The Girl Crusoes Part 39

A Story of the Time of Hereward the Wake.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by J. FINNEMORE. Crown 8vo, cloth, olivine edges, 5s.

Garald Ulfsson, companion of Hereward the Wake and conqueror of the Wess.e.x Champion in a great wrestling bout, is outlawed by the influence of a Norman knight, whose enmity he has aroused, and gees north to serve under Earl Siward of Northumbria in the war against Macbeth, the Scottish usurper. He a.s.sists in defeating an attack by a band of coast-raiders, takes their s.h.i.+p, and discovering that his father has been slain and his land seized by his enemy, follows him into Wales.

He fights with Griffith the Welsh King, kills his enemy in a desperate conflict amidst the hills, and, gaining the friends.h.i.+p of Harold, Earl of Wess.e.x, his outlawry is removed and his lands restored to him.

_School Guardian_.--"With this story the author has placed himself in the front rank of writers of boys' books."

By FRANK H. MASON

The Book of British s.h.i.+ps

Written and Ill.u.s.trated by FRANK H. MASON, R.B.A. Crown 8vo, cloth, olivine edges, 5s.

The aim of this book is to present, in a form that will readily appeal to boys, a comprehensive account of British s.h.i.+pping, both naval and mercantile, and to trace its development from the earliest times down to the Dreadnoughts and high-speed ocean liners of to-day. All kinds of British s.h.i.+ps, from the battles.h.i.+p to the trawler, are dealt with, and the characteristic points of each type of vessel are explained.

_British Weekly_.--"Mr. Mason has given us one of the best histories of English s.h.i.+ps that exist. It is admirably written and full of information."

By Rev. J. R. HOWDEN

Locomotives of the World

Containing 16 Plates in Color, 5s. net.

Many of the most up-to-date types of locomotives used on railways throughout the world are ill.u.s.trated and described in this volume. The coloured plates have been made from actual photographs, and show the peculiar features of some truly remarkable engines. These peculiarities are fully explained in the text, written by the Rev. J.

R. Howden, author of "The Boy's Book of Locomotives," etc.

_Daily Graphic_.--"An absolutely safe investment for every boy who loves an engine."

_Nation_.--"The large coloured pictures of the world's engines are just the things in which the young enthusiast delights."

THE ROMANCE SERIES

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By EDWARD FRASER

The Romance of the King's Navy

"The Romance of the King's Navy" is intended to give boys of to-day an idea of some of the notable events that have happened under the White Ensign within the past few years. There is no other book of the kind in existence. It begins with incidents afloat during the Crimean War, when their grandfathers were boys themselves, and brings the story down to a year ago, with the startling adventure at Spithead of Submarine 84. One chapter tells the exciting story of "How the Navy's V.C.'s have been won," the deeds of the various heroes being brought all together here in one connected narrative for the first time.

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By A. B. TUCKER

The Romance of the King's Army

A companion volume to "The Romance of the King's Navy," telling again in glowing language the most inspiring incidents in the glorious history of our land forces. The charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, the capture of the Dargai heights, the saving of the guns at Maiwand, are a few of the great stories of heroism and devotion that appear in this stirring volume.

By LILIAN QUILLER-COUCH

The Romance of Every Day

Here is a bookful of romance and heroism; true stories of men, women, and children in early centuries and modern times who took the opportunities which came into their everyday lives and found themselves heroes; civilians who, without beat of drum or smoke of battle, without special training or words of encouragement, performed deeds worthy to be written in letters of gold.

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By E. E. SPEIGHT and R. MORTON NANCE

The Romance of the Merchant Venturers

Britain's Sea Story.

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The Five Macleods

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