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  The Adventures of Harry Rochester: A Story of the Days of Marlboroughand Eugene. Illustrated by W. RAINEY.

  Harry Rochester stands unrivalled amongst stories for boys as a livingpresentment of a stirring period of English history. It creates anew theglamour of the eighteenth century, and many of the great personages ofthe time cross its pages. Harry's ambition is to carry the Queen'scolours, but his father being a poor country parson, and commissionsselling high, he sees no prospect of attaining it. Nothing daunted,however, he takes whatever means offer to carve out a career forhimself. As assistant to a Dutch merchant responsible for victuallingcertain of the Allied troops, Harry is brought into contact with thearmy in Flanders, and with Marlborough himself; and, later, his desirefor a military career finds an outlet with the army of Prince Eugene,under whom he fights at Blenheim.

  "A stirring tale ... told in such a manner as to make it welcome to anyhealthy-minded boy, and also, be it said, to not a few whose boyhood,alas! is many a long year behind them."--_Daily Telegraph_.