10 Blackie & Son’s New Publications.

 

BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.

NAT THE NATURALIST:

Or a Boy’s Adventures in the Eastern Seas. By G. Manvin.e
Fenn, author of “The Golden Magnet,” “In the Kino’s
Name,” &c. Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by Gorpon
Browne in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.

This is a pleasant story of a lad who, though he is brought up in a strictly
quiet fashion by an aunt, has a great desire to go abroad to seek speci-
mens in natural history, and has that desire gratified by an uncle who
comes home from distant lands, whence he brings a beautiful collection.
The boy Nat and his uncle Dick go on a voyage to the remoter islands of
the Eastern seas, and their adventures there are told in a truthful and
vastly interesting fashion, which will at once attract and maintain the
earnest attention of young readers. The descriptions of Mr. Ebony, their
black comrade, and of the scenes of savage life, are full of genuine humour.

“Mr. Fenn has hit upon a capital idea. This is among the best of the boys’ books
of the season.”—-The Times.

“We can conceive of no more attractive present for a young naturalist.”—Land
and Water.

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

“The late Lord Palmerston used to say that one use of war was to teach geography:
such books as this teach it in a more harmless and cheaper way.”—Athencum.

 

BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.

THE PIRATE ISLAND: ~

A Story of the South Pacific. By Harry Continewoop, author
of “The Secret of the Sands,” “Under the Meteor Flag,” &c.
Illustrated by 8 full-page Pictures by C. J. Sraninanp and
J. R. Wetts in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.

This story details the adventures of a lad who was found in his infancy on
board a wreck, and is adopted by, and brought up as, a fisherman. By a
deed of true gallantry his whole destiny is changed, and, going to sea, he
forms one of a party who, after being burned out of their ship in the South
Pacific, and experiencing great hardship and suffering in their boats, are
picked up by a pirate brig and taken to the ‘Pirate Island.” After
many thrilling adventures, they ultimately succeed in effecting their es-
cape. The story depicts both the Christian and the manly virtues in such
colowrs as will cause them to be admired—and therefore imitated. There
is not a single objectionable expression or suggestion throughout the book;
and it abounds in adventures of just the kind that are most eagerly devoured
by juvenile readers,