this grand tale in poetry.
=398. Castle Dangerous.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
The perilous castle of Douglas.
=399. In All Time of Our Tribulation.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw)
The times of Edward II., whose two favourites are well painted.
=400. Not for Him.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 5_s._
On the Earl of Lancaster and the Order of Poor Brothers.
=401. The Well in the Desert.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 2_s._ 6_d._
The persecuted daughter of Hugh Le Despenser.
=402. Golden Horse-shoes.= By Mrs. MITCHELL. (Masters) 5_s._
Founded on the golden horse-shoes in the Guildhall at Oakham. Spirited
and interesting to children, though the chivalry is rather fanciful than
real.
=403. The Lances of Lynwood.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 4_s._ 6_d._
Gives the doings of the Black Prince in Spain and at Bordeaux.
=404. Tales from Chaucer.= (Nelson) 3_s._ and 3_s._ 6_d._
Not exactly historical, but useful to those who have to get up knowledge
of history and English literature.
=405. John de Wycliffe.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 3_s._ 6_d._
The Reformer according to Miss Holt’s view.
=406. The Lord Mayor.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 5_s._
A sad and veritable tale.
=407. The Lord of the Marches.= By E. S. HOLT. 3_s._ 6_d._
Roger Mortimer, whose untimely death led to the Wars of the Roses.
=408. The Fair Maid of Perth.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
Poor Robert III. of Scotland and the murder of Rothsay.
=409. The Boy Bishop.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan)
A short outline in ‘Byewords,’ No. 574.
=410. The Caged Lion.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
James I. of Scotland and the last days of Henry V.
=411. The White Rose of Langley.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 5_s._
=412. Mistress Margery.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 3_s._ 6_d._
=413. Red and White.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 5_s._
=414. Margery’s Son.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 5_s._
These four give the York and Lancaster times from a Lollard point of view.
=415. A Stormy Life.= By Lady G. FULLERTON. 1_s._ 6_d._
The history of poor Margaret of Anjou, supposed to be written by one of
her ladies, putting her in a favourable point of view.
=416. For and Against.= By F. M. WILBRAHAM. (Parker) 10_s._ 6_d._
A carefully written tale on the Yorkist side.
=417. The Last of the Barons.= By Lord LYTTON. (Warne) 6_d._ (Routledge)
2_s._ and 3_s._ 6_d._
This is real literature and almost worthy to stand beside Scott.
=418. The Earl Printer.= By C. MACSORLEY. (Shaw) 2_s._ 6_d._
A young Lancastrian working as a printer under Caxton. Good.
=419. Malvern Chase.= (Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.) 5_s._
Ranging through that portion of the Wars of the Roses which was connected
with the Severn country, showing much local knowledge and research.
=420. A Tangled Web.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 5_s._
The fortunes of Perkin Warbeck. Not quite so good as another tale of him
in the ‘Monthly Packet,’ which has never been republished.
=421. The Armourer’s Prentices.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
‘Ill May-day’ and the ‘Field of the Cloth of Gold.’
=422. The Household of Sir Thomas More.= By A. MANNING. (Hall) 2_s._ 6_d._
Supposed to be the diary of Margaret Roper. A charming book.
=423. The Knevets.= By EMILY TAYLOR. (Houlston) 2_s._ 6_d._
Norfolk in early Reformation days. Well and fairly drawn.
=424. Lady of the Lake.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
=425. Marmion.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
Though poems, neither of these should be left out from the course.
=426. The Prince and the Pauper.= By MARK TWAIN. (Chatto & Windus) 7_s._
6_d._
This most diverting book, exchanging Edward VI. for a little street boy,
has one grievous flaw—it marries a man to his sister-in-law, but only in
the last two pages, and with so little preparation that the passage might
be extirpated without anyone missing them.
=427. The Tower of London.= By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH. (Routledge) 1_s._,
2_s._ and 3_s._ 6_d._
This has a great fascination for young people, dealing as it does with
Lady Jane Grey, Edward Courtenay, and the terrible plotter Simon.
=428. Robin Tremayne.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 5_s._
=429. Isoult Barry.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 5_s._
=430. For the Master’s Sake.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 2_s._ 6_d._
All three pursuing the fortunes of the same family. On the Marian
persecution in its worst light.
