8 Blackie & Son’s New Publications.

 

BOOKS BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.

BUNYIP LAND:

The Story of a Wild Journey in New Guinea. By G. Man-
VILLE Fenn, author of “The Golden Magnet,” “In the King’s
Name,” “Nat the Naturalist,” &. With 12 full-page Illus-
trations by Gorpon Browyz in black and tint. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, bevelled boards, olivine edges, 6s.

“Bunyip Land” is the story of Joseph Carstairs, son of an eminent
botanist, who, in his search for new plants for the London nurserymen,
ventures into the interior of New Guinea. Years pass away, and Professor
Carstairs does not return ; and though he is supposed to be dead, his young
wife and son, who live at a station in Australia, refuse to believe this to be
the case; and as soon as he is old enough, young Joe declares his intention of
going in search of his father. To his surprise and delight his mother is
willing that he should go, and their friend the young doctor offers to
be Joe’s companion. Jimmy, a native black, insists upon bearing them
company; and a passage is taken to New Guinea in a cruising schooner.
They land, are made prisoners, get free, and finally journey into the interior
of that terra incognita, New Guinea, which Jimmy believes to be full of the
native demons or bunyips, as he calls them, hence the title Bunyip Land.
Their adventures are many and exciting, but after numerous perils they dis-
cover the professor a prisoner among the blacks, and bring him home in
triumph to his anxious wife,

THE GOLDEN MAGNET:

A Tale of the Land of the Incas. By Gro. ManviLue FEny,
author of “In the King’s Name,” “Nat the Naturalist,” &c.
With 12 full-page pictures by Gorpon Browne. Crown 8vo,
cloth elegant, bevelled boards, olivine edges, 6s.

The tale is of a romantic lad, who leaves, home where his father conducts
a failing business, to seek his fortune in South America by endeavouring to
discover some of that treasure which legends declare was ages ago hidden
by the Peruvian rulers and the priests of that mysterious country, to pre-
serve it from the Spanish invaders. The hero of the story is accompanied
by a faithful companion, who, in the capacity both of comrade and hench-
man, does true service, and shows the dogged courage of the English lad
during the strange adventures which befall them. The plot of the story
is simple, but the movement is rapid and full of strange excitement.

“Tt forms a handsome volume, and clearly a rival to ‘Robinson Crusoe’ as a gift-
book.”—Edinburgh Daily Review.

“‘Told with admirable force and strength. Few men other than Mr. Fenn have
the capacity for telling such stories as this, and we do not remember to have seen one
of his productions which has exceeded it in merit.”—Scotsman.’

“There could be no more welcome Christmas 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 ‘ West-
ward Ho!’”—Journal of Education.