Spanish Main. By G. A. Henty. Illustrated by 12 full-page Pictures by Gordon Browne in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6s.

A story of the days when England and Spain struggled for the supremacy of the sea, and England carried off the palm. The heroes sail as lads with Drake in the expedition in which the Pacific Ocean was first seen by an Englishman from a tree-top on the Isthmus of Panama, and in his great voyage of circumnavigation. The historical portion of the story is absolutely to be relied upon, but this, although very useful to lads, will perhaps be less attractive than the great variety of exciting adventure through which the young adventurers pass in the course of their voyages.

"A stirring book of Drake's time, and just such a book as the youth of this maritime country are likely to prize highly."—Daily Telegraph.

"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.

"It is well illustrated, and is a real good story really well told."—Punch.

"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.

"Among writers of stories of adventure for boys Mr. Henty stands in the very first rank."—Academy.

FOR NAME AND FAME:

Or, Through Afghan Passes. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.

At a moment when Afghanistan is again the centre of interest, this story of the last war in that country is especially appropriate. The hero is apprenticed to a Yarmouth smacksman whose boat is run down in the North Sea by a ship bound for the East. After being wrecked and going through many stirring adventures among the Malays, he finds his way to Calcutta, and enlists there in a regiment on the point of going north to join the army forming at the mouths of the Afghan passes. He accompanies the force under General Roberts to the Peiwar Kotal, is wounded, taken prisoner and carried to Cabul, he is present at the massacre of the mission, and at the subsequent fights round Cabul. He is then transferred to Candahar, and takes part in the battle of Maiwand, and the final defeat of the army of Ayoub Khan.

THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN:

Or, The Days of King Alfred. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations by C. J. Staniland, R.I., in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.

In this story the author gives an account of the desperate struggle between Saxon and Dane for supremacy in England, and presents a vivid picture of the misery and ruin to which the country was reduced by the ravages of the sea-wolves. The historical incidents of the struggle, as related by contemporary writers, are faithfully adhered to. The hero of the story, a young Saxon thane, takes part in all the battles fought by King Alfred, and the incidents in his career are unusually varied and exciting. He is driven from his home, takes to the sea and resists the Danes in their own element, and being pursued by them up the Seine, is present at the long and desperate siege of Paris.

YARNS ON THE BEACH.

By G. A. Henty. With 2 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 1s. 6d.

These "yarns" of manly prowess and bold adventure are attractive because of their liveliness, and the change from one tale of adventure to another provides something to suit different moods or varying tastes. It is a capital book for a young reader, or a reader who retains a youthful fancy and a fresh appreciation, and seeks diversion from study or work.

BY G. A. HENTY.

"Mr. Henty is one of the best of story-tellers for young people."—Spectator.

ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND:

A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.

No portion of English history is more crowded with great events than that of the reign of Edward III. Cressy and Poitiers laid France prostrate at the feet of England; the Spanish fleet was dispersed and destroyed. Europe was ravaged by the dreadful plague known as the Black Death, and France was the scene of the terrible peasant rising called the Jacquerie. All these stirring events are treated by the author in St. George for England. The hero of the story, although of good family, begins life as a London apprentice, but after countless adventures and perils, becomes by valour and good conduct the squire, and at last the trusted friend of the Black Prince.

"Mr. Henty, as a boy's story teller stands in the very foremost rank. With plenty of scope to work upon he has done his work well, producing a strong story at once instructive and entertaining."—Glasgow Herald.

"A story of very great interest for boys. In his own forcible style the author has endeavoured to show that determination and enthusiasm can accomplish marvellous results; that courage is generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness, and that if not in itself the highest of virtues, it is the parent of nearly all the others, since but few of them can be practised without it."—Pall Mall Gazette.

"Mr. Henty has developed for himself a type of historical novel for boys which bids fair to supplement, on their behalf, the historical labours of Sir Walter Scott in the land of fiction."—Standard.

BY SHEER PLUCK:

A Tale of the Ashanti War. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.

The Ashanti Campaign seems but an event of yesterday, but it happened when the generation now rising up were too young to have made themselves acquainted with its incidents. The author has woven, in a tale of thrilling interest, all the details of the campaign, of which he was himself a witness. His hero, after many exciting adventures in the interior, finds himself at Coomassie just before the outbreak of the war, is detained a prisoner by the king, is sent down with the army which invaded the British Protectorate, escapes, and accompanies the English expedition on their march to Coomassie.

"Mr. Henty keeps up his reputation as a writer of boys' stories. 'By Sheer Pluck' will be eagerly read."—Athenæum.

"No one could have done the work better than he has done it. The lad must be very difficult to satisfy who is not satisfied with this."—Scotsman.

"The book is one which will not only sustain, but add to Mr. Henty's reputation. The illustrations are particularly good."—Standard.

"Written with a simple directness, force, and purity of style worthy of Defoe. Morally, the book is everything that could be desired, setting before the boys a bright and bracing ideal of the English gentleman."—Christian Leader.

BY G. A. HENTY.

"The brightest of all the living writers whose office it is