work--to enforce the doctrine of courage and truth, mercy and
loving kindness, as indispensable to the making of a gentleman.
Boys will read ‘The Bravest of the Brave’ with pleasure and
profit; of that we are quite sure.”--=Daily Telegraph.=
=The Cat of Bubastes=: A Story of Ancient Egypt. By G. A.
HENTY. With illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price
$1.00.
“The story, from the critical moment of the killing of the
sacred cat to the perilous exodus into Asia with which it
closes, is very skillfully constructed and full of exciting
adventures. It is admirably illustrated.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Bonnie Prince Charlie=: A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden. By
G. A. HENTY. With illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 12mo, cloth,
olivine edges, price $1.00.
“Ronald, the hero, is very like the hero of ‘Quentin Durward.’
The lad’s journey across France, and his hairbreadth escapes,
makes up as good a narrative of the kind as we have ever read.
For freshness of treatment and variety of incident Mr. Henty
has surpassed himself.”--=Spectator.=
=With Clive in India=; or, The Beginnings of an Empire. By G.
A. HENTY. With illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 12mo, cloth,
olivine edges, price $1.00.
“He has taken a period of Indian history of the most vital
importance, and he has embroidered on the historical facts
a story which of itself is deeply interesting. Young people
assuredly will be delighted with the volume.”--=Scotsman.=
=In the Reign of Terror=: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy.
By G. A. HENTY. With illustrations by J. SCHÖNBERG. 12mo,
cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“Harry Sandwith, the Westminster boy, may fairly be said to
beat Mr. Henty’s record. His adventures will delight boys by
the audacity and peril they depict. The story is one of Mr.
Henty’s best.”--=Saturday Review.=
=The Lion of the North=: A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus and the
Wars of Religion. By G. A. HENTY. With illustrations by JOHN
SCHÖNBERG. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“A praiseworthy attempt to interest British youth in the great
deeds of the Scotch Brigade in the wars of Gustavus Adolphus.
Mackey, Hepburn, and Munro live again in Mr. Henty’s pages, as
those deserve to live whose disciplined bands formed really the
germ of the modern British army.”--=Athenæum.=
=The Dragon and the Raven=; or, The Days of King Alfred. By G.
A. HENTY. With illustrations by C. J. STANILAND. 12mo, cloth,
olivine edges, price $1.00.
“In this story the author gives an account of the fierce
struggle between Saxon and Dane for supremacy in England, and
presents a vivid picture of the misery and ruin to which the
country was reduced by the ravages of the sea-wolves. The
story is treated in a manner most attractive to the boyish
reader.”--=Athenæum.=
=The Young Carthaginian=: A Story of the Times of Hannibal.
By G. A. HENTY. With illustrations by C. J. STANILAND. 12mo,
cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“Well constructed and vividly told. From first to last nothing
stays the interest of the narrative. It bears us along as on a
stream whose current varies in direction, but never loses its
force.”--=Saturday Review.=
=In Freedom’s Cause=: A Story of Wallace and Bruce. By G.
A. HENTY. With illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 12mo, cloth,
olivine edges, price $1.00.
“It is written in the author’s best style. Full of the wildest
and most remarkable achievements, it is a tale of great
interest, which a boy, once he has begun it, will not willingly
put one side.”--=The Schoolmaster.=
=With Wolfe in Canada=; or, The Winning of a Continent. By G.
A. HENTY. With illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 12mo, cloth,
olivine edges, price $1.00.
“A model of what a boys’ story-book should be. Mr. Henty has
a great power of infusing into the dead facts of history new
life, and as no pains are spared by him to ensure accuracy in
historic details, his books supply useful aids to study as well
as amusement.”--=School Guardian.=
=True to the Old Flag=: A Tale of the American War of
Independence. By G. A. HENTY. With illustrations by GORDON
BROWNE. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“Does justice to the pluck and determination of the British
soldiers during the unfortunate struggle against American
emancipation. The son of an American loyalist, who remains true
to our flag, falls among the hostile red-skins in that very
Huron country which has been endeared to us by the exploits of
Hawkeye and Chingachgook.”--=The Times.=
=A Final Reckoning=: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. By G. A.
HENTY. With illustrations by W. B. WOLLEN. 12mo, cloth, olivine
edges, price $1.00.
“All boys will read this story with eager and unflagging
interest. The episodes are in Mr. Henty’s very best
vein--graphic, exciting, realistic; and, as in all Mr. Henty’s
books, the tendency is to the formation of an honorable, manly,
and even heroic character.”--=Birmingham Post.=
=The Lion of St. Mark=: A Tale of Venice in the Fourteenth
Century. By G. A. HENTY. With illustrations by GORDON BROWNE.
12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“Every boy should read ‘The Lion of St. Mark.’ Mr. Henty has
never produced a story more delightful, more wholesome, or more
vivacious.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Facing Death=; or, The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of
the Coal Mines. By G. A. HENTY. With illustrations by GORDON
BROWNE. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“The tale is well written and well illustrated, and there is
much reality in the characters. If any father, clergyman, or
schoolmaster is on the lookout for a good book to give as a
present to a boy who is worth his salt, this is the book we
would recommend.”--=Standard.=
=Maori and Settler=: A Story of the New Zealand War. By G.
A. HENTY. With illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE. 12mo, cloth,
olivine edges, price $1.00.
“In the adventures among the Maoris, there are many breathless
moments in which the odds seem hopelessly against the party,
but they succeed in establishing themselves happily in one of
the pleasant New Zealand valleys. It is brimful of adventure,
of humorous and interesting conversation, and vivid pictures of
colonial life.”--=Schoolmaster.=
=One of the 28th=: A Tale of Waterloo. By G. A. HENTY. With
illustrations by W. H. OVEREND. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges,
price $1.00.
“Written with Homeric vigor and heroic inspiration. It is
graphic, picturesque, and dramatically effective ... shows us
Mr. Henty at his best and brightest. The adventures will hold
a boy enthralled as he rushes through them with breathless
interest ‘from cover to cover.’”--=Observer.=
=Orange and Green=: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick. By G.
A. HENTY. With illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 12mo, cloth,
olivine edges, price $1.00.
“The narrative is free from the vice of prejudice, and ripples
with life as if what is being described were really passing
before the eye.”--=Belfast News-Letter.=
=Through the Fray=: A Story of the Luddite Riots. By G. A.
HENTY. With illustrations by H. M. PAGET. 12mo, cloth, olivine
edges, price $1.00.
“Mr. Henty inspires a love and admiration for
straightforwardness, truth and courage. This is one of the best
of the many good books Mr. Henty has produced, and deserves to
be classed with his ‘Facing Death.’”--=Standard.=
=The Young Midshipman=: A Story of the Bombardment of
Alexandria. With illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges
price $1.00.
