e various adventures and experiences
with which he meets on the road to success, the bear-hunt in
which he takes part, and the battle at which he acts as war
correspondent, form a story of absorbing interest and after a
boy's own heart.

"A thoroughly wholesome and attractive book."--_Graphic._

HARRY COLLINGWOOD

The Pirate Island. With 6 page Illustrations by C. J. STANILAND and J.
R. WELLS. 3s. _New Edition._

By a deed of true gallantry the hero's whole destiny is changed,
and, going to sea, he forms one of a party who, after being
burned out of their ship in the South Pacific, are picked up by
a pirate brig and taken to the "Pirate Island". After many
thrilling adventures, they ultimately succeed in effecting their
escape.

"A capital story of the sea; indeed in our opinion the author
is superior in some respects as a marine novelist to the
better-known Mr. Clark Russell."--_Times._

FLORENCE COOMBE

Boys of the Priory School. With 4 page Illustrations by HAROLD COPPING.
2s. 6d.

The interest centres in the relations of Raymond and Hal
Wentworth, and the process by which Raymond, the hero of the
school, learns that in the person of his ridiculed cousin there
beats a heart more heroic than his own.

"It is an excellent work of its class, cleverly illustrated
with 'real boys' by Mr. Harold Copping."--_Literature._

JOHN C. HUTCHESON

Afloat at Last: A Sailor Boy's Log. With 6 page Illustrations by W. H.
OVEREND. 3s. 6d.

From the stowing of the vessel in the Thames to her recovery
from the Pratas Reef on which she is stranded, everything is
described with the accuracy of perfect practical knowledge of
ships and sailors; and the incidents of the story range from the
broad humours of the fo'c's'le to the perils of flight from, and
fight with, the pirates of the China Seas.

"As healthy and breezy a book as one could wish."--_Academy._

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ETHEL F. HEDDLE

A Mystery of St. Rule's. With 8 Illustrations by G. DEMAIN HAMMOND, R.I.
6s. _Illustrated Edition._

"The author has been amazingly successful in keeping her
secret almost to the end. Yet the mystery attending a stolen
diamond of great value is so skilfully handled that several
perfectly innocent persons seem all but hopelessly identified
with the disappearance of the gem. Cleverly, howe