Selections fromL. C. Page&Company’sBooks for Young People
Selections fromL. C. Page&Company’sBooks for Young People
Old Father Gander;or, The Better-Half of Mother Goose.Rhymes, Chimes, and Jinglesscratched from his own goose-quill for American Goslings. Illustrated with impossible Geese, hatched and raised byWalter Scott Howard.1 vol., oblong quarto, cloth decorative$2.00The illustrations are so striking and fascinating that the book will appeal to the young people aside from the fact even of the charm and humor of the songs and rhymes. There are thirty-two full-page plates, of which many are in color. The color illustrations are a distinct and successful departure from the old-fashioned lithographic work hitherto invariably used for children’s books.The Crock of Gold:A New Book of Fairy Tales. ByS. Baring Gould.Author of “Mehalah,” “Old Country Life,” “Old English Fairy Tales,” etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by F. D. Bedford.1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top$1.50This volume will prove a source of delight to the children of two continents, answering their always increasing demand for “more fairy stories.”Shireen and Her Friends:The Autobiography of a Persian Cat. ByGordon Stables.Illustrated by Harrison Weir.1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative$1.25A more charming book about animals Dr. Stables himself has not written. It is similar in character to “Black Beauty,” “Beautiful Joe,” and other books which teach us to love and protect the dumb animals.The Voyage of the Avenger:In the Days of the Dashing Drake. ByHenry St. John.Author of “A Middy of Nelson’s Day,” etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by Paul Hardy.1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, 400 pages$1.50A book of adventure, the scene of which is laid in that stirring period of colonial extension when England’s famous naval heroes encountered the ships of Spain, both at home and in the West Indies. Mr. St. John has given his boy readers a rattling good story of the sea. There is plenty of adventure, sufficient in fact to keep a boy fixed near the fireside until the last page is reached.A Child’s History of Spain.ByLeonard Williams.Author of “Ballads and Songs of Spain,” etc.1 vol., small 12mo, with frontispiece, cloth, gilt top$0.75Although the recent war with Spain has aroused general interest and caused a great demand for literature relating to the subject, there has not as yet been published a condensed history of Spain for young people. Mr. Williams’s little book will prove a desirable addition to the children’s historical library.Fairy Folk from Far and Near.ByA. C. Woolf, M. A.With numerous full-page color illustrations by Hans Reitz.1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative$1.50It is long since there has appeared such a thoroughly delightful volume of fairy tales as that of Annie C. Woolf. An added attraction to the book is found in the exquisite colored illustrations, the work of Hans Reitz. As a Christmas gift-book to children, these tales will be hard to excel.The Magnet Stories.ByLynde Palmer.A new edition; new binding and larger size volume, 5 vols., 12mo. Reduced price.Drifting and Steering$1.00One Day’s Weaving1.00Archie’s Shadow1.00John-Jack1.00Jeannette’s Cisterns1.00Bully, Fag, and Hero.ByCharles J. Mansford.With six full-page illustrations by S. H. Vedder.1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top$1.50An interesting story of schoolboy life and adventure in school and during the holidays.The Adventures of a Boy Reporterin the Philippines. ByHarry Steele Morrison.Author of “A Yankee Boy’s Success.”1 vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated$1.25A true story of the courage and enterprise of an American lad. It is a splendid boys’ book, filled with healthy interest, and will tend to stimulate and encourage the proper ambition of the young reader.Tales Told in the Zoo.ByF. C. Gould.With many illustrations from original drawings.1 vol., large quarto$2.00A new book for young people on entirely original lines. The tales are supposed to be told by an old adjutant stork in the Zoological Gardens to the assembled birds located there, and they deal with legendary and folk-lore stories of the origins of various creatures, mostly birds, and their characteristics.Philip:The Story of a Boy Violinist. By T. W. O.1 vol., 12mo, cloth$1.00The life-story of a boy, reared among surroundings singular enough to awaken interest at the start, is described by the present author as it could be described only by one thoroughly familiar with the scene. The reader is carried from the cottages of the humblest coal-miners into the realms of music and art; and thefinaleof this charming tale is a masterpiece of pathetic interest.Black Beauty:The Autobiography of a Horse. ByAnna Sewell.New Illustrated Edition.With twenty-five full-page drawings by Winifred Austin.1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top$1.25There have been many editions of this classic, but we confidently offer this one as the most appropriate and handsome yet produced. The illustrations are of special value and beauty, and should make this the standard edition wherever illustrations worthy of the story are desired.
