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  BY G. A. HENTY.

  "Surely Mr. Henty should understand boys' tastes better than any man living."--_The Times._

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  _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, $1.50.

  Boys reading the history of the Punic Wars have seldom a keenappreciation of the merits of the contest. That it was at first astruggle for empire, and afterwards for existence on the part ofCarthage, that Hannibal was a great and skilful general, that hedefeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae, and all buttook Rome, represents pretty nearly the sum total of their knowledge.

  To let them know more about this momentous struggle for the empire ofthe world Mr. Henty has written this story, which not only gives ingraphic style a brilliant description of a most interesting period ofhistory, but is a tale of exciting adventure sure to secure the interestof the reader.

  "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._

  _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, $1.50.

  In the present volume Mr. Henty gives an account of the struggle betweenBritain and France for supremacy in the North American continent. On theissue of this war depended not only the destinies of North America, butto a large extent those of the mother countries themselves. The fall ofQuebec decided that the Anglo-Saxon race should predominate in the NewWorld; that Britain, and not France, should take the lead among thenations of Europe; and that English and American commerce, the Englishlanguage, and English literature, should spread right round the globe.

  "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._

  "A model of what a boy's story-book should be. Mr. Henty has a great power of infusing into the dead facts of history new life, and his books supply useful aids to study as well as amusement."--_School Guardian._