12 Bluckie & Son's New Publications.

 

BY ASOCOTT R. HOPE.

THE WIGWAM AND THE WAR-PATH:

Stories of the Red Indians. By Ascorr R. Hops, author of
“Stories of Old Renown,” &c. With 8 full-page Pictures by
Gorpon Browyr. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.

The interest taken by boys in stories of the North American Indians is
probably as keen as ever. At all events the works of Fenimore Cooper and
other writers about the red men and the wild hunters of the forests and
prairies are still among the most popular of boys’ books. ‘‘The Wigwam
and the War-path” consists of stories of Red Indians which are none the
less romantic for being true. They are taken from the actual records of
those who have been made prisoners by the red men or have lived among
them, joining in their expeditions and taking part in their semi-savage but
often picturesque and adventurous life.

“Mr. Hope’s volume is notably good: it gives a very vivid picture of life among
the Indians.” —Spectatur.

“Mr. Ascott Hope is so deservedly popular as a teller of stories of adventure, that
in order to recommend a new volume from his pen we need little more than say it is
his. All the stories are told well, in simple spirited language and with a fulness of
detail that makes them instructive as well as interesting.”—Journal of Education.

‘*So far, nothing can be better than Mr. Ascott Hope’s choice of ‘The Wigwam and

the War-path’ as the name of a collection of all the most scalping stories, so to speak,
of the North American Indians we have ever heard.” —Saturday Review.

 

BY MARY C. ROWSELL.

TRAITOR OR PATRIOT?

A Tale of the Rye-House Plot. By Mary C. Rowse tt, author
of “ Love Loyal,” “St. Nicholas’ Eve,” “ Filial Devotion,” &c.
Illustrated by 6 full-page Pictures by C. O. Murray and
C. J. Sranizayxp in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth
elegant, 3s. 6d.

“Traitor or Patriot?” is a romantic story of the later days of the reign
of Charles II. The main theme of the story is the conspiracy for the assas-
sination of the king and his brother the Duke of York, which was to be
effected in the lane skirting the premises of the Rye-House in Hertfordshire,
belonging to Richard Rumbold, a maltster. The brothers were to return
from Newmarket to London, and the design was to hew down the guards,
attack the coach, and murder its two royal occupants. The hero of the
story, Lawrence Lee, a young farmer of the neighbourhood, learns the
truth from Rumbold’s pretty daughter Ruth, who has accidentally over-
heard the intentions of the traitors. Thereupon Lee starts on horseback for
Newmarket without a moment’s loss of time, and obtaining an audience of
the king, warns him of his impending fate. After a series of adventures,
the young man succeed§ in his loyal enterprise, and duly receives his re-
ward for his conspicuous share in the frustration of the ‘‘ Rye-House Plot.”