the sea; indeed in our opinion the author is
superior in some respects as a marine novelist to the better known
Mr. Clarke Russell."--_The Times._

"Told in the most vivid and graphic language. It would be difficult
to find a more thoroughly delightful gift-book."--_Guardian._

=The Congo Rovers:= A Story of the Slave Squadron. By Harry
Collingwood. With 8 full-page Illustrations by J.
Schoenberg. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, _5s._

"No better sea story has lately been written than the _Congo
Rovers_. It is as original as any boy could desire."--_Morning
Post._

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BY ASCOTT R. HOPE.

=The Seven Wise Scholars.= By Ascott R. Hope. With nearly One
Hundred Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Square 8vo, cloth
elegant, gilt edges, _5s._

"As full of fun as a volume of _Punch_; with illustrations, more
laughter-provoking than most we have seen since Leech
died."--_Sheffield Independent._

"A capital story, full of fun and happy comic fancies. The tale
would put the sourest-tempered _boy_ into a good humour, and to an
imaginative child would be a source of keen delight."--_Scotsman._

=The Wigwam and the War-path:= stories of the Red Indians. By Ascott
R. Hope. With 8 full-page Pictures by Gordon Browne. Crown
8vo, cloth elegant, _5s._

"All the stories are told well, in simple spirited language and
with a fulness of detail that make them instructive as well as
interesting."--_Journal of Education._

BY G. NORWAY.

The Loss of John Humble: What Led to It, and what Came of It. By G.
Norway. With 8 full-page Illustrations by John Schoenberg.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, _5s._

John Humble, an orphan, is sent to sea with his Uncle Rolf, the
captain of the _Erl King_, but in the course of certain adventures
off the English coast, in which Rolf shows both skill and courage,
the boy is left behind at Portsmouth. He escapes from an English
gun-brig to a Norwegian vessel, the _Thor_, which is driven from
her course in a voyage to Hammerfest, and wrecked on a desolate
shore. The survivors experience the miseries of a long sojourn in
the Arctic circle, with inadequate means of supporting life, but
ultimately, with the aid of some friendly but thievish Lapps, they
succeed in making their way to a reindeer station and so southward
to Tornea an