A coast fishing lad, by an act of heroism, secures the interest
of a shipowner, who places him as an apprentice on board one
of his ships. In company with two of his fellow-apprentices he
is left behind, at Alexandria, in the hands of the revolted
Egyptian troops, and is present through the bombardment and the
scenes of riot and bloodshed which accompanied it.
=In Times of Peril.= A Tale of India. By G. A. HENTY. With
illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“The hero of the story early excites our admiration, and
is altogether a fine character such as boys will delight
in, whilst the story of the campaign is very graphically
told.”--=St. James’s Gazette.=
=The Cornet of Horse=: A Tale of Marlborough’s Wars. By G. A.
HENTY. With illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price
$1.00.
“Mr. Henty not only concocts a thrilling tale, he weaves fact
and fiction together with so skillful a hand that the reader
cannot help acquiring a just and clear view of that fierce and
terrible struggle known as the Crimean War.”--=Athenæum.=
=The Young Franc-Tireurs=: Their Adventures in the
Franco-Prussian War. By G. A. HENTY. With illustrations. 12mo,
cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“A capital book for boys. It is bright and readable, and
full of good sense and manliness. It teaches pluck and
patience in adversity, and shows that right living leads to
success.”--=Observer.=
=The Young Colonists=: A Story of Life and War in South Africa.
By G. A. HENTY. With illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges,
price $1.00.
“No boy needs to have any story of Henty’s recommended to him,
and parents who do not know and buy them for their boys should
be ashamed of themselves. Those to whom he is yet unknown could
not make a better beginning than with this book.”
=The Young Buglers.= A Tale of the Peninsular War. By G. A.
HENTY. With illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price
$1.00.
“Mr. Henty is a giant among boys’ writers, and his books are
sufficiently popular to be sure of a welcome anywhere. In
stirring interest, this is quite up to the level of Mr. Henty’s
former historical tales.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Sturdy and Strong=; or, How George Andrews Made his Way. By G.
A. HENTY. With illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price
$1.00.
“The history of a hero of everyday life, whose love of truth,
clothing of modesty, and innate pluck, carry him, naturally,
from poverty to affluence. George Andrews is an example of
character with nothing to cavil at, and stands as a good
instance of chivalry in domestic life.”--=The Empire.=
=Among Malay Pirates.= A Story of Adventure and Peril. By G. A.
HENTY. With illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price
$1.00.
“Incident succeeds incident, and adventure is piled upon
adventure, and at the end the reader, be he boy or man, will
have experienced breathless enjoyment in a romantic story
that must have taught him much at its close.”--=Army and Navy
Gazette.=
=Jack Archer.= A Tale of the Crimea. By G. A. HENTY. With
illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“Mr. Henty not only concocts a thrilling tale, he weaves fact
and fiction together with so skillful a hand that the reader
cannot help acquiring a just and clear view of that fierce and
terrible struggle.”--=Athenæum.=
=Friends, Though Divided.= A Tale of the Civil War. By G. A.
HENTY. With illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price
$1.00.
“It has a good plot; it abounds in action; the scenes are
equally spirited and realistic, and we can only say we have
read it with much pleasure from first to last.”--=Times.=
=Out on the Pampas=; or, The Young Settlers. By G. A. HENTY.
With illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“A really noble story, which adult readers will find to the
full as satisfying as the boys. Lucky boys! to have such a
caterer as Mr. G. A. Henty.”--=Black and White.=
=The Boy Knight=: A Tale of the Crusades. By G. A. HENTY. With
illustrations. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, price $1.00.
“Of stirring episode there is no lack. The book, with its
careful accuracy and its descriptions of all the chief battles,
will give many a schoolboy his first real understanding of a
very important period of history.”--=St. James’s Gazette.=
=The Wreck of the Golden Fleece.= The Story of a North Sea
Fisher Boy. By ROBERT LEIGHTON. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
$1.00.
A description of life on the wild North Sea--the hero being a
parson’s son who is appreciated on board a Lowestoft fishing
lugger. The lad has to suffer many buffets from his shipmates,
while the storms and dangers which he braved on board the
“North Star” are set forth with minute knowledge and intense
power. The wreck of the “Golden Fleece” forms the climax to a
thrilling series of desperate mischances.
=Olaf the Glorious.= A Story of the Viking Age. By ROBERT
LEIGHTON. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
This story of Olaf the Glorious, King of Norway, opens with the
incident of his being found by his uncle living as a bond-slave
in Esthonia; then come his adventures as a Viking and his raids
upon the coasts of Scotland and England, his victorious battle
against the English at Maldon in Essex, his being bought off by
Ethelred the Unready, and his conversion to Christianity. He
then returns to Pagan Norway, is accepted as king, and converts
his people to the Christian faith.
=To Greenland and the Pole.= A story of Adventure in the Arctic
Regions. By GORDON STABLES. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
$1.00.
The unfailing fascination of Arctic venturing is presented in
this story with new vividness. It deals with skilöbning in
the north of Scotland, deer-hunting in Norway, sealing in the
Arctic Seas, bear-stalking on the ice-floes, the hardships of
a journey across Greenland, and a successful voyage to the
back of the North Pole. This is, indeed, a real sea-yarn by a
real sailor, and the tone is as bright and wholesome as the
adventures are numerous.
=Yussuf the Guide.= A Story of Adventure in Asia Minor. By
GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
This story deals with the stirring incidents in the career of
a lad who has been almost given over by the doctors, but who
rapidly recovers health and strength in a journey through Asia
Minor. The adventures are many, and culminate in the travellers
being snowed up for the winter in the mountains, from which
they escape while their captors are waiting for the ransom that
does not come.
=Grettir the Outlaw.= A Story of Iceland. By S. BARING-GOULD.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This is the boys’ book of the year. That is, of course,
as much as to say that it will do for men grown as well as
juniors. It is told in simple, straightforward English, as all
stories should be, and it has a freshness and freedom which
make it irresistible.”--=National Observer.=
=Two Thousand Years Ago.= The Adventures of a Roman Boy. By A.
J. CHURCH. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Prof. Church has in this story sought to revivify that most
interesting period, the last days of the Roman Republic.
The book is extremely entertaining as well as useful:
there is a wonderful freshness in the Roman scenes and
characters.”--=Times.=
=Nat the Naturalist.= A Boy’s Adventure in the Eastern Seas. By
GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
Nat and his uncle Dick go on a voyage to the remoter islands of
the Eastern seas, and their adventures are told in a truthful
and vastly interesting fashion. The descriptions of Mr. Ebony,
their black comrade, and of the scenes of savage life, are full
of genuine humor.
