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=THE BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS.=
By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. With 16 full page colored illustrations, 12full-page illustrations in black and white (photo engravings) andmarginal illustrations all through the book.
8vo. Cloth. Net $2.50
=TALES OF THE GODS AND HEROES.=
By SIR G. W. COX, M. A. With sixteen colored plates from drawings byJAMES FRIPP.
8vo. Cloth. Net $2.00
CONTENTS
The Sorrow of Demeter -- The Sleep of Endymion -- Niobe and Leto --Orpheus and Eurydice -- Phryxus and Helle -- Cadmus and Europa --Odysseus and Polyphemus -- Odysseus and Circe -- Odysseus and theSeirens -- Odysseus and Nausicaa -- The Story of Arion -- The Treasuresof Rhampsnitus -- Cephalos and Procris -- Daphne -- The Delian Apollo --The Pythian Apolli -- The Vengeance of Apollo -- The Toils ofHeracles -- Althaea and the Burning Brand -- Phaethon -- Io andPrometheus -- Briareos -- Arethusa -- Tyro -- Poseidon and Athene --Ariadne -- Narcissus -- Medeia -- Cyrene -- Bellerophon -- Iphigeneia --Hector and Andromache -- Sarpedon -- Memnon -- Oenone -- TheLotos-Eaters -- The Cattle of Helios -- Odysseus and Calypso -- Atysand Adrastos.
=LIVES OF GREAT MEN, TOLD BY GREAT MEN=
Edited by RICHARD WILSON. With 31 full-page illustrations in color.
Quarto. Cloth. 448 pp. Net $2.00
CONTENTS
Alexander the Great -- Alfred the Great -- The Black Prince -- The Storyof William Wallace -- Sir Thomas More -- Francisco Pizarro -- SirRichard Grenville -- Sir Francis Drake -- Sir Phillip Sidney -- JohnHampden -- Oliver Cromwell -- John Bunyan -- Benjamin Franklin's Boyhood-- Dr. Johnson -- Oliver Goldsmith -- Flora Macdonald -- The Boyhood ofJames Watt -- Robert Burns -- Charles Lamb -- William Wordsworth -- TheBoyhood of Turner -- George Borrow -- The Boyhood of George Stephenson.
=THE STORY OF HEATHER=
By MAY WYNNE
12mo. Cloth, 6 colored illustrations. _Price_, net $1.00
This is the autobiography of a pony, simply told for young children, andfull of action and interest. The volume is excellently illustrated incolor by Dorothy Pope, and attractively presented in cloth cover.
=EXMOOR STAR= The Autobiography of a Pony
By A. E. BONSER
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. _Price_, net 50c; postpaid 55c.
The sympathy of children in the humane treatment of animals will beenlisted by this charming story. They see how cruel our thoughtlessnessand lack of attention to the needs of our dumb servants often are. Theywill share the views of this bright little pony in regard to man'sattitude to animals. The story is fascinating and as circus performer orpolo pony, Star is a most interesting character. After many strangeexperiences he saves the lives of twelve people, receives a medal fromthe Royal Humane Society and retires from public life. The story is notmarred by a sad ending. The book is fully illustrated.
=A BOOK OF BIRDS AND BEASTS= OR _THE LAW OF KINDNESS_
134 pages and 32 colored illustrations
_Price_, net $1.00
It is full of interesting stories, all about animals and their doings,and of such a character that no child who reads them will ever dream ofbeing unkind to bird, beast, fish, or insect; for when people get toknow God's creatures and their wonderful ways, they learn how to leavethem alone and to watch them patiently, just because they are so wellworth watching.
=THE OLD FAIRY TALES=
189 pages and 32 colored illustrations
_Price_, net $1.00
A book of Fairy Tales for Boys and Girls containing; The Three Bears --Brother and Sister -- Little Red Riding-Hood -- Hansel and Grethel --The Golden Goose -- The Magic Key -- Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes,and Little Three Eyes -- The Story of Catskin -- Cinderella, or, TheLittle Glass Slipper -- The Frog-Prince -- The Sleeping Beauty in theWood -- The Iron Stove -- Shemus and the Little People -- Prince CurlyChin -- Queen Mab and Oberon -- The Merry Tricks of Tom Thumb -- PrinceCherry -- Little Snowdrop -- The Goose Girl -- The Fairies of theCaldon-Low.
=THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD=
Formerly published under the title of "The World by the Fireside."
By MARY and ELIZABETH KIRBY. Crown. 8 vo. Cloth. Hundreds ofillustrations. Price $1.50
This volume brings the world, that is so full of wonders, to our ownfireside.
The book is embellished with pictures of the various scenes and objectsdescribed, in order to make it more attractive.
=THE WONDERS OF THE SEA=
Formerly published under the title of "The Sea and Its Wonders."
By MARY and ELIZABETH KIRBY. Crown. 8 vo. Cloth. Hundreds ofillustrations. Price $1.50
Wonders abound in the Ocean. It is a world in itself, and is subject toits own laws.
"In this great and wide sea are creeping things innumerable, both smalland great."
The various chapters are amply illustrated with drawings taken fromlife, and on which the utmost care has been bestowed.
Sully and Kleinteich--New York