BLACKIE & SON'S
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

"Mr. Henty's admirers, and they are many, will accord a hearty welcome to the sturdy volume entitled At Agincourt."—Athenæum.

"This tale we specially recommend; for the career of Lord Cochrane and his many valiant fights in the cause of liberty deserves to be better known than they are."—St. James's Gazette.

"Mr. Henty not only concocts a thrilling tale, he weaves fact and fiction together with so skilful a hand that the reader cannot help acquiring a just and clear view of that fierce and terrible struggle which gave to us our Indian Empire."—Athenæum.

"Mr. Henty is a giant among boys' writers, and his books are sufficiently popular to be sure of a welcome anywhere.... In stirring interest, this is quite up to the level of Mr. Henty's former historical tales."—Saturday Review.

"No boy needs to have any story of Henty's recommended to him, and parents who do not know and buy him for their boys should be ashamed of themselves. Those to whom he is yet unknown could not make a better beginning than with When London Burned."—British Weekly.

"Every boy should read The Lion of St. Mark. Mr. Henty has never produced any story more delightful, more wholesome, or more vivacious. From first to last it will be read with keen enjoyment."—The Saturday Review.

"The story is told with great animation, and the historical material is most effectively combined with a most excellent plot."—Saturday Review.

"A model of what a boys' story-book should be. Mr. Henty has a great power of infusing into the dead facts of history new life, and as no pains are spared by him to ensure accuracy in historic details, his books supply useful aids to study as well as amusement."—School Guardian.

"Ronald, the hero, is very like the hero of Quentin Durward. The lad's journey across France with his faithful attendant Malcolm, and his hairbreadth escapes from the machinations of his father's enemies make up as good a narrative of the kind as we have ever read. For freshness of treatment and variety of incident, Mr. Henty has here surpassed himself."—Spectator.

"Mr. Henty's graphic prose pictures of the hopeless Jewish resistance to Roman sway adds another leaf to his record of the famous wars of the world. The book is one of Mr. Henty's cleverest efforts."—Graphic.

"Does justice to the pluck and determination of the British soldiers. The son of an American loyalist, who remains true to our flag, falls among the hostile redskins in that very Huron country which has been endeared to us by the exploits of Hawkeye and Chingachgook."—The Times.

"Mr. Henty undoubtedly possesses the secret of writing eminently successful historical tales; and those older than the lads whom the author addresses in his preface may read the story with pleasure."—Academy.

"A praiseworthy attempt to interest British youth in the great deeds of the Scotch Brigade in the wars of Gustavus Adolphus. Mackay, Hepburn, and Munro live again in Mr. Henty's pages, as those deserve to live whose disciplined bands formed really the germ of the modern British army."—Athenæum.

"The effect of an interesting story, well constructed and vividly told, is enhanced by the picturesque quality of the scenic background. 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.

"It has a good plot; it abounds in action; the scenes are equally spirited and realistic, and we can only say we have read it with much pleasure from first to last. The pictures of life on a cattle ranch are most graphically painted, as are the manners of the reckless but jovial cow-boys."—Times.

"Among writers of stories of adventure for boys Mr. Henty stands in the very first rank. 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.

"There are adventures of all kinds for the hero and his friends, whose pluck and ingenuity in extricating themselves from awkward fixes are always equal to the occasion. It is an excellent story, and if the proportion of history is smaller than usual, the whole result leaves nothing to be desired."—Journal of Education.

"It is literally true that the narrative never flags a moment; for 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.

"Mr. Henty inspires a love and admiration for straightforwardness, truth, and courage. This is one of the best of the many good books Mr. Henty has produced, and deserves to be classed with his Facing Death."—Standard.

"A Westminster boy who makes his way in the world by hard work, good temper, and unfailing courage. The descriptions given of life are just what a healthy intelligent lad should delight in."—St. James's Gazette.

