Mary Brunton; And Her One Talent, By E.A.D.R And Her One Talent, By E.A.D.R.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885. Excerpt: ... HODDER AND STOUGHTOFS LIST OF!00Ka fax it %mxi%. BY DR. MACAULAY, Editor of The Leisure Hour. I. Crown Svo, cloth, Jr. With Thirteen Illustrations. TRUE TALES OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE, VALOUR AND VIRTUE. ' Dr. Macaulay's name is a voucher for spirited work, and 'True Tales are instructive as well as interesting. --Times. Full of stirring incident. --Daily News. The book, we need hardly say, is full of very interesting reading. --Spectator. With no little vigour and power of condensation he tells of such achievements, and such perils, and suffering as fell to the lot of the early Australian explorers, of the Garibaldians, and of the Arctic navigators; relieved by tales of such victories as those of Trafalgar and the Nile. Suitable biographies are skilfully introduced. --British Quarterly Review. II. GREY HAWK: Life and Adventures among the Red Indians. An Old Story Retold. Eleven Illustrations. Handsomely bound, gilt edges, $s. The editor of the Leisure Hour having come across a romantic story of real life, has worked it up into a genuinely interesting Indian story. The illustrations and handsome style in which the book is got up make it very suitable for presentation. --Sheffield Independent We cannot better testify to its absorbing interest than by saying that we have read every word of it. It is a unique picture of Indian life and customs--of a state of things which already has well-nigh passed away. It is as instructive as it is romantic. As a book for boys, and not for them only, it can scarcely be surpassed. --British Quarterly Review. BY DR. MACAULA Y, Editor of The Leisure Hour. _ III. ALL TRUE. Records of Peril and Adventure by Sea and Land--Remarkable Escapes and Deliverances--Missionary Enterprises and Travels--Wonders of Nature a...