=431. Her Majesty’s Bear.= By Mrs. MITCHELL. (Masters) 5_s._
Very amusing and prettily told adventures at Dover in Queen Elizabeth’s
time, lacking in probability and details of manner, but still a charming
children’s book.
=432. The Good Old Days.= By ESMÉ STUART. (Marcus Ward) 5_s._
Life in Elizabethan times, beautifully illustrated by Mr. H. Stacy Marks.
=433. Kenilworth.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
A noble romance founded on tradition and ballad. Though historic doubts
question the truth of the legend, and Scott has, for the sake of effect,
altered the circumstances, nothing gives so vivid an impression of the
times of Queen Elizabeth.
=434. The Abbot.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
Should be read for the sake of the escape of Queen Mary from Lochleven.
=435. Unknown to History.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
Mary of Scotland in captivity.
=436. Westward Ho!= By CHARLES KINGSLEY. (Macmillan) 6_s._
One of the most powerful historical romances in existence.
=437. Clare Avery.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 5_s._
Also on the Armada, with more hints on Romish perils than are quite
needful.
=438. Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare.=
These are the best stepping-stones to Shakespeare himself.
=439. The Cruise of the ‘Bonny Kate.’= (Hayes) 3_s._ 6_d._
Telling well of Chancellor’s voyage to Russia.
=440. For Queen and King.= By HENRY FRITH (Cassell) 5_s._
Essex’s rebellion and the Gunpowder Plot. It is rather wooden and devoid
of character, and very hard upon Garnett.
=441. The Fortunes of Nigel.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
A somewhat painful picture of the Court and manners of James I.
=442. Lady Betty’s Governess.= By L. E. GUERNSEY. (Shaw) 5_s._
The story is pretty, but the ideas of the Laudian theology are very
peculiar. Bishop Hall is quite incorrectly represented as at enmity with
Laud.
=443. The Siege of Lichfield.= By Rev. W. GRESLEY. (Masters) 3_s._
One of the earliest of Church tales. A little heavy, perhaps, but full of
interest.
=444. Mary Powell.= By ANNE MANNING. (Hall) 2_s._ 6_d._
The supposed diary of Milton’s first wife. Written with great sweetness
and interest.
=445. Judged by Appearances.= By ELEANOR LLOYD. (London Literary Society)
6_s._
There is much reality, much character, much fairness and clearness of
insight in this very worthy story of the Great Rebellion.
=446. The Legend of Montrose.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
A brilliant fragment of the career of the great Marquess.
=447. Journal of Lady Beatrix Graham.= (Bell) 5_s._
A lovingly written study of the character of Montrose, purporting to be
by his sister. It has great sweetness.
=448. The Draytons and the Davenants.= By the Author of the
‘Schönberg-Cotta Family.’ (Nelson) 3_s._ 6_d._
Conscientious Roundheads and Cavaliers, a little too much inclined to
think everybody in the right.
=449. John Inglesant.= By J. H. SHORTHOUSE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
Too grand and deep a book for the average readers of a parish library,
but one that cannot be omitted here, though it is a very Triton among the
minnows. It is a real study to such as can appreciate it.
=450. The King’s Namesake.= By C. M. PHILLIMORE. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._
A child’s tale of the captivity of King Charles.
=451. St. George and St. Michael.= By G. MACDONALD. (Kegan Paul) 4_s._
6_d._
A noble and brilliant sketch of the time of the siege of Raglan Castle,
the devices of Lord Glamorgan and the constancy of the grand old Marquis
of Worcester.
=452. Brave Dame Mary.= (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._
The first siege of Corfe Castle made into a fairly interesting tale.
=453. The Pigeon Pie.= By C. M. YONGE. (Walter Smith) 1_s._
Also a child’s tale of the hiding of fugitive Cavaliers.
=454. Under the Storm, or Steadfast’s Charge.= By C. M. YONGE. (National
Society) 3_s._ 6_d._
A young lad left in charge of the church plate during the Rebellion. An
attempt at realising the condition of the lower classes in those times.
=455. The Two Swords.= By EMMA MARSHALL. (Seeley)
=456. Dorothy’s Venture.= (Nelson) 6_d._
Prettily told of a child begging her uncle’s life of Cromwell, but with
historical blunders. Vane had long broken with Cromwell. Moreover, the
Protector loved practical jokes, and he is here said to have despised
them.