"What would boys do without Mr. Henty? Ever fresh and vigorous, his books have at once the solidity of history and the charm of romance. St. Bartholomew's Eve is in his best style, and the interest never flags. The book is all that could possibly be wished from a boy's point of view."—Journal of Education.

"His tale of the days of Wallace and Bruce is full of stirring action, and will commend itself to boys."—Athenæum.

"By Right of Conquest is the nearest approach to a perfectly successful historical tale that Mr. Henty has yet published."—Academy.

"We are not aware that anyone has given us quite so vigorous a picture of Britain in the days of the Roman conquest. Mr. Henty has done his utmost to make an impressive picture of the haughty Roman character, with its indomitable courage, sternness, and discipline. Beric is good all through."—Spectator.

"The mission of Ned to deliver letters from William the Silent to his adherents at Brussels, the fight of the Good Venture with the Spanish man-of-war, the battle on the ice at Amsterdam, the siege of Haarlem, are all told with a vividness and skill which are worthy of Mr. Henty at his best."—Academy.

"Wulf the Saxon is 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 points of the Saxon character are hit off very happily, and the life of the period is ably reconstructed."—The Spectator.

"The picture of the Punjaub during its last few years of independence, the description of the battles on the Sutlej, and the portraiture generally of native character, seem admirably true.... On the whole, we have never read a more vivid and faithful narrative of military adventure in India."—The Academy.

"The story is a capital one and full of variety, and presents us with many picturesque scenes of Southern life. Young Wingfield, who is conscientious, spirited, and 'hard as nails', would have been a man after the very heart of Stonewall Jackson."—Times.

"There is not a dull chapter, nor, indeed, a dull page in the book; but the author has so carefully worked up his subject that the exciting deeds of his heroes are never incongruous or absurd."—Observer.

"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.

"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.

"Few Christmas books will be more to the taste of the ingenuous boy than In the Heart of the Rockies."—Athenæum.

"Mr. Henty is seen here at his best as an artist in lightning fiction."—Academy.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"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 read The Bravest of the Brave with pleasure and profit; of that we are quite sure."—Daily Telegraph.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"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 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.

"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.

"Morally, the book is everything that could be desired, setting before the boys a bright and bracing ideal of the English gentleman."—Christian Leader.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"The hero of Through Swamp and Glade will find many ardent champions, and the name of Coachoochie become as familiar in the schoolboy's ear as that of the headmaster."—St. James's Gazette.

"Is in the best manner of Cooper. There is a character who is the parallel of Hawkeye, as the Chingachgooks and Uncas have likewise their counterparts."—The Times.

"Mr. Munroe gives most vivid pictures of the religious and civil polity of the Aztecs, and of everyday life, as he imagines it, in the streets and market-places of the magnificent capital of Montezuma."—The Times.

"Adventures well worth the telling. The book is extremely entertaining as well as useful, and there is a wonderful freshness in the Roman scenes and characters."—The Times.

"Just the book to give to girls, who will delight both in the letterpress and the illustrations. Miss Hammond has never done better work."—Review of Reviews.

"We can speak highly of the grace with which Miss Beale relates how the young 'Heiress of Courtleroy' had such good influence over her uncle as to win him from his intensely selfish ways."—Guardian.

"Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories—pure in style and original in conception; but we have seen nothing from her pen equal in dramatic energy to this book."—Christian Leader.

"We conscientiously believe that boys will find it capital reading. It is full of incident and mystery, and the mystery is kept up to the last moment. It is rich in effective local colouring; and it has a historical interest."—Times.

"An admirable story, as remarkable for the individuality of its young heroes as for the excellent descriptions of coast scenery and life in North Devon. It is one of the best books we have seen this season."—Athenæum.

"There could be no more welcome present for a boy. There is not a dull page in the book, and many will be read with breathless interest. 'The Golden Magnet' is, of course, the same one that attracted Raleigh and the heroes of Westward Ho!"—Journal of Education.

"The best of all Mr. Fenn's productions in this field. It has the great quality of always 'moving on', adventure following adventure in constant succession."—Daily News.

