e dead, the combat with the spirit of Glam the thrall,
and the defence of the dying Grettir by his younger brother.

"A foremost place in the boys' fiction of the
season must be given to _Grettir the
Outlaw_."--_Globe._

"Is the boys' book of its year. That is, of
course, as much as to say that it will do for men
grown as well as juniors. It is told in simple,
straightforward English, as all stories should be,
and it has a freshness, a freedom, a sense of sun
and wind and the open air which make it
irresistible."--_Scots Observer._

BY PROFESSOR CHURCH.

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_TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO:_

Or, The Adventures of a Roman Boy. By Professor A.
J. CHURCH. With 12 full-page Illustrations by
ADRIEN MARIE. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine
edges, $1.50.

Prof. Church has in this story sought to revivify that most interesting
period, the last days of the Roman Republic. The hero, Lucius Marius, is
a young Roman who has a very chequered career, being now a captive in
the hands of Spartacus, again an officer on board a vessel detailed for
the suppression of the pirates, and anon a captive once more, on a
pirate ship. He escapes to Tarsus, is taken prisoner in the war with
Mithradates, and detained by the latter in Pontus for a number of years.

"Adventures well worth the telling. The book is
extremely entertaining as well as useful: there is
a wonderful freshness in the Roman scenes and
characters."--_Times._

"Entertaining in the highest degree from beginning
to end, and full of adventure which is all the
livelier for its close connection with
history."--_Spectator._

BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.

"Mr. Fenn is in the front rank of writers of
stories for boys."--_Liverpool Mercury._

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_DICK O' THE FENS:_

A Romance of the Great East Swamp. By G. MANVILLE
FENN. With 12 full-page Illustrations by FRANK
DADD. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges,
$1.50.

A tale of boy life in the old Lincolnshire Fens, when the first attempts
were made to reclaim them and turn the reedy swamps, and wild-fowl and
fish haunted pools into dry land. Dick o'