Chapter XX: The Avenger (3)

The story of an English boy who runs from home and joins the southern army in the late Civil War. He is accompanied by his chum, who enters the navy, and their various adventures in the great conflict are set forth with great vigor and are unfailing in interest.

TO GREENLAND AND THE POLE

A Story of Adventure in the Arctic Regions. By Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M. With 8 full-page Illustrations by G. C. Hindley, and a Map. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.

The unfailing fascination of Arctic venturing is presented in this story with new vividness. The author is himself an old Arctic voyager, and he deals with deer-hunting in Norway, sealing in the Arctic Seas, bear-stalking on the ice-floes, the hardships of a journey across Greenland, and a successful voyage to the back of the North Pole.

WESTWARD WITH COLUMBUS

By Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Alfred Pearse. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.

The hero of this story is Columbus himself. His career is traced from boyhood onward through the many hazardous enterprises in which he was at various times engaged. The narrative deals chiefly, however, with the great naval venture which Columbus conducted across the Atlantic, and which resulted in the discovery of the American continent.

'TWIXT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

A Tale of Self-reliance. By Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M. With 8 full-page Illustrations by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.

The hero is presented by his father with an outlying cottage and garden on the farm, and the gift is turned to pleasant account as a place of residence for a whole menagerie of pets dear to the heart of most healthy-minded boys.

STORIES OF ADVENTURE BY SEA AND LAND

WULFRIC THE WEAPON THANE

The Story of the Danish Conquest of East Anglia. By Charles W. Whistler. With 6 illustrations by W. H. Margetson. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

A tale in which is set forth:--How Wulfric saved the Danish warrior's life; how he fought in the Viking ship; how he was accused falsely; how he joined King Eadmund, as his weapon-thane; how he fought for the king; and how he won the lady Osritha and brought her to his home.

TOMMY THE ADVENTUROUS

The Story of a Brother and Sister. By S. E. Cartwright. With 3 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

THORNDYKE MANOR

A Tale of Jacobite Times. By Mary C. Rowsell. With 6 full-page Illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

Thorndyke Manor is an old house near the mouth of the Thames which is convenient, on account of its secret vaults and situation, as the basis of operation in a Jacobite conspiracy. Its owner finds himself suddenly involved in the closest meshes of the plot. He is conveyed to the Tower, but his innocence is triumphantly proved by his sister.

TRAITOR OR PATRIOT

A Tale of the Rye House Plot. By Mary C. Rowsell. With 6 full-page Pictures. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"A romantic love episode, whose true characters are life-like beings, not dry sticks, as in many historical tales."--_Graphic._

HAL HUNGERFORD

Or, The Strange Adventures of a Boy Emigrant. By J. R. Hutchinson. With 4 full-page Illustrations by Stanley Berkeley. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

"There is no question whatever as to the spirited manner in which the story is told; the death of the mate of the smuggler by the teeth of the dog is especially effective."--_London Spectator._

SIR WALTER'S WARD

A Tale of the Crusades. By William Everard. Illustrated by Walter Paget. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"A highly fascinating work, dealing with a period which is always suggestive of romance and deeds of daring."--_Schoolmaster._

COUSIN GEOFFREY AND I

By Caroline Austin. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

The only daughter of a country gentleman finds herself unprovided for at her father's death, and for some time lives as a dependent. She finally makes a brave attempt to earn her own livelihood, and she succeeds in doing this.

HUGH HERBERT'S INHERITANCE

By Caroline Austin. With 6 full-page Illustrations by C. T. Garland. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"A story that teaches patience as well as courage in fighting the battles of life."--_Daily Chronicle._

STORIES OF ADVENTURE BY SEA AND LAND

SOU'WESTER AND SWORD

By Hugh St. Leger. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Hal Hurst. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

"As racy a tale of life at sea and war adventure as we have met with for some time."--_London Athenæum._

WITH THE SEA KINGS

A Story of the Days of Lord Nelson. By F. H. Winder. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

An English lad thought to become a Lord High Admiral like his hero, Nelson, so he ran away from home and joined a privateer. After taking part in the capture of a French frigate, he was captured by Corsairs and sold into slavery. He escaped, and his subsequent bravery in a sea fight brought him an interview with Nelson, and promotion.

THE CAPTURED CRUISER

Or, Two Years from Land. By C. J. Hyne. With 6 full-page Illustrations by F. Brangwyn. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

This realistic story of modern naval warfare deals with the capture, during the recent war between Chili and Peru, of an armed cruiser. The heroes and their companions break from prison in the harbor of Valparaiso, board this warship in the night, overpower the watch, escape to sea, and, after marvelous adventures, lose the cruiser near Cape Horn.

