Chapter 15

[pg A-17]Blackie & Son’sStory Books for GirlsKATHARINE TYNANA Girl of Galway.With 8 full-page Illustrations byJohn H. Bacon. 6s.When Bertha Grace is on the threshold of young womanhood, she goes to stay with her grandfather in Ireland, with the trust from her mother of reconciling him and his son, Bertha’s father. Bertha finds her grandfather a recluse and a miser, and in the hands of an underling, who is his evil genius. How she keeps faith with her mother and finds her own fate, through many strange adventures, is the subject of the story.“Full of the poetic charm we are accustomed to find in the works of that gifted writer.”—World.—The Handsome Brandons.Illustrated byG. D. Hammond, R.I.3s.6d.New Edition.A delightful story of an ancient Irish family. Every one of the nine young Brandons was handsome, and every one was spirited and lovable. The shadows in the picture hang ominously over Castle Angry and its inmate, the vindictive Sir Rupert de Lacy. The story ends happily for“The Handsome Brandons”with the re-establishment of the family fortunes.“A really excellent piece of work, ... the literary quality of Miss Tynan’s work is its chief distinction.”—Spectator.CAROLINE AUSTINCousin Geoffrey and I.With 6 full-page Illustrations byW. Parkinson. 3s.The only daughter of a country gentleman finds herself unprovided for at her father’s death, and for some time lives as a dependant upon her kinsman. Life is saved from being unbearable to her by her young cousin Geoffrey, who at length meets with a serious accident for which she is held responsible. She makes a brave attempt to earn her own livelihood, until a startling event brings her cousin Geoffrey and herself together again.“Miss Austin’s story is bright, clever, and well developed.”—Saturday Review.[pg A-18]ELLINOR DAVENPORT ADAMSA Queen among Girls.With 6 Illustrations byHarold Copping. Cloth, 3s.6d.Augusta Pembroke is the head of her school, the favourite of her teachers and fellow-pupils, who are attracted by her fearless and independent nature and her queenly bearing. She dreams of a distinguished professional career; but the course of her life is changed suddenly by pity for her timid little brother Adrian, the victim of his guardian-uncle’s harshness. The story describes the daring means adopted by Augusta for Adrian’s relief.“An interesting and well-written narrative, in which humour and a keen eye for character unite to produce a book happily adapted for modern maidens.”—Globe.—A Girl of To-Day.With 6 page Illustrations byG. D. Hammond, R.I.3s.6d.“What are Altruists?”humbly asks a small boy.“They are only people who try to help others,”replies the Girl of To-Day. To help their poorer neighbours, the boys and girls of Woodend band themselves together into theSociety of Altruists. That they have plenty of fun is seen in the shopping expedition and in the successful Christmas entertainment.“It is a spirited story. The characters are true to nature and carefully developed. Such a book as this is exactly what is needed to give a school-girl an interest in the development of character.”—Educational Times.FRANCES ARMSTRONGA Girl’s Loyalty.With 6 Illustrations byJohn H. Bacon. Cloth, 3s.6d.New Edition.When she was still but a child, Helen Grant received from her grandfather, on his death-bed, a secret message. The brief words remained fast in her memory, and dominated her whole career. She was loyal to her trust, however, and to her friends in the hour of their need. For the girl was possessed of that quick courage which leaps up in a shy nature when evil-doers have to be unmasked, and wrongs made right.“The one book for girls that stands out this year is Miss Frances Armstrong’s A Girl’s Loyalty.”—Review of Reviews.MRS. HERBERT MARTINThe Two Dorothys:A Tale for Girls. Illustrated. 2s.6d.In this story the shy, dreamy, unselfish Dorothy Heriot comes to live with her great-aunt, the other Dorothy. This old lady is kind enough, but her discipline is unsympathetic. But the younger Dorothy’s loving, unselfish nature wins upon the proud old lady, and the end is happiness.“Will not only interest and please all girls, but will also stimulate and encourage to better and higher things, youthful hopes and ambitions.”—The Lady.[pg A-19]ETHEL F. HEDDLEStrangers in the Land.Illustrated byHarold Copping. 6s.Two old maiden ladies and their charming young friend, Elspeth Macdonald, voyage to the beautiful island of Java on a quest that involves a story of uncommon interest. In the course of a series of exciting adventures, Elspeth unwittingly makes a discovery which seriously affects her friends. Towards the close the narrative is darkened by tragedy, but a flood of sunshine is thrown on the final chapter by the happy ending of a pleasant love-story.“Apart from providing the best of entertainment, this book is noteworthy as stimulating high ideals of life and action, and renewing faith in lofty and chivalrous sentiment as a factor in human service.”—Dundee Advertiser.—An Original Girl.With 8 full-page Illustrations byGordon Browne. 6s.Christobel Beauchamp makes her living by typewriting in an office till chance throws her across the path of Lady Anne Prideaux, her grandmother. Her mother had made amésallianceby marrying an actor. Lady Anne desires to adopt Christobel, but the girl prefers to help her father. The story tells how the poor actor at last receives his“call”, and ends with the promise of good fortune for Christobel and her devoted lover.“A very clever, well-constructed tale is this, and we wish it success.”—British Weekly.—A Mystery of St. Rule’s.With 8 Illustrations byG. Demain Hammond, R.I.6s.“The author has been amazingly successful in keeping her secret almost to the end. Yet the mystery attending a stolen diamond of great value is so skilfully handled that several perfectly innocent persons seem all but hopelessly identified with the disappearance of the gem. Cleverly, however, as this aspect of the story has been managed, it has other sources of strength.”—Scotsman.“The chief interest ... lies in the fascinating young adventuress, who finds a temporary nest in the old professor’s family, and wins all hearts in St. Rule’s by her beauty and her sweetness.”—Morning Leader.SARAH DOUDNEYUnder False Colours.With 6 Illustrations. 3s.6d.A story which will attract readers of all ages and of either sex. The incidents of the plot, arising from the thoughtless indulgence of a deceptive freak, are exceedingly natural, and the keen interest of the narrative is sustained from beginning to end.Under False Coloursis a book which will rivet the attention, amuse the fancy, and touch the heart.“This is a charming story, abounding in delicate touches of sentiment and pathos. Its plot is skilfully contrived. It will be read with a warm interest by every girl who takes it up.”—Scotsman.[pg A-20]ROSA MULHOLLAND (LADY GILBERT)Cynthia’s Bonnet Shop.With 8 Illustrations byG. Demain Hammond, R.I.5s.Cynthia, one of three charming lively sisters of an impoverished Connaught family, desires to make money for the sake of her delicate mother. Cynthia and her star-struck sister Befind go to London, the former to open a bonnet shop, which becomes a great success, and the other to pursue the study of astronomy. How both girls find new interests in life, more important even than bonnet shop or star-gazing, is described with mingled humour and pathos.“Just of the kind to please and fascinate a host of girl readers.”—Liverpool Mercury.—The Girls of Banshee Castle.With 6 Illustrations byJohn H. Bacon. 3s.6d.New Edition.Three girls, with an old governess, migrate from Kensington to the West of Ireland. Belonging as they do to“the ould family”, the girls are made heartily welcome in the cabins of the peasantry, where they learn many weird and curious tales from the folk-lore of the district. An interesting plot runs through the narrative, but the charm of the story lies in its happy mingling of Irish humour and pathos.“Is told with grace, and brightened by a knowledge of Irish folk-lore, making it a perfect present for a girl in her teens.”—Truth.—Giannetta:A Girl’s Story of Herself. With 6 full-page Illustrations byLockhart Bogle. 3s.The story of a changeling who is suddenly transferred to the position of a rich English heiress. She develops into a good and accomplished woman, and has gained too much love and devotion to be a sufferer by the surrender of her estates.ANNIE E. ARMSTRONGThree Bright Girls.With 6 full-page Illustrations byW. Parkinson. 3s.6d.By a sudden turn of fortune’s wheel the three heroines are brought down from a household of lavish comfort to meet the incessant cares and worries of those who have to eke out a very limited income. The charm of the story lies in the cheery helpfulness of spirit developed in the girls by their changed circumstances.