"_No one who takes up 'Oakshott Castle' will willingly put
it down until the last page is turned.... It may fairly be
considered a capital story, full of go, and abounding in
word pictures of storms and wrecks._"--OBSERVER.
=Knatchbull-Hugessen.=--Works by E. H. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, M.P.:--
_Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen has won for himself a reputation
as a teller of fairy-tales._ "_His powers_," _says the_
TIMES, "_are of a very high order; light and
brilliant narrative flows from his pen, and is fed by an
invention as graceful as it is inexhaustible._" "_Children
reading his stories_," _the_ SCOTSMAN _says_, "_or
hearing them read, will have their minds refreshed and
invigorated as much as their bodies would be by abundance
of fresh air and exercise._"
STORIES FOR MY CHILDREN. With Illustrations. Fourth Edition.
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"_The stories are charming, and full of life and
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are superior to anything that Hans Christian Andersen has
written._"--NONCONFORMIST.
CRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS. More Stories. With Illustrations by
JELLICOE and ELWES. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5_s._
"_A fascinating little volume, which will make
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children._"--DAILY NEWS.
MOONSHINE: Fairy Tales. With Illustrations by W.
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"_A volume of fairy tales, written not only for ungrown
children, but for bigger, and if you are nearly
worn out, or sick, or sorry, you will find it good
reading._"--GRAPHIC. "_The most charming volume
of fairy tales which we have ever read.... We cannot
quit this very pleasant book without a word of praise to
its illustrator. Mr. Brunton from first to last has done
admirably._"--TIMES.
TALES AT TEA-TIME. Fairy Stories. With Seven Illustrations
by W. BRUNTON. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo. cloth gilt. 5_s._
"_Capitally illustrated by W. Brunton.... In frolic
and fancy they are quite equal to his other books. The
author knows how to write fairy stories as they should be
written. The whole book is full of the most delightful
drolleries._"--TIMES.
QUEER FOLK. FAIRY STORIES. Illustrated by S. E. WALLER.
Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. Cloth gilt. 5_s._
"_Decidedly the author's happiest effort.... One of the
best story books of the year._"--HOUR.
=Knatchbull-Hugessen (Louisa).=--THE HISTORY OF PRINCE PERRYPETS.
A Fairy Tale. By LOUISA KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN. With Eight
Illustrations by WEIGAND. New Edition. Crown 4to. cloth gilt.
3_s._ 6_d._
"_A grand and exciting fairy tale._"--MORNING
POST. "_A delicious piece of fairy
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=Knox.=--SONGS OF CONSOLATION. By ISA CRAIG KNOX. Extra fcap. 8vo.
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"_The verses are truly sweet; there is in them not only
much genuine poetic quality, but an ardent, flowing
devotedness, and a peculiar skill in propounding
theological tenets in the most graceful way, which any
divine might envy._"--SCOTSMAN.
=Latham.=--SERTUM SHAKSPERIANUM, Subnexis aliquot aliunde excerptis
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=Life and Times of Conrad the Squirrel.= A Story for Children.
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"_Having commenced on the first page, we were compelled to
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case with every one who opens the book._"--PALL MALL
GAZETTE.
=Little Estella=, and other FAIRY TALES FOR THE YOUNG. 18mo.
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"_This is a fine story, and we thank heaven for not being
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=Lowell.=--Works by J. Russell LOWELL:--
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=Maclaren.=--THE FAIRY FAMILY. A series of Ballads and Metrical
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"_A successful attempt to translate into the vernacular
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outside the pages of Scott. The book is of permanent
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"_A book to be read._"--STANDARD. "_A powerful
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GLOBE _considers it_ "_well-written, amusing, and
interesting, and has the merit of being out of the ordinary
run of novels._"
=Maguire.=--YOUNG PRINCE MARIGOLD, AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES. By the
late JOHN FRANCIS MAGUIRE, M.P. Illustrated by S. E. WALLER.
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"_The author has evidently studied the ways and tastes of
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succeeded in what is not so easy a task as it may seem--in
producing a really good children's book._"--DAILY
TELEGRAPH.
=Marlitt (E.)=--THE COUNTESS GISELA. Translated from the German
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"_A very beautiful story of German country
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