ories of Australian Bush
Life.+

By LOUIS BECKE, author of "Tom Wallis," "Wild Life in the Southern
Seas," etc., etc. With Three Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I.
Large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.

"The Settlers of Karossa Creek" is a rattling yarn which proves
conclusively that the right hand of Louis Becke has not lost its
cunning. It is a book that all healthy-minded boys will revel in,
full of stirring adventures relating to the bush life of Australia
and the islands of the Pacific. "The Settlers of Karossa Creek"
will stir the blood of every lad and stimulate the impulses to
patience, endurance, brave daring, and true knightliness. The
health-giving fragrance of the sea and the free, glad, open life of
new lands are in it from first page to last.

+THE SPECIMEN HUNTERS.+

By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, B.A., author of "North Overland with Franklin,"
"Archie Mackenzie." Illustrated. Large crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.

Mr. Macdonald Oxley, who knows so well how to tell a story of
adventure and peril--here takes his young heroes out to India and
the Far East, with a learned Professor whose duty it is to obtain
specimens of beasts and birds. Their ramblings and the Professor's
tasks bring them into a succession of highly critical situations,
in which their lives are often in extreme peril. The qualities of
self-control, manliness and courage are in constant demand. Boys
and girls--more especially those with a taste for travel and
natural history--should find the book "irresistible."

+THE ADVENTURES OF TIMOTHY.+

By E. C. KENYON. With Four Illustrations. Large crown 8vo, cloth gilt,
2s. 6d.

A story of adventure during the great Civil War, when King Charles
I. and his Parliament resorted to the arbitrament of the sword to
decide who should have the mastery. The hero is a Roundhead, and
the heroine is a charming young person, whose hand a hard-hearted
guardian seeks to dispose of in a manner to which her heart
consents not. The author is not carried into any excess of
partisanship, though his sympathies are obvious, and we can
confidently recommend the story as a very good specimen of grand
historical romance. The air resounds to the clashing of swords--so
to say--but the love element occupies the place of supreme interest
throughout, and will