THE LOSS OF JOHN HUMBLE

What Led to It, and what Came of It. By G. Norway. With 8 full-page Illustrations by John Schönberg. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.

John Humble, an orphan, is sent to sea with his uncle, the captain of the _Erl King_, but in the course of certain adventures is left behind at Portsmouth. He escapes to a Norwegian vessel, which is driven from her course and wrecked. The survivors experience the miseries of a long sojourn in the Arctic circle, but ultimately they succeed in making their way home again.

HUSSEIN THE HOSTAGE

Or, A Boy's Adventures in Persia. By G. Norway. With 8 full-page Illustrations by John Schönberg. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.

A narrative of the adventures of the young Prince Hussein and his faithful follower, Askar, in their endeavor to free their oppressed tribe from the Persian yoke.

A PRISONER OF WAR

A Story of the Time of Napoleon Bonaparte. By G. Norway. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Robert Barnes, A.R.W.S. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"More hairbreadth escapes from death by starvation, by ice, by fighting, etc., were never before surmounted."--_The Guardian._

A STOUT ENGLISH BOWMAN

Being a Story of Chivalry in the Days of Henry III. By Edgar Pickering. With 6 Illustrations. Price, $1.25.

IN PRESS-GANG DAYS

By Edgar Pickering. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"It is of Marryat 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."--_London Academy._

AN OLD-TIME YARN

Wherein is set forth Divers Desperate Mischances which Befell Anthony Ingram and his shipmates in the West Indies and Mexico with Hawkins and Drake. By Edgar Pickering. Illustrated with 6 full-page Pictures drawn by Alfred Pearse. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"Excellent is the description of Mexico and of the dungeons of the Inquisition, while Don Diego Polo is a delightful mixture of bravery and humor, and his rescue of the unfortunate prisoners is told with great spirit."--_London Guardian._

SILAS VERNEY

A Tale of the Time of Charles II. By Edgar Pickering. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Alfred Pearse. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"Mr. Pickering reels off the narrative with spirit, rather reminding us of Mr. Stevenson in such books as 'Kidnapped.'"--_London Times._

AN OCEAN OUTLAW

A Story of Adventure in the good ship Margaret. By Hugh St. Leger. With 6 page illustrations by Wm. Rainey, R.I. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

This is a breezy sea-yarn in which the reader is made acquainted with Jimmy Ducks, cabin-boy aboard the good ship _Margaret_. For little Jimmy is a tip-top sailor-man in the making merry in fair weather, handy in a gale, and a hero at cutlass work, and all his cleverness was needed when he and his messmates came to tackle the Ocean Outlaw and his castaway crew.

GOLD, GOLD, IN CARIBOO

A Story of Adventure in British Columbia. By Clive Phillipps-Wolley. With 6 full-page Illustrations by G. C. Hindley. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

Ned Corbett and his companion, Steve Chance, set out with a pack-train in order to obtain gold on the upper reaches of the Frazer river. Many difficulties lie in their path, but after innumerable adventures, and a life-and-death struggle with the Arctic weather of that wild region, they find the secret gold mines for which they have searched.

HIS FIRST KANGAROO

An Australian Story for Boys. By Arthur Ferres. With 6 Illustrations by P. B. S. Spener. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

A CHAMPION OF THE FAITH

A Tale of Prince Hal and the Lollards. By J. M. Callwell. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Herbert J. Draper. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

This story deals with the merry escapades of Prince Hal and his favorite. Sir John Oldcastle. Then the narrative deepens when the Prince ascends the throne as Henry V., while his old comrade becomes a Lollard and a champion of the new faith. As such, Sir John Oldcastle endures many hardships, but finally is captured by treachery and burnt at the stake.

THE WIGWAM AND THE WAR-PATH

Stories of the Red Indians. By Ascott R. Hope. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

"Mr. Hope's 'Wigwam and War-path' is notably good; it gives a very vivid picture of life among the Indians."--_Spectator._

THE SEVEN WISE SCHOLARS

By Ascott R. Hope. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Square 8vo, $1.50.

YOUNG TRAVELLERS' TALES

By Ascott R. Hope. With 6 full-page Illustrations by H. J. Draper. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"Possess a high value for instruction as well as for entertainment. His quiet, level humor bubbles up on every page."--_Daily Chronicle._

ROBINSON CRUSOE

New Edition. With 100 Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

New Edition. With 100 Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

SOME STORIES OF ADVENTURE

"HALLOWE'EN" AHOY!

