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“Among writers of stories of adventure Mr. Henty stands in the very first rank.”—Academy.
“Among writers of stories of adventure Mr. Henty stands in the very first rank.”—Academy.
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of the Times of Hannibal. ByG. A. Henty. With 12 page Illustrations byC. J. Staniland, r.i.6s.
“From first to last nothing stays the interest of the narrative. It bears us along as on a stream whose current varies in direction, but never loses its force.”—Saturday Review.
“From first to last nothing stays the interest of the narrative. It bears us along as on a stream whose current varies in direction, but never loses its force.”—Saturday Review.
Redskin and Cow-boy: A Tale of the Western Plains. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byAlfred Pearse. 6s.
“It has a good plot; it abounds in action; the scenes are equally spirited and realistic. The pictures of life on a cattle ranche are most graphically painted, as are the manners of the reckless but jovial cow-boys.”—Times.
“It has a good plot; it abounds in action; the scenes are equally spirited and realistic. The pictures of life on a cattle ranche are most graphically painted, as are the manners of the reckless but jovial cow-boys.”—Times.
The Lion of the North: A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus. ByG. A. Henty. With 12 page Pictures byJ. Schönberg. 6s.
“A praiseworthy attempt to interest British youth in the great deeds of the Scotch Brigade in the wars of Gustavus Adolphus.”—Athenæum.
“A praiseworthy attempt to interest British youth in the great deeds of the Scotch Brigade in the wars of Gustavus Adolphus.”—Athenæum.
With Clive in India: or, The Beginnings of an Empire. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byGordon Browne. 6s.
“Those who know something about India will be the most ready to thank Mr. Henty for giving them this instructive volume to place in the hands of their children.”—Academy.
“Those who know something about India will be the most ready to thank Mr. Henty for giving them this instructive volume to place in the hands of their children.”—Academy.
In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence (1821-1827). ByG. A. Henty. With 12 page Illustrations byW. S. Stacey, and a Map. 6s.
“An excellent story, and if the proportion of history is smaller than usual, the whole result leaves nothing to be desired.”—Journal of Education.
“An excellent story, and if the proportion of history is smaller than usual, the whole result leaves nothing to be desired.”—Journal of Education.
The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition. ByG. A. Henty. With 10 page Illustrations byJ. SchönbergandJ. Nash, and 4 Plans. 6s.
“It is literally true that the narrative never flags for a moment; the incidents which fall to be recorded after the dash for Khartoum has been made and failed are quite as interesting as those which precede it.”—Academy.
“It is literally true that the narrative never flags for a moment; the incidents which fall to be recorded after the dash for Khartoum has been made and failed are quite as interesting as those which precede it.”—Academy.
With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War. ByG. A. Henty. With 10 page Illustrations byGordon Browne, and 6 Maps. 6s.
“The story is a capital one and full of variety. Young Wingfield, who is conscientious, spirited, and ‘hard as nails’, would have been a man after the very heart of Stonewall Jackson.”—Times.
“The story is a capital one and full of variety. Young Wingfield, who is conscientious, spirited, and ‘hard as nails’, would have been a man after the very heart of Stonewall Jackson.”—Times.
By Right of Conquest: or, With Cortez in Mexico. ByG. A. Henty. With 10 page Illustrations byW. S. Stacey. 6s.
“By Right of Conquestis the nearest approach to a perfectly successful historical tale that Mr. Henty has yet published.”—Academy.
“By Right of Conquestis the nearest approach to a perfectly successful historical tale that Mr. Henty has yet published.”—Academy.
“Mr. Henty is the king of story-tellers for boys.”—Sword and Trowel.
“Mr. Henty is the king of story-tellers for boys.”—Sword and Trowel.
Through the Fray: A Story of the Luddite Riots. ByG. A. Henty. With 12 page Illustrations byH. M. Paget. 6s.
“One of the best of the many good books he has produced, and deserves to be classed with hisFacing Death.”—Standard.
“One of the best of the many good books he has produced, and deserves to be classed with hisFacing Death.”—Standard.
Captain Bayley’s Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byH. M. Paget. 6s.
“A Westminster boy who makes his way in the world by hard work, good temper, and unfailing courage.”—St. James’s Gazette.
“A Westminster boy who makes his way in the world by hard work, good temper, and unfailing courage.”—St. James’s Gazette.
St. Bartholomew’s Eve.ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byH. J. Draper. 6s.
“Is in Mr. Henty’s best style, and the interest never flags.”—Journal of Education.
“Is in Mr. Henty’s best style, and the interest never flags.”—Journal of Education.
Reduced Illustration from “With Frederick the Great”.
Reduced Illustration from “With Frederick the Great”.
Reduced Illustration from “With Frederick the Great”.
In Freedom’s Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byGordon Browne. 6s.
