Walter. S. Stacey Walter. S. Stacey i(A69614 works by) (a.k.a. W. S. Stacey)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Blue Balloon : A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley Reginald Horsley , London : Chambers , 1896 Z1000027 1896 single work children's fiction children's adventure
1 1 y separately published work icon The Yellow God : A Tale of Some Strange Adventures Reginald Horsley , Walter. S. Stacey (illustrator), London : Chambers , 1895 Z1036196 1895 single work children's fiction children's adventure

Marcie Muir claims that 'The Yellow God is a lively and entertaining book, full of coincidences and wonderful adventures in which Jack Flood, the magnificently built nineteen-year-old hero always seems to be present at any crisis! His father sends him out to a merchant friend in Valparaiso where he expects he can find adventure and observe the wild life in the tropical forests. But the ship founders in the Straits of Magellan, and Jack and his friend, Michael Smith, an apprentice sailor, escape from the sinking ship in a raft, together with a twelve-year-old girl passenger, Daisy, whose life Jack had saved earlier when she fell overboard. They are picked up by a ship and reach Sydney safely, but their adventures are far from over for the main part of the story takes place in New South Wales. Mr Arundel, their host, arranges a trip for the boys inland to Bathurst with Ben Layton, a young acquaintance who has just returned from California.

They encounter some wild Aborigines on their way, and Mullinowool, whom they save from injury, attaches himself to them. Michael, who has a ready Irish wit, names him 'Owl'. As one would expect, they make a great find, but being inexperienced the boys betray their success to a plausible stranger when Ben has gone off to get a horse and cart and another companion to help them bring in their find to the township. They have to keep their gold in a friend's house overnight. They are attacked by a band of bushrangers, and after a violent struggle all ends happily, with Jack and Michael embarking for home with their riches, although with a strong hint that they may return to take up land in the colony. ('The Lure of Gold: Boy's Adventure Stories and the Australian Gold Rushes' 93).

1 1 y separately published work icon In the Land of the Golden Plume : A Tale of Adventure David Lawson Johnstone , Walter. S. Stacey (illustrator), London : Chambers , 1894 Z1065767 1894 single work children's fiction children's adventure The owner of a far north Queensland property, Mr. Dennison, sets out on an expedition to New Guinea after his friend and neighbour (Mr. Maitland) agrees to move onto his property with his daughter Ruth , to look after Dennison’s farm and his two sons, Walter and Frank. After a number of years with no word from their father the two boys set out for New Guinea to discover what has become of him.
1 y separately published work icon The Bushranger's Secret Mrs Henry Clarke , London : Blackie , 1892 Z1256172 1892 single work children's fiction children's adventure 'Tom Dearing, the bushranger, before he dies leaves a mysterious message with two men, Gray and Harding. Intrigue and double-crossing follow' (Saxby, A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941, p. 170).
1 y separately published work icon The Dingo Boys, or, The Squatters of Wallaby Range George Manville Fenn , London : Chambers , 1892 Z978009 1892 single work children's fiction children's adventure
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