Or, Lost on the Crozet Islands. By Hugh St. Leger. With 6 page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

An exciting story of shipwreck and adventure in the South Atlantic. The _Hallowe'en_ is found a derelict with only a girl on board, and after many experiences it is sailed to England.

REEFER AND RIFLEMAN

A Tale of the Two Services. By J. Percy Groves. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

THE SEARCH FOR THE TALISMAN

A Tale of Labrador. By Henry Frith. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

FAMOUS DISCOVERIES BY SEA AND LAND

Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

STORIES OF THE SEA IN FORMER DAYS

Narratives of Wreck and Rescue. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

FROM THE CLYDE TO THE JORDAN

By Hugh Callan. With 30 Illustrations and a Map. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

An interesting story of a bicycle trip through Europe and Palestine.

UNDER THE BLACK EAGLE

By Andrew Hilliard. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

The adventures of a young English lad who was imprisoned in Russia and sent to Siberia, from which he escaped across Asia.

JACK O'LANTHORN

A Tale of Adventure. By Henry Frith. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

THE WAR OF THE AXE

Or, Adventures in South Africa. By J. Percy Groves. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

TALES OF CAPTIVITY AND EXILE

By W. B. Fortescue. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

HISTORICAL STORIES

A THANE OF WESSEX

Being a Story of the Great Viking Raids into Somerset. By Charles W. Whistler. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

BROTHERS IN ARMS

A Story of the Crusades. By F. Bayford Harrison. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

TWO GALLANT REBELS

A Story of the Great Struggle of La Vendee. By Edgar Pickering. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

STORIES OF OLD RENOWN

Tales of Knights and Heroes. By Ascott R. Hope. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

STIRRING EVENTS OF HISTORY

Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

ADVENTURES IN TOYLAND

By Edith King Hall. With 8 Colored Plates and 72 other Illustrations by Alice B. Woodward. Square 8vo, $2.00.

The story of what a little girl heard and saw in a toy shop.

TO TELL THE KING THE SKY IS FALLING

By Sheila E. Braine. With 85 Illustrations by Alice B. Woodward. Square crown 8vo, $1.75.

A most original fairy tale, in which Henny Penny, Ducky Daddles, and other old friends are met.

THE WHISPERING WINDS

And the Tales that they Told. By Mary H. Debenham. With 25 Illustrations by Paul Hardy. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

"We wish the winds would tell us stories like these."--_London Academy._

THINGS WILL TAKE A TURN

By Beatrice Harraden, author of "Ships that Pass in the Night." Illustrated. 12mo, $1.00.

It is the story of a sunny-hearted child, Rosebud, who assists her grandfather in his dusty, second-hand bookshop.

NAUGHTY MISS BUNNY

Her Tricks and Troubles. By Clara Mulholland. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.

"This naughty child is positively delightful."--_Land and Water._

UNLUCKY

A Fragment of a Girl's Life. By Caroline Austin. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.

A touching story of an unlucky girl at odds with her stepmother.

LAUGH AND LEARN

The Easiest Book of Nursery Lessons and Nursery Games. By Jennett Humphreys. Charmingly Illustrated. Square 8vo, $1.25.

"One of the best books of the kind imaginable, full of practical teaching in word and picture, and helping the little ones pleasantly along a right royal road to learning."--_Graphic._

SOME BOOKS FOR GIRLS

=Nell's School Days.= A Story of Town and Country. By H. P. Gethen. With 4 Illustrations. Price, $1.00.

=Violet Vereker's Vanity.= By Annie E. Armstrong. With 6 Illustrations by G. D. Hammond. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

The story of a girl with one weakness, which she finally overcame.

=Three Bright Girls.= A Story of Chance and Mischance. By Annie E. Armstrong. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"Among many good stories for girls this is undoubtedly one of the very best."--_Teachers' Aid._

=A Very Odd Girl.= Life at the Gabled Farm. By Annie E. Armstrong. With 6 full-page Illustrations by S. T. Dadd. Crown $1.25.

"We can heartily recommend the book, for it is not only bright and interesting, but also pure and healthy in tone and teaching."--_The Lady._

=White Lilac=: Or, The Queen of the May. By Amy Walton. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

By MARGARET PARKER

=For the Sake of a Friend.= A Story of School Life. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

A bright story of two good girl friends.

=A Daughter of Erin.= By Violet G. Finny. With 4 Illustrations. Price, $1.00.

=Under False Colors.= A Story from Two Girls' Lives. By Sarah Doudney. With 6 full-page Illustrations by G. G. Kilburne. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

A story which has in it so strong a dramatic element that it will attract readers of all ages and of either sex. The incidents of the plot, arising from the thoughtless indulgence of a deceptive freak, are exceedingly natural, and the keen interest of the narrative is sustained from beginning to end.