"This sort of book encourages independence of character, develops resource, and teaches a boy to keep his eyes open."—Saturday Review.

"Mr. Fenn deserves the thanks of everybody for Bunyip Land, and we may venture to promise that a quiet week maybe reckoned on whilst the youngsters have such fascinating literature provided for their evenings' amusement."—Spectator.

"Quicksilver is little short of an inspiration. In it that prince of story-writers for boys—George Manville Fenn—has surpassed himself. It is an ideal book for a boy's library."—Practical Teacher.

"Mr. Fenn's books are among the best, if not altogether the best, of the stories for boys. Mr. Fenn is at his best in Brownsmith's Boy."—Pictorial World.

"One of the very best books for boys that has been written. It is full of material peculiarly well adapted for the young, containing in a marked degree the elements of all that is necessary to make up a perfect boys' book."—Teachers' Aid.

"The story is thoroughly original, full of fancy and pathos.... We stand with one foot in fairyland and one on common earth."—The Times.

"The sympathy with boy-nature in Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood is perfect. It is a beautiful picture of childhood, teaching by its impressions and suggestions all noble things."—British Quarterly Review.

"Little of what is written for children has the lightness of touch and play of fancy which are characteristic of George Mac Donald's fairy tales. Mr. Arthur Hughes's illustrations are all that illustrations should be."—Manchester Guardian.

"There is the finest and rarest genius in this brilliant story. Upgrown people would do wisely occasionally to lay aside their newspapers and magazines to spend an hour with Curdie and the Princess."—Sheffield Independent.

"Possess a high value for instruction as well as for entertainment. His quiet level humour bubbles up on every page."—Daily Chronicle.

"As full of fun as a volume of Punch; with illustrations more laughter-provoking than most we have seen since Leech died."—Sheffield Independent.

"A really fascinating book worthy of its telling title. There is, we venture to say, not a dull page in the book, not a story which will not bear a second reading."—Guardian.

"The narrative is breezy, vivid, and full of incidents, faithful in nautical colouring, and altogether delightful."—Pall Mall Gazette.

"A capital story of the sea: indeed in our opinion the author is superior in some respects as a marine novelist to the better-known Mr. Clark Russell."—The Times.

"The Flying Fish actually surpasses all Jules Verne's creations; with incredible speed she flies through the air, skims over the surface of the water, and darts along the ocean bed. We strongly recommend our schoolboy friends to possess themselves of her log."—Athenæum.

"One of the most fascinating of Miss Rosa Mulholland's many fascinating stories."—Athenæum.

"One of the most attractive gift-books of the season."—The Academy.

"Is as good as anything of the kind we have met with. Mr. Leighton more than holds his own with Rider Haggard and Baring-Gould."—The Times.

"Among the books best liked by boys of the sturdy English type few will take a higher place than Olaf the Glorious...."—National Observer.

"This story should add considerably to Mr. Leighton's high reputation. Excellent in every respect, it contains every variety of incident. The plot is very cleverly devised, and the types of the North Sea sailors are capital."—The Times.

"A story which is quite as good in its way as Treasure Island, and is full of adventure of a stirring yet most natural kind. Although it is primarily a boys' book, it is a real godsend to the elderly reader."—Glasgow Evening Times.

"This is one of the most fascinating stories for boys that it has ever been our pleasure to read. From first to last the interest never flags."—Schoolmaster.

"It is witty and ingenious, and it has certain qualities which children are quick to perceive and appreciate—a genuine love of fun, affectionateness, and sympathy, from their points of view."—Bookman.

"There is no doubt as to the good quality of A Girl's Loyalty. The book is one which would enrich any girls' book-shelf."—St. James's Gazette.

"As a gift-book for big girls it is among the best new books of the kind. The story is interesting and natural, from first to last."—Westminster Gazette.