Old Father Gander;or, The Better-Half of Mother Goose.Rhymes, Chimes, and Jinglesscratched from his own goose-quill for American Goslings. Illustrated with impossible Geese, hatched and raised byWalter Scott Howard.
1 vol., oblong quarto, cloth decorative$2.00The illustrations are so striking and fascinating that the book will appeal to the young people aside from the fact even of the charm and humor of the songs and rhymes. There are thirty-two full-page plates, of which many are in color. The color illustrations are a distinct and successful departure from the old-fashioned lithographic work hitherto invariably used for children’s books.
1 vol., oblong quarto, cloth decorative$2.00
The illustrations are so striking and fascinating that the book will appeal to the young people aside from the fact even of the charm and humor of the songs and rhymes. There are thirty-two full-page plates, of which many are in color. The color illustrations are a distinct and successful departure from the old-fashioned lithographic work hitherto invariably used for children’s books.
The Crock of Gold:A New Book of Fairy Tales. ByS. Baring Gould.
Author of “Mehalah,” “Old Country Life,” “Old English Fairy Tales,” etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by F. D. Bedford.1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top$1.50This volume will prove a source of delight to the children of two continents, answering their always increasing demand for “more fairy stories.”
Author of “Mehalah,” “Old Country Life,” “Old English Fairy Tales,” etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by F. D. Bedford.
1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top$1.50
This volume will prove a source of delight to the children of two continents, answering their always increasing demand for “more fairy stories.”
Shireen and Her Friends:The Autobiography of a Persian Cat. ByGordon Stables.
Illustrated by Harrison Weir.1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative$1.25A more charming book about animals Dr. Stables himself has not written. It is similar in character to “Black Beauty,” “Beautiful Joe,” and other books which teach us to love and protect the dumb animals.
Illustrated by Harrison Weir.
1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative$1.25
A more charming book about animals Dr. Stables himself has not written. It is similar in character to “Black Beauty,” “Beautiful Joe,” and other books which teach us to love and protect the dumb animals.
The Voyage of the Avenger:In the Days of the Dashing Drake. ByHenry St. John.
Author of “A Middy of Nelson’s Day,” etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by Paul Hardy.1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, 400 pages$1.50A book of adventure, the scene of which is laid in that stirring period of colonial extension when England’s famous naval heroes encountered the ships of Spain, both at home and in the West Indies. Mr. St. John has given his boy readers a rattling good story of the sea. There is plenty of adventure, sufficient in fact to keep a boy fixed near the fireside until the last page is reached.
Author of “A Middy of Nelson’s Day,” etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by Paul Hardy.
1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, 400 pages$1.50
A book of adventure, the scene of which is laid in that stirring period of colonial extension when England’s famous naval heroes encountered the ships of Spain, both at home and in the West Indies. Mr. St. John has given his boy readers a rattling good story of the sea. There is plenty of adventure, sufficient in fact to keep a boy fixed near the fireside until the last page is reached.
A Child’s History of Spain.ByLeonard Williams.
Author of “Ballads and Songs of Spain,” etc.1 vol., small 12mo, with frontispiece, cloth, gilt top$0.75Although the recent war with Spain has aroused general interest and caused a great demand for literature relating to the subject, there has not as yet been published a condensed history of Spain for young people. Mr. Williams’s little book will prove a desirable addition to the children’s historical library.
Author of “Ballads and Songs of Spain,” etc.
1 vol., small 12mo, with frontispiece, cloth, gilt top$0.75
Although the recent war with Spain has aroused general interest and caused a great demand for literature relating to the subject, there has not as yet been published a condensed history of Spain for young people. Mr. Williams’s little book will prove a desirable addition to the children’s historical library.
