Part 37 (1/2)

THE HIGHWAYMAN. By ALFRED NOYES.

OCEAN LINERS, PAST AND PRESENT. By FRANK H. MASON.

Barclay of the Guides:

A Story of the Indian Mutiny.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by H. W. KOEKKOEK. With Maps. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

Of all our Native Indian regiments the Guides have probably the most glorious traditions. They were among the few who remained true to their salt during the trying days of the great Mutiny, vying in gallantry and devotion with our best British regiments. The story tells how James Barclay, after a strange career in Afghanistan, becomes a.s.sociated with this famous regiment, and though young in years, bears a man's part in the great march to Delhi, the capture of the royal city, and the suppression of the Mutiny.

With Drake On the Spanish Main

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by ARCHIBALD WEBB. With Maps. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

A rousing story of adventure by sea and land. The hero, Dennis Hazelrig, is cast ash.o.r.e on an island in the Spanish Main, the sole survivor of a band of adventurers from Plymouth. He lives for some time with no companion but a spider monkey, but by a series of remarkable incidents he gathers about him a numerous band of escaped slaves and prisoners, English, French and native; captures a Spanish fort; fights a Spanish galleon; meets Francis Drake, and accompanies him in his famous adventures on the Isthmus of Panama; and finally reaches England the possessor of much treasure. The author has, as usual, devoted much pains to characterisation, and every boy will delight in Amos Turnpenny, Tom Copstone, and other bold men of Devon, and in Mirandola, the monkey.

_School Guardian_.--”Another of Mr. Herbert Strang's masterful stories of adventure and romance.”

Swift and Sure

The Story of a Hydroplane.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour Crown 8vo, cloth. 2s. 6d.

What the aeroplane is to the air the hydroplane promises to be to the sea. This story is a companion volume to ”King of the Air” and ”Lord of the Seas,” a forecast of what may be expected from the progress of mechanical invention in the near future.

Lord of the Seas

A Story of a Submarine.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour Crown 8vo, cloth extra. 2s. 6d.

The present day is witnessing a simultaneous attack by scientific investigation on the problems of aerial and submarine locomotion. In his book ”King of the Air” Mr. Strang gave us a romance of modern aeronautics. In ”Lord of the Seas” we have a companion volume dealing with the marvels of submarine navigation.

King of the Air

or, To Morocco on an Airs.h.i.+p.

Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by W. E. WEBSTER. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2s. 6d.

In this story (Mr. Herbert Strang's second half-crown book) the young hero, having a strong turn for mechanical invention, contrives a machine that represents a great advance on what has previously been accomplished in the direction of aerial navigation. He has nearly perfected his invention when a British diplomatist is captured by tribesmen in Morocco, and his a.s.sistance is invoked in order to rescue the captive without negotiations that may involve international difficulties. The story tells of the exciting and amusing adventures that befell him and his companions in their perilous mission.