itish youth in the great
deeds of the Scotch Brigade in the wars of Gustavus Adolphus.
Mackay, Hepburn, and Munro live again in Mr. Henty's pages, as
those deserve to live whose disciplined bands formed really the
germ of the modern British army."--_Athenaeum._
"A stirring story of stirring times. This book should hold a place
among the classics of youthful fiction."--_United Service Gazette._
=The Young Carthaginian:= A story of the Times of Hannibal. By G.A.
Henty. With 12 full-page Illustrations by C.J. Staniland,
R.I. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, _6s_.
"The effect of an interesting story, well constructed and vividly
told, is enhanced by the picturesque quality of the scenic
background. From first to last nothing stays the interest of the
narrative. It bears us along as on a stream, whose current varies
in direction, but never loses its force."--_Saturday Review._
"Ought to be popular with boys who are not too ill instructed or
too dandified to be affected by a graphic picture of the days and
deeds of Hannibal."--_Athenaeum._
BY G.A. HENTY.
"Among writers of stories of adventure for boys Mr. Henty stands in the
very first rank."--_Academy._
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=With Wolfe in Canada:= Or, The Winning of a Continent. By G.A.
Henty. With 12 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, _6s_.
"A model of what a boys' story-book should be. Mr. Henty has a
great power of infusing into the dead facts of history new life,
and as no pains are spared by him to ensure accuracy in historic
details, his books supply useful aids to study as well as
amusement."--_School Guardian._
"It is not only a lesson in history as instructively as it is
graphically told, but also a deeply interesting and often thrilling
tale of adventure and peril by flood and field."--_Illustrated
London News._
"This is a narrative which will bear retelling, and to which Mr.
Henty, whose careful study of details is worthy of all praise, does
full justice.... His adventures are told with much spirit; the
escape when the birch canoes have been damaged by an enemy is
especially well described."--_Spectator._
=With Clive in India:= Or, The Beginnings of an Empire. By G.A.
Henty. With 12 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne.
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