MACMILLAN & CO.'S_CATALOGUE_OFBOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.
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_Messrs. MACMILLAN & CO. are the agents in the United States for thepublications of the Oxford and Cambridge University Presses, and forMessrs. George Bell & Sons, London. Complete catalogues of all bookssold by them will be sent, free by mail, to any address on application._
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=ADVENTURE SERIES, THE.= Large 12mo. Fully Illustrated. $1.50 eachvolume.
=Adventures of a Younger Son.= By JOHN EDWARD TRELAWNY. With an Introduction by EDWARD GARNETT.
=Madagascar; or, Robert Drury's Journal= During Fifteen Years' Captivity on that Island, and a Further Description of Madagascar by the Abbe ALEXIS ROCHON. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Captain S. PASFIELD OLIVER, F.S.A., author of "Madagascar."
=Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp=, Late Lieutenant in His Majesty's 87th Regiment. Written by Himself. With an Introduction by Major H. M. CHICHESTER.
=The Adventures of Thomas Pellow=, of Penryn, Mariner, Twenty-three Years in Captivity among the Moors. Written by Himself; and Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Dr. ROBERT BROWN. Illustrated from Contemporaneous Prints.
=The Buccaneers and Marooners of America.= Being an Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Certain Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main. Edited and Illustrated by HOWARD PYLE.
=The Log of a Jack Tar; or, The Life of James Choyce, Master Mariner.= Now first published, with O'Brien's Captivity in France. Edited by Commander V. LOVETT CAMERON, R.N., C.B., D.C.L. With Introduction and Notes.
=The Story of the Filibusters.= By JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE. To which is added "The Life of Colonel David Crockett." With Illustrations.
"Mr. Roche has faithfully compared and sifted the statements of those who took part in the various expeditions, and he has also made effectual use of periodicals and official documents. The result is what may safely be regarded as the first complete and authentic account of the deeds of the modern Vikings, who continue to be wonderfully romantic figures even after the gaudy trappings of myth, prejudice, and fiction have been stripped away."--_Boston Beacon._
=The Voyages and Adventures of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto, the Portuguese.= Done into English by HENRY COGAN, with an Introduction by ARMINIUS VAMBERY.
"It is decidedly reading of the most attractive kind, brimful of adventure piquantly related, and of rare interest in its recital of the experienced of the author, who 'five times suffered shipwreck, was sixteen times sold, and thirteen times made a slave.'"--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette._
=A Master Mariner.= Being the Life and Adventures of Captain Robert William Eastwick. Edited by HERBERT COMPTON. With Illustrations.
=Hard Life in the Colonies, and Other Adventures by Sea and Land.= Now first printed. Compiled from Private Letters by C. CASLYON JENKYNS. With Illustrations. Large 12mo. $1.50.
=AESOP'S FABLES.= Illustrated. 50 cents.
=ANDERSEN= (HANS CHRISTIAN). =Fairy Tales and Sketches.= Translated byC. C. PEACHY, H. WARD, A. PLESNER, etc. With numerous Illustrations byOTTO SPECKTER and others. Seventh thousand. Handsomely bound. 12mo.$1.50.
"The translation most happily hits the delicate quaintness of Andersen--most happily transposes into simple English words the tender precision of the famous story-teller; in a keen examination of the book we scarcely recall a single phrase or turn that obviously could have been bettered."--_Daily Telegraph._
=Tales for Children.= With 48 Full-page Illustrations by WEHNERT, and 57 small Engravings on wood by W. THOMAS. Thirteenth thousand. Handsomely bound. 12mo. $1.50.
This volume contains several tales that are in no other edition published in this country, and with the preceding volume it forms the most complete English edition.
=ARIOSTO. Paladin and Saracen.= Stories from Ariosto. By W. C.HOLLWAY-CALTHROP. With Illustrations. $1.50.
=ATKINSON. The Last of the Giant Killers.= By the Rev. J. C. ATKINSON,author of "A Moorland Parish." _Shortly._
=AWDRY (F.). The Story of a Fellow Soldier.= A Life of Bishop Patteson forthe Young. 16mo. $1.00.
=BAKER. Wild Beasts and Their Ways.= Reminiscences in Asia, Africa, andAmerica. By Sir SAMUEL W. BAKER, F.R.S., etc., author of "AlbertNyanza," etc. With numerous Illustrations. Large 12mo. Cloth extra.Gilt. $3.50.
