The Girl Crusoes Part 36

ANNIE MATHESON

A Day Book for Girls

Containing a quotation for each day of the year, arranged by ANNIE MATHESON, with Colour Ill.u.s.trations by C. E. BROCK.

Leather, with special emblematic design in gold, 3/6 net; cloth, 2/6 net.

Miss Annie Matheson is herself well known to many as a writer of hymns and poetry of a high order. In "A Day Book for Girls" she has brought together a large number of extracts both in poetry and prose, and so arranged them that they furnish an inspiring and enn.o.bling watchword for each day of the year. Miss Matheson has spared no pains to secure variety and comprehensiveness in her selection of quotations; her list of authors ranges from Marcus Aurelius to Mr. Swinburne, and includes many who are very little known to the general public.

SOME BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

PUBLISHED BY

HENRY FROWDE and HODDER & STOUGHTON

BOOKS FOR BOYS

By HERBERT STRANG

"_Boys who read Mr. Strang's works have not merely the advantage of perusing enthralling and wholesome tales, but they are also absorbing sound and trustworthy information of the men and times about which they are reading._"--DAILY TELEGRAPH.

Humphrey Bold

Chances and Mischances by Land and Sea.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by W. H. MARGETSON. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6s.

In this story are recounted the many adventures that befell Mr.

Humphrey Bold of Shrewsbury, from the time when, a puny slip of a boy, he was befriended by Joe Punchard, the cooper's apprentice (who nearly shook the life out of his tormentor, Cyrus Vetch, by rolling him down the Wyle Cop in a barrel), to the day when, grown into a st.u.r.dy young giant, he sailed into Plymouth Sound as first lieutenant of the Bristol frigate. The intervening chapters teem with exciting incidents, telling of sea-fights with that redoubtable privateer Duguay Trouin; of Humphrey's escape from a French prison; of his voyage to the West Indies and all the perils he encountered there; together with an account of the active service he saw under that grim old English seaman, Admiral Benbow.

_Glasgow Herald_.--"So felicitous is he in imparting local colour to his narrative that whilst reading it we have found ourselves thinking of Thackeray. This suggests a standard by which very few writers of boys' books will bear being judged. The majority of them are content to provide their young friends with mere reading. Herbert Strang offers them literature."

Rob the Ranger

A Story of the Fight for Canada.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by W. H. MARGETSON, and three Maps. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6s.

Rob Somers, son of an English settler in New York State, sets out with Lone Pete, a trapper, in pursuit of an Indian raiding party which has destroyed his home and carried off his younger brother. He is captured and taken to Quebec, where he finds his brother in strange circ.u.mstances, and escapes with him in the dead of the winter, in company with a little band of stout-hearted New Englanders. They are pursued over snow and ice, and in a log hut beside Lake Champlain maintain a desperate struggle against a larger force of French, Indians, and half-breeds, ultimately reaching Fort Edward in safety.

_Glasgow Herald_.--"If there had ever been the least doubt as to Mr.

Herbert Strang's pre-eminence as a writer of boys' books, it would be very effectually banished by this latest work of his."

One of Clive's Heroes:

A Story of the Fight for India.

With Ill.u.s.trations by W. RAINEY, R.I., and Maps. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6s.

Desmond Burke goes out to India to seek his fortune, and is sold by a false friend of his, one Marmaduke Diggle, to the famous Pirate of Gheria. But he escapes, runs away with one of the Pirate's own vessels, and meets Colonel Clive, whom he a.s.sists to capture the Pirate's stronghold. His subsequent adventures on the other side of India--how he saves a valuable cargo of his friend, Mr. Merriman, a.s.sists Clive in his fights against Sirajuddaula, and rescues Mr.

Merriman's wife and daughter from the clutches of Diggle--are told with great spirit and humour. Mr. Strang lived for several years in India, and tells a great deal about the country, the natives, and their ways of life which he saw with his own eyes.

_Athenaeum_.--"An absorbing story.... The narrative not only thrills, but also weaves skilfully out of fact and fiction a clear impression of our fierce struggle for India."

Samba

A Story of the Congo.

Ill.u.s.trated by W. RAINEY, R.I. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

The first work of fiction in which the cause of the hapless Congo native is championed.

_Standard_.--"It was an excellent idea on the part of Mr. Herbert Strang to write a story about the treatment of the natives in the Congo Free State.... Mr. Strang has a big following among English boys, and anything he chooses to write is sure to receive their appreciative attention."

_Journal of Education_.--"We are glad that a writer who has already won for himself a reputation for good and vigorous work should have taken up the cause of the rubber slaves of the Congo."

_Scotsman_.--"Mr. Herbert Strang has written not a few admirable books for boys, but none likely to make a more profound impression than his new story of this year."

The Red Book for Boys.

Edited by HERBERT STRANG.

A miscellany for Boys, containing a large variety of complete stories and articles by well-known writers; episodes and narratives of adventure; poems, etc.

288 pages, with 12 Plates in Colour, and many Ill.u.s.trations in black and white. Picture boards, cloth back, 2s. 6d.

_Some of the Contents._

TRAPPED. By G. A. HENTY.

THE PUNISHMENT OF KHIPIL. By GEORGE MEREDITH.

A MODERN ODYSSEUS. By L. QUILLER-COUCH.

FOREST ADVENTURES. By HERBERT STRANG.

HIS FATHER'S HONOUR. By Captain GILSON.