=457. Rosamond Fane.= By M. LEE. (Griffith, Farran, & Co.) 3_s._ 6_d._
The escape of the Duke of York, very well told, so as to be thoroughly
acceptable to children.
=458. The Children of the New Forest.= By Capt. MARRYAT. (Bell) 5_s._
(Routledge) 3_s._ 6_d._
Adventures of the orphans of a Cavalier so related as to be a treasure to
children.
=459. Woodstock.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
One of the most delightful of all Sir Walter’s historical novels.
=460. Scapegrace Dick.= By F. M. PEARD. (National Society) 3_s._ 6_d._
A young runaway who serves under Admiral Blake, and, being taken
prisoner, goes through very interesting experiences among the great Dutch
artists.
=461. The Carved Cartoon.= By AUSTIN CLARE. (S.P.C.K.) 4_s._
Awkwardly named, but exciting much interest even in persons with no
knowledge of history by the vicissitudes of Grinling Gibbons, the carver,
in the Plague and Fire of London.
=462. The Brave Men of Eyam.= By the Rev. E. N. HOARE. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._
6_d._
The plague at Eyam. Authentic records told as a story, but unfortunately
rather dry.
=463.= =Peveril of the Peak= (SCOTT) would complete the roll here, but it
might not be desirable for all readers.
=464. In the Golden Days.= By EDNA LYALL. (Hurst & Blackett) 6_s._
Has a noble hero, but Algernon Sidney is scarcely a desirable subject for
enthusiasm.
=465. Under the Mendips.= By EMMA MARSHALL. (Seeley) 5_s._
Monmouth’s rebellion and its consequences.
=466. The Last of the Cavaliers.= (Bentley) 6_s._
Deservedly reprinted. On the battle of Killiecrankie.
=467. The Oak Staircase.= By M. and C. LEE. (Griffith, Farran, & Co.)
3_s._ 6_d._
The troubles of one of the maids of Taunton related by herself. A great
favourite with children.
=468. The Danvers Papers: and Lady Hester.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan)
6_s._
A Puritan lady and Jacobite husband at the time of the Revolution.
=469. The Maidens’ Lodge.= By E. S. HOLT. (Shaw) 3_s._ 6_d._
A pretty picture of Queen Anne’s time.
=470. The Travels of Two Kits.= By C. M. YONGE. In ‘Byewords.’
(Macmillan) 6_s._ See No. 574.
Two children’s pilgrimage to Queen Anne to be touched for the King’s evil.
=471.= =Rob Roy=, more powerful than pleasant, comes in here.
=472. Dorothy Forster.= By W. BESANT. (Chatto & Windus) 2_s._
A powerful story of the Rebellion of 1715.
=473. Lady Betty.= By C. R. COLERIDGE. (Warne) 3_s._ 6_d._
A very graceful, lady-like tale of early Jacobite times.
=474. Lucy’s Campaign.= By M. LEE. (Griffith, Farran, & Co.) 1_s._ 6_d._
The ’45 as seen by a little girl. A great favourite with those for whom
it is meant, though there are a few anachronisms as to manners.
=475. Waverley.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
The unrivalled presentment of the ’45.
=476. Redgauntlet.= By Sir WALTER SCOTT.
The Jacobite plotters when their cause was worn out.
=477. Diary of Kitty Trevelyan.= By the Author of ‘Chronicles of the
Schönberg-Cotta Family.’ (Nelson) 3_s._ 6_d._
Showing the enthusiasm of Wesleyanism. To be given with due caution.
=478. With Wolfe in Canada.= By G. A. HENTY. (Blackie) 6_s._
Valuable details of the conquest.
=479. A Great Treason.= By M. HOPPUS.
Too long and involved, but showing the state of society in the American
war, especially the desertion of Arnold and the death of André.
=480. Lionel Lincoln.= By FENIMORE COOPER. To be had in cheap form.
The siege of Boston.
=481. Mother Molly.= By F. M. PEARD. (Bell) 5_s._
An admirable alarm of a French invasion at Plymouth. Very life-like.
=482. The Prisoner’s Daughter.= By ESMÉ STUART. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._ 6_d._
French prisoners at Winchester.
=483. Clare Saville.= (Warne) 2_s._
The days of the Blanketeers and of the Peninsular war.