"Dr. Pouchet's wonderful work on The Universe, than which there is no book better calculated to encourage the study of nature."—Pall Mall Gazette.

"We know no better book of the kind for a schoolroom library."—Bookman.

"More hairbreadth escapes from death by starvation, by ice, by fighting, &c., were never before surmounted.... It is a fine yarn."—The Guardian.

"There is some excellent reading.... Mrs. Norway brings before the eyes of her readers the good Cornish folk, their speech, their manners, and their ways. A True Cornish Maid deserves to be popular."—Athenæum.

"Young people who appreciate Tom Brown's School-days will find this story a worthy companion to that fascinating book."—Newcastle Journal.

"Very literally a 'wonder story'. Nevertheless it is made realistic enough, and there is a good deal of information to be gained from it."—The Times.

"Miss Rowsell has never written a more attractive book than Thorndyke Manor."—Belfast News-Letter.

"Here the Rye-House Plot serves as the groundwork for a romantic love episode, whose true characters are lifelike beings."—Graphic.

"The story is lively and spirited, with abundance of blockade-running, hard fighting, narrow escapes, and introductions to some of the most distinguished generals on both sides."—The Times.

"His Arctic explorers have the verisimilitude of life. It is one of the books of the season, and one of the best Mr. Stables has ever written."—Truth.

"We must place Westward with Columbus among those books that all boys ought to read."—The Spectator.

"One of the best of a prolific writer's books for boys, being full of practical instructions as to keeping pets, and inculcates in a way which a little recalls Miss Edgeworth's 'Frank' the virtue of self-reliance."—Athenæum.

"Just the book to put into a boy's hands. Every chapter contains boardings, cuttings out, fighting pirates, escapes of thrilling audacity, and captures by corsairs, sufficient to turn the quietest boy's head. The story culminates in a vigorous account of the battle of Trafalgar. Happy boys!"—The Academy.

"It is a downright good book for a senior boy, and is eminently readable from first to last."—Schoolmaster.

"We have seldom come across a prettier collection of tales. These charming stories of boys and girls of olden days are no mere fictitious or imaginary sketches, but are real and actual records of their sayings and doings."—Literary World.

"A wholesome book, manly in tone; altogether one that should incite boys to further acquaintance with those rulers of men whose careers are narrated. We advise teachers to put it on their list of prizes."—Knowledge.

"We know no modern boys' book in which there is more sound, hearty, good-humoured fun, or of which the tone is more wholesome and bracing than Mr. St. Leger's."—National Observer.

"One of the best stories of seafaring life and adventure which have appeared this season. It contains a capital 'fo'c's'le' ghost and a thrilling shipwreck. No boy who begins it but will wish to join the Britannia long before he finishes these delightful pages."—Academy.

"As racy a tale of life at sea and war adventure as we have met with for some time.... Altogether the sort of book that boys will revel in."—Athenæum.

"One of Miss Corkran's charming books for girls, narrated in that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one of the first amongst writers for young people."—The Spectator.

"Another book for girls we can warmly commend. There is a delightful piquancy in the experiences and trials of a young English girl who studies painting in Paris."—Saturday Review.

"A gem of the first water, bearing upon every page the mark of genius. It is indeed a Little Pilgrim's Progress."—Christian Leader.

"Is the boys' book of its year. That is, of course, as much as to say that it will do for men grown as well as juniors. It is told in simple, straightforward English, as all stories should be, and it has a freshness, a freedom, a sense of sun and wind and the open air, which make it irresistible."—National Observer.

"We have seldom read a more exciting tale of wild mining adventure in a singularly inaccessible country. There is a capital plot, and the interest is sustained to the last page."—The Times.

"A picturesque and energetic story. A worthy companion to his capital story, A Thane of Wessex. One that will delight all active-minded boys."—Saturday Review.

"This is one of the best books of the season.... The story is told with spirit and force, and affords an excellent picture of the life of the period."—Standard.

