' reading because of the purity of its style, its genuine pathos and healthy sentiment, has in it so strong a dramatic element that it will attract readers of all ages and of either s.e.x. The incidents of the plot, arising from the thoughtless indulgence of a deceptive freak, are exceedingly natural, and the keen interest of the narrative is sustained from beginning to end. It is worthy of the high reputation attained by the author as a writer of stories interesting as novels and destined for the delight of the home circle.

"This is a charming story, abounding in delicate touches of sentiment and pathos. Its plot is skilfully contrived. It will be read with a warm interest by every girl who takes it up."--_Scotsman._

"Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories--pure in style, original in conception, and with skilfully wrought-out plots; but we have seen nothing from this lady's pen equal in dramatic energy to her latest work, _Under False Colours_."--_Christian Leader._

BY ROSA MULHOLLAND.

_GIANNETTA:_

A Girl's Story of Herself. By ROSA MULHOLLAND.

With 8 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by LOCKHART BOGLE.

Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $150.

The daughter of an Anglo-Irish gentleman, who had married a poor Swiss girl, was stolen as an infant by some of her mother's relatives. The child having died, they afterwards for the sake of gain subst.i.tute another child for it, and the changeling, after becoming a clever modeller of clay images, is suddenly transferred to the position of a rich heiress. She develops into a good and accomplished woman, and though the imposture of her early friends is finally discovered, she has gained too much love and devotion to be really a sufferer by the surrender of her estates.

"Extremely well told and full of interest.

Giannetta is a true heroine--warm-hearted, self-sacrificing, and, as all good women nowadays are, largely touched with the enthusiasm of humanity. The ill.u.s.trations are unusually good, and combine with the binding and printing to make this one of the most attractive gift-books of the season."--_The Academy._

"No better book could be selected for a young girl's reading, as its object is evidently to hold up a mirror, in which are seen some of the brightest and n.o.blest traits in the female character."--_Schoolmistress._

BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.

"Mr. G. A. Henty has found a formidable rival in Mr. Collingwood."--_Academy._

_THE LOG OF THE "FLYING FISH:"_

A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 12 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo, cl.

elegant, olivine edges, $150.

In this story the aim of the author has been, not only to interest and amuse, but also to stimulate a taste for scientific study. He has utilized natural science as a peg whereon to hang the web of a narrative of absorbing interest, interweaving therewith sundry very striking scientific facts in such a manner as to provoke a desire for further information.

Professor Von Schalckenberg constructs a gigantic and wonderful ship, appropriately named the _Flying Fish_, which is capable of navigating not only the higher reaches of the atmosphere, but also the extremest depths of ocean; and in her the four adventurers make a voyage to the North Pole, and to a hitherto unexplored portion of Central Africa.

"The _Flying Fish_, that marvellous achievement of science, actually surpa.s.ses all Jules Verne's creations; with incredible speed she flies through the air, skims over the surface of the water, and darts along the ocean bed. We strongly recommend our school-boy friends to possess themselves of her log."--_Athenaeum._

"Is full of even more vividly recounted adventures than those which charmed so many boy readers in _Pirate Island and Congo Rovers_. . . . There is a thrilling adventure on the precipices of Mount Everest, when the ship floats off and providentially returns by force of 'gravitation.'"--_Academy._

_THE MISSING MERCHANTMAN._

By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. With 8 full-page Pictures by W. H. OVEREND. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $150.

A fine Australian clipper is seized by the crew; the pa.s.sengers are landed on one desert island, the captain and a junior officer on another; and the young hero of the story is kept on board to navigate the ship. The mutineers refit the ship as a pirate vessel at an island which affords them convenient shelter, and in which Ned makes the discovery of an old-world treasure-h.o.a.rd. At length, with the aid of a repentant member of the crew, Ned succeeds in carrying off the ship. In the meantime the captain and his a.s.sociates have succeeded in rejoining the pa.s.sengers, and they are after many adventures found by Ned.