Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War
By George MacDonald
By George MacDonald.
A Rough Shaking. By George MacDonald, ll.d., author of "Robert Falconer," &c. With 12 full-page Illustrations by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 6s.
Clare, the hero of the story, is a boy whose mother is killed at his side by the fall of a church during an earthquake. The kindly clergyman and his wife, who adopt him, die while he is still very young, and he is thrown upon the world a second time. The narrative of his wanderings is full of interest and novelty, the boy's unswerving honesty and his passion for children and animals leading him into all sorts of adventures. He works on a farm, supports a baby in an old deserted house, finds employment in a menagerie, is taken into service by an old lady, becomes a bank clerk, is kidnapped, and ultimately discovers his father on board the ship to which he has been conveyed. The story will certainly rank amongst the best of Dr. MacDonald's books for boys.