“His tale of the days of Wallace and Bruce is full of stirring action, and will commend itself to boys.”—Athenæum.
“His tale of the days of Wallace and Bruce is full of stirring action, and will commend itself to boys.”—Athenæum.
With Cochrane the Dauntless: A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American Waters. ByG. A. Henty. With 12 page Illustrations byW. H. Margetson. 6s.
“This tale we specially recommend; for the career of Lord Cochrane and his many valiant fights in the cause of liberty deserve to be better known than they are.”—St. James’s Gazette.
“This tale we specially recommend; for the career of Lord Cochrane and his many valiant fights in the cause of liberty deserve to be better known than they are.”—St. James’s Gazette.
“Mr. Henty is one of the best of story-tellers for young people.”—Spectator.
“Mr. Henty is one of the best of story-tellers for young people.”—Spectator.
Beric the Briton: A Story of the Roman Invasion. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byW. Parkinson. 6s.
“Mr. Henty has done his utmost to make an impressive picture of the haughty Roman character, with its indomitable courage, sternness, and discipline.Bericis good all through.”—Spectator.
“Mr. Henty has done his utmost to make an impressive picture of the haughty Roman character, with its indomitable courage, sternness, and discipline.Bericis good all through.”—Spectator.
Reduced Illustration from “Beric the Briton”.
Reduced Illustration from “Beric the Briton”.
Reduced Illustration from “Beric the Briton”.
By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. ByG. A. Henty. With 10 page Illustrations byMaynard Brown, and 4 Maps. 6s.
“Told with a vividness and skill worthy of Mr. Henty at his best.”—Academy.
“Told with a vividness and skill worthy of Mr. Henty at his best.”—Academy.
Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byRalph Peacock. 6s.
“Wulf the Saxonis second to none of Mr. Henty’s historical tales, and we may safely say that a boy may learn from it more genuine history than he will from many a tedious tome.”—The Spectator.
“Wulf the Saxonis second to none of Mr. Henty’s historical tales, and we may safely say that a boy may learn from it more genuine history than he will from many a tedious tome.”—The Spectator.
Through the Sikh War: A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub. ByG. A. Henty. With 12 page Illustrations byHal Hurst, and a Map. 6s.
“We have never read a more vivid and faithful narrative of military adventure in India.”—The Academy.
“We have never read a more vivid and faithful narrative of military adventure in India.”—The Academy.
Under Drake’s Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byGordon Browne. 6s.
“There is not a dull chapter, nor, indeed, a dull page in the book; the author has so carefully worked up his subject that the exciting deeds of his heroes are never incongruous or absurd.”—Observer.
“There is not a dull chapter, nor, indeed, a dull page in the book; the author has so carefully worked up his subject that the exciting deeds of his heroes are never incongruous or absurd.”—Observer.
“G. A. Henty more than holds his own as the prince of story-tellers for boys.”—St. James’s Gazette.
“G. A. Henty more than holds his own as the prince of story-tellers for boys.”—St. James’s Gazette.
A March on London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler’s Insurrection. ByG. A. Henty. With 8 page Illustrations byW. H. Margetson. 5s.
“Mr. Henty, true as ever, tells a capital story, and keeps up to the high standard of interest which we have learnt to expect from him.”—Spectator.“The story of Wat Tyler’s ever-famous insurrection is set forth with a degree of cunning and an eye for effect that may always be looked for in the work that comes from this practised hand. Mr. Henty deals with troublesome times and with characters that have left their mark on the pages of history. He is fresh, virile, and never dull, and this volume must needs add to his reputation.”—Daily Telegraph.
“Mr. Henty, true as ever, tells a capital story, and keeps up to the high standard of interest which we have learnt to expect from him.”—Spectator.
“The story of Wat Tyler’s ever-famous insurrection is set forth with a degree of cunning and an eye for effect that may always be looked for in the work that comes from this practised hand. Mr. Henty deals with troublesome times and with characters that have left their mark on the pages of history. He is fresh, virile, and never dull, and this volume must needs add to his reputation.”—Daily Telegraph.
On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the first Burmese War. With 8 Illustrations byW. H. Overend. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.
“Altogether this is a capital story, and the descriptions of the Burmese cities are very good.”—The Times.“Stanley Brook’s pluck is even greater than his luck, and he is precisely the boy to hearten with emulation the boys who read his stirring story.”—Saturday Review.
“Altogether this is a capital story, and the descriptions of the Burmese cities are very good.”—The Times.
“Stanley Brook’s pluck is even greater than his luck, and he is precisely the boy to hearten with emulation the boys who read his stirring story.”—Saturday Review.
Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon’s Retreat from Moscow. ByG. A. Henty. With 8 Illustrations byW. H. Overend, and a Map. 5s.