=The Log of the Flying Fish.= A Story of Peril and Adventure.
By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This story is full of even more vividly recounted adventures
than those which charmed so many boy readers in ‘Pirate Island’
and ‘Congo Rovers.’... There is a thrilling adventure on the
precipices of Mount Everest, when the ship floats off and
providentially returns by force of ‘gravitation.’”--=Academy.=
=The Congo Rovers.= A Story of the Slave Squadron. By HARRY
COLLINGWOOD. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“The scene of this tale is laid on the west coast of Africa,
and in the lower reaches of the Congo; the characteristic
scenery of the great river being delineated with wonderful
accuracy. Mr. Collingwood carries us off for another cruise at
sea, in ‘The Congo Rovers,’ and boys will need no pressing to
join the daring crew, which seeks adventures and meets with any
number of them.”--=The Times.=
=Boris the Bear Hunter.= A Tale of Peter the Great and His
Times. By FRED WISHAW. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This is a capital story. The characters are marked
and lifelike, and it is full of incident and
adventure.”--=Standard.=
=Michael Strogoff=; or, The Courier of the Czar. By JULES
VERNE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“The story is full of originality and vigor. The characters are
lifelike, there is plenty of stirring incident, the interest is
sustained throughout, and every boy will enjoy following the
fortunes of the hero.”--=Journal of Education.=
=Mother Carey’s Chicken.= Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle. By
GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Undoubtedly one of the best Mr. Fenn has written. The
incidents are of thrilling interest, while the characters are
drawn with a care and completeness rarely found in a boy’s
book.”--=Literary World.=
=Dick Sand=; or, A Captain at Fifteen. By JULES VERNE. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Jules Verne himself never constructed a more marvellous tale.
It contains the strongly marked features that are always
conspicuous in his stories--a racy humor, the manly vigor
of his sentiment, and wholesome moral lessons.”--=Christian
Leader.=
=Erling the Bold.= A Tale of the Norse Sea Kings. By R. M.
BALLANTYNE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This volume makes a really fascinating book, worthy of
its telling title. There is, we venture to say, not a dull
chapter in the book, not a page which will not bear a second
reading.”--=Guardian.=
=Masterman Ready=; or, The Wreck of the Pacific. By CAPTAIN
MARRYAT. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“As racy a tale of life at sea and adventure as we have met
with for some time.... Altogether the sort of book that boys
will revel in.”--=Athenæum.=
=The Green Mountain Boys.= A Tale of the Early Settlement of
Vermont. By D. P. THOMPSON. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
$1.00.
A story of very great interest for boys. In his own forcible
style the author has endeavored to show that determination and
patriotic enthusiasm can accomplish marvellous results. This
story gives a graphic account of the early settlers of Vermont,
and their patriotic efforts in defending their homes from the
invasions of enemies.
=Every Inch a Sailor.= By GORDON STABLES. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“A story which is quite as good in its way as ‘Treasure
Island,’ and is full of adventure of a stirring yet most
natural kind. Although it is primarily a boys’ book, it is a
real godsend to the elderly reader.”--=Evening Times.=
=The Golden Galleon.= A Narrative of Adventure on Her Majesty’s
Ship the Revenge. By ROBERT LEIGHTON. 12mo, cloth, illustrated,
price $1.00.
“This story should add considerably to Mr. Leighton’s high
reputation. Excellent in every respect, it contains every
variety of incident. The plot is very cleverly devised, and the
types of the North Sea sailors are capital.”--=The Times.=
=The Gorilla Hunters.= A Tale of the Wilds of Africa. By R. M.
BALLANTYNE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“We conscientiously believe that boys will find it capital
reading. It is full of incident and mystery, and the mystery
is kept up to the last moment. It is full of stirring
adventure, daring and many escapes; and it has a historical
interest.”--=Times.=
=Gascoyne the Sandalwood Trader.= By R. M. BALLANTYNE. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of the best stories of seafaring life and adventure which
have appeared this season. Entertaining in the highest degree
from beginning to end, and full of adventure which is all the
livelier for its close connection with history.”--=Spectator.=
=Two Years Before the Mast.= A Personal Narrative of Life at
Sea. By R. H. DANA, JR. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of the very best books for boys that we have seen for a
long time: its author stands far in advance of any other writer
for boys as a teller of stories of the sea.”--=The Standard.=
=The Young Rajah.= A Story of Indian Life. By W. H. G.
KINGSTON. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This story will place the author at once in the front rank. It
is full of life and adventure, and the interest is sustained
without a break from first to last.”--=Standard.=
=How Jack Mackenzie Won His Epaulettes.= A Story of the Crimean
War. By GORDON STABLES. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This must rank among the few undeniably good boys’ books. He
will be a very dull boy indeed who lays it down without wishing
that it had gone on for at least 100 pages more.”--=Mail.=
=The King’s Pardon.= A Story of Land and Sea. By ROBERT
OVERTON. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“An excellent story, the interest being sustained from first to
last. This is, both in its intention and the way the story is
told, one of the best books of its kind which has come before
us this year.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Under the Lone Star.= A Story of the Revolution in Nicaragua.
By HERBERT HAYNES. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“We have not of late come across a historical fiction,
whether intended for boys or for men, which deserves to be so
heartily and unreservedly praised as regards plot, incidents,
and spirit as this book. It is its author’s masterpiece as
yet.”--=Spectator.=
=Geoff and Jim=: A Story of School Life. By ISMAY THORN. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is a prettily told story of the life spent by two
motherless bairns at a small preparatory school. Both Geoff
and Jim are very lovable characters, only Jim is the more so;
and the scrapes he gets into and the trials he endures will,
no doubt, interest a large circle of young readers.”--=Church
Times.=
=Jack=: A Topsy Turvy Story. By C. M. CRAWLEY-BOEVEY. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The illustrations deserve particular mention, as they add
largely to the interest of this amusing volume for children.
Jack falls asleep with his mind full of the subject of the
fishpond, and is very much surprised presently to find
himself an inhabitant of Waterworld, where he goes through
wonderful and edifying adventures. A handsome and pleasant
book.”--=Literary World.=
=Black Beauty.= The Autobiography of a Horse. By ANNA SEWELL.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
This is the life story of a horse; how he was ill treated and
well cared for. The experiences of Black Beauty, Ginger, and
Merrylegs are extremely interesting. Wherever children are,
whether boys or girls, there this Autobiography should be. It
inculcates habits of kindness to all members of the animal
creation. The literary merit of the book is excellent.
=Mopsa the Fairy.= By JEAN INGELOW. 12mo, cloth, illustrated,
price 75 cents.
