THE BAIRNS’ ANNUAL (for 1888-9) of Old-Fashioned Tales. Edited by ALICE
CORKRAN. Illustrated with nearly one hundred original wooden blocks and
a coloured Frontispiece. Contents:—The Story of Punch and Judy: The
Sleeping Beauty in the Wood: The Butterfly’s Ball and the Grasshopper’s
Feast: Little Red Riding Hood: Hop o’ my Thumb: Cinderella and her
Little Glass Slipper: Gaffer Gray: a Christmas Ditty: The Apple-Pie
Alphabet: Dr. Watts’s Cradle Hymn: Peter Piper’s Practical Principles: A
Merry New Song: The Rudiments of Grammar: The Froward Child Properly
Corrected: Tom Thumb. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.
[One Shilling.
A delightful _mélange_ of the old-fashioned fairy tales that delighted
our grand-parents when bairns.
MEN, MAIDENS & MANNERS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. By JOHN ASHTON. With
thirty-four contemporary illustrations. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The
Leadenhall Press, E.C.
[One Shilling.