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BOOKS BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.

IN THE KING’S NAME:

Or the Cruise of the Kestrel. By G. Manvitie Ferny, author
of “The Golden Magnet,” “Nat the Naturalist,” &c, Illus-
trated by 12 full-page Pictures by Gorpoy Brownz. Crown
8vo, cloth extra, bevelled boards, olivine edges, 6s.

“In the King’s Name” is a spirited story of the Jacobite times, con-
cerning the adventures of Hilary Leigh, a young naval officer in the
preventive service off the coast of Sussex, on board the Hestrel. Leigh
is taken prisoner by the adherents of the Pretender, amongst whom is an
early friend and patron who desires to spare the lad’s life, but will not release
‘him. The narrative is full of exciting and often humorous incident.

“Mr. Manville Fenn has already won a foremost place among writers of stories
for boys. ‘In the King’s Name,’ is, we are inclined to think, the best of all his pro-

ductions in this field. It has the great quality of always ‘moving on’—adventure
following adventure in constant succession.” —Daily News,

“Told with the freshness and verve which characterize all Mr. Fenn’s writings and
put him in the front rank of writers for boys.”—Standard.

‘A book in which boys will delight. Just the sort which can be given to a healthy-
minded youngster with the certainty that he will enjoy it.”—Scotsman.

** A capital boy’s story, full of incident and adventure, and told in the lively style
in which Mr. Fenn is such an adept.”—Globe.

MENHARDOC: °

A Story of Cornish Nets and Mines. By G. Manvitir Ferny,
author of “The Golden Magnet,” “Nat the Naturalist,” &e.
With 8 full-page Illustrations by C. J. Sraymuanp in black
and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.

The scene of this story of boyish aspiration and adventure is laid among
the granite piles and tors of Cornwall, where the huge Atlantic waves,
clear as crystal, come flowing in to break in glittering cascades upon the
barriers of rock. Here amongst the hardy, honest fishermen and miners the
two sons of Mr. Temple meet with Will Marion, the nephew of a retired
purser of the Royal Navy and owner of several fishing-boats. The lads, in
spite of their differences of temperament, fraternize, and the London boys,
whose father is a mining engineer in search of profitable lodes or veins,
are inducted into the secrets of fishing in the great bay. They learn how
to catch mackerel, pollack, and conger with the line, and are present at the
hauling of the nets, but not without incurring many serious risks. Adven-
tures are pretty plentiful, but the story has for its strong base the develop-
ment of character of the three boys, who are wonderfully dissimilar. There
is a good deal of quaint character throughout, and the sketches of Cornish
life and local colouring are based upon experience in the bay, whose fishing
village is called here Menhardoc. The search for valuable mineral proves
successful in an unexpected manner, through the knowledge of the London
boys’ Cornish companion, and with good result. This is a thoroughly
English story of phases of life but little touched upon in boys’ literature up
to the present time.

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