“Mrs. Ingelow is, to our mind, the most charming of all living
writers for children, and ‘Mopsa’ alone ought to give her a
kind of pre-emptive right to the love and gratitude of our
young folks. It requires genius to conceive a purely imaginary
work which must of necessity deal with the supernatural,
without running into a mere riot of fantastic absurdity;
but genius Mrs. Ingelow has, and the story of ‘Jack’ is
as careless and joyous, but as delicate as a picture of
childhood.”--=Eclectic.=
=Carrots=: Just a Little Boy. By MRS. MOLESWORTH. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“One of the cleverest and most pleasing stories it has been
our good fortune to meet with for some time. Carrots and his
sister are delightful little beings, whom to read about is
at once to become very fond of. A genuine children’s book;
we’ve seen ’em seize it, and read it greedily. Children are
first-rate critics, and thoroughly appreciate Walter Crane’s
illustrations.”--=Punch.=
=Larry’s Luck.= By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“It is believed that this story, by this favorably known
author of ‘Miss Toosey’s Mission,’ will be found both highly
interesting and instructive to the young. Whether the readers
are nine years old, or twice as old, they must enjoy this
pretty volume.”--=The Examiner.=
=A Child’s Christmas=: A Sketch of Boy Life. By MRS.
MOLESWORTH. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is another of those delightful juvenile stories of
which this author has written so many. It is a fascinating
little book, with a charming plot, a sweet, pure atmosphere,
and teaches a wholesome moral in the most winning
manner.”--=Gazette.=
=Chunk, Fusky and Snout.= A Story of Wild Pigs for Little
People. By GERALD YOUNG. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75
cents.
“The story is an extremely interesting one, full of incident,
told in a quiet, healthful way, and with a great deal of
pleasantly interfused information about wild pigs and their
ways. It is sure to interest both boys and girls.”--=Christian
Union.=
=Daddy’s Boy.= By L. T. MEADE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
75 cents.
“A charming story of child life. Little Sir Rowland is one of
the most fascinating of the misunderstood child heroes of the
day. The quaint doings and imaginings of this gentle, lovable,
but highly original child are introduced by Mrs. Meade, with
all her accustomed pathos.”--=Guardian.=
=Adventures of Prince Prigio.= By ANDREW LANG. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This book has so much charm of style and good writing that it
will be eagerly read by many other than the young folk for whom
it is intended.”--=Black and White.=
=A Flock of Four.= A Story for Boys and Girls. By ISMAY THORN.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“As a gift book for boys it is among the best new books of
the kind. The story is interesting and natural, from first to
last.”--=Gazette.=
=A Flat Iron for a Farthing.= The Story of an Only Son. By
JULIANA HORATIA EWING. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A very good book it is, full of adventure, graphically told.
The style is just what it should be; simple but not bold, full
of pleasant humor, and with some pretty touches of feeling.
Like all Mrs. Ewing’s tales, it is sound, sensible, and
wholesome.”--=Times.=
=The Greek Heroes.= Fairy Tales for My Children. By CHARLES
KINGSLEY. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“We do not think these heroic stories have ever been more
attractively told.... There is a deep under-current of
religious feeling traceable throughout its pages which is sure
to influence young readers powerfully. One of the children’s
books that will surely become a classic.”--=London Review.=
=Jackanapes.= By JULIANA HORATIA EWING. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is one of Mrs. Ewing’s charming little stories for young
children. The narrative ... is full of interest for its real
grace and delicacy, and the exquisiteness and purity of the
English in which it is written.”--=Boston Advertiser.=
=Princess and Curdie.= By GEORGE MACDONALD. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“One of the cleverest and most pleasing stories it has been
our good fortune to meet with for some time. The Princess and
Curdie are delightful little beings, whom to read about is at
once to become very fond of.”--=Examiner.=
=Peter the Pilgrim.= The Story of a Boy and His Pet Rabbit. By
L. T. MEADE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Little Peter, with his soft heart, clever head, and brave
spirit is no morbid presentment of the angelic child ‘too good
to live,’ and who is certainly a nuisance on earth, but a
charming creature, if not a portrait, whom it is a privilege to
meet even in fiction.”--=The Academy.=
=We and the World.= A Story for Boys. By JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The author has evidently studied the ways and tastes of
children and got at the secret of amusing them; and has
succeeded in what is not so easy a task as it may seem--in
producing a really good children’s book.”--=Daily Telegraph.=
=Little Ivan’s Hero.= A Story of Child Life. By HELEN MILMAN.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“We should imagine those queer folk indeed who could not read
this story with eager interest and pleasure, be they boys or
girls, young or old. We highly commend the style in which the
book is written, and the spirit which pervades it.”--=World.=
=Dick, Marjorie and Fidge.= The Wonderful Adventures of Three
Little People. By G. E. FARROW. 12mo, cloth, illust’d, price
75 cents.
“... To the young, for whom it is especially intended, this
is a most interesting book of adventures, well told, and a
pleasant book to take up when their wish is to while away a
weary half-hour. We have seen no prettier gift-book for a long
time.”--=Athenæum.=
=A Wonder Book: For Boys and Girls.= Comprising Stories
of Classical Fables. By NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A beautiful little story. It will be read with delight by
every child into whose hands it is placed.”--=Gazette.=
=My Dog Plato=: His Adventures and Impressions. By H. M.
CORNWALL LEGH. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A capital story, and one we heartily commend to boy readers,
both gentle and simple.”--=Guardian.=
=Squib and His Friends.= A Story for Children. By ELLEN EVERETT
GREEN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This book will please by its simplicity, its tenderness,
and its healthy interesting motive. It is admirably
written.”--=Scotsman.=
=Tom’s Opinion.= The Story of a Boys’ School. By the author of
“Miss Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A beautiful little story.... It will be read with delight by
every boy into whose hands it is placed.”--=Pall Mall Gazette.=
=Robin’s Ride.= A Story for Children. By ELLINOR D. ADAMS.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“It is a first-rate boys’ book. It is a capital story; the
characters are well drawn, and the incidents are perfectly
natural.”--=Times.=
=Peter and Tom.= A Story for Boys. By BELLE S. CRAGIN. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
Peter and Tom were unlikely heroes, particularly in the
direction of heroism, but the proper chord was touched in each
of their lives, and through many trials and adventures they
developed Christian principles and successful business traits.
