16 BLACKIE & SON'S BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

BY G. NORWAY.

A Prisoner of War: A Story of the Time of Napoleon
Bonaparte. By G. Norway. With 6 page Illustrations by Rost.
Baryzs, A.R.W.S. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.

“We have greatly enjoyed 4 Prisoner of War.”—The Times.

‘More hairbreadth escapes from death by starvation, by ice, by fighting, &c.,
were never before surmounted. . . . Itisa fine yarn.”—The Guardian.

“ His work bears so strong an impress of truth that it reads like a real narrative
written by an actor in the events described.’’-—Standard.

“Henry Wynter is such a young hero as boys ever like to meet in with, and
from acquaintanceship with whom they will derive a real benefit. The manly
way in which he looks after his mother and sisters during his gallant father’s
incarceration in a French prison, will rouse the best spirit of every British boy
reader and render the well-told story a first favourite.”—Dundee Advertiser.

A True Cornish Maid. By G. Norway. With 6 page
Illustrations by J. Finnremorg. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.

“There is some excellent reading. . . . Mrs. Norway brings before the eyes
of her readers the good Cornish folk, their speech, their manners, and their ways
A True Cornish Maid deserves to he popular.” —A thenewm.

‘Among girls’ books the success of the year has fallen, we think, to Mrs. Norway,
whose 7'vue Cornish Maid is really an admirable piece of work. . . . The book
is full of vivid and accurate local colour: it contains, too, some very clever
character studies.”— Review of Reviews.

Hussein the Hostage: Or, A Boy’s Adventures in Persia.
By G. Norway. With 8 page Illustrations by Joun ScHéNBERG.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

“ Hussein the Hostage is full of originality and vigour. ‘The characters are life-
like, there is plenty of stirring incident, the interest is sustained throughout, and
every boy will enjoy following the fortunes of the hero.”—Jowrnal of Education.

The Loss of John Humble: What Led to It, and What
Came of It. By G. Norway. With 8 page Illustrations by Joun
Scuénpere. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

“This story will place the author at once in the front rank. It is full of life
and adventure. He is equally at home in his descriptions of life in Sweden and
in the more stirring passages of wreck and disaster, and the interest of the story
is sustained without a break from first to last.”— Standard.

Under False Colours: A Story from Two Girls’ Lives.
By Saran Doupney. With 6 page Illustrations by G. G. Kin-
BURNE. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 4s.

“Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories—pure in
style, original in conception, and with skilfully wrought-out plots; but we have
Been soiitie from her pen equal in dramatic energy to this book.”—Christian

eader.

“This is a charming story, abounding in delicate touches of sentiment and
pathos, Its plot is skilfully contrived. It will be read with a warm interest by
every girl who takes it up.”—Scotsman., ‘