"A lively story of life on an Australian stock-station, where the monotony of things is agreeably diversified by not only the bounding kangaroo, but also the up-sticking bushranger."—Scotsman.

"Will not be less enjoyed than Mr. Henty's books. Sir John Oldcastle's pathetic story, and the history of his brave young squire, will make every boy enjoy this lively story."—London Quarterly.

"A book for girls that we can heartily recommend, for it is bright, sensible, and with a right tone of thought and feeling."—Sheffield Independent.

"Among many good stories for girls this is undoubtedly one of the very best."—Teachers' Aid.

"The book is one we can heartily recommend, for it is not only bright and interesting, but also pure and healthy in tone and teaching."—The Lady.

"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.

"As healthy and breezy a book as one could wish to put into the hands of a boy."—Academy.

"Full of stirring interest, genuine pictures of real life, and pervaded by a broad and active sympathy for the true and good."—Christian Commonwealth.

"It is no slight thing, in an age of rubbish, to get a story so pure and healthy as this."—The Academy.

"There is something very attractive about Mr. Pickering's style.... Boys will relish the relation of those dreadful and moving events, which, indeed, will never lose their fascination for readers of all ages."—The Spectator.

"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 and well-distinguished."—Academy.

"And a very good yarn it is, with not a dull page from first to last. There is a flavour of Westward Ho! in this attractive book."—Educational Review.

"Altogether this is an excellent story for boys."—Saturday Review.

"This is one of the best stories Mr. Moore has written, perhaps the very best. The exciting adventures are sure to attract boys."—Spectator.

"The story as a story is one that will just suit boys all the world over. The characters are well drawn and consistent."—Schoolmaster.

"This is an interesting story, written with studied simplicity of style, much in Defoe's vein of apparent sincerity and scrupulous veracity; while for practical instruction it is even better than Robinson Crusoe."—Illustrated London News.

"One of the most effective and quietly humorous of Miss Sarah Tytler's stories. It is very healthy, very agreeable, and very well written."—The Spectator.

"One of the author's best sea stories. The hero is as heroic as any boy could desire, and the ending is extremely happy."—British Weekly.

"The Cornish fishermen are drawn from life, and stand out from the pages in their jerseys and sea-boots all sprinkled with silvery pilchard scales."—Spectator.

"Told with such real freshness and vigour that the reader feels he is actually one of the party, sharing in the fun and facing the dangers."—Pall Mall Gazette.

"Mr. Fenn has never hit upon a happier plan than in writing this story of Yorkshire factory life. The whole book is all aglow with life."—Pall Mall Gazette.

"Undoubtedly one of the best Mr. Fenn has written. The incidents are of thrilling interest, while the characters are drawn with a care and completeness rarely found in a boy's book."—Literary World.

"One of the best issues, if not absolutely the best, of Defoe's work which has ever appeared."—The Standard.

"Mr. Gordon Browne is, to my thinking, incomparably the most artistic, spirited, and brilliant of our illustrators of books for boys, and one of the most humorous also, as his illustrations of 'Gulliver' amply testify."—Truth.

"Is notably good. It gives a very vivid picture of life among the Indians, which will delight the heart of many a schoolboy."—Spectator.

"This story will place the author at once in the front rank. It is full of life and adventure. The interest of the story is sustained without a break from first to last."—Standard.

"Hussein the Hostage is full of originality and vigour. The characters are lifelike, there is plenty of stirring incident, the interest is sustained throughout, and every boy will enjoy following the fortunes of the hero."—Journal of Education.

"Miss Austin's story is bright, clever, and well developed."—Saturday Review.

"The Rover's Secret is by far the best sea story we have read for years, and is certain to give unalloyed pleasure to boys."—Saturday Review.

"No better sea story has lately been written than the Congo Rovers. It is as original as any boy could desire."—Morning Post.

"A remarkably interesting and well-written story of travel and adventure in the Great Southern Land."—School Guardian.

"A pleasantly-written story for elder girls, who will admire Kathleen's courage, and learn much from her nobility of character."—Board Teacher.