“Ever bright and cheerful, they influence other lives, and at last they come out of their trials with honour to themselves and benefits to all about them.”—Teachers’ Aid.[pg A-21]ELIZA F. POLLARDFor the Red Rose.With 4 Illustrations byJames Durden. 2s.6d.A gipsy finds a little girl in the forest of Wimbourne, after the sacking of the castle by the Yorkists. He carries her to the camp and she is adopted by the tribe. The story tells how, when some years later Margaret of Anjou and her son are wrecked on the coast of England, the gipsy girl follows the fortunes of the exiled queen, and by what curious chain of events her own origin is discovered.“This is a good story, and of special interest to lovers of historical romance.”—Court Circular.—The Doctor’s Niece.With 6 Illustrations bySydney Cowell. 3s.6d.The scene of this charming story is laid in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century. The heroine is educated considerably above her station. When she is about sixteen she becomes companion to a little girl at a neighbouring château. Her charge mysteriously disappears during a peasant rebellion, and she goes out into the woods to find her. The result of the adventure is that Rosette discovers her mother, who proves to be the rightful owner of the château, and the tale ends happily.“Full of mystery, adventure, and a winning simplicity.”—Bookman.—The King’s Signet:The Story of a Huguenot Family. With 6 Illustrations byG. Demain Hammond, R.I.3s.6d.This story relates the adventures of a noble Huguenot family, driven out of their château by the dragoons after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. A friend of the family, Claudine Malot, who is also a Huguenot, but a protégée of Madame de Maintenon, possesses a talisman, by means of which she saves many lives; but this brings trouble upon her, and she has to leave France. The adventures lead to the battle of the Boyne, and to the happy reunion of the scattered family in Ireland.“A stirring tale of the persecution of the Huguenots clearly and touchingly told.”—Guardian.BESSIE MARCHANTThree Girls on a Ranch:A Story of New Mexico. Illustrated. 2s.6d.The Lovell family emigrate from England to New Mexico. Mr. Lovell is delicate and unfit for farming, but the three eldest girls take upon themselves the burden of working the ranch. They have adventures of a perilous kind, and the story of their mishaps and how they overcame them is throughout both exciting and stimulating.“A story with a fresh, bright theme, well handled.”—Nottingham Guardian.[pg A-22]E. EVERETT-GREENLittle Lady Clare.Illustrated. 2s.6d.The little Lady Clare inherits the responsibilities of an ancestry and a family feud, but the estates and title of her father fall to the hated branch of the family. The child, however, works out for herself the problem of the divided house, which is at last united again in a romantic manner.“Reminds us in its quaintness and tender pathos of Mrs. Ewing’s delightful tales. The characters are very real and lifelike. Is quite one of the best stories Miss Green has yet given us.”—Literary World.SARAH TYTLERA Loyal Little Maid.With 4 page Illustrations byPaul Hardy. 2s.6d.This pretty story is founded on a romantic episode of Mar’s rebellion. A little girl has information which concerns the safety of her father in hiding, and this she firmly refuses to divulge to a king’s officer. She is lodged in the Tolbooth, where she finds a boy champion, whom in future years she rescues in Paris from thelettre de cachetwhich would bury him in the Bastille.“Has evidently been a pleasure to write, and makes very enjoyable reading.”—Literature.—Girl Neighbours.With 6 Illustrations. 3s.A story for girls, told in that quaint, delightful fashion which has made Miss Tytler’s books so popular and attractive. The introduction of the two young ladies from London, who represent the modern institutions of professional nursing and schools of cookery, is very happily effected.“One of the most effective and quietly humorous of Miss Sarah Tytler’s stories. Very healthy, very agreeable, and very well written.”—The Spectator.ALICE CORKRANMargery Merton’s Girlhood.With 6 full-page Illustrations byGordon Browne. 2s.6d.The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father—an officer in India—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.“Margery Merton’s Girlhoodis a piece of true literature, as dainty as it is delicate, and as sweet as it is simple.”—Woman’s World.Illustration: From THE FOUR MISS WHITTINGTONSFrom THE FOUR MISS WHITTINGTONSBy Geraldine Mockler(Seepage 23)Illustration: From CYNTHIA’S BONNET SHOPFrom CYNTHIA’S BONNET SHOPBy Rosa Mulholland(Seepage 20)[pg A-23]GERALDINE MOCKLERThe Four Miss Whittingtons:A Story for Girls. With 8 full-page Illustrations byCharles M. Sheldon. 5s.This story tells how four sisters, left alone in the world, went to London to seek their fortunes. They had between them £400, and this they resolved to spend on training themselves for the different careers for which they were severally most fitted. On their limited means this was hard work, but their courageous experiment was on the whole very successful.“A story of endeavour, industry, and independence of spirit.”—World.ALICE STRONACHA Newnham Friendship.With 6 full-page Illustrations byHarold Copping. 3s.6d.A sympathetic description of life at Newnham College. After the tripos excitements, some of the students leave their dream-world of study and talk of“cocoas”and debates and athletics to begin their work in the real world. Men students play their part in the story, and in the closing chapters it is suggested that marriage has its place in a girl graduate’s life.“Foremost among all the gift-books suitable for school-girls this season stands Miss Alice Stronach’s A Newnham Friendship.”—Daily Graphic.BESSIE MARCHANTA Heroine of the Sea.Illustrated byA. M‘Lellan. 3s.6d.Maudie’s home was on the wild westerly shore of Vancouver Island, and she earned her living by fishing in the Inlet, heartily despising all merely feminine occupations, and not even knowing that she was beautiful. Then changes come, and Maudie awakes to the charm of a domestic life. Clouds gather about the home, and many troubles intervene before the mystery is at last happily cleared away.“A genuine tale of adventure for girls, and girls will thoroughly enjoy it.”—Academy.—Three Girls on a Ranch:A Story of New Mexico. With 4 page Illustrations byW. E. Webster. 2s.6d.The Lovell family emigrate from England to New Mexico, where they settle on a ranch. Mr. Lovell is delicate and unfit for farming, but the three eldest girls take upon themselves the burden of working the ranch. They have adventures of a perilous kind, and the story of their mishaps and how they overcame them is throughout both exciting and stimulating.“A story with a fresh, bright theme, well handled.”—Nottingham Guardian.“A rousing book for young people.”—Queen.[pg A-24]MRS. HENRY CLARKEThe Fairclough Family.With 6 Illustrations byG. D. Hammond, R.I.Cloth, 3s.6d.It was matter for amazement when Ronald Hammersley fell in love with Kathy Fairclough, who was considered a blue-stocking, instead of with her younger sister Nell, whom Mrs. Hammersley had chosen for him. Why Mrs. Hammersley desired her wealthy stepson to marry one of Dr. Fairclough’s penniless daughters was a secret. How the secret became known, and nearly wrecked the happiness of Kathy and Ronald, is told in the story. But all ends well, and to the sound of marriage bells.“One of those stories which all girls enjoy.”—World.J. M. CALLWELLA Little Irish Girl.Illustrated byH. Copping. 2s.6d.An orphaned family inherit a small property on the coast of Clare. The two youngest members of the party have some thrilling adventures in their western home. They encounter seals, smugglers, and a ghost, and lastly, by most startling means, they succeed in restoring their eldest brother to his rightful place as heir to the ancestral estates.“Sure to prove of thrilling interest to both boys and girls.”—Literary World.E. EVERETT-GREENMiriam’s Ambition.With Illustrations. 2s.6d.Miriam’s ambition is to make someone happy, and her endeavour carries with it a train of incident, solving a mystery which had thrown a shadow over several lives. A charming foil to her grave elder sister is to be found in Miss Babs, a small coquette of five, whose humorous child-talk is so attractive.“Miss Everett-Green’s children are real British boys and girls, not small men and women. Babs is a charming little one.”