=Nurse Heatherdale’s Story.= By MRS. MOLESWORTH. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“‘Nurse Heatherdale’s Story’ is all about a small boy, who
was good enough, yet was always getting into some trouble
through complications in which he was not to blame. He is an
orphan, though he is cared for in a way by relations, who
are not so very rich, yet are looked on as well fixed. After
many youthful trials and disappointments he falls into a big
stroke of good luck, which lifts him and goes to make others
happy.”--=Commercial Advertiser.=
=The Last of the Huggermuggers.= A Giant Story. By CHRISTOPHER
P. CRAUCH. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Fresh and charming in style, with fun that is never forced,
pathos that is always genuine, and with a distinctly
wholesome purpose. This is certain to be a favorite with
boys.”--=Literary World.=
=The Hunting of the Snark.= By LEWIS CARROLL, author of “Alice
in Wonderland.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Whether as regarding author or illustrator, this book is a
jewel rarely to be found nowadays. Not a whit inferior to its
predecessor in grand extravagance of imagination, and delicious
allegorical nonsense.”--=Quarterly Review.=
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by
the publisher, =A. L. BURT, 52-58 Duane Street, New York=.
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=Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.= By LEWIS CARROLL. 12mo,
cloth, 42 illustrations, price 75 cents.
“From first to last, almost without exception, this story is
delightfully droll, humorous and illustrated in harmony with
the story.”--=New York Express.=
=Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There.= By
LEWIS CARROLL. 12mo, cloth, 50 illustrations, price 75 cents.
“A delight alike to the young people and their elders,
extremely funny both in text and illustrations.”--=Boston
Express.=
=Little Lucy’s Wonderful Globe.= By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This story is unique among tales intended for children,
alike for pleasant instruction, quaintness of humor, gentle
pathos, and the subtlety with which lessons moral and otherwise
are conveyed to children, and perhaps to their seniors as
well.”--=The Spectator.=
=Joan’s Adventures at the North Pole and Elsewhere.= By ALICE
CORKRAN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Wonderful as the adventures of Joan are, it must be admitted
that they are very naturally worked out and very plausibly
presented. Altogether this is an excellent story for
girls.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Count Up the Sunny Days=: A Story for Girls and Boys. By C. A.
JONES. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“An unusually good children’s story.”--=Glasgow Herald.=
=The Heir of Redclyffe.= By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“A narrative full of interest from first to last. It is told
clearly and in a straightforward manner, and arrests the
attention of the reader at once, so that one feels afresh the
unspeakable pathos of the story to the end.”--=London Graphic.=
=The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest.= By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Among all the modern writers we believe Miss Yonge first, not
in genius, but in this, that she employs her great abilities
for a high and noble purpose. We know of few modern writers
whose works may be so safely commended as hers.”--=Cleveland
Times.=
=Jan of the Windmill.= A Story of the Plains. By MRS. J. H.
EWING. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Never has Mrs. Ewing published a more charming volume, and
that is saying a very great deal. From the first to the last
the book overflows with the strange knowledge of child-nature
which so rarely survives childhood: and moreover, with
inexhaustible quiet humor, which is never anything but innocent
and well-bred, never priggish, and never clumsy.”--=Academy.=
=A Sweet Girl Graduate.= By L. T. MEADE. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of this popular author’s best. The characters are well
imagined and drawn. The story moves with plenty of spirit
and the interest does not flag until the end too quickly
comes.”--=Providence Journal.=
=Six to Sixteen=: A Story for Girls. By JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“There is no doubt as to the good quality and attractiveness of
‘Six to Sixteen.’ The book is one which would enrich any girl’s
book shelf.”--=St. James’s Gazette.=
=The Palace Beautiful=: A Story for Girls. By L. T. MEADE.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“A bright and interesting story. The many admirers of Mrs. L.
T. Meade in this country will be delighted with the ‘Palace
Beautiful’ for more reasons than one. It is a charming book for
girls.”--=New York Recorder.=
=A World of Girls=: The Story of a School. By L. T. MEADE.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of those wholesome stories which it does one good to read.
It will afford pure delight to numerous readers. This book
should be on every girl’s book shelf.”--=Boston Home Journal.=
=The Lady of the Forest=: A Story for Girls. By L. T. MEADE.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This story is written in the author’s well-known, fresh and
easy style. All girls fond of reading will be charmed by this
well-written story. It is told with the author’s customary
grace and spirit.”--=Boston Times.=
=At the Back of the North Wind=. By GEORGE MACDONALD. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“A very pretty story, with much of the freshness and
vigor of Mr. Macdonald’s earlier work.... It is a sweet,
earnest, and wholesome fairy story, and the quaint native
humor is delightful. A most delightful volume for young
readers.”--=Philadelphia Times.=
=The Water Babies=: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. By CHARLES
KINGSLEY. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“The strength of his work, as well as its peculiar charms,
consist in his description of the experiences of a youth with
life under water in the luxuriant wealth of which he revels
with all the ardor of a poetical nature.”--=New York Tribune.=
=Our Bessie.= By ROSA N. CAREY. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
$1.00.
“One of the most entertaining stories of the season, full of
vigorous action, and strong in character-painting. Elder girls
will be charmed with it, and adults may read its pages with
profit.”--=The Teachers’ Aid.=
=Wild Kitty=. A Story of Middleton School. By L. T. MEADE.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Kitty is a true heroine--warm-hearted, self-sacrificing,
and, as all good women nowadays are, largely touched with the
enthusiasm of humanity. One of the most attractive gift books
of the season.”--=The Academy.=
=A Young Mutineer.= A Story for Girls. By L. T. MEADE. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of Mrs. Meade’s charming books for girls, narrated in that
simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one
of the first among writers for young people.”--=The Spectator.=
=Sue and I.= By MRS. O’REILLY. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
75 cents.
“A thoroughly delightful book, full of sound wisdom as well as
fun.”--Athenæum.
=The Princess and the Goblin.= A Fairy Story. By GEORGE
MACDONALD. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“If a child once begins this book, it will get so deeply
interested in it that when bedtime comes it will altogether
forget the moral, and will weary its parents with importunities
for just a few minutes more to see how everything
ends.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Pythia’s Pupils=: A Story of a School. By EVA HARTNER. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This story of the doings of several bright school girls is
sure to interest girl readers. Among many good stories for
girls this is undoubtedly one of the very best.”--=Teachers’
Aid.=
=A Story of a Short Life.= By JULIANA HORATIA EWING. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“The book is one we can heartily recommend, for it is not only
bright and interesting, but also pure and healthy in tone and
teaching.”--=Courier.=
=The Sleepy King.= A Fairy Tale. By AUBREY HOPWOOD AND SEYMOUR
HICKS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Wonderful as the adventures of Bluebell are, it must be
admitted that they are very naturally worked out and very
plausibly presented. Altogether this is an excellent story for
girls.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Two Little Waifs.= By MRS. MOLESWORTH. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Mrs. Molesworth’s delightful story of ‘Two Little Waifs’ will
charm all the small people who find it in their stockings. It
relates the adventures of two lovable English children lost in
Paris, and is just wonderful enough to pleasantly wring the
youthful heart.”--=New York Tribune.=
=Adventures in Toyland.= By EDITH KING HALL. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The author is such a bright, cheery writer, that her stories
are always acceptable to all who are not confirmed cynics, and
her record of the adventures is as entertaining and enjoyable
as we might expect.”--=Boston Courier.=
=Adventures in Wallypug Land.= By G. E. FARROW. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“These adventures are simply inimitable, and will delight boys
and girls of mature age, as well as their juniors. No happier
combination of author and artist than this volume presents
could be found to furnish healthy amusement to the young folks.