"A book which is destined not only to serve as a chart and compass for every hunter of big game, but which is likewise a valuable study of natural history, placed before the public in a practical and interesting form."--_New York Tribune._
=BEESLY= (Mrs.). =Stories from the History of Rome.= 16mo. 60 cents.
"Of all the stories we remember from history none have struck us as so genuinely good--with the right ring--as those of Mrs. Beesly."--_Educational Times._
=BERTZ= (E.). =The French Prisoners:= A Story for Boys. $1.25.
"Written throughout in a wise and gentle spirit, and omits no opportunity to deprecate war as a barbaric survival, wholly unnecessary in a civilized age."--_Independent._
"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 German and French boys."--_Christian Union._
=BUNCE= (J. T.). =Fairy Tales: Their Origin and Meaning.= 16mo. 75 cents.
=CARPENTER. Truth in Tale.= Addresses Chiefly to Children. By W. BOYDCARPENTER, D.D., Bishop of Ripon. $1.00.
"These ingenious and interesting tales by Bishop Carpenter are full of poetic beauty and of religious truth.... We would like to see a copy in every Sunday-school library."--_Sunday School Banner._
=CARROLL.= WORKS BY LEWIS CARROLL.
=Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.= With 42 Illustrations by TENNIEL. 12mo. $1.00.
A German Translation. 12mo. $2.00.
A French Translation. 12mo. $2.00.
An Italian Translation. 12mo. $2.00.
"An excellent piece of nonsense."--_Times._
"That most delightful of children's stories."--_Saturday Review._
"Elegant and delicious nonsense."--_Guardian._
=Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There.= 50 Illustrations by TENNIEL. 12mo. $1.00.
"Will fairly rank with the tale of her previous experience."--_Daily Telegraph._
"Many of Mr. Tenniel's designs are masterpieces of wise absurdity."--_Athenaeum._
"Whether as regarding author or illustrator, this book is a jewel rarely to be found nowadays."--_Echo._
=Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.= In 1 vol. With TENNIEL's Illustrations. 12mo. $1.25.
=Rhyme? and Reason?= With 65 Illustrations by ARTHUR B. FROST, and nine by HENRY HOLIDAY. 12mo. $1.50.
This book is a reprint, with additions, of the comic portions of "Phantasmagoria, and other Poems," and of the "Hunting of the Snark."
=A Tangled Tale.= Reprinted from the "Monthly Packet." With Illustrations. 12mo. $1.50.
=Alice's Adventures under Ground.= Being a Fac-simile of the original MS. Book afterward developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." With 37 Illustrations. 12mo. $1.50.
=The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits.= By LEWIS CARROLL. With nine Illustrations by HENRY HOLIDAY. New Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
=Sylvie and Bruno.= With 46 Illustrations by HARRY FURNISS. 12mo. $1.50.
"Alice was a delightful little girl, but hardly more pleasing than are the hero and heroine of this latest book from a writer in whose nonsense there is far more sense than in the serious works of
many contemporary authors."--_Morning Post._
"Mr. Furniss's illustrations, which are numerous, are at once graceful and full of humor. We pay him a high compliment when we say he proves himself a worthy successor to Mr. Tenniel in illustrating Mr. Lewis Carroll's books."--_St. James Gazette._
=The Nursery "Alice."= Containing 20 coloured enlargements from TENNIEL's Illustrations to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," with Text adapted to Nursery Readers, by LEWIS CARROLL. 4to. $1.50.
"Let the little people rejoice! the most charming book in the world has appeared for them. 'The Nursery Alice,' with its wealth of colored illustrations from Tenniel's Pictures, is certainly the most artistic juvenile that has been seen for many and many a day."--_Boston Budget._
=CHURCH.= WORKS BY THE REV. A. J. CHURCH.
=The Story of the Iliad.= With Coloured Illustrations. 12mo. $1.00.
=The Story of the Odyssey.= With Coloured Illustrations. 12mo. $1.00.
=Stories from the Bible.= With Illustrations after JULIUS SCHNORR. 12mo. $1.50.
"Of all the books of this kind, this is the best we have seen."--_Examiner._
"The book will be of infinite value to the student or teacher of the Scriptures, and the stories are well arranged for interesting reading for children."--_Boston Traveller._
=Stories from Bible.= Illustrated. Second Series. _Shortly._
=The Greek Gulliver.= Stories from Lucian. With Illustrations by C. O. MURRAY. New edition. 16mo. Paper. 40 cents.