—Liverpool Mercury.ELLINOR DAVENPORT ADAMSThose Twins!With a Frontispiece and 28 Illustrations byS. B. Pearce. 2s.6d.Two little rogues are the twins, Horatio and Tommy; but loyal-hearted and generous to boot, and determined to resist the stern decree of their aunt that they shall forsake the company of their scapegrace grown-up cousin Algy. So they deliberately set to work to“reform”the scapegrace; and succeed so well that he wins back the love of his aunt.[pg A-25]Blackie & Son’sIllustrated Books for ChildrenCHARLES ROBINSON—WALTER JERROLDThe Big Book of Nursery Rhymes.Selected and edited byWalter Jerrold. With nearly 400 Illustrations in Colour or Black-and-White byCharles Robinson. Large 4to, cloth elegant, gilt edges, 7s.6d.net.This beautiful volume, in which Mr. Charles Robinson has interpreted with delightful humour and rare artistic skill the old familiar rhymes of the nursery, will be an unfailing source of pleasure to children of all ages. The pictures are bold, clear, and direct, as befits a book intended in the first place for little folk, but they exhibit at the same time a power of draughtsmanship that will give the volume a permanent artistic value.“This is a really magnificent gift-book for quite little children.”—Saturday Review.JOHN HASSALL—CLIFTON BINGHAMSix and Twenty Boys and Girls.Pictures byJohn Hassall; Verses byClifton Bingham. 25 pages in full colour, and 24 pages of letterpress. Picture boards, 9 inches by 11¼ inches, cloth back, 3s.6d.; also cloth elegant, 5s.Most of us know some at least of the little girls and boys portrayed by Mr. Hassall in this amusing picture-book. As depicted with Mr. Hassall’s inimitable skill, and described in humorous verse by Mr. Bingham, they may challenge comparison with the classic Struwwelpeter. Each picture is not only attractive and amusing in itself, but furnishes a hint of virtues to be imitated or faults to be avoided.“A most original picture-book.”—World.MRS. PERCY DEARMERRoundabout Rhymes.With 20 full-page Illustrations in colour by Mrs.Percy Dearmer. Imperial 8vo, cloth extra, 2s.6d.A charming volume of verses and colour pictures for little folk-rhymes and pictures about most of the everyday events of nursery life.“The best verses written for children since Stevenson’sChild’s Garden.”—The Guardian.[pg A-26]STEWART ORR—JOHN BRYMERGammon and Spinach.Pictures byStewart Orr. Verses byJohn Brymer. Cover design and 24 pages in Full Colour. Picture boards, cloth back, 6s.InGammon and SpinachMr. Stewart Orr has produced a picture-book unique of its kind. Nothing could be more droll than the situations in which he represents the frog, the pig, the mouse, the elephant, and the other well-known characters who appear in his pages. Little folk will find in these pictures a source of endless delight, and the artistic skill which they display will have a special appeal to children of an older growth.“Merry and handsome enough to make thousands of friends among little folk, what with its original verses and its amusing pictures.”—Literary World.“The book should attain a wide popularity in the nursery.”—Morning Post.—Two Merry Mariners.Pictures byStewart Orr. Verses byJohn Brymer. Cover design and 24 pages in full colour. Picture boards, cloth back, 6s.This delightful volume tells in picture and verse how Dick and his friend the Hare sailed to the Downy Isle, the adventures they met with in that strange country, their encounter with the Dragon, and their remarkable voyage home. Mr. Orr exhibits in these designs a rare combination of humorous invention with brilliant draughtsmanship and command of colour, and the author supports him with a series of racy verses.“The illustrations are masterpieces of drollery.”—Manchester Courier.“The verses are very funny and original.”—World.FRED SMITHThe Animal Book.A Natural History for Little Folk with a Coloured Frontispiece and 34 full-page Illustrations byF. Specht. Crown quarto, 11¼ inches by 9½ inches, picture boards, cloth back, 2s.6d.This book consists of a series of bright and instructive sketches of the better-known wild beasts, describing their appearance, character and habits, and the position they hold in the animal kingdom. The text is printed in a large, clear type, and is admirably illustrated with powerful, realistic pictures of the various creatures in their native state by that eminent animal artist F. Specht.“A work of the greatest value to the young.”—Eastern Morning News.Illustration: From THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMESFrom THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMESBy Charles Robinson—Walter Jerrold(Seepage 25)Illustration: From MY BOOK OF TRUE STORIESFrom MY BOOK OF TRUE STORIES(Seepage 31)SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND THE DYING SOLDIER(Reduced from a Colour Illustration)[pg A-27]H. B. NEILSON—CLIFTON BINGHAMThe Animals’ Academy.With 24 full-page Colour Illustrations and many Black-and-White Vignettes. Picture-boards, cloth back, 3s.6d.; cloth, 5s.InThe Animals’ AcademyMr. Neilson and Mr. Bingham have again combined their forces, and have turned out a picture-book which for fun and variety will be difficult to equal. In bright, musical,“catchy”verse Mr. Bingham tells of the many amusing events that take place at a school in which the elephant is master and other well-known animals are the scholars, and Mr. Neilson illustrates the story as only he can illustrate animal frolics.“A humorous, clever, and delightful book. The pictures of the dressed-up animals will captivate little children.”—British Weekly.H. B. NEILSON—JOHN BRYMERGames and Gambols.Illustrated byHarry B. Neilson; with Verses byJohn Brymer. 26 pages in colour, and 24 pages of letterpress. Picture boards, 9 inches by 11¼ inches, cloth back, 2s.6d.; also cloth elegant, 3s.6d.Mr. Neilson surpasses himself in these irresistible colour pictures representing the animal world at play. The great test match between the Lions and the Kangaroos, Mrs. Mouse’s Ping-Pong Party, Mr. Bruin playing Golf, Towser’s Bicycle Tour, and the Kittensv.Bunnies Football Match, are a few among the many droll subjects illustrated in this amusing and original series.“Mr. Neilson has a positive genius for making animals comic.”—Academy.“Children will revel in his work.”—Daily Graphic.S. R. PRAEGERHow They Went to School.With 24 full-page pictures in full colour. Picture-boards, cloth back, 2s.6d.; cloth extra, 3s.6d.A pretty picture-book for the little ones, full of quiet humour and shrewd observation of child life. The book tells in picture and story how Hal and Kitty, two tiny scholars, set out on their way to school, and the various adventures that happen to them on the road.“Quite the most charming book we have yet seen.”—Daily News.[pg A-28]OUR DARLING’S FIRST BOOKBright Pictures and Easy Lessons for Little Folk.Quarto, 10⅛ inches by 7¾ inches, picture boards, 1s.; cloth, gilt edges, 2s.An interesting and instructive picture lesson-book for very little folk. Beginning with an illustrated alphabet of large letters, the little reader goes forward by easy stages to word-making, reading, counting, writing, and finally to the most popular nursery rhymes and tales.“The very perfection of a child’s alphabet and spelling-book.”—St. James’s Budget.ELLINOR DAVENPORT ADAMSThose Twins!With a Frontispiece and 28 Illustrations byS. B. Pearse. Cloth elegant, 2s.6d.Two little rogues are the twins, Horatio and Tommy; but loyal-hearted and generous to boot, and determined to resist the stern decree of their aunt that they shall forsake the company of their scapegrace grown-up cousin Algy. So they deliberately set to work to“reform”the scapegrace; and succeed so well that he wins back the love of his aunt, and delights the twins by earning a V.C. in South Africa.“A merry story for young and old.”—World.A. B. ROMNEYLittle Village Folk.With 37 Illustrations byRobert Hope. 2s.6d.A series of delightful stories of Irish village children. Miss Romney opens up a new field in these beautiful little tales, which have the twofold charm of humour and poetic feeling.“A story-book that will be welcomed wherever it makes its way.”—Literary World.MY NEW STORY-BOOKStories, Verses, and Pictures for the Little Ones.290 pages, of which 48 are in colour. Cloth; 2s.6d.A treasury of entertainment for the nursery. The contents are extremely varied both as regards the text and the illustrations, and carefully designed to meet the tastes of the little ones. The many bright colour pictures will be in themselves a never-failing source of delight.“A fascinating little volume, well filled with stories and quaint and pretty illustrations.”—Guardian.