“Julian, the hero of the story, early excites our admiration, and is altogether a fine character such as boys will delight in, whilst the story of the campaign is very graphically told.... Will, we think, prove one of the most popular boys’ books this season.”—St. James’s Gazette.
“Julian, the hero of the story, early excites our admiration, and is altogether a fine character such as boys will delight in, whilst the story of the campaign is very graphically told.... Will, we think, prove one of the most popular boys’ books this season.”—St. James’s Gazette.
In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byG. C. Hindley. 5s.
“Few Christmas books will be more to the taste of the ingenuous boy thanIn the Heart of the Rockies.”—Athenæum.“Mr. Henty is seen here at his best as an artist in lightning fiction.”—Academy.
“Few Christmas books will be more to the taste of the ingenuous boy thanIn the Heart of the Rockies.”—Athenæum.
“Mr. Henty is seen here at his best as an artist in lightning fiction.”—Academy.
One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo. ByG. A. Henty. With 8 page Illustrations byW. H. Overend, and 2 Maps. 5s.
“Written with Homeric vigour and heroic inspiration. It is graphic, picturesque, and dramatically effective ... shows us Mr. Henty at his best and brightest. The adventures will hold a boy of a winter’s night enthralled as he rushes through them with breathless interest ‘from cover to cover’.”—Observer.
“Written with Homeric vigour and heroic inspiration. It is graphic, picturesque, and dramatically effective ... shows us Mr. Henty at his best and brightest. The adventures will hold a boy of a winter’s night enthralled as he rushes through them with breathless interest ‘from cover to cover’.”—Observer.
Facing Death: or, The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines. ByG. A. Henty. With 8 page Pictures byGordon Browne. 5s.
“If any father, godfather, clergyman, or schoolmaster is on the look-out for a good book to give as a present to a boy who is worth his salt, this is the book we would recommend.”—Standard.
“If any father, godfather, clergyman, or schoolmaster is on the look-out for a good book to give as a present to a boy who is worth his salt, this is the book we would recommend.”—Standard.
“Ask for Henty, and see that you get him.”—Punch.
“Ask for Henty, and see that you get him.”—Punch.
The Cat of Bubastes: A Story of Ancient Egypt. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byJ. R. Weguelin. 5s.
“The story, from the critical moment of the killing of the sacred cat to the perilous exodus into Asia with which it closes, is very skilfully constructed and full of exciting adventures. It is admirably illustrated.”—Saturday Review.
“The story, from the critical moment of the killing of the sacred cat to the perilous exodus into Asia with which it closes, is very skilfully constructed and full of exciting adventures. It is admirably illustrated.”—Saturday Review.
Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War. ByG. A. Henty. With 8 page Illustrations byAlfred Pearse. 5s.
“It is a book which all young people, but especially boys, will read with avidity.”—Athenæum.“A first-rate book for boys, brimful of adventure, of humorous and interesting conversation, and of vivid pictures of colonial life.”—Schoolmaster.
“It is a book which all young people, but especially boys, will read with avidity.”—Athenæum.
“A first-rate book for boys, brimful of adventure, of humorous and interesting conversation, and of vivid pictures of colonial life.”—Schoolmaster.
St. George for England: A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byGordon Browne. 5s.
“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; and that courage is generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
“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; and that courage is generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
The Bravest of the Brave: With Peterborough in Spain. ByG. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Pictures byH. M. Paget. 5s.
“Mr. Henty never loses sight of the moral purpose of his work—to enforce the doctrine of courage and truth, mercy and lovingkindness, as indispensable to the making of an English gentleman. British lads will readThe Bravest of the Bravewith pleasure and profit; of that we are quite sure.”—Daily Telegraph.
“Mr. Henty never loses sight of the moral purpose of his work—to enforce the doctrine of courage and truth, mercy and lovingkindness, as indispensable to the making of an English gentleman. British lads will readThe Bravest of the Bravewith pleasure and profit; of that we are quite sure.”—Daily Telegraph.
For Name and Fame: or, Through Afghan Passes. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byGordon Browne. 5s.
“Not only a rousing story, replete with all the varied forms of excitement of a campaign, but, what is still more useful, an account of a territory and its inhabitants which must for a long time possess a supreme interest for Englishmen, as being the key to our Indian Empire.”—Glasgow Herald.
“Not only a rousing story, replete with all the varied forms of excitement of a campaign, but, what is still more useful, an account of a territory and its inhabitants which must for a long time possess a supreme interest for Englishmen, as being the key to our Indian Empire.”—Glasgow Herald.
A Jacobite Exile: Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XII. of Sweden. ByG. A. Henty. With 8 page Illustrations byPaul Hardy, and a Map. 5s.
“Incident succeeds incident, and adventure is piled upon adventure, and at the end the reader, be he boy or man, will have experienced breathless enjoyment in a romantic story that must have taught him much at its close.”—Army and Navy Gazette.
