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By G. A. Henty.

"The brightest of all the living writers whose office it is to enchant the boys."

—Christian Leader.

Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations by Alfred Pearse, and a Map. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

The Renshaws lose their property by a bank failure and emigrate to New Zealand during the period of the war with the natives. Wilfrid Renshaw, a strong, self-reliant, courageous lad, is the main-stay of the household, his father being a dreamer whose archæological researches have somewhat weakened his hold upon the present and the practical. Even Wilfrid, however, would have succeeded indifferently, but for the assistance of his older friend, Mr. Atherton, a botanist and naturalist, whose herculean strength and unfailing nerve and humour make him perhaps the central figure of the story. During the eventful voyage out, and in the subsequent adventures among the Maoris, there are many breathless moments in which the odds seem hopelessly against the party, but they succeed in the end in establishing themselves happily in one of the pleasantest of the New Zealand valleys.

One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations by W. H. Overend, and 2 Maps. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

"Written with Homeric vigour and heroic inspiration. It is graphic, picturesque, and dramatically effective ⋯ shows us Mr. Henty at his best and brightest. The adventures will hold a boy of a winter's night enthralled as he rushes through them with breathless interest 'from cover to cover.'"

—Observer.

"Contains one of the best descriptions of the various battles which raged round Waterloo which it has ever been our fate to read."

—Daily Telegraph.

The Cat of Bubastes: A Story of Ancient Egypt. By G. A. Henty. With 8 full-page Illustrations by J. R. Weguelin. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

"The story is highly enjoyable. We have pictures of Egyptian domestic life, of sport, of religious ceremonial, and of other things which may still be seen vividly portrayed by the brush of Egyptian artists."

—The Spectator.

"The story, from the critical moment of the killing of the sacred cat to the perilous exodus into Asia with which it closes, is very skilfully constructed and full of exciting adventures. It is admirably illustrated."

—Saturday Review.

The Dragon and the Raven: Or, The Days of King Alfred. By G. A. Henty. With 8 page Illustrations by C. J. Staniland, r.i. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.

"We know of no popular book in which the stirring incidents of Alfred's reign are made accessible to young readers as they are here."

—Scotsman.

"A story that may justly be styled remarkable. Boys, in reading it, will be surprised to find how Alfred persevered, through years of bloodshed and times of peace, to rescue his people from the thraldom of the Danes. We hope the book will soon be widely known in all our schools."

—Schoolmaster.