nd the battle at
which he acts as war correspondent, form a story of absorbing interest and
after a boy's own heart.

"A thoroughly wholesome and attractive book."--_Graphic_.

HARRY COLLINGWOOD

The Pirate Island. With 6 page Illustrations by C. J. STANILAND and J. R.
WELLS. 3_s._ _New Edition._

By a deed of true gallantry the hero's whole destiny is changed, and,
going to sea, he forms one of a party who, after being burned out of their
ship in the South Pacific, are picked up by a pirate brig and taken to the
"Pirate Island". After many thrilling adventures, they ultimately succeed
in effecting their escape.

"A capital story of the sea; indeed in our opinion the author is
superior in some respects as a marine novelist to the better-known Mr.
Clark Russell."--_Times_.

FLORENCE COOMBE

Boys of the Priory School. With 4 page Illustrations by HAROLD COPPING.
2_s._ 6_d._

The interest centres in the relations of Raymond and Hal Wentworth, and
the process by which Raymond, the hero of the school, learns that in the
person of his ridiculed cousin there beats a heart more heroic than his
own.

"It is an excellent work of its class, cleverly illustrated with 'real
boys' by Mr. Harold Copping."--_Literature_.

JOHN C. HUTCHESON

Afloat at Last: A Sailor Boy's Log. With 6 page Illustrations by W. H.
OVEREND. 3_s._ 6_d._

From the stowing of the vessel in the Thames to her recovery from the
Pratas Reef on which she is stranded, everything is described with the
accuracy of perfect practical knowledge of ships and sailors; and the
incidents of the story range from the broad humours of the fo'c's'le to
the perils of flight from, and fight with, the pirates of the China Seas.

"As healthy and breezy a book as one could wish."--_Academy_.

Blackie & Son's
Story Books for Girls

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KATHARINE TYNAN

A Girl of Galway. With 8 full-page Illustrations by JOHN H. BACON. 6_s._

When Bertha Grace is on the threshold of young womanhood, she goes to stay
with her grandfather in Ireland, with the trust from her mother of
reconciling him and his son, Bertha's father. Bertha finds her grandfather
a recluse and a miser, and in the hands of an underling, who is his evil
genius. How she keeps faith with her mother and finds her own fate,
through many strange adventures, is the subject of the story.