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George Alfred HENTY (1832 - 1902)

THE YOUNG COLONISTS:

A story of the Zulu and
Boer Wars

by G.A. Henty

Author of "With Clive in India" "In the Reign of Terror"
"Held Fast for England" &c.

LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED

COPP CLARK CO. LTD.
TORONTO

WILLIAM BRIGGS
TORONTO

(originally published in 1885)

PREFACE

I.

A SNOW-DRIFT

II.

THE RED FLAG

III.

THE FARM

IV.

THE OUTBREAK OF WAR

V.

ISANDULA

VI.

ZLOBANI

VII.

KAMBULA

VIII.

THE SECOND ADVANCE

IX.

ULUNDI

X.

A TRADING EXPEDITION

XI.

A TROOP OF LIONS

XII.

AN ATTACK BY ELEPHANTS

XIII.

A BRUSH WITH THE NATIVES

XIV.

TRAPPED IN A DEFILE

XV.

A MOUNTAIN TORRENT

XVI.

A FIGHT WITH THE BOERS

XVII.

A TERRIBLE JOURNEY

XVIII.

THE BOER INSURRECTION

XIX.

THE GARRISONS IN THE TRANSVAAL

XX.

LAING'S NECK

 

Among Malay Pirates:
a tale of adventure and peril

New York, Hurst and Company (year?)
(Original book edition, 1897)


A Henty bibliography

Compiled for the most part from the notes of Patricia Teter.

Titles with ?? * may be fiction or non-fiction.

NON-FICTION

March to Coomasie, The
(London: Tinsley, 1874)
March to Magdala, The
(London: Tinsley, 1868)
The Sovereign Reader: Scenes from the Life and Reign of Queen Victoria
(London: Blackie, 1887)
(revised as Queen Victoria: Scenes from Her Life and Reign
(London: Blackie, 1901)
Those Other Animals
(London: Henry, 1891)