The book is an artistic one in every sense.”--=Toronto Mail.=
=Fussbudget’s Folks.= A Story for Young Girls. By ANNA F.
BURNHAM. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Mrs. Burnham has a rare gift for composing stories
for children. With a light, yet forcible touch, she
paints sweet and artless, yet natural and strong,
characters.”--=Congregationalist.=
=Mixed Pickles.= A Story for Girls. By MRS. E. M. FIELD.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“It is, in its way, a little classic, of which the real beauty
and pathos can hardly be appreciated by young people. It is
not too much to say of the story that it is perfect of its
kind.”--=Good Literature.=
=Miss Mouse and Her Boys.= A Story for Girls. By MRS.
MOLESWORTH. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Mrs. Molesworth’s books are cheery, wholesome, and
particularly well adapted to refined life. It is safe to add
that she is the best English prose writer for children. A new
volume from Mrs. Molesworth is always a treat.”--=The Beacon.=
=Gilly Flower.= A Story for Girls. By the author of “Miss
Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Jill is a little guardian angel to three lively brothers who
tease and play with her.... Her unconscious goodness brings
right thoughts and resolves to several persons who come into
contact with her. There is no goodiness in this tale, but its
influence is of the best kind.”--=Literary World.=
=The Chaplet of Pearls=; or, The White and Black Ribaumont. By
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Full of spirit and life, so well sustained throughout that
grown-up readers may enjoy it as much as children. It is one of
the best books of the season.”--=Guardian.=
=Naughty Miss Bunny=: Her Tricks and Troubles. By CLARA
MULHOLLAND. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The naughty child is positively delightful. Papas should not
omit the book from their list of juvenile presents.”--=Land and
Water.=
=Meg’s Friend.= By ALICE CORKRAN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated,
price $1.00.
“One of Miss Corkran’s charming books for girls, narrated in
that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress
as one of the first among writers for young people.”--=The
Spectator.=
=Averil.= By ROSA N. CAREY. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
$1.00.
“A charming story for young folks. Averil is a delightful
creature--piquant, tender, and true--and her varying fortunes
are perfectly realistic.”--=World.=
=Aunt Diana.= By ROSA N. CAREY. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
$1.00.
“An excellent story, the interest being sustained from first to
last. This is, both in its intention and the way the story is
told, one of the best books of its kind which has come before
us this year.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Little Sunshine’s Holiday=: A Picture from Life. By MISS
MULOCK. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is a pretty narrative of child life, describing the
simple doings and sayings of a very charming and rather
precocious child. This is a delightful book for young
people.”--=Gazette.=
=Esther’s Charge.= A Story for Girls. By ELLEN EVERETT GREEN.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“... This is a story showing in a charming way how one
little girl’s jealousy and bad temper were conquered; one
of the best, most suggestive and improving of the Christmas
juveniles.”--=New York Tribune.=
=Fairy Land of Science.= By ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“We can highly recommend it; not only for the valuable
information it gives on the special subjects to which it
is dedicated, but also as a book teaching natural sciences
in an interesting way. A fascinating little volume, which
will make friends in every household in which there are
children.”--=Daily News.=
=Merle’s Crusade.= By ROSA N. CAREY. 12mo, cloth, illustrated,
price $1.00.
“Among the books for young people we have seen nothing more
unique than this book. Like all of this author’s stories it
will please young readers by the very attractive and charming
style in which it is written.”--=Journal.=
=Birdie=: A Tale of Child Life. By H. L. CHILDE-PEMBERTON.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The story is quaint and simple, but there is a freshness
about it that makes one hear again the ringing laugh and the
cheery shout of children at play which charmed his earlier
years.”--=New York Express.=
=The Days of Bruce=: A Story from Scottish History. By GRACE
AGUILAR. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“There is a delightful freshness, sincerity and vivacity
about all of Grace Aguilar’s stories which cannot fail to
win the interest and admiration of every lover of good
reading.”--=Boston Beacon.=
=Three Bright Girls=: A Story of Chance and Mischance. By ANNIE
E. ARMSTRONG. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“The charm of the story lies in the cheery helpfulness of
spirit developed in the girls by their changed circumstances;
while the author finds a pleasant ending to all their happy
makeshifts. The story is charmingly told, and the book can be
warmly recommended as a present for girls.”--=Standard.=
=Giannetta=: A Girl’s Story of Herself. By ROSA MULHOLLAND.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Extremely well told and full of interest. Giannetta is a true
heroine--warm-hearted, self-sacrificing, and, as all good women
nowadays are, largely touched with enthusiasm of humanity. The
illustrations are unusually good. One of the most attractive
gift books of the season.”--=The Academy.=
=Margery Merton’s Girlhood.= By ALICE CORKRAN. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by
her father to the care of an elderly aunt residing near Paris.
The accounts of the various persons who have an after influence
on the story are singularly vivid. There is a subtle attraction
about the book which will make it a great favorite with
thoughtful girls.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Under False Colors=: A Story from Two Girls’ Lives. By SARAH
DOUDNEY. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned
stories--pure in style, original in conception, and with
skillfully wrought out plots; but we have seen nothing equal in
dramatic energy to this book.”--=Christian Leader.=
=Down the Snow Stairs=; or, From Good-night to Good-morning. By
ALICE CORKRAN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Among all the Christmas volumes which the year has brought to
our table this one stands out facile princeps--a gem of the
first water, bearing upon every one of its pages the signet
mark of genius.... All is told with such simplicity and perfect
naturalness that the dream appears to be a solid reality. It is
indeed a Little Pilgrim’s Progress.”--=Christian Leader.=
=The Tapestry Room=: A Child’s Romance. By MRS. MOLESWORTH.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Mrs. Molesworth is a charming painter of the nature and
ways of children; and she has done good service in giving
us this charming juvenile which will delight the young
people.”--=Athenæum, London.=
=Little Miss Peggy=: Only a Nursery Story. By MRS. MOLESWORTH.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
Mrs. Molesworth’s children are finished studies. A joyous
earnest spirit pervades her work, and her sympathy is
unbounded. She loves them with her whole heart, while she lays
bare their little minds, and expresses their foibles, their
faults, their virtues, their inward struggles, their conception
of duty, and their instinctive knowledge of the right and wrong
of things. She knows their characters, she understands their
wants, and she desires to help them.
