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Soldiers of the Queen

Chapter 60: NELSON'S "ROYAL" LIBRARIES.
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A group of schoolboys at a boarding school engage in games and pranks that mirror military life, beginning with imaginative tin-soldier battles and dormitory sports, leading through visits to a family estate, interpersonal rivalries, and escalating field exercises. Episodes mix schoolroom comedy, youthful discipline under masters, and outdoor adventures, then progress into more serious episodes of enlistment, active service, and combat, concluding with reflections on duty and homecoming. The narrative emphasizes camaraderie, testing of character, rite-of-passage experiences, and the contrast between boyish play and the realities of military action.


Many Illustrated in Colours.

  "CAPTAIN SWING."                                    Harold Avery.
  HOSTAGE FOR A KINGDOM.                            F. B. Forester.
  FIRELOCK AND STEEL.                                 Harold Avery.
  A CAPTIVE OF THE CORSAIRS.                        John Finnemore.
  THE DUFFER.                                          Warren Bell.
  A KING'S COMRADE.                                 C. W. Whistler.
  IN THE TRENCHES.                                  John Finnemore.
  IN JACOBITE DAYS.                                    Mrs. Clarke.
  HEADS OR TAILS?  (A School Story.)                      H. Avery.
  HELD TO RANSOM.  (A Story of Brigands.)           F. B. Forester.
  JACK HOOPER.                       V. Cameron, R.N., C.B., D.C.L.
  JACK RALSTON.  (Life in Canada.)                      H. Burnham.
  WITH PACK AND RIFLE IN THE FAR SOUTH-WEST.        Achilles Daunt.
  A CAPTAIN OF IRREGULARS.  (War in Chili.)         Herbert Hayens.
  RED, WHITE, AND GREEN.  (Hungarian Revolution.)   Herbert Hayens.
  IN THE GRIP OF THE SPANIARD.                      Herbert Hayens.
  THE TIGER OF THE PAMPAS.                               H. Hayens.
  TRUE TO HIS NICKNAME.                               Harold Avery.
  RED CAP.                                             E. S. Tylee.
  A SEA-QUEEN'S SAILING.                            C. W. Whistler.
  PLAY THE GAME!                                      Harold Avery.
  HIGHWAY PIRATES.  (A School Story.)                 Harold Avery.
  SALE'S SHARPSHOOTERS.                               Harold Avery.
    A rattling story of how three boys formed a very
    irregular volunteer corps.
  FOR KING OR EMPRESS?  (Stephen and Matilda.)      C. W. Whistler.
  SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS.                             E. F. Pollard.
  TOM GRAHAM, V.C.                                William Johnston.
  ONE OF BULLER'S HORSE.                          William Johnston.
  THE FELLOW WHO WON.                                  Andrew Home.
  BEGGARS OF THE SEA.                                    Tom Bevan.
  A TRUSTY REBEL.                                Mrs. Henry Clarke.
  THE BRITISH LEGION.                               Herbert Hayens.
  SCOUTING FOR BULLER.                              Herbert Hayens.
  THE ISLAND OF GOLD.                           Dr. Gordon Stables.
  HAROLD THE NORSEMAN.                                Fred Whishaw.


NELSON'S BOOKS AT ONE AND SIXPENCE.


STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

  FROM THE BACK OF BEYOND.                           Mrs. Roberton.
  COUNTESS DORA'S COMPANION.                          Mrs. Bennitt.
  TWO LITTLE CAVALIERS.                             W. Bettesworth.
  THE LUCK OF CHERVIL.                                H. Elrington.
  KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS.                               D. Moore.
  JOHN KNOX'S "BAIRNS."                       Margaret H. Roberton.
  MARK'S PRINCESS.                               Mrs. Edwin Hohler.
  THE ROUND TOWER.  A Story of the
    Irish Rebellion of '98.                   Florence M. S. Scott.
  THE RIVERTON BOYS.                                    K. M. Eady.
  DOROTHY'S DIFFICULTIES.                             M. C. Cordue.
  EVELYN.                                           Dorothea Moore.
  JAKE.                                             Adela F. Mount.
  A HELPING HAND.                                      M. B. Synge.
  THE QUEEN'S NAMESAKE.                                M. B. Synge.
  A HAPPY FAILURE.                                    Ethel Dawson.
  FIFINE AND HER FRIENDS.                         Sheila E. Braine.
  A LITTLE COCKNEY.                                      Miss Gaye.
  MARK HAMILTON'S DAUGHTERS.                       A. F. Robertson.
  A STORY OF SEVEN.                                   Bridget Penn.
  THREE SAILOR BOYS.                             Commander Cameron.
  TERRY'S TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS.                         J. M. Oxley.
  TRUE TO THE FLAG.                                   Mrs. Glasgow.
  BOBBY'S SURPRISES.
  THREE SCOTTISH HEROINES.                            E. C. Traice.


NELSON'S "ROYAL" LIBRARIES.

THE SHILLING SERIES.

Eight Coloured Plates in nearly every Volume.

  ARCHIE DIGBY.                                        G. E. Wyatt.
  AS WE SWEEP THROUGH THE DEEP.                Gordon Stables, M.D.
  AT THE BLACK ROCKS.                                  Edward Rand.
  AUNT SALLY.                                     Constance Milman.
  CYRIL'S PROMISE.  A Temperance Tale.                 W. J. Lacey.
  GEORGIE MERTON.                              Florence Harrington.
  GREY HOUSE ON THE HILL.                         Hon. Mrs. Greene.
  HUDSON BAY.                                     R. M. Ballantyne.
  JUBILEE HALL.                                   Hon. Mrs. Greene.
  LOST SQUIRE OF INGLEWOOD.                            Dr. Jackson.
  MARK MARKSEN'S SECRET.                          Jessie Armstrong.
  MARTIN RATTLER.                                 R. M. Ballantyne.
  RHODA'S REFORM.                                      M. A. Paull.
  SHENAC.  The Story of a Highland Family in Canada.
  SIR AYLMER'S HEIR.                              E. Everett-Green.
  SOLDIERS OF THE QUEEN.                              Harold Avery.
  THE CORAL ISLAND.                               R. M. Ballantyne.
  THE DOG CRUSOE.                                 R. M. Ballantyne.
  THE GOLDEN HOUSE.                               Mrs. Woods Baker.
  THE GORILLA HUNTERS.                            R. M. Ballantyne.
  THE ROBBER BARON.                                   A. J. Foster.
  THE WILLOUGHBY BOYS.                            Emily C. Hartley.
  UNGAVA.                                         R. M. Ballantyne.
  WORLD OF ICE.                                   R. M. Ballantyne.


T. NELSON AND SONS, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and New York.