rston used to say that one use
of war was to teach geography; such books as this
teach it in a more harmless and cheaper
way."--_Athenaeum._

BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.

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

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_MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN:_

Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle. By G. MANVILLE
FENN. With 8 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.

A stirring story of adventure in the Eastern seas, where a lad shares
the perils of his father, the captain of the merchant ship _The Petrel_.
After touching at Singapore, they are becalmed off one of the tropic
isles, where the ship is attacked and, after a desperate fight, set on
fire by Malay pirates. They escape in a boat and drift ashore upon a
beautiful volcanic island, where, after sundry adventures, they come
upon the half-burned remains of the ship, out of whose timbers they
construct a small vessel, but when on the point of sailing are
discovered by the Malays. They are in great peril, when a volcanic
eruption, while increasing their danger, relieves them of their enemies,
and they finally escape and reach a civilized port.

"Jules Verne himself never constructed a more
marvellous tale. It contains the strongly marked
features that are always conspicuous in Mr. Fenn's
stories--a racy humour, the manly vigour of his
sentiment, and wholesome moral lessons. For
anything to match his realistic touch we must go
to Daniel Defoe."--_Christian Leader._

_YUSSUF THE GUIDE:_

Being the Strange Story of the Travels in Asia
Minor of Burne the Lawyer, Preston the Professor,
and Lawrence the Sick. By G. MANVILLE FENN. With 8
full-page Illustrations by JOHN SCHOeNBERG. Crown
8vo, cloth elegant, $1.50.

Deals with the stirring incidents in the career of Lawrence Grange, a
lad who has been almost given over by the doctors, but who rapidly
recovers health and strength in a journey through Asia Minor with his
guardians "The Professor" and "The Lawyer." Yussuf is their guide; and
in their journeyings through the wild mountain region in search of the
ancient cities of the Greeks and Romans they penetrate where law is
disregarded, and finally fall into the h