=484. How They were Caught in a Trap.= By ESMÉ STUART. (Marcus Ward) 5_s._
English prisoners detained in France by Napoleon I.
=485. Against the Stream.= By the Author of ‘Chronicles of the
Schönberg-Cotta Family.’ (S.P.C.K.) 4_s._
The course of opinion and improvement in England during the reign of
George III.
_TALES FROM GENERAL HISTORY._
This is a brief list, but only those have been selected which
have an interest as tales, apart from the history they are
meant to illustrate.
=486. Two Thousand Years Ago.= By Prof. CHURCH. (Blackie) 6_s._
The adventures of a Roman lad in the days of Cæsar and Cicero.
=487. Good King Wenceslas.= By L. SCHEKKY. (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._
Why this is called a tale of old English life in the S.P.C.K. catalogue
there is no guessing. Wenceslas is the King of Bohemia, well known in the
‘Christmas Carol.’
=488. The Little Duke.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 4_s._ 6_d._
Richard the Fearless of Normandy.
=489. Brothers in Arms.= (Church Extension Society) 2_s._ 6_d._
The piteous story of the children’s crusade.
=490. The King of a Day.= By F. WILFORD. (Masters) 1_s._
A well-told tale of a little twelfth-day king in the fifteenth century.
=491. The Constant Prince.= By C. R. COLERIDGE. (Walter Smith) 2_s._ 6_d._
The noble history of the prisoner Dom Fernando, the Christian Regulus of
Portugal.
=492. The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
German barons under Maximilian.
=493. The Schönberg-Cotta Family.= (Nelson) 5_s._
The early days of Luther.
=494. In the Olden Time.= By the Author of ‘Mlle. Mori.’ (Longmans) 2_s._
6_d._
The days of the peasants’ war in Germany.
=495. Espérance; or, The Siege of Rouen.= By M. BRAMSTON. (S.P.C.K.)
1_s._ 6_d._
=496. For Faith and Fatherland.= By M. BRAMSTON. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._ 6_d._
The above two are Reformation tales in France and Holland.
=497. The Chaplet of Pearls.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
The massacre of St. Bartholomew and its consequences.
=498. The Thorn Fortress.= By M. BRAMSTON. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
The retreat of some villagers to a hiding-place in the forests during the
Thirty Years’ War, and the doings of a little girl captured by a Croat.
An unusually charming book.
=499. The Little Blue Lady.= By Mrs. MITCHELL. (Masters) 4_s._ 6_d._
A pretty story, though scarcely natural, of the brighter days of Marie
Antoinette.
=500. Seeketh not her Own.= By S. M. SITWELL. (Shaw) 3_s._ 6_d._
The story of the Lagaraye Hospital very well told.
=501. Isabeau’s Hero.= By ESMÉ STUART. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._ 6_d._
The revolt of the Cevennes, with the brave deeds of Cavalier.
=502. By Fire and Sword.= (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
A powerful portrait of the Huguenot persecution under Louis XV.
=503. The Blue Ribbons.= By A. H. DRURY. (See No. 80.)
A charming story of Marie Antoinette acting fairy to a little boy.
=504. Through Rough Waters.= By F. M. PEARD. (Bell) 5_s._
The rough waters are those of the first French Revolution.
=505. Max Krömer.= By HESBA STRETTON. (R.T.S.) 1_s._ 6_d._
The siege of Strasburg in the Franco-German war.
=506. Kenneth; or, The Rear Guard of the Grand Army.= By C. M. YONGE.
(Parker) 5_s._
The retreat from Moscow.
=507. The Young Breton Volunteers.= By M. WILBRAHAM. (Masters) 1_s._
A rising of La Vendée against Napoleon in the Hundred Days.
=508. Mademoiselle Mori.= (Longmans) 2_s._ 6_d._
An able and touching picture of the Italian struggles of 1848.
=509. In Time of War.= By J. F. COBB. (Griffith, Farran, & Co.)
The siege of Paris first by Prussians and then by Communists.
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MYTHOLOGY.
If we wish the young generation to understand more about
allusions than is conveyed in the foot-notes of their School
Readers, we must let them have access to a few books containing
the more remarkable myths. I do not recommend Sir George Cox’s,
as the reducing them to the supposed Aryan origin of natural
phenomena mars the pleasure of reading them. The best books are:
=510. The Heroes.= By C. KINGSLEY. (Macmillan) 6_s._
The earlier myths are here told to perfection. The only pity is that
there are not more of them.