Fairy Folk from Far and Near.ByA. C. Woolf, M. A.
With numerous full-page color illustrations by Hans Reitz.1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative$1.50It is long since there has appeared such a thoroughly delightful volume of fairy tales as that of Annie C. Woolf. An added attraction to the book is found in the exquisite colored illustrations, the work of Hans Reitz. As a Christmas gift-book to children, these tales will be hard to excel.
With numerous full-page color illustrations by Hans Reitz.
1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative$1.50
It is long since there has appeared such a thoroughly delightful volume of fairy tales as that of Annie C. Woolf. An added attraction to the book is found in the exquisite colored illustrations, the work of Hans Reitz. As a Christmas gift-book to children, these tales will be hard to excel.
The Magnet Stories.ByLynde Palmer.
A new edition; new binding and larger size volume, 5 vols., 12mo. Reduced price.
A new edition; new binding and larger size volume, 5 vols., 12mo. Reduced price.
Drifting and Steering$1.00
One Day’s Weaving1.00
Archie’s Shadow1.00
John-Jack1.00
Jeannette’s Cisterns1.00
Bully, Fag, and Hero.ByCharles J. Mansford.
With six full-page illustrations by S. H. Vedder.1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top$1.50An interesting story of schoolboy life and adventure in school and during the holidays.
With six full-page illustrations by S. H. Vedder.
1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top$1.50
An interesting story of schoolboy life and adventure in school and during the holidays.
The Adventures of a Boy Reporterin the Philippines. ByHarry Steele Morrison.
Author of “A Yankee Boy’s Success.”1 vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated$1.25A true story of the courage and enterprise of an American lad. It is a splendid boys’ book, filled with healthy interest, and will tend to stimulate and encourage the proper ambition of the young reader.
Author of “A Yankee Boy’s Success.”
1 vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated$1.25
A true story of the courage and enterprise of an American lad. It is a splendid boys’ book, filled with healthy interest, and will tend to stimulate and encourage the proper ambition of the young reader.
Tales Told in the Zoo.ByF. C. Gould.
With many illustrations from original drawings.1 vol., large quarto$2.00A new book for young people on entirely original lines. The tales are supposed to be told by an old adjutant stork in the Zoological Gardens to the assembled birds located there, and they deal with legendary and folk-lore stories of the origins of various creatures, mostly birds, and their characteristics.
With many illustrations from original drawings.
1 vol., large quarto$2.00
A new book for young people on entirely original lines. The tales are supposed to be told by an old adjutant stork in the Zoological Gardens to the assembled birds located there, and they deal with legendary and folk-lore stories of the origins of various creatures, mostly birds, and their characteristics.
Philip:The Story of a Boy Violinist. By T. W. O.
1 vol., 12mo, cloth$1.00
The life-story of a boy, reared among surroundings singular enough to awaken interest at the start, is described by the present author as it could be described only by one thoroughly familiar with the scene. The reader is carried from the cottages of the humblest coal-miners into the realms of music and art; and thefinaleof this charming tale is a masterpiece of pathetic interest.
The life-story of a boy, reared among surroundings singular enough to awaken interest at the start, is described by the present author as it could be described only by one thoroughly familiar with the scene. The reader is carried from the cottages of the humblest coal-miners into the realms of music and art; and thefinaleof this charming tale is a masterpiece of pathetic interest.
Black Beauty:The Autobiography of a Horse. ByAnna Sewell.New Illustrated Edition.
With twenty-five full-page drawings by Winifred Austin.1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top$1.25There have been many editions of this classic, but we confidently offer this one as the most appropriate and handsome yet produced. The illustrations are of special value and beauty, and should make this the standard edition wherever illustrations worthy of the story are desired.
With twenty-five full-page drawings by Winifred Austin.
1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top$1.25
There have been many editions of this classic, but we confidently offer this one as the most appropriate and handsome yet produced. The illustrations are of special value and beauty, and should make this the standard edition wherever illustrations worthy of the story are desired.