Part 31 (1/2)
A tale of the naval and military services in the early part of the present century. The hero enters the Royal Navy just after the rupture of the Peace of Amiens. After a short but eventful career afloat, he returns home, and subsequently joins the sister service, being appointed to a second lieutenancy in the old 95th Rifles. The ex-”reefer” takes an active part in the opening scenes of the Peninsular War, and meets with varied adventures in Portugal and Spain. After the battle of Coruna he once more returns to England. The story has an historical interest as well as a plot of exciting adventure, and a spice of humour which will commend it to the attention of lads who admire the stories of Captain Marryat.
#BY JOHN C. HUTCHESON.#
”Mr. Hutcheson bids fair to take a prominent place among our best writers of boys' books.”--_The Academy._
_THE WHITE SQUALL:_
A Story of the Sarga.s.so Sea. By JOHN C. HUTCHESON. With 6 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by JOHN SCHoNBERG. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3_s._ 6_d._
Commencing amid the fairy-like scenes and surroundings of a West Indian home, this story pa.s.ses to Tom Eastman's setting sail from the Windward Islands on a voyage to England. At first the good s.h.i.+p _Josephine_ glides buoyantly through the balmy waters of the Caribbean Sea, but getting out into the broad Atlantic, calm and whirlwind are succeeded by a gale which drives her to the confines of the Sarga.s.so Sea, that meadow-like portion of the ocean, between the Azores and Bermuda, which is constantly covered with the fibrous tentacles of the gulf-weed. Here a sudden and unexpected ”white squall” a.s.sails her--the _Josephine_ is turned over on her beam-ends, and the captain and crew climb up on the s.h.i.+p's keel for shelter. How they extricate themselves from this terrible predicament, and how the _Josephine_ is righted and pursues her voyage safely to the English Channel, the reader will discover in the book.
_THE WRECK OF THE NANCY BELL:_
Or, Cast Away on Kerguelen Land. By JOHN C. HUTCHESON. Ill.u.s.trated by 6 full-page Pictures by FRANK FELLER, in black and tint.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3_s._ 6_d._
This is a book after a boy's own heart. The story narrates the eventful voyage of a vessel from the port of London to New Zealand, and the haps and mishaps that befell her, culminating in the wreck of the _Nancy Bell_ on Kerguelen Land. There is no lack of incident. From the opening chapter, with the cowardly steward's alarm of ”a ghost in the cabin,” to the end of the story, which details the rescue of the s.h.i.+pwrecked pa.s.sengers, one engrossing narrative holds the attention of the reader.
”A full circ.u.mstantial narrative such as boys delight in. The s.h.i.+p so sadly destined to wreck on Kerguelen Land is manned by a very life-like party, pa.s.sengers and crew. The life in the Antarctic Iceland is well treated.”--_Athenaeum._
_TOM FINCH'S MONKEY_
And other Yarns. By JOHN C. HUTCHESON. With 2 full-page Ill.u.s.trations in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 1_s._ 6_d._
”Short stories of an altogether unexceptionable character, with adventure sufficient for a dozen books of its size.”--_United Service Gazette._
#BY JOHN C. HUTCHESON.#
”Mr. Hutcheson is master of a capital style for boy readers.”--_Scotsman._
_PICKED UP AT SEA:_
Or the Gold Miners of Minturne Creek; and other Stories. By JOHN C.
HUTCHESON. With 6 full-page Pictures in tints. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3_s._ 6_d._
The story of a young English lad, rescued in mid Atlantic from a watery grave, and taken out west by a party of gold-diggers to the wild regions of the Black Hills in Dakota. Here, after warring with the elements during months of unceasing toil in their search for the riches of the earth, and having the result of their indefatigable labour well-nigh torn from their grasp when on the verge of victory, success at last rewards the efforts of the adventurous band.
”A capital book; full of startling incident, clever dialogue, admirable descriptions of sky and water in all their aspects, and plenty of fun.”--_Sheffield Independent._
”This is the first appearance of the author as a writer of books for boys, and the success is so marked that it may well encourage him to further efforts. The description of mining life in the Far-west is true and accurate.”--_Standard._
_TEDDY:_
The Story of a ”Little Pickle.” By JOHN C. HUTCHESON. With 3 full-page Ill.u.s.trations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._