"A well-constructed and lively historical romance."--_Spectator_.
A Story of Iceland in the days of the Vikings.
With 6 page Illustrations by M. ZENO DIEMER. 3s.
A narrative of adventure of the most romantic kind. No boy will be able to withstand the magic of such scenes as the fight of Grettir with the twelve bearserks, the wrestle with Karr the Old in the chamber of the dead, the combat with the spirit of Glam the thrall, and the defence of the dying Grettir by his younger brother.
"Has a freshness, a freedom, a sense of sun and wind and the open air, which make it irresistible."--_National Observer_.
With 6 page Illustrations by F. BRANGWYN. 3s. 6d.
The central incidents deal with the capture, during the war between Chili and Peru, of an armed cruiser. The heroes and their companions break from prison in Valparaiso, board this warship in the night, overpower the watch, escape to sea under the fire of the forts, and finally, after marvellous adventures, lose the cruiser among the icebergs near Cape Horn.
"The two lads and the two skippers are admirably drawn. Mr. Hyne has now secured a position in the first rank of writers of fiction for boys."--_Spectator_.
With 4 page illustrations by W. S. STACEY. 2s. 6d.
This is the extended log of a cutter which sailed from the Clyde to the Amazon in search of a gold reef. It relates how they discovered the buccaneer's treasure in the Spanish Main, fought the Indians, turned aside the river Jamary by blasting, and so laid bare the gold of Stimson's Reef.
"Few stories come within hailing distance of _Stimson's Reef_ in startling incidents and hairbreadth escapes. It may almost vie with Mr. R. L. Stevenson's _Treasure Island_."--_Guardian_.
[Illustration: _From ONE OF THE FIGHTING SCOUTS_ BY CAPT. F. S. BRERETON. (See page 11)]
With 4 Illustrations by D. CARLETON SMYTH. Cloth, 2s. 6d.
A lad whose name has been lost amidst early buffetings by hard fortune suffers many hardships at the hands of a bargeman, his master, and runs away. The various adventures and experiences with which he meets on the road to success, the bear-hunt in which he takes part, and the battle at which he acts as war correspondent, form a story of absorbing interest and after a boy's own heart.