"A curious example of ancient humor."--_Chicago Standard._
=The Burning of Rome.= A Story of the Times of Nero. With Illustrations. 12mo. $1.00.
=CLIFFORD= (Mrs. W. K.). =Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise.= WithIllustrations. $1.00.
=CRAIK.= Works by MRS. CRAIK, author of "John Halifax, Gentleman."
=Sermons out of Church.= New Edition. 12mo. $1.75.
=Children's Poetry.= Globe 8vo. $1.25.
=The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak.= A Parable for Young and Old. With Illustrations. 12mo. $1.25.
=Little Sunshine's Holiday.= Globe 8vo. $1.00.
=Adventures of a Brownie.= With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.00.
=Alice Learmont.= A Fairy Tale. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.00.
=Our Year: a Child's Book.= Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
=The Fairy Book.= The Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew. _Golden Treasury Series._ 18mo. $1.25.
=DEFOE. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.= Edited from the OriginalEdition by HENRY KINGSLEY. _Globe Edition._ $1.25.
_Golden Treasury Series._ 18mo. $1.00.
=DE MORGAN. The Necklace of Princess Florimonde, and other Stories.= ByMARY DE MORGAN. Illustrated by WALTER CRANE. New and cheaper Edition,cloth extra. $1.25.
"The stories display considerable originality, and Mr. Walter Crane's characteristic illustrations combine with Miss De Morgan's pretty fancies in forming a charming gift-book."--_Graphic._
"A real gem."--_Punch._
=ENGLISH MEN OF ACTION SERIES.= 12mo. Cloth, limp, 60 cents; cloth, uncutedges, 75 cents.
"An admirable set of brief biographies.... The volumes are small, attractive, and inexpensive."--_Dial._
"The 'English Men of Action' promises to be a notable series of short biographies. The subjects are well chosen, and the authors almost as well."--_Epoch._
=Gordon.= By Col. Sir W. BUTLER.
=Henry the Fifth.= By the Rev. A. J. CHURCH.
=Livingstone.= By THOMAS HUGHES.
=Lord Lawrence.= By Sir R. TEMPLE.
=Wellington.= By GEORGE HOOPER.
=Dampier.= By W. CLARK RUSSELL.
=Monk.= By JULIAN CORBETT.
=Strafford.= By H. D. TRAILL.
=Warren Hastings.= By Sir ALFRED LYALL, K.C.B.
=Peterborough.= By WILLIAM STEBBING.
=Captain Cook.= By WALTER BESANT.
=Havelock.= By ARCHIBALD FORBES.
=Clive.= By Col. Sir CHARLES WILSON.
=Drake.= By JULIAN CORBETT.
=Warwick, the King Maker.= By C. W. OMAN.
=Napier.= By Col. Sir WILLIAM BUTLER.
=Rodney.= By D. G. HANNAY.
=Montrose.= By MOWBRAY MORRIS. _Shortly._
=EWING= (J. H.). =We and the World.= A Story for Boys. By the late JULIANAHORATIO EWING. With seven Illustrations by W. L. Jones, and a PictorialDesign on the Cover. 4th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 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._
=A Flat Iron for a Farthing;= or, Some Passages in the Life of an Only Son. With 12 Illustrations by H. ALLINGHAM, and Pictorial Design on the Cover. 16th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"Let every parent and guardian who wishes to be amused, and at the same time to please a child, purchase 'A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, Some Passages in the Life of an Only Son,' by J. H. Ewing. We will answer for the delight with which they will read it themselves, and we do not doubt that the young and fortunate recipients will also like it. The story is quaint, original, and altogether delightful."--_Athenaeum._
=Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances.= Illustrated with nine fine full-page Engravings by PASQUIER, and Frontispiece by WOLF, and Pictorial Design on the Cover. 4th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"It is not often nowadays the privilege of a critic to grow enthusiastic over a new work; and the rarity of the occasion that calls forth the delight is apt to lead one into the sin of hyperbole. And yet we think we shall not be accused of extravagance when we say that, without exception, 'Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances' is the most delightful work avowedly written for children that we have ever read."--_Leader._
=Six to Sixteen.= A Story for Girls. With 10 Illustrations by Mrs. ALLINGHAM. 7th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"It is scarcely necessary to say that Mrs. Ewing's book is one of the best of the year."--_Saturday Review._
=A Great Emergency.= (A very Ill-Tempered Family; Our Field; Madame Liberality.) With four Illustrations. 3d Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"Never has Mrs. Ewing published a more charming volume of stories, 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._
=Jan of the Windmill.= A Story of the Plains. With 11 Illustrations by Mrs. ALLINGHAM and design on the cover. 5th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"The life and its surroundings, the incidents of Jan's childhood, are described with Mrs. Ewing's accustomed skill; the village schoolmaster, the miller's wife, and the other children, are extremely well done."