Blackie & Son’sStory Books for Girls

KATHARINE TYNAN

A Girl of Galway.With 8 full-page Illustrations byJohn H. Bacon. 6s.

When Bertha Grace is on the threshold of young womanhood, she goes to stay with her grandfather in Ireland, with the trust from her mother of reconciling him and his son, Bertha’s father. Bertha finds her grandfather a recluse and a miser, and in the hands of an underling, who is his evil genius. How she keeps faith with her mother and finds her own fate, through many strange adventures, is the subject of the story.

“Full of the poetic charm we are accustomed to find in the works of that gifted writer.”—World.

—The Handsome Brandons.Illustrated byG. D. Hammond, R.I.3s.6d.New Edition.

A delightful story of an ancient Irish family. Every one of the nine young Brandons was handsome, and every one was spirited and lovable. The shadows in the picture hang ominously over Castle Angry and its inmate, the vindictive Sir Rupert de Lacy. The story ends happily for“The Handsome Brandons”with the re-establishment of the family fortunes.

“A really excellent piece of work, ... the literary quality of Miss Tynan’s work is its chief distinction.”—Spectator.

CAROLINE AUSTIN

Cousin Geoffrey and I.With 6 full-page Illustrations byW. Parkinson. 3s.

The only daughter of a country gentleman finds herself unprovided for at her father’s death, and for some time lives as a dependant upon her kinsman. Life is saved from being unbearable to her by her young cousin Geoffrey, who at length meets with a serious accident for which she is held responsible. She makes a brave attempt to earn her own livelihood, until a startling event brings her cousin Geoffrey and herself together again.

“Miss Austin’s story is bright, clever, and well developed.”—Saturday Review.

ELLINOR DAVENPORT ADAMS

A Queen among Girls.With 6 Illustrations byHarold Copping. Cloth, 3s.6d.

Augusta Pembroke is the head of her school, the favourite of her teachers and fellow-pupils, who are attracted by her fearless and independent nature and her queenly bearing. She dreams of a distinguished professional career; but the course of her life is changed suddenly by pity for her timid little brother Adrian, the victim of his guardian-uncle’s harshness. The story describes the daring means adopted by Augusta for Adrian’s relief.

“An interesting and well-written narrative, in which humour and a keen eye for character unite to produce a book happily adapted for modern maidens.”—Globe.

—A Girl of To-Day.With 6 page Illustrations byG. D. Hammond, R.I.3s.6d.

“What are Altruists?”humbly asks a small boy.“They are only people who try to help others,”replies the Girl of To-Day. To help their poorer neighbours, the boys and girls of Woodend band themselves together into theSociety of Altruists. That they have plenty of fun is seen in the shopping expedition and in the successful Christmas entertainment.

“It is a spirited story. The characters are true to nature and carefully developed. Such a book as this is exactly what is needed to give a school-girl an interest in the development of character.”—Educational Times.

FRANCES ARMSTRONG

A Girl’s Loyalty.With 6 Illustrations byJohn H. Bacon. Cloth, 3s.6d.New Edition.

When she was still but a child, Helen Grant received from her grandfather, on his death-bed, a secret message. The brief words remained fast in her memory, and dominated her whole career. She was loyal to her trust, however, and to her friends in the hour of their need. For the girl was possessed of that quick courage which leaps up in a shy nature when evil-doers have to be unmasked, and wrongs made right.

“The one book for girls that stands out this year is Miss Frances Armstrong’s A Girl’s Loyalty.”—Review of Reviews.

MRS. HERBERT MARTIN

The Two Dorothys:A Tale for Girls. Illustrated. 2s.6d.

In this story the shy, dreamy, unselfish Dorothy Heriot comes to live with her great-aunt, the other Dorothy. This old lady is kind enough, but her discipline is unsympathetic. But the younger Dorothy’s loving, unselfish nature wins upon the proud old lady, and the end is happiness.

“Will not only interest and please all girls, but will also stimulate and encourage to better and higher things, youthful hopes and ambitions.”—The Lady.

ETHEL F. HEDDLE

Strangers in the Land.Illustrated byHarold Copping. 6s.

