24 BOYS' SCHOOL AND ADVENTURE STORIES 1 /- net. 



Jules Verne 



THE CHILD OF THE CAVERN. The scene of this story is laid in 

 Scotland, and contains the story of most extraordinary adventures in a 

 mine of fabulous wealth. The " child " of the cavern is a young girl, 

 and her adventures in the cavern with the mysterious " Being " who 

 dwells there, makes one of the most exciting of all Verne's tales. 



THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND. A party of balloonists become 

 castaways on a lonely island out of the track of ships. They establish a 

 little colony, but pirates and then convicts attack them. They are mys- 

 teriously helped by some powerful but unknown person. He is the secret 

 which is discovered at last, and he proves to be Captain Nemo. 



BURBANK THE NORTHERNER. This is a story of the American 

 Civil War. Burbank was a wealthy property owner in Florida, and his 

 enemy takes the opportunity the war offers of causing him as much suffer- 

 ing as possible. It makes very interesting reading. 



TEXAR THE SOUTHERNER. Texar is decidedly an ugly customeri 

 He does not really care who wins in the American Civil War, but hearing 

 the man he hates is a Northerner, poses as a Southerner and does his 

 best to ruin the other man. The story is full of thrills. 



THE CLIPPER OF THE CLOUDS. The most wonderful aeroplane 

 that ever navigated the air, and yet it was invented in Verne's magical 

 brain long before the first airman set his propeller whirling. The story of 

 this world-wide voyage is one continuous thrill. 



FLOATING ISLAND. An artificial island, four and a half miles long 

 and three broad, is made by an American multi-millionaire. Moved under 

 its own power, it travels to many parts of the world. The marvellous 

 adventures of its inhabitants as described by Jules Verne, makes an 

 extraordinarily exciting and humorous story. 



F. E. Weatherly 



THE HEAD BOY OF WILTON SCHOOL. The son of a sailor 

 has a bad time. He is wrongfully accused of cheating, and his innocence 

 is not proved until his miseries have led him to run away. After many 

 years coals of fire are heaped upon the real culprit's head. 



REPORTED MISSING. A boy leaving school very suddenly, does 

 his best to support his widowed mother and sister, and to clear his father's 

 good name. He succeeds very ably, as the story tells. 



HARVEY SINCLAIR. Harvey Sinclair is rather a model young man, 

 but by no means a prig. He is as successful in business as he was at school, 

 and is the means of bringing a wrong-doer to justice. As the book chiefly 

 concerns business life, it would appeal to older boys. 



FAIRY TALES, I/- net. 



HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES. The ever green tales of the 

 famous Danish writer. There is a tenderness and beauty about these 

 stories that will endear them immediately. Ogres and giants do not appear, 

 but pathetic little figures like the Tin Soldier and the Little Match Girl. 



