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st unnecessary to recommend a story that is in every way worthy of the pen that produced 'Barbe of Grand Bayou.' 'A Princess of Vascovy' is just as picturesquely romantic and just as full of incident and adventure as Mr. Oxenham's most famous work."--_Athenaum_. White Fire. Red cloth, 2s. net; red leather, 2s. 6d. net. "'White Fire' combines religion and adventure; but the date is modern, and the admirable missionary and his undaunted wife and comrades protect their converts in the South Seas from kidnappers and other pests with the aid of Maxims and Winchester rifles. Mr. John Oxenham has already proved his descriptive and analytic powers, and these strong-hearted champions of morality are not less original than their surroundings are romantic. A tidal wave is among the trials of the hero's constancy. The illustrations by Mr. Grenville Manton are good."--_Athenaum_. Barbe of Grand Bayou. Red cloth, 2s. net; red leather, 2s. 6d. net. "There is a fascination about Mr. John Oxenham's books which grows upon one. Barbe is a clean-cut, fine drawn character, human, alive, womanly, real. Her history is so simply related, with such convincing straightforwardness that one is bound to admit it could not have happened otherwise. It had to be. The tribulations of the pair of lovers are delightfully set forth with the art of the true story teller. Quite one of the best books of the winter season; worth buying and reading; not merely ordering from the library."--_Academy_. Giant Circumstance. Illustrated by CHARLES HORRELL. THIRD EDITION. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. "A hearty and manly book, written in telling style of which Mr. Oxenham has proved himself a master."--_Times_. "Told in Mr. Oxenham's usual spirited and vivid style. Those who relish a good story well told will welcome 'Giant Circumstance,' and will set it on a level with the best of Mr. Oxenham's books."--_British Weekly._ "A good story--should prove popular."--_Athenaeum_. "Bright, healthy, and interesting, will strengthen his position in the regard of readers who like a good story of the doings of wholesome unexaggerated characters."--_Daily Telegraph_. Rising Fortunes. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. Carette of Sark. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. "All who either know the Channel Islands or love a full-blooded, exciting story, should speedily make the acquaintance of Carette."--_Pall Mall Gazette_. "No one who li
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