Two old maiden ladies and their charming young friend, Elspeth Macdonald, voyage to the beautiful island of Java on a quest that involves a story of uncommon interest. In the course of a series of exciting adventures, Elspeth unwittingly makes a discovery which seriously affects her friends. Towards the close the narrative is darkened by tragedy, but a flood of sunshine is thrown on the final chapter by the happy ending of a pleasant love-story.

“Apart from providing the best of entertainment, this book is noteworthy as stimulating high ideals of life and action, and renewing faith in lofty and chivalrous sentiment as a factor in human service.”—Dundee Advertiser.

—An Original Girl.With 8 full-page Illustrations byGordon Browne. 6s.

Christobel Beauchamp makes her living by typewriting in an office till chance throws her across the path of Lady Anne Prideaux, her grandmother. Her mother had made amésallianceby marrying an actor. Lady Anne desires to adopt Christobel, but the girl prefers to help her father. The story tells how the poor actor at last receives his“call”, and ends with the promise of good fortune for Christobel and her devoted lover.

“A very clever, well-constructed tale is this, and we wish it success.”—British Weekly.

—A Mystery of St. Rule’s.With 8 Illustrations byG. Demain Hammond, R.I.6s.

“The author has been amazingly successful in keeping her secret almost to the end. Yet the mystery attending a stolen diamond of great value is so skilfully handled that several perfectly innocent persons seem all but hopelessly identified with the disappearance of the gem. Cleverly, however, as this aspect of the story has been managed, it has other sources of strength.”—Scotsman.

“The chief interest ... lies in the fascinating young adventuress, who finds a temporary nest in the old professor’s family, and wins all hearts in St. Rule’s by her beauty and her sweetness.”—Morning Leader.

SARAH DOUDNEY

Under False Colours.With 6 Illustrations. 3s.6d.

A story which will attract readers of all ages and of either sex. The incidents of the plot, arising from the thoughtless indulgence of a deceptive freak, are exceedingly natural, and the keen interest of the narrative is sustained from beginning to end.Under False Coloursis a book which will rivet the attention, amuse the fancy, and touch the heart.

“This is a charming story, abounding in delicate touches of sentiment and pathos. Its plot is skilfully contrived. It will be read with a warm interest by every girl who takes it up.”—Scotsman.

ROSA MULHOLLAND (LADY GILBERT)

Cynthia’s Bonnet Shop.With 8 Illustrations byG. Demain Hammond, R.I.5s.

Cynthia, one of three charming lively sisters of an impoverished Connaught family, desires to make money for the sake of her delicate mother. Cynthia and her star-struck sister Befind go to London, the former to open a bonnet shop, which becomes a great success, and the other to pursue the study of astronomy. How both girls find new interests in life, more important even than bonnet shop or star-gazing, is described with mingled humour and pathos.

“Just of the kind to please and fascinate a host of girl readers.”—Liverpool Mercury.

—The Girls of Banshee Castle.With 6 Illustrations byJohn H. Bacon. 3s.6d.New Edition.

Three girls, with an old governess, migrate from Kensington to the West of Ireland. Belonging as they do to“the ould family”, the girls are made heartily welcome in the cabins of the peasantry, where they learn many weird and curious tales from the folk-lore of the district. An interesting plot runs through the narrative, but the charm of the story lies in its happy mingling of Irish humour and pathos.

“Is told with grace, and brightened by a knowledge of Irish folk-lore, making it a perfect present for a girl in her teens.”—Truth.

—Giannetta:A Girl’s Story of Herself. With 6 full-page Illustrations byLockhart Bogle. 3s.

The story of a changeling who is suddenly transferred to the position of a rich English heiress. She develops into a good and accomplished woman, and has gained too much love and devotion to be a sufferer by the surrender of her estates.

ANNIE E. ARMSTRONG

Three Bright Girls.With 6 full-page Illustrations byW. Parkinson. 3s.6d.

By a sudden turn of fortune’s wheel the three heroines are brought down from a household of lavish comfort to meet the incessant cares and worries of those who have to eke out a very limited income. The charm of the story lies in the cheery helpfulness of spirit developed in the girls by their changed circumstances.

“Ever bright and cheerful, they influence other lives, and at last they come out of their trials with honour to themselves and benefits to all about them.”—Teachers’ Aid.

ELIZA F. POLLARD

For the Red Rose.With 4 Illustrations byJames Durden. 2s.6d.

A gipsy finds a little girl in the forest of Wimbourne, after the sacking of the castle by the Yorkists. He carries her to the camp and she is adopted by the tribe. The story tells how, when some years later Margaret of Anjou and her son are wrecked on the coast of England, the gipsy girl follows the fortunes of the exiled queen, and by what curious chain of events her own origin is discovered.

“This is a good story, and of special interest to lovers of historical romance.”—Court Circular.

—The Doctor’s Niece.With 6 Illustrations bySydney Cowell. 3s.6d.

The scene of this charming story is laid in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century. The heroine is educated considerably above her station. When she is about sixteen she becomes companion to a little girl at a neighbouring château. Her charge mysteriously disappears during a peasant rebellion, and she goes out into the woods to find her. The result of the adventure is that Rosette discovers her mother, who proves to be the rightful owner of the château, and the tale ends happily.

“Full of mystery, adventure, and a winning simplicity.”—Bookman.

—The King’s Signet:The Story of a Huguenot Family. With 6 Illustrations byG. Demain Hammond, R.I.3s.6d.

This story relates the adventures of a noble Huguenot family, driven out of their château by the dragoons after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. A friend of the family, Claudine Malot, who is also a Huguenot, but a protégée of Madame de Maintenon, possesses a talisman, by means of which she saves many lives; but this brings trouble upon her, and she has to leave France. The adventures lead to the battle of the Boyne, and to the happy reunion of the scattered family in Ireland.

“A stirring tale of the persecution of the Huguenots clearly and touchingly told.”—Guardian.

BESSIE MARCHANT

Three Girls on a Ranch:A Story of New Mexico. Illustrated. 2s.6d.

The Lovell family emigrate from England to New Mexico. Mr. Lovell is delicate and unfit for farming, but the three eldest girls take upon themselves the burden of working the ranch. They have adventures of a perilous kind, and the story of their mishaps and how they overcame them is throughout both exciting and stimulating.

“A story with a fresh, bright theme, well handled.”—Nottingham Guardian.

E. EVERETT-GREEN

Little Lady Clare.Illustrated. 2s.6d.

The little Lady Clare inherits the responsibilities of an ancestry and a family feud, but the estates and title of her father fall to the hated branch of the family. The child, however, works out for herself the problem of the divided house, which is at last united again in a romantic manner.

“Reminds us in its quaintness and tender pathos of Mrs. Ewing’s delightful tales. The characters are very real and lifelike. Is quite one of the best stories Miss Green has yet given us.”—Literary World.

SARAH TYTLER

A Loyal Little Maid.With 4 page Illustrations byPaul Hardy. 2s.6d.

