In 'The Adventures of Dick Maitland: A Tale of Unknown Africa' by Harry Collingwood, readers are taken on an exhilarating journey through the uncharted lands of Africa. The book is a thrilling adventure story filled with suspense, danger, and heroism, written in a captivating and descriptive style that immerses the reader into the heart of the action. Set against the backdrop of the British Empire's colonial ambitions in Africa, the novel offers a unique insight into the historical context of the time, as well as exploring themes of exploration, colonisation, and the clash of cultures. Collingwood masterfully weaves together a tale that is both entertaining and thought-provoking, capturing the essence of adventure literature of the era. Harry Collingwood, a pseudonym for William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, was a British naval officer and prolific writer of adventure novels. His firsthand experiences in the Navy provided him with the inspiration and knowledge to write compelling stories of the sea and exploration. 'The Adventures of Dick Maitland' is a must-read for fans of classic adventure literature, offering a thrilling and immersive experience that will leave readers on the edge of their seats.

Harry Collingwood's sea tale "The Adventures of Dick Maitland" may be very thrilling because it follows the main individual, Dick Maitland, on numerous thrilling adventures. Maitland is a brave and professional swimmer who's at the middle of the tale. On the excessive seas, he receives into a whole lot of risky conditions and courageous stories. In the tale, Maitland faces difficult situations that test his power, which include fights with cruel pirates, herbal screw ups, and perilous seas. The story takes region within the global of the nautical worldwide. Maitland desires to achieve success at sea with the aid of being brave, innovative, and exact at handling humans. Living at sea is one of the accurate and bad matters that happen to him on his journey. Collingwood expertly weaves a tapestry of a sea trip full of quick actions, smart making plans, and the friendship between sailors. Not handiest does the story show what existence is like at sea, however it also shows how robust and clever human beings want to be to live to tell the tale within the unpredictable and often dangerous marine international. With its bright descriptions of lifestyles at sea and the thrilling memories of a brave sailor, "The Adventures of Dick Maitland" is an interesting and immersive tale that attracts readers in. It takes you on a thrilling journey via the risks and advantages of being at sea.

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First published in 1998, this volume explores how the genre of school stories had become firmly established by the turn of the twentieth century, having been built on the foundations laid by writers such as Thomas Hughes and F.W. Farrar. Stories for girls were also taking on a more exciting complexion, inspired by the ‘Katy’ books of Susan Coolidge. The first five decades of the twentieth century saw further developments in children’s fiction. In this comprehensive volume, John and Jonathan Cooper examine each decade in turn, with alphabetically arranged entries on popular children’s writers that published works in English during that period. 206 different authors are covered, many from the United States and Canada. Each entry provides information on the author’s pseudonyms, date of birth, nationality, titles of works, place and date of publication and the publisher’s name. The artist responsible for a book’s illustrations is also identified where possible. With over 200 illustrations of cover designs and dustwrappers, many of which are now rare and have never before been published, this book will delight collectors, dealers, scholars, librarians, parents and all those who simply enjoy reading children’s fiction.

Peter Trollope was a barber-surgeon. He carried on his useful art (for in his deft hands it was in truth an art) at the sign of the Pestle and Mortar, down against Sutton Pool. He was a great man in Plymouth town, by reason of his entertaining talk and his skill alike in surgery and in hairdressing; and his little shop was the lounging-place of all the idle young gallants of the port, who came in to discuss the latest news from London, to gossip about their neighbours' affairs and about the ships, or to learn the tricks and fashions in the new art of taking tobacco. Men who had received sword-wounds in street frays or damaged skulls in tavern brawls came to him to have their hurts dressed and plastered; he had a famous tincture[Pg 14] for the toothache, a certain remedy for melancholy, and at curing the common ailments of children and old women no doctor in the town could beat him. Mariners just home after a long voyage came to him to have their overgrown locks shorn and their beards singed. Poor workmen and apprentices came to him to be polled for twopence, were soon trimmed round as a cheese, and dismissed with a hearty "God speed you, my master!" There were many high and mighty gentlemen among his customers too, I do assure you; for he had starched the beard of the great Sir Walter Raleigh, curled the moustachios of brave Sir Francis Drake, and tied up the lovelocks of courtly Sir Anthony Killigrew.