=Melchior's Dream.= (The Blackbird's Nest; Friedrich's Ballad; A Bit of Green; Monsieur the Viscount's Friend; The Yew Lane Ghosts; A Bad Habit; A Happy Family.) With eight Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 6th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated
Edition. 4to. In paper wrapper, 35 cents.
"'Melchior's Dream' is an exquisite little story, charming by original humor, buoyant spirits, and tender pathos."--_Athenaeum._
=Lob-lie-by-the-fire; or, the Luck of Lingborough, and Other Tales.= With three Illustrations by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. 4th Edition. 16mo. $1.00.
"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._
=The Brownies.= (The Land of Lost Toys; Three Christmas Trees; An Idyl of the Wood; Christmas Crackers; Amelia and the Dwarfs; Timothy's Shoes; Benjy in Beastland.) Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. 7th Edition. 16mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. Fcap. 4to. In paper wrapper, 35 cents.
"If a child once begins 'The Brownies,' 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._
=FREILIGRATH-KROEKER. Alice,= and other Fairy Plays for Children,including a Dramatised Version (under sanction) of Lewis Carroll's"Alice in Wonderland," and three other Plays. By Mrs.FREILIGRATH-KROEKER, with eight original full-page Plates. Cloth, extragilt. Gilt edges. 2d Edition. 12mo. $1.25.
"They have stood a practical ordeal, and stood it triumphantly."--_Times._
=GASKOIN= (Mrs. H.). =Children's Treasury of Bible Stories.= Edited by theRev. G. F. MACLEAR, D.D. 18mo. Each, 30 cents.
Part I. Old Testament. II. New Testament. III. Three Apostles: St. James, St. Paul, St. John.
=GATTY= (Mrs.). =Parables from Nature.= With Illustrations by BURNE-JONES,HOLMAN HUNT, TENNIEL, WOLF, and others. Two Series. Each, 35 cents.
=GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES.= Uniformly printed in 18mo, with Vignette Titlesby J. E. MILLAIS, Sir NOEL PATON, T. WOOLNER, W. HOLMAN HUNT, ARTHURHUGHES, etc. Engraved on Steel. 18mo. Cloth. Each, $1.00.
Also bound in half morocco, $2.50.
Half calf, $2.50. Padded calf, $3.00.
Or beautifully bound in full morocco, padded, solid gilt edges, in boxes, $2.50.
=The Children's Garland from the Best Poets.= Selected and arranged by COVENTRY PATMORE, with a Vignette by T. WOOLNER.
"Mr. Patmore deserves our gratitude for having searched through the wide field of English Poetry for these flowers which youth and age can equally enjoy, and woven them into 'The Children's Garland.'"--_London Review._
=The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to come.= By JOHN BUNYAN, with a Vignette by W. HOLMAN HUNT.
"A beautiful and scholarly reprint."--_Spectator._
=The Fairy Book.= The best popular Fairy Tales. Selected and rendered anew by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," with a Vignette by Sir NOEL PATON.
"Miss Mulock has the true instinct into the secret of a perfect Fairy Tale ... delightful selection in a delightful external form."--_Spectator._
=The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.= Edited by J. W. CLARK, M.A., with a Vignette by Sir J. E. MILLAIS.
"This cheap and pretty copy, rigidly exact to the original, will be a prize to many book buyers."--_Examiner._
=The Sunday Book of Poetry for the Young.= Selected and arranged by C. F. ALEXANDER.
=A Book of Golden Deeds= of All Times and All Countries. Gathered and Narrated Anew. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe."
=Children's Treasury of English Song.= Edited by F. T. PALGRAVE.
=Tom Brown's School Days.= By an OLD BOY.
=Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare.= Edited by the Rev. A. AINGER.
=GOLDSMITH. The Vicar of Wakefield.= By OLIVER GOLDSMITH. With 182Illustrations by HUGH THOMSON, and a Preface by AUSTIN DOBSON. Uniformwith the Randolph Caldecott Edition of Washington Irving's "BracebridgeHall" and "Old Christmas." 12mo. Cloth extra. $2.00.