This pretty story is founded on a romantic episode of Mar’s rebellion. A little girl has information which concerns the safety of her father in hiding, and this she firmly refuses to divulge to a king’s officer. She is lodged in the Tolbooth, where she finds a boy champion, whom in future years she rescues in Paris from thelettre de cachetwhich would bury him in the Bastille.

“Has evidently been a pleasure to write, and makes very enjoyable reading.”—Literature.

—Girl Neighbours.With 6 Illustrations. 3s.

A story for girls, told in that quaint, delightful fashion which has made Miss Tytler’s books so popular and attractive. The introduction of the two young ladies from London, who represent the modern institutions of professional nursing and schools of cookery, is very happily effected.

“One of the most effective and quietly humorous of Miss Sarah Tytler’s stories. Very healthy, very agreeable, and very well written.”—The Spectator.

ALICE CORKRAN

Margery Merton’s Girlhood.With 6 full-page Illustrations byGordon Browne. 2s.6d.

The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father—an officer in India—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.

“Margery Merton’s Girlhoodis a piece of true literature, as dainty as it is delicate, and as sweet as it is simple.”—Woman’s World.

Illustration: From THE FOUR MISS WHITTINGTONSFrom THE FOUR MISS WHITTINGTONSBy Geraldine Mockler(Seepage 23)

From THE FOUR MISS WHITTINGTONSBy Geraldine Mockler(Seepage 23)

Illustration: From CYNTHIA’S BONNET SHOPFrom CYNTHIA’S BONNET SHOPBy Rosa Mulholland(Seepage 20)

From CYNTHIA’S BONNET SHOPBy Rosa Mulholland(Seepage 20)

GERALDINE MOCKLER

The Four Miss Whittingtons:A Story for Girls. With 8 full-page Illustrations byCharles M. Sheldon. 5s.

This story tells how four sisters, left alone in the world, went to London to seek their fortunes. They had between them £400, and this they resolved to spend on training themselves for the different careers for which they were severally most fitted. On their limited means this was hard work, but their courageous experiment was on the whole very successful.

“A story of endeavour, industry, and independence of spirit.”—World.

ALICE STRONACH

A Newnham Friendship.With 6 full-page Illustrations byHarold Copping. 3s.6d.

A sympathetic description of life at Newnham College. After the tripos excitements, some of the students leave their dream-world of study and talk of“cocoas”and debates and athletics to begin their work in the real world. Men students play their part in the story, and in the closing chapters it is suggested that marriage has its place in a girl graduate’s life.

“Foremost among all the gift-books suitable for school-girls this season stands Miss Alice Stronach’s A Newnham Friendship.”—Daily Graphic.

BESSIE MARCHANT

A Heroine of the Sea.Illustrated byA. M‘Lellan. 3s.6d.

Maudie’s home was on the wild westerly shore of Vancouver Island, and she earned her living by fishing in the Inlet, heartily despising all merely feminine occupations, and not even knowing that she was beautiful. Then changes come, and Maudie awakes to the charm of a domestic life. Clouds gather about the home, and many troubles intervene before the mystery is at last happily cleared away.

“A genuine tale of adventure for girls, and girls will thoroughly enjoy it.”—Academy.

—Three Girls on a Ranch:A Story of New Mexico. With 4 page Illustrations byW. E. Webster. 2s.6d.

The Lovell family emigrate from England to New Mexico, where they settle on a ranch. Mr. Lovell is delicate and unfit for farming, but the three eldest girls take upon themselves the burden of working the ranch. They have adventures of a perilous kind, and the story of their mishaps and how they overcame them is throughout both exciting and stimulating.

“A story with a fresh, bright theme, well handled.”—Nottingham Guardian.

“A rousing book for young people.”—Queen.

MRS. HENRY CLARKE

The Fairclough Family.With 6 Illustrations byG. D. Hammond, R.I.Cloth, 3s.6d.

It was matter for amazement when Ronald Hammersley fell in love with Kathy Fairclough, who was considered a blue-stocking, instead of with her younger sister Nell, whom Mrs. Hammersley had chosen for him. Why Mrs. Hammersley desired her wealthy stepson to marry one of Dr. Fairclough’s penniless daughters was a secret. How the secret became known, and nearly wrecked the happiness of Kathy and Ronald, is told in the story. But all ends well, and to the sound of marriage bells.

“One of those stories which all girls enjoy.”—World.

J. M. CALLWELL

A Little Irish Girl.Illustrated byH. Copping. 2s.6d.

An orphaned family inherit a small property on the coast of Clare. The two youngest members of the party have some thrilling adventures in their western home. They encounter seals, smugglers, and a ghost, and lastly, by most startling means, they succeed in restoring their eldest brother to his rightful place as heir to the ancestral estates.

“Sure to prove of thrilling interest to both boys and girls.”—Literary World.

E. EVERETT-GREEN

Miriam’s Ambition.With Illustrations. 2s.6d.

Miriam’s ambition is to make someone happy, and her endeavour carries with it a train of incident, solving a mystery which had thrown a shadow over several lives. A charming foil to her grave elder sister is to be found in Miss Babs, a small coquette of five, whose humorous child-talk is so attractive.

“Miss Everett-Green’s children are real British boys and girls, not small men and women. Babs is a charming little one.”—Liverpool Mercury.

ELLINOR DAVENPORT ADAMS

Those Twins!With a Frontispiece and 28 Illustrations byS. B. Pearce. 2s.6d.

Two little rogues are the twins, Horatio and Tommy; but loyal-hearted and generous to boot, and determined to resist the stern decree of their aunt that they shall forsake the company of their scapegrace grown-up cousin Algy. So they deliberately set to work to“reform”the scapegrace; and succeed so well that he wins back the love of his aunt.