FICTION

All But Lost
(3 volumes, London: Tinsley, 1869)
Among the Bushrangers
(London: Blackie, 1906)
Among Malay Pirates: A tale of adventure and peril
(NY: Hurst, 1897)
(# actually various short stories)
At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt
(NY: Scribners, 1898; London: Blackie, 1899)
At Agincourt: A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris
(NY: Scribners, 1896; London: Blackie, 1897)
At the Point of a Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
(NY: Scribners, 1901; London: Blackie, 1902)
Beric the Briton: A story of the Roman invasion
(NY: Scribners, 1891; London: Blackie, 1892) * another source lists dates as 1892/1893.
(# 61 A.D., invasion of Britain by the Roman legionaries)
Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
(NY: Scribner & Welford, 1887; London: Blackie, 1888)
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
(NY: Scribners, 1898; London: Blackie, 1899)
Boy Knight, The: A tale of the crusade
(see under Winning His Spurs below)
Bravest of the Brave, The; or, With Peterborough in Spain
(London: Blackie, 1887)
By Conduct and Courage: A Story of the Days of Nelson
(NY: Scribners, 1904; London: Blackie, 1905)
By England's Aid; or, The Freeing of the Netherlands
(NY: Scribner & Welford, 1890;London: Blackie, 1891)
(#1585-1604)
By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic
(London: Blackie, 1890)
By Right of Conquest; or, With Cortez in Mexico
(NY: Scribner & Welford, 1890;London: Blackie, 1891)
By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War
(London: Blackie, 1884 (1883?))
Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California
(London: Blackie, 1889)
Cast Ashore
(London: Blackie, 1906)
Cat of Bubastes, The: A tale of ancient Egypt
(London: Blackie, 1889)
Chapter of Adventures, A; or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria
(NY: Scribner & Welford, 1890;London: Blackie, 1891)
Col. Thorndyke's Secret
(London: Chatto & Windus, 1898);
(# London detective tracks stolen Hindu jewels, c. 1800; unusual foray into pure fiction)
(abridged as The Brahmins' Treasure: Or, Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
(Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1900))
Condemned as a Nihilist: A Story of the Escape from Siberia
(NY: Scribners, 1892; London: Blackie, 1893)
Cornet of Horse, The: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
(London: Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881)
Cornet Walter
(London: Blackie, 1906)
Curse of Carne's Hold, The: A Tale of Adventure
(2 volumes, London: Spencer, Blackett & Hallam, 1889)
Dash for Khartoum, A: A Tale of the Nile Expedition
(NY: Scribners, 1891; London: Blackie, 1892)
Dorothy's Double
(3 volumes, London: Chatto & Windus, 1894)
Do your Duty
(London: Bowden, 1900)
Dragon and the Raven, The; or, the Days of King Alfred
(London: Blackie, 1886)
Facing Death; or, The Hero of the Vaughan Pit: A Tale of the Coal Mines
(London: Blackie, 1882)
(# coal-mining in Wales)
Fall of Sebastopol, The
(see Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea below)
Fighting the Saracens
(see Winning his Spurs below)
Final Reckoning, A: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia
(London: Blackie, 1887)
For Name and Fame; or, Through the Afghan Passes
(London: Blackie, 1886)
For the Temple: A tale of the fall of Jerusalem
(NY: Scribners, 1887; London: Blackie, 1888)
(# conquest of Jerusalem by the Romans in A.D. 70)
Friends, Though Divided: A Tale of the Civil Wars
(London: Griffith & Farran, 1883)
Gabriel Allen, M.P.
(London: Blackett, 1888) ??
Gallant Deeds
(London & Edinburgh: Chambers, 1905)
Golden Canon, The
(NY: Mershon, 1899)
Held Fast for England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar
(NY: Scribners, 1891; London: Blackie, 1892)
Hidden Foe, A
(2 volumes, London: Low, Marston, 1891) ??
Highland Chief, The
(London: Blackie, 1906)
In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce
(London: Blackie, 1885)
In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian [Greek?] War of Independence
(NY: Scribners, 1892; London: Blackie, 1893)
(#1821-1827)
In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers
(NY: Harpers, 1900; London: Blackie, 1903)
In the Hands of the Malays and Other Stories
(London: Blackie, 1905)
In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
(NY:Scribners, 1894; London: Blackie, 1895)
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
(NY: Scribners, 1900; London: Blackie, 1901)
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
(New York: Scribner, 1887; London: Blackie, 1888)
In Times of Peril: A Tale of India
(London: Griffith & Farran, 1881)
Indian Raid, An
(London: Blackie, 1906)
Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea
(London: Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883; Boston: Roberts, 1884)
(republished as The Fall of Sebastopol; or, Jack Archer in the Crimea
( Boston: Brown, 1892)
Jacobite Exile: Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XII of Sweden
(NY: Scribners, 1893; London: Blackie, 1894)
John Hawke's Fortune: A Story of Monmouth's Rebellion
(London: Chapman & Hall, 1901)
Knight of the White Cross, A: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes, A
(NY: Scribners, 1895; London: Blackie, 1896)
Lion of St. Mark, The: A Tale of Venice
(London: Blackie, 1889)
Lion of the North, The: A Tale of the Days of Gustavus Adolphus
(London: Blackie, 1886)
Lost Heir, The
(London: Bowden, 1899)
Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War
(London: Blackie, 1891)
March on London, A: Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection
(NY: Scribners, 1897; London: Blackie, 1898)
No Surrender!: A Tale of the Rising in La Vendée
(NY: Scribners, 1899; London: Blackie, 1900)
On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War
(NY: Scribners, 1896; London: Blackie, 1897)
On the Spanish Main
(London: Chambers, 1899)
One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo
(NY: Scribner & Welford, 1889;London: Blackie, 1890)
Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick
(NY: Scribner & Welford, 1887; London: Blackie, 1888)
Out on the Pampas; or, The Young Settlers
(1868)
(London: Griffith & Farran, 1871)
Out with Garibaldi: A Story of the Liberation of Italy
(NY: Scribners, 1900; London: Blackie, 1901)
Plague Ship, The
(London: Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, 1889) ??
Queen's Cup, The: A Novel
(3 volumes, London: Chatto & Windus, 1897)
Ranche in the Valley, The
(London: Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, 1892)
Redskin and Cow-Boy: A Tale of the Western Plains
(NY: Scribners, 1891; London: Blackie, 1892)
Roving Commission, A; or, Through the Black Insurrection of Hayti
(NY: Scribners, 1899; London: Blackie, 1900)
Rujub, the Juggler
(3 volumes, London:Chatto & Windus, 1893)
(republished as In the Days of the Mutiny: A Military Novel
(NY: Ogilvie, 1893))
(#about the Sepoy Mutiny in India, 1857 - 59)
St. Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars
(NY: Scribners, 1893; London: Blackie, 1894)
St. George for England: A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers
(London: Blackie, 1885)
Seaside Maidens
(London: Tinsley, 1880)
Soldier's Daughter and Other Stories, A
(London: Blackie, 1906)
Sole Survivors, The
(London & Edinburgh: Chambers, 1901)
(republished as Redskins and Colonists
(NY: Stitt, 1905))
Sturdy and Strong; or, How George Andrews Made His Way
(NY: Scribner & Welford, 1887; London: Blackie, 1888)
Surly Joe: The Story of a True Hero
(London: Blackie, 1896)
Tale of the Western Plains, A
(aka Redskin and Cowboy)
Tales of Daring and Danger
(London: Blackie, 1890) ??
Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots
(London: Blackie, 1886)
Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
(NY: Scribners, 1895; London: Blackie, 1896)
Through the Sikh War: A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub
(NY: Scribners, 1893; London: Blackie, 1894)
Through Three Campaigns: A Story of Chitral, Tirah, and Ashantee
(NY: Scribners, 1903; London: Blackie, 1904)
Tiger of Mysore, The: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib
(NY: Scribners, 1895; London: Blackie, 1896)
To Herat and Cabul: A Story of the First Afghan War
(NY: Scribners, 1901; London: Blackie, 1902)
Treasure of the Incas, The: A Tale of Adventure in Peru
(NY: Scribners, 1902; London: Blackie, 1903)
True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence
(London: Blackie, 1884; NY: Scribner 1884)
Two Prisoners, The
(London: Blackie, 1906)
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
(London: Blackie, 1883)
Under Wellingtons's Command: A Tale of the Peninsular War
(NY: Scribners, 1898; London: Blackie, 1899)
When London Burned: A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire
(NY: Scribners, 1894; London: Blackie, 1895)
White-Faced Dick: A Story of Pine-Tree Gulch
(London: Blackie, 1896)
Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades
(London: Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882)
(republished as The Boy Knight, Who won his Spurs Fighting with King Richard of England: A Tale of the Crusaders
(Boston: Roberts, 1883))
(republished as Fighting the Saracens
(Boston: Brown, 1892)
With the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the Legations
(NY: Scribners, 1903; London: Blackie, 1904)
With the British Legion: A Story of the Carlist Wars
(NY: Scribners, 1902; London: Blackie, 1903)
With Buller in Natal; or, A Born Leader
(NY: Scribners, 1900; London: Blackie, 1901)
With Clive in India; or, The Beginnings of an Empire
(London: Blackie, 1884 (1883?))
With Cochrane the Dauntless: A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American Waters
(NY: Scribners, 1896; London: Blackie, 1897)
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
(NY: Scribners, 1897; London: Blackie, 1898)
With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman
(NY: Scribners, 1902; London: Blackie, 1903)
With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War
(London: Blackie, 1890)
With Moore at Carunna: A Tale of the Peninsular War
(NY: Scribners, 1897; London: Blackie, 1898)
(#Peninsular War of )
With Roberts to Pretoria: A Tale of the South African War
(NY: Scribners, 1901; London: Blackie, 1902)
With Wolfe in Canada; or, The winning of a continent
(London: Blackie, 1887)
(# leading up to the Battle of the Plains of Abraham)
Woman of the Commune, A: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris
(London: White, 1895)
(republished as Two Sieges of Paris; or, a Girl of the Commune
(NY: Fenno, 1895))
Won by the Sword: A Tale of the Thirty Years' War
(NY: Scribners, 1899; London: Blackie, 1900)
Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest
(NY: Scribners, 1894; London: Blackie, 1895)
The Young Buglers: A Tale of the Peninsular War
(London: Griffith & Farran, 1880 (1879?))
Young Captain, The
(London: Blackie, 1906)
Young Carthaginian, The: A story of the times of Hannibal
(London: Blackie, 1887)
(# Punic Wars)
Young Colonists, The : A story of the Zulu and Boer Wars
(London: Routledge, 1885)
Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War, The
(London: Griffith & Farran, 1872 (1871?))
Young Midshipman, The
(# Is this a spurious title, or a renaming of a previous work? It is mentioned on the frontispiece of **
Young Patriot, The
(Dublin: Blackie, 1906)

