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  Boys of the Light Brigade: A Story of the Peninsular War. Illustratedby W. RAINEY.

  This book opens in the streets of Salamanca with Lieutenant Jack Lumsdenof the 95th Rifles endeavouring to keep the peace between some of hisown Riflemen and the Spaniards. His harangue in fluent Spanish isoverheard by Sir John Moore, who recognises in the young officer justthe man he wants for his purpose, and sends him off upon a mission ofsome delicacy. Thence onward, Lumsden's adventures are interwoven withthe history of Moore's gallant army in the Peninsula, culminating in thegreat retreat and the Battle of Corunna.

  "Of all the qualities that go to make up a perfect boys' book we know ofnone that is wanting in 'Boys of the Light Brigade,'"--_Glasgow Herald_.