FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   174   175   176   177   178   179   180   181   182   >>  
HECTOR SERVADAC, $2.00. A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, $2.00. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON DIRECT IN NINETY-SEVEN HOURS, TWENTY MINUTES; AND A JOURNEY AROUND IT, $2.00. DICK SANDS, $2.00. THE STEAM HOUSE, $2.00. THE GIANT RAFT, $2.00. THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, $2.50. * * * * * Czar and Sultan. The adventures of a British Lad in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. By ARCHIBALD FORBES. Illustrated. 12mo, $2.00. "Very fascinating and graphic. Mr. Forbes is a forcible writer, and the present work has the vigor and intensity associated with his name. It is sure to be popular with youthful readers."--BOSTON BEACON. "A brilliant and exciting narrative, and the drawings add to its interest and value."--N.Y. OBSERVER. * * * * * Books of Adventure by Robert Leighton. OLAF THE GLORIOUS. A Story of Olaf Triggvison, King of Norway, A.D. 995-1000. Crown 8vo, with numerous full-page illustrations, $1.50. THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. The Story of a North Sea Fisher Boy. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.50. THE THIRSTY SWORD. A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland, 1262-65. With 8 illustrations and a map. Crown 8vo, $1.50. THE PILOTS OF POMONA. A Story of the Orkney Islands. With 8 illustrations and a map. Crown 8vo, $1.50. "Mr. Leighton as a writer for boys needs no praise, as his books place him in the front rank."--NEW YORK OBSERVER. * * * * * Things Will Take a Turn. By BEATRICE HARRADEN, author of "Ships that Pass in the Night." Illustrated. 12mo, $1,00. The charm of this tale is its delicate, wistful sympathy. It is the story of a sunny-hearted child, Rosebud, who assists her grandfather in his dusty, second-hand bookshop. One cannot help being fascinated by the sweet little heroine, she is so engaging, so natural; and to love Rosebud is to love all her friends and enter sympathetically into the good fortune she brought them. * * * * * Among the Lawmakers. By EDMUND ALTON. Illustrated. Sq. 8vo, $1.50. "The book is a diverting as well as an instructive one. Mr. Alton was in his early days a page in the Senate, and he relates the doings of Congress from the point of view he then obtained. His narrative is easy and piquant, and abounds in personal anecdotes about the great men whom the pages waited on."--CHRISTIAN UNION. End of the Project G
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   174   175   176   177   178   179   180   181   182   >>  



Top keywords:
Illustrated
 

illustrations

 
Rosebud
 
writer
 

JOURNEY

 

OBSERVER

 

narrative

 

Leighton

 

bookshop

 
BEATRICE

Things

 

assists

 
Project
 
sympathy
 
wistful
 

delicate

 
fascinated
 
HARRADEN
 

author

 

hearted


grandfather

 

engaging

 

relates

 

doings

 

waited

 
Senate
 
CHRISTIAN
 

Congress

 

piquant

 

abounds


personal
 
anecdotes
 

obtained

 

sympathetically

 
fortune
 
friends
 

heroine

 

natural

 

brought

 
diverting

instructive

 

Lawmakers

 

EDMUND

 
THIRSTY
 

ARCHIBALD

 
FORBES
 

Turkish

 

adventures

 

British

 

fascinating