“Incident succeeds incident, and adventure is piled upon adventure, and at the end the reader, be he boy or man, will have experienced breathless enjoyment in a romantic story that must have taught him much at its close.”—Army and Navy Gazette.
Held Fast for England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byGordon Browne. 5s.
“Among them we would place first in interest and wholesome educational value the story of the siege of Gibraltar.... There is no cessation of exciting incident throughout the story.”—Athenæum.“Mr. Henty’s books are always alive with moving incident.”—Review of Reviews.
“Among them we would place first in interest and wholesome educational value the story of the siege of Gibraltar.... There is no cessation of exciting incident throughout the story.”—Athenæum.
“Mr. Henty’s books are always alive with moving incident.”—Review of Reviews.
In crown 8vo, cloth elegant.
Condemned as a Nihilist: A Story of Escape from Siberia. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byWalter Paget. 5s.
“The best of this year’s Henty. His narrative is more interesting than many of the tales with which the public is familiar, of escape from Siberia. Despite their superior claim to authenticity these tales are without doubt no less fictitious than Mr. Henty’s, and he beats them hollow in the matter of sensations.”—National Observer.
“The best of this year’s Henty. His narrative is more interesting than many of the tales with which the public is familiar, of escape from Siberia. Despite their superior claim to authenticity these tales are without doubt no less fictitious than Mr. Henty’s, and he beats them hollow in the matter of sensations.”—National Observer.
Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byGordon Browne. 5s.
“The narrative is free from the vice of prejudice, and ripples with life as vivacious as if what is being described were really passing before the eye.... Should be in the hands of every young student of Irish history.”—Belfast News.
“The narrative is free from the vice of prejudice, and ripples with life as vivacious as if what is being described were really passing before the eye.... Should be in the hands of every young student of Irish history.”—Belfast News.
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byJ. Schönberg. 5s.
“Harry Sandwith, the Westminster boy, may fairly be said to beat Mr. Henty’s record. His adventures will delight boys by the audacity and peril they depict. The story is one of Mr. Henty’s best.”—Saturday Review.
“Harry Sandwith, the Westminster boy, may fairly be said to beat Mr. Henty’s record. His adventures will delight boys by the audacity and peril they depict. The story is one of Mr. Henty’s best.”—Saturday Review.
By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War. ByG. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Pictures byGordon Browne. 5s.
“Morally, the book is everything that could be desired, setting before the boys a bright and bracing ideal of the English gentleman.”—Christian Leader.
“Morally, the book is everything that could be desired, setting before the boys a bright and bracing ideal of the English gentleman.”—Christian Leader.
The Dragon and the Raven: or, The Days of King Alfred. ByG. A. Henty. With 8 page Illustrations byC. J. Staniland, r.i.5s.
“A story that may justly be styled remarkable. Boys, in reading it, will be surprised to find how Alfred persevered, through years of bloodshed and times of peace, to rescue his people from the thraldom of the Danes. We hope the book will soon be widely known in all our schools.”—Schoolmaster.
“A story that may justly be styled remarkable. Boys, in reading it, will be surprised to find how Alfred persevered, through years of bloodshed and times of peace, to rescue his people from the thraldom of the Danes. We hope the book will soon be widely known in all our schools.”—Schoolmaster.
A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. ByG. A. Henty. Illustrated byW. B. Wollen. 5s.
“All boys will read this story with eager and unflagging interest. The episodes are in Mr. Henty’s very best vein—graphic, exciting, realistic; and, as in all Mr. Henty’s books, the tendency is to the formation of an honourable, manly, and even heroic character.”—Birmingham Post.
“All boys will read this story with eager and unflagging interest. The episodes are in Mr. Henty’s very best vein—graphic, exciting, realistic; and, as in all Mr. Henty’s books, the tendency is to the formation of an honourable, manly, and even heroic character.”—Birmingham Post.
The Young Colonists: A Tale of the Zulu and Boer Wars. ByG. A. Henty. With 6 Illustrations bySimon H. Vedder. 3s.6d.
“Fiction and history are so happily blended that the record of facts quicken the imagination. No boy can read this book without learning a great deal of South African history at its most critical period.”—Standard.
“Fiction and history are so happily blended that the record of facts quicken the imagination. No boy can read this book without learning a great deal of South African history at its most critical period.”—Standard.
A Chapter of Adventures: or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria. ByG. A. Henty. With 6 page Illustrations byW. H. Overend. 3s.6d.
“Jack Robson and his two companions have their fill of excitement, and their chapter of adventures is so brisk and entertaining we could have wished it longer than it is.”—Saturday Review.
“Jack Robson and his two companions have their fill of excitement, and their chapter of adventures is so brisk and entertaining we could have wished it longer than it is.”—Saturday Review.