  Æsop’s Fables for Little Readers: Told by Mrs. Arthur Brookfield. Twenty-five Illustrations by Henry J. Ford. Small 4to., cloth, 3s. 6d. “In their present shape, the fables should be very popular among the inmates of the nursery, more particularly as they are illustrated with nearly thirty clever drawings by Henry Ford, which are beautifully printed in monochrome.”—Scottish Leader. Six Girls. A Home Story. By Fannie Bell Irving. Illustrated by F. T. Merrill. Crown 8vo., cloth, 5s. “The six main characters are drawn carefully, and well differentiated. The book has many a touch of simple pathos, and many a passage of light-hearted high spirits.”—Scotsman. The Brownies: Their Book. With all the Original Pictures and Poems by Palmer Cox, as published in St. Nicholas, and with many new Pictures. Second Edition. Medium 4to., cloth, 6s. “Never, perhaps, has a book been published better calculated to afford unlimited amusement to little people than ‘The Brownies.’”—Rock. New Fairy Tales from Brentano. Told in English by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, and Pictured by F. Carruthers Gould. Eight Full-page Coloured Illustrations. Square 8vo., illustrated, paper boards, cloth back, 5s.; cloth, gilt edges, 6s. “A really charming collection of stories.”—Pall Mall Gazette. Fairy Tales from Brentano. Told in English by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker. Illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould. Popular Edition. Sq. imp. 16mo., 3s. 6d. “An admirable translator in Madame Kroeker, and an inimitable illustrator in Mr. Carruthers Gould.”—Truth. In the Time of Roses: A Tale of Two Summers. Told and Illustrated by Florence and Edith Scannell, Author and Artist of “Sylvia’s Daughters.” Thirty-two Full-page and other Illustrations. Sq. imp. 16mo., cloth, 5s. A very charming story.“—Scotsman. “A delightful story.”—Punch. Prince Peerless: A Fairy-Folk Story-Book. By the Hon. Margaret Collier (Madame Galletti di Cadilhac), Author of “Our Home by the Adriatic.” Illustrated by the Hon. John Collier. Sq. imp. 16mo., cloth, 5s. “Delightful in style and fancy.”—Scotsman. “A volume of charming stories.”—Saturday Review. When I was a Child; or, Left Behind. By Linda Villari, Author of “On Tuscan Hills,” &c. Illustrated. Square 8vo., cloth, gilt edges, 3s. 6d. “A finer girl’s book could not be had.”—Scotsman. The Prince of the Hundred Soups: A Puppet Show in Narrative. Edited, with a Preface, by Vernon Lee. Illustrated. Cheaper edition. Square 8vo., cloth, 3s. 6d. “There is more humour in the volume than in half-a-dozen ordinary pantomimes.”—Spectator. Birdsnesting and Bird-Stuffing. A Complete Description of the Nests and Eggs of Birds which Breed in Britain. By Edward Newman. Revised and Re-written, with Directions for their Collection and Preservation; and with a Chapter on Bird-Stuffing, by Miller Christy. Crown 8vo., 1s. The Bird’s Nest, and other Sermons for Children of all Ages. By the Rev. Samuel Cox, D.D., Author of “Expositions,” &c. Second edition. Imp. 16mo., cloth, 6s. “These beautiful discourses were addressed to children of all ages, and must have found an echo in the hearts of many youthful listeners.”—St. James’s Gazette. Spring Blossoms and Summer Fruit; or, Sunday Talks for the Children. By the Rev. John Byles, of Ealing. Crown 8vo., cloth, 2s. 6d. “They are of simple and instructive character.”—Dundee Advertiser. Arminius VambÉry; His Life and Adventures. Written by Himself. With Introductory Chapter dedicated to the Boys of England. Portrait and Seventeen Illustrations. Crown 8vo., 5s. “We welcome it as one of the best books of travel that our boys could have possibly placed in their hands.”—Schoolmaster. Boys’ Own Stories. By Ascott R. Hope, Author of “Stories of Young Adventurers,” “Stories out of School Time,” &c. Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo., cloth, 5s. “This is a really admirable selection of genuine narrative and history, treated with discretion and skill by the author. Mr. Hope has not gathered his stories from the highway, but has explored far afield in less-beaten tracts, as may be seen in his ‘Adventures of a Ship-boy’ and ‘A Smith among Savages.’”—Saturday Review. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Newly Edited after the Original Editions. Nineteen Illustrations. Large crown 8vo., cloth extra, 5s. |
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