ot to a great extent turns;
and the hero himself, who finds in his experiences at Wynport College a
wholesome corrective of a somewhat lax home training.
"A book which no well-regulated school-boy should be
without."--_Whitehall Review_.
LEON GOLSCHMANN
Boy Crusoes: A Story of the Siberian Forest. Adapted from the Russian by
LEON GOLSCHMANN. With 6 page Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I. 3_s._
6_d._
Two Russian lads are so deeply impressed by reading _Robinson Crusoe_ that
they run away from home. They lose their way in a huge trackless forest,
and for two years are kept busy hunting for food, fighting against wolves
and other enemies, and labouring to increase their comforts, before they
are rescued.
"This is a story after a boy's own heart."--_Nottingham Guardian_.
MEREDITH FLETCHER
Every Inch a Briton: A School Story. With 6 page Illustrations by SYDNEY
COWELL. 3_s._ 6_d._
This story is written from the point of view of an ordinary boy, who gives
an animated account of a young public-schoolboy's life. No moral is drawn;
yet the story indicates a kind of training that goes to promote veracity,
endurance, and enterprise; and of each of several of the characters it
might be truly said, he is worthy to be called, "Every Inch a Briton".
"In Every Inch a Briton Mr. Meredith Fletcher has scored a
success."--_Manchester Guardian_.
EDGAR PICKERING
In Press-Gang Days. With 4 Illustrations by W. S. STACEY. 2_s._ 6_d._ _New
Edition._
In this story Harry Waring is caught by the Press-gang and carried on
board His Majesty's ship _Sandwich_. He takes part in the mutiny of the
Nore, and shares in some hard fighting on board the _Phoenix_. He is with
Nelson, also, at the storming of Santa Cruz, and the battle of the Nile.
"It is of Marryat, that friend of our boyhood, we think as we read this
delightful story; for it is not only a story of adventure, with
incidents well-conceived and arranged, but the characters are
interesting and well-distinguished."--_Academy_.
FRED SMITH
The Boyhood of a Naturalist. With 6 page Illustrations. 3_s._ 6_d._ _New
Edition._
Few lovers of Nature have given to the world a series of recollections so
entertaining, so vigorous, and so instinct with life as these delightful
reminiscences. The author takes the reader with him in the rambles in
which he spent the happiest hours of his boyhood, a humble observer of the
myriad forms of life in fie
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