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e forgotten.... A book well worthy of being extensively read."--_Mining Journal._ +THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDS+. "The tale will be especially interesting to adventure-loving boys."--_Record_. +SHIFTING WINDS+. A TOUGH YARN. "A hearty, vigorous, bracing story, fresh with the pure breezes, and sparkling with the bright waters of the everlasting seas.'"--_Athenaeum_. +THE LIGHTHOUSE+. BEING THE STORY OF A GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN MAN AND THE SEA. _Extract Letter from the Secretary of Northern Lighthouses_. " ... They (the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses) have been so much pleased with the way in which you have combined the fiction of a tale with the popular but correct account of the building of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, that they think it would be an interesting work to transmit to their Lightkeepers, and I have therefore to request that you will direct your publishers to transmit me--copies. (Signed) ALEXR. CUNNINGHAM." "Thoroughly at home in subjects of adventure, the Author has made this, like all his stories for boys, smart in style, thrilling in interest, and abounding in incidents of every kind."--_Quiver_. +THE LIFEBOAT+. A TALE OF OUR COAST HEROES. "ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. "DEAR SIR,--I am directed by the Committee to request your acceptance of the accompanying Photograph of a Lifeboat proceeding off to a wreck, as a small permanent acknowledgment of the important service you have rendered to the Lifeboat cause by your very interesting work entitled 'The Lifeboat: a Tale of our Coast Heroes." I remain, yours faithfully, (Signed) "RICHARD LEWIS, _Secretary_." +THE GOLDEN DREAM+. A TALE OF THE DIGGINGS. +THE RED ERIC+; Or, THE WHALER'S LAST CRUISE. +GASCOYNE, THE SANDALWOOD TRADER+. A TALE OF THE PACIFIC. "Full of cleverly and impressively drawn pictures of life and character in the Pacific."--_Caledonian Mercury_. +FREAKS ON THE FELLS,+ AND +WHY I DID NOT BECOME A SAILOR.+ * * * * * +THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST.+ _With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d._ +BATTLES WITH THE SEA;+ Or, HEROES OF THE LIFEBOAT AND THE ROCKET. _With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 2s._ +THE KITTEN PILGRIMS;+ Or, GREAT BATTLES AND GRAND VICTORIES. "We have copied the title-page of this amusing and instructive quarto for little folks. Nothing further is necessary. Mr.
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