"Mr. Thomson hits the exact line of humor which lies in Goldsmith's creations. His work is refined, much of it graceful and dignified, but the humor of the situation never escapes him. The work is English line work, very beautiful, delicate, and effective, with a very perceptible touch of old-time quality, life, and costume in it. The volume itself is such as lovers of good books delight to hold in their hands."--_Independent._
"A more bewitching bit of book work has not reached us for many a day."--_New York Tribune._
=GREENWOOD. The Moon Maiden, and Other Stories.= By JESSY E. GREENWOOD.12mo. $1.25.
"A collection of brightly written and distinctly original stories in which fairy lore and moral allegory are deftly and pleasantly mingled."--_Christian Union._
=GRIMM'S Fairy Tales.= The Household Stories. Translated by LUCY CRANE,and done into pictures by WALTER CRANE. 12mo. $1.25.
=HALLWARD= (R. F.). =Flowers of Paradise.=Music--Verse--Design--Illustration. Printed in colors by Edmund Evans.Royal 4to. $2.00.
"To our mind one of the prettiest--if not the prettiest--of this year's picture books. The pages are very Blake-like in effect, the drawings harmoniously blending with the music and words, and some of the larger pictures are quite beautiful in thought and feeling as well as in coloring. We ought soon to hear of Mr. Hallward again; he shows much promise."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
=HUGHES.= WORKS BY THOMAS HUGHES.
=Tom Brown's School Days.= New Illustrated Edition. 12mo. Cloth. Gilt. $1.00 Pocket Edition, 50 cents. English Edition, $1.25.
"The most famous boy's book in the language."--_Daily News._
_Golden Treasury Edition._ 18mo. $1.00.
Cheap Edition. With 58 Illustrations by ARTHUR HUGHES and S. P. HALL. 8vo. Paper. 25 cents.
=Tom Brown at Oxford.= New Illustrated Edition. 12mo. Cloth. Gilt. $1.50. English Edition. 12mo. $1.25.
"In no other work that we can call to mind are the finer qualities of the English gentleman more happily portrayed."--_Daily News._
"A book of great power and truth."--_National Review._
=HULLAH= (M. A.). =Hannah Tarne.= A Story for Girls. With Illustrations.16mo. $1.25.
=KEARY.= WORKS BY A. AND E. KEARY.
=The Heroes of Asgard.= Tales from Scandinavian Mythology. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
=The Magic Valley; or, Patient Antoine.= With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
=KINGSLEY.= WORKS BY CHARLES KINGSLEY.
=Madam How and Lady Why: First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children.= $1.00.
English Edition, $1.25.
=The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children.= With Illustrations. $1.00.
English Edition. 12mo. $1.25.
"This lovely version of three of the most famous folk stories of the old Greeks."--_Mail and Express._
"Ought to be in the hands of every child in the country."--_Christian Union._
=The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby.= Illustrated. 12mo. $1.00.
English Edition. 12mo. $1.25.
"They have included the admirable series of 100 illustrations by Mr. Linley Sambourne, which have hitherto only been procurable in the somewhat expensive Christmas edition of 1885. It is pleasing to think that Sir Richard Owen and Mr. Huxley both survive to occupy the same position in the world of science, which the author assigned to them more than a quarter of a century ago. The artist's portrait of the two professors on page 69 is a masterpiece."--_Academy._
"They 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 am
usement to the young folks. The book is an artistic one in every sense."--_Toronto Mail._
=Glaucus; or, The Wonders of the Seashore.= With Coloured Illustrations. $2.00.
=LAMB. Tales from Shakespeare.= Edited, with Preface, by the Rev. A.AINGER, M.A. _Golden Treasury Series._ 18mo. $1.00.
=MACMILLAN. The Gate Beautiful.= Bible Teachings for the Young. By theRev. HUGH MACMILLAN, author of "Bible Teachings from Nature." _Shortly._
=MADAME TABBY'S ESTABLISHMENT.= By KARI. Illustrated. $1.25.
=MARRYAT'S= (Captain) =BOOKS FOR BOYS.= Uniformly bound in blue cloth. 8vols. Large. 16mo. $1.00 each.
=Masterman Ready; or, The Wreck of the Pacific.= With 93 Engravings on Wood. $1.00.
=Poor Jack.= With 16 Illustrations. 22d Edition. $1.00.
=The Mission; or, Scenes in Africa.= With Illustrations by JOHN GILBERT. $1.00.
=The Settlers in Canada.= With Illustrations by GILBERT and DALZIEL. $1.00.