"The story is bright, well told, and thoroughly healthy and good."—Ch. Bells.

"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.

"A good, old-fashioned, amphibious story of our fighting with the Frenchmen in the beginning of our century, with a fair sprinkling of fun and frolic."—Times.

"It is brightly written, well illustrated, and daintily bound, and can be strongly recommended as a really good prize-book."—Teachers' Aid.

"An excellent school-girl story.... Susie Snow and her friend, Trix Beresford, are charming girls."—Athenæum.

"The rapid movement of the story, and the strange scenes through which it passes, give it a full interest of surprise and adventure."—Scotsman.

"We recommend the book most heartily; it is certain to please boys and girls, and even some grown-ups."—Guardian.

"Ought to have a place of honour on the nursery shelf."—The Athenæum.

"Perhaps the most brilliant is Things Will Take a Turn.... A tale of humble child life in East London. It is a delightful blending of comedy and tragedy, with an excellent plot."—The Times.

"We wish the winds would tell us stories like these. It would be worth while to climb Primrose Hill, or even to the giddy heights of Hampstead Heath in a bitter east wind, if we could only be sure of hearing such a sweet, sad, tender, and stirring story as that of Hilda Brave Heart, or even one that was half so good."—Academy.

"Altogether, Hal Hungerford is a distinct literary success."—Spectator.

"Tim, the little Jacobite, is a charming creation."—Academy.

"Every rural parish ought to add White Lilac to its library."—Academy.

"Miss Green's children are real British boys and girls."—Liverpool Mercury.

"Fresh and wholesome as a breath of sea air."—Court Journal.

"One of the best boys' books of the season."—Schoolmaster.

"Reminds us in its quaintness of Mrs. Ewing's delightful tales."—Liter. World.

"Roy Eversley is a very touching picture of high principle."—Guardian.

"Will gladden the heart of many a bright boy."—Methodist Recorder.

"A hero who stands as a good instance of chivalry in domestic life."—The Empire.

"Get it for your boys and girls to read for themselves."—Practical Teacher.

"The story is well and brilliantly told."—Literary World.

"A capital book for boys."—Schoolmaster.

"The idea is a very happy one, and admirably carried out."—Practical Teacher.

"Written with tenderness and grace."—Morning Advertiser.

"One of the best story-books we have read."—Schoolmaster.

"Patience Willowburn is one of Miss Doudney's best creations."—Spectator.

"These little tales are the beau ideal of girls' stories."—Christian World.

"Hetty is a delightful creature—piquant, tender, and true."—World.

"Sure to prove interesting to young people of both sexes."—Guardian.

"A girl true to real life, who will put no nonsense into young heads."—Graphic.

"This is the sort of book that all girls like."—Journal of Education.

"He is a real type of a boy."—The Schoolmaster.

"It is just what a boy would choose if the selection of a story-book is left in his own hand."—School Guardian.

"An extremely graceful, well-told tale of domestic life.... The heroine, Dulcie, is a charming person, and worthy of the good fortune which she causes and shares."—Guardian.

"Will please by its simplicity, its tenderness, and its healthy interesting motive. It is admirably written."—Scotsman.

"It would be difficult to place in the hands of young people books which combine interest and instruction in a higher degree."—Manchester Courier.

"Mrs. Banks has not written a better book than A Rough Road."—Spectator.

"A book that will interest and please all girls."—The Lady.

"A thoroughly interesting story."—St. James's Gazette.

"This is distinctively a book for girls. A bright wholesome story."—Academy.

"It may almost vie with Mr. R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island."—Guardian.

"It is a clever book: novel and striking in the highest degree."—Schoolmistress.

"The Library is one of the most intelligent enterprises in connection with juvenile literature of recent years.... A glance at the list proves that the editing is in the hands of some one who understands the likings of healthy boys and girls.... One of the healthiest juvenile libraries in existence."—Bookman.