[pg A-25]Blackie & Son’sIllustrated Books for ChildrenCHARLES ROBINSON—WALTER JERROLDThe Big Book of Nursery Rhymes.Selected and edited byWalter Jerrold. With nearly 400 Illustrations in Colour or Black-and-White byCharles Robinson. Large 4to, cloth elegant, gilt edges, 7s.6d.net.This beautiful volume, in which Mr. Charles Robinson has interpreted with delightful humour and rare artistic skill the old familiar rhymes of the nursery, will be an unfailing source of pleasure to children of all ages. The pictures are bold, clear, and direct, as befits a book intended in the first place for little folk, but they exhibit at the same time a power of draughtsmanship that will give the volume a permanent artistic value.“This is a really magnificent gift-book for quite little children.”—Saturday Review.JOHN HASSALL—CLIFTON BINGHAMSix and Twenty Boys and Girls.Pictures byJohn Hassall; Verses byClifton Bingham. 25 pages in full colour, and 24 pages of letterpress. Picture boards, 9 inches by 11¼ inches, cloth back, 3s.6d.; also cloth elegant, 5s.Most of us know some at least of the little girls and boys portrayed by Mr. Hassall in this amusing picture-book. As depicted with Mr. Hassall’s inimitable skill, and described in humorous verse by Mr. Bingham, they may challenge comparison with the classic Struwwelpeter. Each picture is not only attractive and amusing in itself, but furnishes a hint of virtues to be imitated or faults to be avoided.“A most original picture-book.”—World.MRS. PERCY DEARMERRoundabout Rhymes.With 20 full-page Illustrations in colour by Mrs.Percy Dearmer. Imperial 8vo, cloth extra, 2s.6d.A charming volume of verses and colour pictures for little folk-rhymes and pictures about most of the everyday events of nursery life.“The best verses written for children since Stevenson’sChild’s Garden.”—The Guardian.[pg A-26]STEWART ORR—JOHN BRYMERGammon and Spinach.Pictures byStewart Orr. Verses byJohn Brymer. Cover design and 24 pages in Full Colour. Picture boards, cloth back, 6s.InGammon and SpinachMr. Stewart Orr has produced a picture-book unique of its kind. Nothing could be more droll than the situations in which he represents the frog, the pig, the mouse, the elephant, and the other well-known characters who appear in his pages. Little folk will find in these pictures a source of endless delight, and the artistic skill which they display will have a special appeal to children of an older growth.“Merry and handsome enough to make thousands of friends among little folk, what with its original verses and its amusing pictures.”—Literary World.“The book should attain a wide popularity in the nursery.”—Morning Post.—Two Merry Mariners.Pictures byStewart Orr. Verses byJohn Brymer. Cover design and 24 pages in full colour. Picture boards, cloth back, 6s.This delightful volume tells in picture and verse how Dick and his friend the Hare sailed to the Downy Isle, the adventures they met with in that strange country, their encounter with the Dragon, and their remarkable voyage home. Mr. Orr exhibits in these designs a rare combination of humorous invention with brilliant draughtsmanship and command of colour, and the author supports him with a series of racy verses.“The illustrations are masterpieces of drollery.”—Manchester Courier.“The verses are very funny and original.”—World.FRED SMITHThe Animal Book.A Natural History for Little Folk with a Coloured Frontispiece and 34 full-page Illustrations byF. Specht. Crown quarto, 11¼ inches by 9½ inches, picture boards, cloth back, 2s.6d.This book consists of a series of bright and instructive sketches of the better-known wild beasts, describing their appearance, character and habits, and the position they hold in the animal kingdom. The text is printed in a large, clear type, and is admirably illustrated with powerful, realistic pictures of the various creatures in their native state by that eminent animal artist F. Specht.“A work of the greatest value to the young.”—Eastern Morning News.Illustration: From THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMESFrom THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMESBy Charles Robinson—Walter Jerrold(Seepage 25)Illustration: From MY BOOK OF TRUE STORIESFrom MY BOOK OF TRUE STORIES(Seepage 31)SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND THE DYING SOLDIER(Reduced from a Colour Illustration)[pg A-27]H. B. NEILSON—CLIFTON BINGHAMThe Animals’ Academy.With 24 full-page Colour Illustrations and many Black-and-White Vignettes. Picture-boards, cloth back, 3s.6d.; cloth, 5s.InThe Animals’ AcademyMr. Neilson and Mr. Bingham have again combined their forces, and have turned out a picture-book which for fun and variety will be difficult to equal. In bright, musical,“catchy”verse Mr. Bingham tells of the many amusing events that take place at a school in which the elephant is master and other well-known animals are the scholars, and Mr. Neilson illustrates the story as only he can illustrate animal frolics.“A humorous, clever, and delightful book. The pictures of the dressed-up animals will captivate little children.”—British Weekly.H. B. NEILSON—JOHN BRYMERGames and Gambols.Illustrated byHarry B. Neilson; with Verses byJohn Brymer. 26 pages in colour, and 24 pages of letterpress. Picture boards, 9 inches by 11¼ inches, cloth back, 2s.6d.; also cloth elegant, 3s.6d.Mr. Neilson surpasses himself in these irresistible colour pictures representing the animal world at play. The great test match between the Lions and the Kangaroos, Mrs. Mouse’s Ping-Pong Party, Mr. Bruin playing Golf, Towser’s Bicycle Tour, and the Kittensv.Bunnies Football Match, are a few among the many droll subjects illustrated in this amusing and original series.“Mr. Neilson has a positive genius for making animals comic.”—Academy.“Children will revel in his work.”—Daily Graphic.S. R. PRAEGERHow They Went to School.With 24 full-page pictures in full colour. Picture-boards, cloth back, 2s.6d.; cloth extra, 3s.6d.A pretty picture-book for the little ones, full of quiet humour and shrewd observation of child life. The book tells in picture and story how Hal and Kitty, two tiny scholars, set out on their way to school, and the various adventures that happen to them on the road.“Quite the most charming book we have yet seen.”—Daily News.[pg A-28]OUR DARLING’S FIRST BOOKBright Pictures and Easy Lessons for Little Folk.Quarto, 10⅛ inches by 7¾ inches, picture boards, 1s.; cloth, gilt edges, 2s.An interesting and instructive picture lesson-book for very little folk. Beginning with an illustrated alphabet of large letters, the little reader goes forward by easy stages to word-making, reading, counting, writing, and finally to the most popular nursery rhymes and tales.“The very perfection of a child’s alphabet and spelling-book.”—St. James’s Budget.ELLINOR DAVENPORT ADAMSThose Twins!With a Frontispiece and 28 Illustrations byS. B. Pearse. Cloth elegant, 2s.6d.Two little rogues are the twins, Horatio and Tommy; but loyal-hearted and generous to boot, and determined to resist the stern decree of their aunt that they shall forsake the company of their scapegrace grown-up cousin Algy. So they deliberately set to work to“reform”the scapegrace; and succeed so well that he wins back the love of his aunt, and delights the twins by earning a V.C. in South Africa.“A merry story for young and old.”—World.A. B. ROMNEYLittle Village Folk.With 37 Illustrations byRobert Hope. 2s.6d.A series of delightful stories of Irish village children. Miss Romney opens up a new field in these beautiful little tales, which have the twofold charm of humour and poetic feeling.“A story-book that will be welcomed wherever it makes its way.”—Literary World.MY NEW STORY-BOOKStories, Verses, and Pictures for the Little Ones.290 pages, of which 48 are in colour. Cloth; 2s.6d.A treasury of entertainment for the nursery. The contents are extremely varied both as regards the text and the illustrations, and carefully designed to meet the tastes of the little ones. The many bright colour pictures will be in themselves a never-failing source of delight.“A fascinating little volume, well filled with stories and quaint and pretty illustrations.”—Guardian.

Blackie & Son’sIllustrated Books for Children

CHARLES ROBINSON—WALTER JERROLD

The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes.Selected and edited byWalter Jerrold. With nearly 400 Illustrations in Colour or Black-and-White byCharles Robinson. Large 4to, cloth elegant, gilt edges, 7s.6d.net.

This beautiful volume, in which Mr. Charles Robinson has interpreted with delightful humour and rare artistic skill the old familiar rhymes of the nursery, will be an unfailing source of pleasure to children of all ages. The pictures are bold, clear, and direct, as befits a book intended in the first place for little folk, but they exhibit at the same time a power of draughtsmanship that will give the volume a permanent artistic value.