=The Privateersman.= Adventures by Sea and Land in Civil and Savage Life, One Hundred Years Ago. With eight Engravings. $1.00.
=The Pirate, and the Three Cutters.= Illustrated with eight Engravings. With a Memoir of the Author. $1.00.
=Peter Simple.= With eight Full-page Illustrations. $1.00.
=Midshipman Easy.= With eight Illustrations. $1.00.
=MARSHALL. Winifrede's Journal.= By Mrs. EMMA MARSHALL, author of "Life'sAftermath," "Mrs. Willoughby's Octave," etc. With Illustrations. 12mo._Shortly._
=MOLESWORTH.= WORKS BY MRS. MOLESWORTH (ENNIS GRAHAM). With Illustrationsby WALTER CRANE. 16mo. Uniformly bound. $1.00 each volume.
=Herr Baby.=
=Grandmother Dear.=
=Tell Me a Story.=
=The Cuckoo Clock.=
=The Tapestry Room. A Child's Romance.=
=A Christmas Child: A Sketch of a Boy-Life.=
=Rosy.=
=Two Little Waifs.=
=Christmas-Tree Land.=
="Carrots," Just a Little Boy.=
="Us:" An Old-fashioned Story.=
=Four Winds Farm.=
=Little Miss Peggy. Only a Nursery Story.=
=A Christmas Posy.=
=The Rectory Children.=
=The Children of the Castle.=
=Nurse Heatherdale's Story.= With Illustrations by L. LESLIE BROOKE. $1.25.
"There is no more acceptable writer for children than Mrs. Molesworth."--_Literary World._
"No English writer of stories for children has a better reputation than Mrs. Molesworth, and none whose stories we are familiar with deserves it better."--_New York Mail and Express._
"Mistress of the art of writing for children."--_Spectator._
=NOEL. Wandering Willie.= By Lady AUGUSTA NOEL. Globe 8vo. $1.00.
=OLIPHANT. Agnes Hopetown's School and Holidays.= By Mrs. OLIPHANT. WithIllustrations. 16mo. $1.00.
=PATMORE= (C.). =The Children's Garland from the Best Poets.= Selected._Golden Treasury Series._ 18mo. $1.00.
=PROCTER= (A. A.). =Legends and Lyrics.= By ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER.Original Edition. First Series. With Introduction by CHARLES DICKENS.67th Thousand. Second Series. 59th Thousand. 2 vols. 75 cents each. Alsoan Edition. 4to. 2 Series. 35 cents each.
=Legends and Lyrics.= New edition in one vol. With new Portrait etched by C. O. MURRAY, from a painting by E. Gaggiotti Richards. 16th Thousand. Large 12mo. Cloth, gilt edges, $1.00.
=RUNAWAY (THE).= By the author of "Mrs. Jerningham's Journal." $1.00.
=RUTH and Her Friends.= A Story for Girls. With Illustrations. $1.00.
=St. JOHNSON. Charlie Asgarde.= A Tale of Adventure. By ALFRED ST.JOHNSON. With Illustrations. $1.50.
"Will not prevent boys from reading it with keen interest. The incidents of savage life are described from the author's personal experience, and the book is so well written that we may reasonably hope for something of much higher quality from Mr. Johnson's pen."--_Academy._
"Whoever likes Robinson Crusoe--and who does not like it?--is pretty sure to like 'Charlie Asgarde.'"--_N. Y. Mail and Express._
"The story is spirited and interesting, full of exciting incidents and situations."--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette._
=SPENSER. Tales chosen from the Fairie Queene.= By SOPHIA H. MACLEHOSE.$1.25.
=STEPHENSON.= WORKS BY MRS. J. STEPHENSON.
=Nine Years Old.= With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.00.
=Pansie's Flour Bin.= Illustrated. $1.00.
=When I was a Little Girl.= Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
=When Papa comes Home.= The Story of Tip, Tap, Toe. Illustrated. $1.25.
=STEWART. The Tale of Troy.= Done into English by AUBREY STEWART. 16mo.$1.00.
"We are much pleased with 'The Tale of Troy,' by Aubrey Stewart.... The Homeric legend is given in strong, simple, melodious English, which sometimes leaves one in doubt as to the distinction between poetry and prose.... While the story delights them, it will ennoble and strengthen their minds, and the form in which it is rendered will teach them that love, which, for an American, should lie deep in his heart,--the love of good English."--_Independent._
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