=511. Tanglewood Tales: and the Wonder Book.= By N. HAWTHORNE.
(Routledge) 2 vols. 2_s._ each, or 1 vol. 3_s._ 6_d._
Several of these are on the same subjects as those of Kingsley, but told
with less deference to the original outline. Prometheus and Midas are
specially memorable for the _point_ given them. I have seen Midas delight
clever village children and utterly perplex dull ones.
=512. Stories from Heathen Mythology.= By Rev. J. M. NEALE. (Masters)
2_s._
Simply and charmingly told.
=513. Greek Hero Stories.= By NIEBUHR. (Shaw) 2_s._ 6_d._
These are translated from the German in which Niebuhr told them to his
little son.
=514. The Heroes of Asgard.= By A. and E. KEARY. (Macmillan) 2_s._ 6_d._
To add the myths of our own ancestors to those of Greece, we have here
the stories of Odin and Thor beautifully told.
_Professor Church’s series, published by Seeley, should be in
school libraries of a higher class, but they are too numerous
and too expensive for the ordinary parish library._
=515. Cruise of Ulysses and his Men.= (Griffith, Farran, & Co.) 2_s._
6_d._
=516. Old Greek Stories.= By CHARLES HENRY HANSON. (Nelson) 3_s._ and
3_s._ 6_d._
=517. Wanderings of Æneas.= By CHARLES HENRY HANSON. (Nelson) 3_s._ and
3_s._ 6_d._
Narratives well told and illustrated. In the ‘Æneid’ it is often almost
translation. Outline illustrations in Flaxman’s style, often from the
antique, very small, but as nude figures occur, they must be shown with
caution. Excellent prizes for boys aiming at cultivation of mind.
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NOVELETTES AND NOVELS.
For want of a better title, we give this to tales fit for the
growing maidens who are beyond the child story, and, above all,
need to have their ideal of love and courtship elevated and
refined. A few actual novels are added, in case it is thought
desirable to put them into a library where the readers are of a
somewhat superior class, as where there are the older girls and
young women who will read what is mischievous if the good is
not supplied.
=518. Christopher.= By HELEN SHIPTON. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._ 6_d._
A very beautiful imitation of the legend of St. Christopher carried into
modern life.
=519. The Valley Mill.= (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._
Farm life, where the obstacles in the course of true love are the
cattle plague and a strange robbery of an old miser. The young heiress,
popularly called ‘the little Squire,’ is a charming portrait.
=520. From Over the Water.= (Walter Smith) 6_s._
A Scotch bailiff meeting with strong insular prejudice in the Isle of
Wight.
=521. Rufus.= (Masters) 4_s._ 6_d._
This is by the same author and in the same locality, but the hero in
this case is a native fisherman, the heroine a somewhat spoilt Scottish
lassie, sister to the gardener and the pet of the young ladies.
=522. The Lutaniste of St. Jacobi’s.= By C. DREW. (Marcus Ward) 6_s._
A German tale of music and lace-making, with an excellent moral against
scamped work.
=523. Bride Picotée.= By the Author of ‘Mlle. Mori.’ (Bemrose) 3_s._ 6_d._
Also a lace-making story, concerned with a young French girl and an
almost forgotten art.
=524. Cairnforth and Sons.= By HELEN SHIPTON. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._
Of master manufacturers. A high-minded tale.
=525. Griffinhoof.= By CRONA TEMPLE. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._ 6_d._
This is the odd name of an old sailor on board a hulk who adopts a little
orphan. There is a small novel of higher life connected with it, very
prettily carried out.
=526. A Leal Light Heart.= By ANNETTE LYSTER. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._ 6_d._
A charming character. The only fault we have to find is the worldliness
of the old lady.
=527. My Lonely Lassie.= By ANNETTE LYSTER. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._ 6_d._
The governess is a very pretty character. We could dispense with her
becoming a marchioness in her own right, but no doubt it renders her the
greater favourite.
=528. A Stedfast Woman.= By M. BRAMSTON. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._
A high-toned tale of constancy.
=529. Two Ways of Looking at it.= By AUSTIN CLARE. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ 6_d._
The narratives of a trained schoolmistress and a Yorkshire collier
sandwiched together.