=Polly=: A New Fashioned Girl. By L. T. MEADE. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
Few authors have achieved a popularity equal to Mrs. Meade as
a writer of stories for young girls. Her characters are living
beings of flesh and blood, not lay figures of conventional
type. Into the trials and crosses, and everyday experiences,
the reader enters at once with zest and hearty sympathy. While
Mrs. Meade always writes with a high moral purpose, her lessons
of life, purity and nobility of character are rather inculcated
by example than intruded as sermons.
=One of a Covey.= By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.”
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Full of spirit and life, so well sustained throughout that
grown-up readers may enjoy it as much as children. This
‘Covey’ consists of the twelve children of a hard-pressed Dr.
Partridge out of which is chosen a little girl to be adopted by
a spoiled, fine lady. We have rarely read a story for boys and
girls with greater pleasure. One of the chief characters would
not have disgraced Dickens’ pen.”--=Literary World.=
=The Little Princess of Tower Hill.= By L. T. MEADE. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is one of the prettiest books for children published,
as pretty as a pond-lily, and quite as fragrant. Nothing
could be imagined more attractive to young people than such
a combination of fresh pages and fair pictures; and while
children will rejoice over it--which is much better than crying
for it--it is a book that can be read with pleasure even by
older boys and girls.”--=Boston Advertiser.=
=Rosy.= By MRS. MOLESWORTH. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75
cents.
Mrs. Molesworth, considering the quality and quantity of her
labors, is the best story-teller for children England has yet
known.
“This is a very pretty story. The writer knows children,
and their ways well. The illustrations are exceedingly well
drawn.”--=Spectator.=
=Esther=: A Book for Girls. By ROSA N. CAREY. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“She inspires her readers simply by bringing them in contact
with the characters, who are in themselves inspiring. Her
simple stories are woven in order to give her an opportunity
to describe her characters by their own conduct in seasons of
trial.”--=Chicago Times.=
=Sweet Content.= By MRS. MOLESWORTH. 12mo, cloth, illustrated,
price 75 cents.
“It seems to me not at all easier to draw a lifelike child
than to draw a lifelike man or woman: Shakespeare and Webster
were the only two men of their age who could do it with
perfect delicacy and success. Our own age is more fortunate,
on this single score at least, having a larger and far nobler
proportion of female writers; among whom, since the death of
George Eliot, there is none left whose touch is so exquisite
and masterly, whose love is so thoroughly according to
knowledge, whose bright and sweet invention is so fruitful,
so truthful, or so delightful as Mrs. Molesworth’s.”--=A. C.
Swinbourne.=
=Honor Bright=; or, The Four-Leaved Shamrock. By the author of
“Miss Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“It requires a special talent to describe the sayings and
doings of children, and the author of ‘Honor Bright,’ ‘One of
a Covey,’ possesses that talent in no small degree. A cheery,
sensible, and healthy tale.”--=The Times.=
=The Cuckoo Clock.= By MRS. MOLESWORTH. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A beautiful little story. It will be read with delight by
every child into whose hands it is placed.... The author
deserves all the praise that has been, is, and will be bestowed
on ‘The Cuckoo Clock.’ Children’s stories are plentiful, but
one, like this is not to be met with every day.”--=Pall Mall
Gazette.=
=The Adventures of a Brownie.= As Told to my Child. By MISS
MULOCK. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The author of this delightful little book leaves it in doubt
all through whether there actually is such a creature in
existence as a Brownie, but she makes us hope that there might
be.”--=Chicago Standard.=
=Only a Girl=: A Tale of Brittany. From the French by C. A.
JONES. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“We can thoroughly recommend this brightly written and homely
narrative.”--=Saturday Review.=
=Little Rosebud=; or, Things Will Take a Turn. By BEATRICE
HARRADEN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A most delightful little book.... Miss Harraden is so bright,
so healthy, and so natural withal that the book ought, as a
matter of duty, to be added to every girl’s library in the
land.”--=Boston Transcript.=
=Girl Neighbors=; or, The Old Fashion and the New. By SARAH
TYTLER. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of the most effective and quietly humorous of Miss
Tytler’s stories. ‘Girl Neighbors’ is a pleasant comedy, not so
much of errors as of prejudices got rid of, very healthy, very
agreeable, and very well written.”--=Spectator.=
=The Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak.= By MISS
MULOCK. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“No sweeter--that is the proper word--Christmas story for the
little folks could easily be found, and it is as delightful for
older readers as well. There is a moral to it which the reader
can find out for himself, if he chooses to think.”--=Cleveland
Herald.=
=Little Miss Joy.= By EMMA MARSHALL. 12mo, cloth, illustrated,
price 75 cents.
“A very pleasant and instructive story, told by a very charming
writer in such an attractive way as to win favor among its
young readers. The illustrations add to the beauty of the
book.”--=Utica Herald.=
=The House that Grew.= A Girl’s Story. By MRS. MOLESWORTH.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is a very pretty story of English life. Mrs. Molesworth
is one of the most popular and charming of English
story-writers for children. Her child characters are true
to life, always natural and attractive, and her stories are
wholesome and interesting.”--=Indianapolis Journal.=
=The House of Surprises.= By L. T. MEADE. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A charming tale of charming children, who are naughty enough
to be interesting, and natural enough to be lovable; and very
prettily their story is told. The quaintest yet most natural
stories of child life. Simply delightful.”--=Vanity Fair.=
=The Jolly Ten: and their Year of Stories.= By AGNES CARR SAGE.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
The story of a band of cousins who were accustomed to meet at
the “Pinery,” with “Aunt Roxy.” At her fireside they play merry
games, have suppers flavored with innocent fun, and listen to
stories--each with its lesson calculated to make the ten not
less jolly, but quickly responsive to the calls of duty and to
the needs of others.
=Little Miss Dorothy.= The Wonderful Adventures of Two Little
People. By MARTHA JAMES. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is a charming little juvenile story from the pen of Mrs.
James, detailing the various adventures of a couple of young
children. Their many adventures are told in a charming manner,
and the book will please young girls and boys.”--=Montreal
Star.=
=Pen’s Venture.= A Story for Girls. By ELVIRTON WRIGHT. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
Something Pen saw in the condition of the cash girls in a
certain store gave her a thought; the thought became a plan;
the plan became a venture--Pen’s venture. It is amusing,
touching, and instructive to read about it.
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by
the publisher, =A. L. BURT, 52-58 Duane Street, New York.=
FAIRY BOOKS.
=The Blue Fairy Book.= Edited by ANDREW LANG. Profusely
illustrated, 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
“The tales are simply delightful. No amount of description can
do them justice. The only way is to read the book through from
cover to cover.”--=Book Review.=
=The Green Fairy Book.= Edited by ANDREW LANG. Profusely
illustrated, 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
“The most delightful book of fairy tales, taking form and
contents together, ever presented to children.”--=E. S.
