"Ned in the coils of the boa-constrictor is a
wonderful picture. A boy must be hard to please if
he wishes for anything more exciting."--_Pall Mall
Gazette._

"A book of adventure, where the hero meets with
experience enough one would think to turn his hair
gray."--_Harper's Monthly Magazine._

BY G. A. HENTY.

"Mr. Henty's books for boys are always
admirable."--_Birmingham Post._

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_ONE OF THE 28TH:_

A Tale of Waterloo. By G. A. HENTY. With 8
full-page Illustrations by W. H. OVEREND, and 2
Maps. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges,
$1.50.

Herbert Penfold, being desirous of benefiting the daughter of an
intimate friend, and Ralph Conway, the son of a lady to whom he had once
been engaged, draws up a will dividing his property between them. At his
death the authorized search for the will fails to bring it to light. The
mother of Ralph, however, succeeds in entering the house as a servant,
and after an arduous and exciting search secures the will. In the
meantime, her son has himself passed through a series of adventures. He
enters the army, and after some rough service in Ireland, takes part in
the Waterloo campaign, from which he returns with the loss of an arm,
but with a substantial fortune.

"Written with Homeric vigour and heroic
inspiration. It is graphic, picturesque, and
dramatically effective . . . shows us Mr. Henty
at his best and brightest."--_Observer._

"_One of the 28th_ contains one of the best
descriptions of the various battles which raged
round Waterloo which it has ever been our fate to
read."--_Daily Telegraph._

_THE CAT OF BUBASTES:_

A Story of Ancient Egypt. By G. A. HENTY. With 8
full-page Illustrations by J. R. WEGUELIN. Crown
8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.

In availing himself of the pictured records of Egyptian life and
history, Mr. Henty has produced a story which will give young readers an
unsurpassed insight into the customs of one of the greatest of the
ancient peoples. Amuba, a prince of the Rebu nation on the shores of the
Caspian, is carried with his charioteer Jethro into slavery. They become
inmates of the house of Ameres, the Egyptian high-priest, and