=Miss Willowburn's Offer.= By Sarah Doudney. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

"Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories; pure in style, original in conception, and with skilfully wrought-out plots."--_Christian Leader._

=The Secret of the Old House.= A Story for Children. By Evelyn Everett Green. With 4 full-page Illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

"Tim, the little Jacobite, is a charming creation."--_Academy._

By M. CORBET-SEYMOUR

=A Girl's Kingdom.= Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

Olive and her story will receive welcome from all girls.

=Dulcie King=: A Story for Girls. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

"An extremely graceful, well-told tale."

A GIRL'S LOYALTY

By Frances Armstrong. With 8 Illustrations by John H. Bacon. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.

Helen Grant received from her grandfather on his death-bed a secret message. This influenced her whole life, but she was loyal to her trust and to her friends.

A FAIR CLAIMANT

Being a Story for Girls. By Frances Armstrong. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Gertrude D. Hammond. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.

An exciting story of a young girl, the rightful heir to a large fortune, who has been kept out of it, but who most honorably regains it, after much trial and difficulty.

THE CLEVER MISS FOLLETT

By J. K. H. Denny. With 12 full-page Illustrations by Gertrude D. Hammond. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.50.

The story of a great fortune and its attendant train of misfortunes.

THE HEIRESS OF COURTLEROY

By Anne Beale. With 8 page Illustrations by T. C. H. Castle. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, $1.50.

"Miss Anne Beale relates how the young 'Heiress of Courtleroy' had such good influence over her uncle as to win him from his intensely selfish ways in regard to his tenants and others."--_London Guardian._

A TRUE CORNISH MAID

By G. Norway. With 6 full-page Illustrations by J. Finnemore. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

A story of the Cornish coast when the press-gang brought terror into all its seaports, and smuggling was an everyday practice. The heroine of the tale is sister to a young fellow who gets into trouble in landing a contraband cargo and shooting the officer in charge of the press-gang.

GIRL NEIGHBORS

Or, The Old Fashion and the New. By Sarah Tytler. With 8 full-page Illustrations by C. T. Garland. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

"'Girl Neighbors' is a pleasant comedy, not so much of errors as of prejudices got rid of, very healthy, very agreeable, and very well written."--_London Spectator_.

By ALICE CORKRAN

=Down the Snow Stairs.= Or, From Good-night to Good-morning. By Alice Corkran. With 60 character Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Square crown 8vo, olivine edges, $1.25.

"A gem of the first water, bearing upon every one of its pages the signet mark of genius.... All is told with such simplicity and perfect naturalness that the dream appears to be a solid reality. It is indeed a Little Pilgrim's Progress."--_Christian Leader._

=Margery Merton's Girlhood.= By Alice Corkran. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

The experience of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father, an officer in India, to the care of an elderly aunt residing near Paris.

=Meg's Friend.= By Alice Corkran. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Robert Fowler. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

Meg has been brought up by a woman who abuses the trust. She is removed to a lady's school and is ultimately taken into the house of a mysterious benefactor who proves to be her grandfather. After a long separation she once more meets the friend of her childhood.

=Adventures of Mrs. Wishing-to-Be.= By Alice Corkran. With 3 full-page Pictures in colors. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.

A book of charming fairy tales in which Cinderella, Little Bo-Peep, and other old friends appear.

=Joan's Adventures= at the North Pole and Elsewhere. By Alice Corkran. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.

A beautiful dream-land story.

By ROSA MULHOLLAND

=Banshee Castle.= Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

The story of three bright and lively young girls who fall heir to an old castle in the west of Ireland. Their struggles to live in it on little money, and their strange experiences, are deeply interesting.

=Four Little Mischiefs.= Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.

"A charming bright story about real children."--_Watchman._

=Giannetta.= A Girl's Story of Herself. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

"Extremely well told and full of interest."--_Academy._

=Hetty Gray=: Or, Nobody's Bairn. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.00.

"Hetty is a delightful creature, piquant, tender, and true."--_London World._

=The Late Miss Hollingford.= Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 75 cents.

This story was a special favorite of Charles Dickens, and the title was chosen by him.

By MRS. R. H. READ

=Dora=: Or, A Girl without a Home. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.25.

"It is no slight thing to get a story so pure and healthy as this."--_Academy._

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=153-157 Fifth Ave., New York.=

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Transcriber's note:

Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved (for example, both Redskin and Red-skin).

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.