“This is a really magnificent gift-book for quite little children.”—Saturday Review.

JOHN HASSALL—CLIFTON BINGHAM

Six and Twenty Boys and Girls.Pictures byJohn Hassall; Verses byClifton Bingham. 25 pages in full colour, and 24 pages of letterpress. Picture boards, 9 inches by 11¼ inches, cloth back, 3s.6d.; also cloth elegant, 5s.

Most of us know some at least of the little girls and boys portrayed by Mr. Hassall in this amusing picture-book. As depicted with Mr. Hassall’s inimitable skill, and described in humorous verse by Mr. Bingham, they may challenge comparison with the classic Struwwelpeter. Each picture is not only attractive and amusing in itself, but furnishes a hint of virtues to be imitated or faults to be avoided.

“A most original picture-book.”—World.

MRS. PERCY DEARMER

Roundabout Rhymes.With 20 full-page Illustrations in colour by Mrs.Percy Dearmer. Imperial 8vo, cloth extra, 2s.6d.

A charming volume of verses and colour pictures for little folk-rhymes and pictures about most of the everyday events of nursery life.

“The best verses written for children since Stevenson’sChild’s Garden.”—The Guardian.

STEWART ORR—JOHN BRYMER

Gammon and Spinach.Pictures byStewart Orr. Verses byJohn Brymer. Cover design and 24 pages in Full Colour. Picture boards, cloth back, 6s.

InGammon and SpinachMr. Stewart Orr has produced a picture-book unique of its kind. Nothing could be more droll than the situations in which he represents the frog, the pig, the mouse, the elephant, and the other well-known characters who appear in his pages. Little folk will find in these pictures a source of endless delight, and the artistic skill which they display will have a special appeal to children of an older growth.

“Merry and handsome enough to make thousands of friends among little folk, what with its original verses and its amusing pictures.”—Literary World.

“The book should attain a wide popularity in the nursery.”—Morning Post.

—Two Merry Mariners.Pictures byStewart Orr. Verses byJohn Brymer. Cover design and 24 pages in full colour. Picture boards, cloth back, 6s.

This delightful volume tells in picture and verse how Dick and his friend the Hare sailed to the Downy Isle, the adventures they met with in that strange country, their encounter with the Dragon, and their remarkable voyage home. Mr. Orr exhibits in these designs a rare combination of humorous invention with brilliant draughtsmanship and command of colour, and the author supports him with a series of racy verses.

“The illustrations are masterpieces of drollery.”—Manchester Courier.

“The verses are very funny and original.”—World.

FRED SMITH

The Animal Book.A Natural History for Little Folk with a Coloured Frontispiece and 34 full-page Illustrations byF. Specht. Crown quarto, 11¼ inches by 9½ inches, picture boards, cloth back, 2s.6d.

This book consists of a series of bright and instructive sketches of the better-known wild beasts, describing their appearance, character and habits, and the position they hold in the animal kingdom. The text is printed in a large, clear type, and is admirably illustrated with powerful, realistic pictures of the various creatures in their native state by that eminent animal artist F. Specht.

“A work of the greatest value to the young.”—Eastern Morning News.

Illustration: From THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMESFrom THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMESBy Charles Robinson—Walter Jerrold(Seepage 25)

From THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMESBy Charles Robinson—Walter Jerrold(Seepage 25)

Illustration: From MY BOOK OF TRUE STORIESFrom MY BOOK OF TRUE STORIES(Seepage 31)SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND THE DYING SOLDIER(Reduced from a Colour Illustration)

From MY BOOK OF TRUE STORIES(Seepage 31)SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND THE DYING SOLDIER(Reduced from a Colour Illustration)

H. B. NEILSON—CLIFTON BINGHAM

The Animals’ Academy.With 24 full-page Colour Illustrations and many Black-and-White Vignettes. Picture-boards, cloth back, 3s.6d.; cloth, 5s.

InThe Animals’ AcademyMr. Neilson and Mr. Bingham have again combined their forces, and have turned out a picture-book which for fun and variety will be difficult to equal. In bright, musical,“catchy”verse Mr. Bingham tells of the many amusing events that take place at a school in which the elephant is master and other well-known animals are the scholars, and Mr. Neilson illustrates the story as only he can illustrate animal frolics.

“A humorous, clever, and delightful book. The pictures of the dressed-up animals will captivate little children.”—British Weekly.

H. B. NEILSON—JOHN BRYMER

Games and Gambols.Illustrated byHarry B. Neilson; with Verses byJohn Brymer. 26 pages in colour, and 24 pages of letterpress. Picture boards, 9 inches by 11¼ inches, cloth back, 2s.6d.; also cloth elegant, 3s.6d.

Mr. Neilson surpasses himself in these irresistible colour pictures representing the animal world at play. The great test match between the Lions and the Kangaroos, Mrs. Mouse’s Ping-Pong Party, Mr. Bruin playing Golf, Towser’s Bicycle Tour, and the Kittensv.Bunnies Football Match, are a few among the many droll subjects illustrated in this amusing and original series.

“Mr. Neilson has a positive genius for making animals comic.”—Academy.

“Children will revel in his work.”—Daily Graphic.

S. R. PRAEGER

How They Went to School.With 24 full-page pictures in full colour. Picture-boards, cloth back, 2s.6d.; cloth extra, 3s.6d.

A pretty picture-book for the little ones, full of quiet humour and shrewd observation of child life. The book tells in picture and story how Hal and Kitty, two tiny scholars, set out on their way to school, and the various adventures that happen to them on the road.

“Quite the most charming book we have yet seen.”—Daily News.

OUR DARLING’S FIRST BOOK

Bright Pictures and Easy Lessons for Little Folk.Quarto, 10⅛ inches by 7¾ inches, picture boards, 1s.; cloth, gilt edges, 2s.

An interesting and instructive picture lesson-book for very little folk. Beginning with an illustrated alphabet of large letters, the little reader goes forward by easy stages to word-making, reading, counting, writing, and finally to the most popular nursery rhymes and tales.

“The very perfection of a child’s alphabet and spelling-book.”—St. James’s Budget.

ELLINOR DAVENPORT ADAMS

Those Twins!With a Frontispiece and 28 Illustrations byS. B. Pearse. Cloth elegant, 2s.6d.

“A merry story for young and old.”—World.

A. B. ROMNEY

Little Village Folk.With 37 Illustrations byRobert Hope. 2s.6d.

A series of delightful stories of Irish village children. Miss Romney opens up a new field in these beautiful little tales, which have the twofold charm of humour and poetic feeling.

“A story-book that will be welcomed wherever it makes its way.”—Literary World.

MY NEW STORY-BOOK

Stories, Verses, and Pictures for the Little Ones.290 pages, of which 48 are in colour. Cloth; 2s.6d.

A treasury of entertainment for the nursery. The contents are extremely varied both as regards the text and the illustrations, and carefully designed to meet the tastes of the little ones. The many bright colour pictures will be in themselves a never-failing source of delight.

“A fascinating little volume, well filled with stories and quaint and pretty illustrations.”—Guardian.

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