SERIAL PUBLICATION
(selected)

"Coming Together"
Tinsleys' (March 1869)
"The King of Clubs"
Tinsleys' (September 1869)
"A Simple Story"
Tinsleys' (November 1869)
"Sir Salar Jung and the Berars"
Tinsleys' (1876)
"Bears and Dacoits"
Union Jack (June 1881)
"Do Your Duty"
Union Jack (1882)
"The Spy of Belfort"
Grip (15 November 1883)
"A Coaching Adventure"
Our Annual (1883)
"The Golden Canon"
Boys Illustrated Annual, 1 (1892/1893)
"Jack Dillon of Dunnamore"
Chums Annual, 1 (1892/1893)
"A Prevision of Evil"
Western Weekly News (Christmas 1893)
"A Close Shave"
Ludgate (1894)
"An Anxious Time"
Western Weekly News (Summer 1894)
"Life as a Special Correspondent"
Boy's Own Annual, 18 (1896)
"The Fetish Role"
Boy's Own Annual, 19 (1896-1897)
"Among Malay Pirates"
Boy's Own Annual, 20 (1897-1898)
"The Sole Survivors"
St. Nicholas (1898-1899)
"Torpedo Boat 240"
Chambers's Journal (1899)
"The Old Pit Shaft"
Captain (1901)
"Down a Crevasse"
Boy's Own Paper (Summer 1901)
"In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers"
Boy's Own Annual, 22 (1901)
"A Frontier Girl"
Girl's Realm Annual (1901)
"In Troubled Times"
Nister's Holiday Annual (1902)
"A Soldier's Daughter"
Girl's Realm Annual (1903)
"How a Drummer Boy Saved the Regiment"
Nister's Holiday Annual (1909)



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