Hartland, in Folk-Lore.=
=The Yellow Fairy Book.= Edited by ANDREW LANG. Profusely
illustrated, 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
“As a collection of fairy tales to delight children of all
ages, it ranks second to none.”--=Daily Graphic.=
=The Red Fairy Book.= Edited by ANDREW LANG. Profusely
illustrated, 12mo, cloth, price $1.00.
“A gift-book that will charm any child, and all older folk, who
have been fortunate enough to retain their taste for the old
nursery stories.”--=Literary World.=
=Celtic Fairy Tales.= Edited by JOSEPH JACOBS. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“A stock of delightful little narratives gathered chiefly from
the Celtic-speaking peasants of Ireland. A perfectly lovely
book. And oh! the wonderful pictures inside. Get this book if
you can; it is capital, all through.”--=Pall Mall Budget.=
=English Fairy Tales.= Edited by JOSEPH JACOBS. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“The tales are simply delightful. No amount of description
can do them justice. The only way is to read the book through
from cover to cover. The book is intended to correspond to
‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales,’ and it must be allowed that its pages
fairly rival in interest those of that well-known repository of
folk-lore.”--=Morning Herald.=
=Indian Fairy Tales.= Edited by JOSEPH JACOBS. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“Mr. Jacobs brings home to us in a clear and intelligible
manner the enormous influence which ‘Indian Fairy Tales’
have had upon European literature of the kind. The present
combination will be welcomed not alone by the little ones for
whom it is specially combined, but also by children of larger
growth and added years.”--=Daily Telegraph.=
=Household Fairy Tales.= By the BROTHERS GRIMM. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“As a collection of fairy tales to delight children of all ages
this work ranks second to none.”--=Daily Graphic.=
=Fairy Tales and Stories.= By HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. 12mo,
cloth, illustrated price $1.00.
“If I were asked to select a child’s library I should name
these three volumes, ‘English,’ ‘Celtic,’ and ‘Indian
Fairy Tales,’ with Grimm and Hans Andersen’s Fairy
Tales.”--=Independent.=
=Popular Fairy Tales.= By the BROTHERS GRIMM. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“From first to last, almost without exception, these stories
are delightful.”--=Athenæum.=
=Icelandic Fairy Tales.= By A. W. HALL. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“The most delightful book of fairy tales, taking form and
contents together, ever presented to children. The whole
collection is dramatic and humorous. A more desirable child’s
book has not been seen for many a day.”--=Daily News.=
=Fairy Tales From the Far North.= (Norwegian.) By P. C.
ASBJORNSEN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“If we were asked what present would make a child happiest
at Christmastide we think we could with a clear conscience
point to Mr. Jacobs’ book. It is a dainty and an interesting
volume.”--=Notes and Queries.=
=Cossack Fairy Tales.= By R. NISBET BAIN. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“A really valuable and curious selection which will be welcomed
by readers of all ages.... The illustrations by Mr. Batten are
often clever and irresistibly humorous. A delight alike to the
young people and their elders.”--=Globe.=
=The Golden Fairy Book.= By VARIOUS AUTHORS. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“The most delightful book of its kind that has come in our way
for many a day. It is brimful of pretty stories. Retold in a
truly delightful manner.”--=Graphic.=
=The Silver Fairy Book.= By VARIOUS AUTHORS. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
“The book is intended to correspond to ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales,’
and it must be allowed that its pages fairly rival in interest
those of the well-known repository of folk-lore. It is a most
delightful volume of fairy tales.”--=Courier.=
=The Brownies, and Other Stories.= By JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Like all the books she has written this one is very charming,
and is worth more in the hands of a child than a score of other
stories of a more sensational character.”--=Christian at Work.=
=The Hunting of the Snark.= An Agony in Eight Fits. By LEWIS
CARROLL, author of “Alice in Wonderland.” 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This glorious piece of nonsense.... Everybody ought to read
it--nearly everybody will--and all who deserve the treat will
scream with laughter.”--=Graphic.=
=Lob Lie-By-the-fire, and Other Tales.= By JULIANA HORATIO
EWING. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Mrs. Ewing has written as good a story as her ‘Brownies,’ and
that is saying a great deal. ‘Lob Lie-by-the-fire’ has humor
and pathos, and teaches what is right without making children
think they are reading a sermon.”--=Saturday Review.=
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by
the publisher, =A. L. BURT, 52-58 Duane Street, New York.=
Transcriber’s Note:
Table of Contents has been added by transcriber.
Punctuation has been standardized; hyphenation retained as in the
original publication.
Frontispiece
Page 215 _changed to_
Page 217
Page 13
I thougbt so _changed to_
I thought so
Page 14
of a quarter of a ile brought the boys _changed to_
of a quarter of a mile brought the boys
Page 54
I musn’t stay here any longer _changed to_
I mustn’t stay here any longer
Page 73
think of same plausible pretext _changed to_
think of some plausible pretext
Page 131
Purcy Burnett hesitated _changed to_
Percy Burnett hesitated
Page 138
the destination was a poin _changed to_
the destination was a point
Page 149
Page 147 _changed to_
Page 149
Page 156
let’s the cat out of the bag _changed to_
lets the cat out of the bag
Page 170
Haven’t you, bony? _changed to_
Haven’t you, Bony?
Page 187
bad spirits to trouble Miantomimo _changed to_
bad spirits to trouble Miantonimo
to his children that Miantomimo _changed to_
to his children that Miantonimo
Page 189
couln’t help it _changed to_
couldn’t help it
Page 201
the sadness and lonliness _changed to_
the sadness and loneliness
Page 217
Page 215 _changed to_
Page 217
Page 231
that the vail _changed to_
that the veil
Page 246
there were no post-office _changed to_
there were no post-offices
Page 274
Page 245 _changed to_
Page 247
Page 276
He could’t drop _changed to_
He couldn’t drop
Books for Boys
A Jaunt Through Java
on their trip acrosss the island _changed to_
on their trip across the island
Captured by Zulus
by dig ing their way out _changed to_
by digging their way out
True to the Old Flag
of the British soliders _changed to_
of the British soldiers
The Gorilla Hunters
belive that boys will _changed to_
believe that boys will
Books for Girls
Our Bessie
12mo, cloth, illusstrated _changed to_
12mo, cloth, illustrated
The Cuckoo Clock
but on, like this is not _changed to_
but one, like this is not
Fairy Tales
The Golden Fairy Book
Retold in a truly deightful _changed to_
Retold in a truly delightful
End of Project Gutenberg's Tom Thatcher's Fortune, by Horatio Alger Jr.