Adventures in Many Lands, page 198 by Various Authors
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o unpublished, and from these vivid pages we gain a clearer idea than ever of his hero. A lion-hearted soul! The boy reader will find him irresistible."
+CONDEMNED TO THE GALLEYS. The Adventures of a French Protestant.+
By JEAN MARTEILHE. With Seven Illustrations by E. Barnard Lintott. "Christian Heroes" Series, No. 2. Large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
The Expository Times says:--"Let the boy who wants authentic history and excitement combined read 'Condemned to the Galleys,' by Jean Marteilhe."
The Northern Whig says:--"It is a most interesting and reliable work, giving a story which reads like the most fascinating fiction, but is really the genuine history of the sufferings and adventures of a young Protestant."
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, LONDON.
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Every Boy's Bookshelf.
A New Series of Eighteenpenny Stories for Boys, full of stirring adventure. Each with two illustrations in colours and coloured medallion on cover. Large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 1s. 6d.
+SKYLARK: His Deeds and Adventures.+ By M. GENESTE. With two coloured illustrations by W. E. WIGFULL. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 1s. 6d.
Skylark, so named from his propensity for 'larking' and practical joking, is not only a favourite at school on account of his sunny disposition, but a real influence for good because of the uniform 'straightness' of his conduct. His adventures include a fire at the school, in which he nearly perishes, and being kidnapped and carried off to France, having stumbled on evidence tending to identify the authors of a burglary. Altogether the book is full of incident.
+CAVE PERILOUS: A Tale of the Bread Riots.+ By L. T. MEADE. With two coloured illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 1s. 6d.
A very brightly written tale, full of incident and adventure, of English life nearly a century ago.
The Scotsman says: 'A spirited and interesting tale of adventure in which a boy and girl, shut up in a wild cave, bu