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"It is due to Messrs. Blackie to say that no firm of publishers turns
out this class of literature with more finish. We refer not only to the
novel tinting of the illustrations and the richness of the covers, but
more particularly to the solidity of the binding, a matter of great
importance in boys' books."--_The Academy._



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BY G. A. HENTY.
  THE LION OF THE NORTH:
      A TALE OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS AND THE WARS OF RELIGION.
  THROUGH THE FRAY:
      A STORY OF THE LUDDITE RIOTS.
  FOR NAME AND FAME:
      OR, THROUGH AFGHAN PASSES.
  THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN:
        OR, THE DAYS OF KING ALFRED.

BY G. MANVILLE FENN.
  BROWNSMITH'S BOY.
  PATIENCE WINS:
      OR, WAR IN THE WORKS.

A NEW EDITION OF GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
      WITH 100 ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE.

BY PROFESSOR A. J. CHURCH.
  TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO:
      OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A ROMAN BOY.

BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD.
  THE CONGO ROVERS:
  A TALE OF THE SLAVE SQUADRON.

BY HENRY FRITH.
  THE SEARCH FOR THE TALISMAN:
  A STORY OF LABRADOR.

BY MRS. R. H. READ.
  SILVER MILL:
  A TALE OF THE DON VALLEY.

BY EMMA LESLIE.
  GYTHA'S MESSAGE:
  A TALE OF SAXON ENGLAND.

BY MISS M. A. PAULL.
  MY MISTRESS THE QUEEN.

BY MRS. AUSTIN.
  MARIE'S HOME:
      OR, A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST.

BY J. C. HUTCHESON.
  THE PENANG PIRATE AND THE LOST PINNACE.

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  LITTLE TOTTIE,
  AND TWO OTHER STORIES.

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BY PROFESSOR CHURCH.

TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO:

Or, The Adventures of a Roman Boy. By Professor A. J. CHURCH, Author of
"Stories from the Classics." With 12 full-page Illustrations by ADRIEN
MARIE, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges,
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  Prof. Church has in this story sought to revivify that most
  interesting period, the last days of the Roman Republic. Scarcely
  recovered from the effects of her long struggle for supremacy in
  Italy, and from the evils of the terrible strife of the nobles
  against the people, Rome was engaged in suppressing the revolt of
  Spartacus and the slaves and the insurrection of Sertorius, while at
  the same time she was waging war with Mithradates, king of Pontus.
  Meanwhile the pirates held almost undisputed possession of the
  Mediterranean Sea, till Pompey eventually put them down in B.C. 67.
  The hero of the story, Lucius Marius, is a young Roman who, through
  the influence of Cicero, obtains an official appointment in Sicily.
  He has a very chequered career, being now a captive in the hands of
  Spartacus, again an officer on board a vessel detailed for the
  suppression of the pirates, and anon a captive once more, on a pirate
  ship. He