=530. Like his own Daughter.= (Walter Smith) 6_s._
Middle-class life in Scotland.
=531. Lucy and Christian Wainwright.= (Masters) 3_s._ 6_d._
There are some really beautiful tales in this collection, especially the
one on the suspense of the sister of an Arctic voyager.
=532. The Carbridges.= By M. BRAMSTON. (Warne) 3_s._ 6_d._
A good and wholesome family history.
=533. Guide, Philosopher, and Friend.= By Mrs. H. MARTIN. (Griffith,
Farran, & Co.) 3_s._ 6_d._
A young lady becomes companion and adviser to some highly worthy farmers
who have been encumbered with a huge fortune. It is well and sensibly
carried out.
=534. Her Title of Honour.= By HOLME LEE. (Griffith, Farran, & Co.) 3_s._
6_d._
Founded on the history of Henry Martyn and the Lydia who disappointed
him.
=535. Mine Own People.= By L. M. GRAY. (Nelson) 5_s._
A girl, brought up as a companion to a nobleman’s daughter, who is
returned to her own quiet family. (They are Scotch Presbyterians.) The
lessons are excellent.
=536. Hanbury Mills.= By C. R. COLERIDGE. (Warne) 2_s._
=537. The Heir of Redclyffe.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
=538. Heartsease.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
=539. The Daisy Chain.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
=540. The Trial.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
=541. Pillars of the House.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 2 vols. 6_s._
each.
=542. The Young Stepmother.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
=543. Magnum Bonum.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
These are what I have found suit best in the parish library.
=544. The Earl’s Daughter.= By E. M. SEWELL. (Longmans) 1_s._
=545. Katharine Ashton.= By E. M. SEWELL. (Longmans) 1_s._
=546. Ursula.= By E. M. SEWELL. (Longmans) 1_s._
=547. The Experience of Life.= By E. M. SEWELL. (Longmans) 1_s._
=548. Gertrude, &c.= By E. M. SEWELL. (Longmans) 1_s._
These need no praise or recommendation, being well known as always sound
and useful.
=549. A Noble Life.= By the Author of ‘John Halifax.’ (Hurst & Blackett)
5_s._
The history of a deformed nobleman, which gives great delight and has a
most excellent moral of patience and exertion.
=550. Keeping the Vow.= (Walter Smith) 5_s._
A young Scotsman resolved to build a refuge for orphans. Founded on fact.
=551. Mary Barton.= By Mrs. GASKELL. (Smith, Elder) 2_s._ 6_d._
An unrivalled tale of joys and sorrows in Manchester forty years ago.
Full of beauty and full of pathos; never to be forgotten.
=552. The Moorland Cottage.= By Mrs. GASKELL. (Chapman & Hall) 2_s._ 6_d._
Also a very charming story in a different style.
=553. Janet’s Home.= By ANNIE KEARY. (Macmillan) 6_s._
A delightful quiet novel of domestic life.
=554. Oldbury.= By ANNIE KEARY. (Macmillan) 6_s._
A still more attractive and uncommon story.
=555. One Year.= By FRANCES M. PEARD. (Warne) 2_s._ and 3_s._ 6_d._
Experiences of a French girl in England.
=556. A Near Relation.= By C. R. COLERIDGE. (White)
Difficulties of identity acting on character.
=557. An English Squire.= By C. R. COLERIDGE. (Low) 6_s._
An elder brother half Spanish and the conduct of the younger towards him.
=558. Gentleman Jim.= By Mrs. PRENTISS. (Nelson) 6_d._
A mining story, touching and spirited.
=559. Rudder Grange.= By F. STOCKTON. (Douglas) 1_s._
This most quaint and diverting American story is, among its other
perfections, a good protest against romance derived from penny dreadfuls.
=560. Country Maidens.= By M. BRAMSTON. (Marcus Ward) 3_s._ 6_d._
A very winning story. It brings in a sceptically inclined young man, but
he rights himself at last.
=561. Robert Ord’s Atonement.= By ROSA N. CAREY. (Bentley) 6_s._
A high-minded book.
=562. Emilia Wyndham.= By Mrs. MARSH. (Ward, Lock) 2_s._
There are many novels by this lady, perhaps out of print, but all are
harmless, sensible, and of a good tone.
=563. Dorothy’s Daughters.= By Mrs. MARSHALL. (Seeley) 5_s._