L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY’S BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLEJoel: a Boy of Galilee.ByAnnie Fellows Johnston. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman.New illustrated edition, uniform with the Little Colonel Books, 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50A story of the time of Christ, which is one of the author’s best-known books, and which has been translated into many languages, the last being Italian.Asa Holmes;or, at the Cross-Roads, a sketch of Country Life and Country Humor. By Annie Fellows Johnston. With a frontispiece by Ernest Fosbery.Large 16mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.00“‘Asa Holmes; or, At the Cross-Roads’ is the most delightful, most sympathetic and wholesome book that has been published in a long while. The lovable, cheerful, touching incidents, the descriptions of persons and things are wonderfully true to nature.”—Boston Times.In the Desert of Waiting:The Legend of Camelback Mountain.The Three Weavers:A Fairy Tale for Fathers and Mothers as Well as for Their Daughters. ByAnnie Fellows Johnston.Each one volume, tall 16mo, cloth decorative . . . $0.60There has been a constant demand for publication in separate form of these two stories, which were originally included in two of the “Little Colonel” books, and the present editions, which are very charmingly gotten up, will be delightful and valued gift-books for both old and young.“‘The Three Weavers’ is the daintiest fairy-story I ever read,” wrote one critic, and theLouisville Postcalls “In the Desert of Waiting” a “gem, an exquisite bit of work. Mrs. Johnston is at her best in this web of delicate fancy, woven about the deep centre truth.” Those who have read the stories as they originally appeared will be glad to find them published individually.Little Lady Marjorie.ByFrances Margaret Fox, author of “Farmer Brown and the Birds,” etc.12mo, cloth, illustrated . . . $1.50A charming story for children between the ages of ten and fifteen years, with both heart and nature interest.The Sandman:his farm stories. By William J. Hopkins. With fifty illustrations by Ada Clendenin Williamson.One vol., large 12mo, decorative cover . . . $1.50“An amusing, original book, written for the benefit of children not more than six years old, is ‘The Sandman: His Farm Stories.’ It should be one of the most popular of the year’s books for reading to small children.”—Buffalo Express.“Mothers and fathers and kind elder sisters who take the little ones to bed and rack their brains for stories will find this book a treasure.”—Cleveland Leader.The Sandman:More Farm Stories.By William J. Hopkins, author of “The Sandman: His Farm Stories.”Library 12mo, cloth decorative, fully illustrated . . . $1.50Mr. Hopkins’s first essay at bedtime stories has met with such approval that this second book of “Sandman” tales has been issued for scores of eager children. Life on the farm, and out-of-doors, will be portrayed in his inimitable manner, and many a little one will hail the bedtime season as one of delight.A Puritan Knight Errant.ByEdith Robinson, author of “A Little Puritan Pioneer,” “A Little Puritan’s First Christmas,” “A Little Puritan Rebel,” etc.Library 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50The charm of style and historical value of Miss Robinson’s previous stories of child life in Puritan days have brought them wide popularity. Her latest and most important book appeals to a large juvenile public. The “knight errant” of this story is a little Don Quixote, whose trials and their ultimate outcome will prove deeply interesting to their reader.The Rival Campers;or, the Adventures of Henry Burns.ByRuel P. Smith.12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50Here is a book which will grip and enthuse every boy who is lucky enough to secure it. It is the story of a party of typical American lads, courageous, alert, and athletic, who spend a summer camping on an island off the Maine coast. Every boy reader will envy them their adventures,—yacht-racing, canoeing, and camping,—which culminate in their discovery and capture of a gang of daring robbers; but the influence of wholesome, outdoor life in the development of manly character is well brought out. Henry Burns, the leader of the boys, is a character in juvenile fiction of whom we are likely to hear again.The Young Section Hand;or, The Adventures of Allan West.ByBurton E. Stevenson, author of “The Marathon Mystery,” etc.12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50Every branch of railroading fascinates the average American boy. The shops, the telegraph and signal systems, the yard and track work, the daily life of danger which confronts every employee, whether he be the ordinary workman or the engineer of a limited express train, and the mysterious “office” which controls every branch of the work,—each holds out its allurements to him.In this story Mr. Stevenson’s hero is just the right sort, a manly lad of sixteen who is given a chance as a section hand on a big Western railroad, and whose experiences are as real as they are thrilling. He is persecuted by the discharged employee whose place he took, and becomes involved in complications which nearly cause his undoing; but his manliness and courage are finally proven, and the reward is his for duty done at any cost.Born to the Blue.ByFlorence Kimball Russel.12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.00The atmosphere of army life on the plains breathes on every page of this delightful tale. The boy is the son of a captain of U. S. cavalry stationed at a frontier post in the days when our regulars earned the gratitude of a nation. His military training is begun at a very early age; and how well he profits by the soldierly qualities of manhood and honor and modesty and courtesy instilled is brought out in a series of incidents and adventures which will appeal to every youngster, and to many of their elders. Every phase of garrison life is included, for, though an officer’s son, his friends range from the colonel commanding to the trooper who taught him to ride his Indian pony.The author is herself “of the army,” and knows every detail of the life. From reveille to retreat her descriptions are accurate, which adds to the value and interest of the book.“Yours with All My Heart:”The Autobiography of a Real Dog. ByEsther M. Baxendale. With nearly a hundred illustrations from photographs and from drawings by Etheldred B. Barry.Large 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50Mrs. Baxendale’s charming story, though written primarily for children, will find a warm welcome from all those who love animals. It is a true story of a deeply loved pet and companion of the author’s for thirteen years; and it cannot fail to inspire in the hearts of all the young people fortunate enough to hear it that affection and sympathy for domestic animals so essential in the moulding of character.The Roses of St. Elizabeth.ByJane Scott Woodruff, author of “The Little Christmas Shoe.”12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.00This is a charming little story of a child whose father was caretaker of the great castle of the Wartburg, where St. Elizabeth once had her home, with a fairy-tale interwoven in which the roses and the ivy in the castle yard tell to the child and her playmate quaint old legends of the saint and the castle. This is just the sort of a story that girls love, with its sweetness and its fragrance and its faint echo of days long gone, with a suspicion of present-day romance at the end.Songs and Rhymes for the Little Ones.Compiled byMary Whitney Morrison(Jenny Wallis).New edition, with an introduction by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, with eight illustrations.One vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.00No better description of this admirable book can be given than Mrs. Whitney’s happy introduction:“One might almost as well offer June roses with the assurance of their sweetness, as to present this lovely little gathering of verse, which announces itself, like them, by its deliciousness. Yet as Mrs. Morrison’s charming volume has long been a delight to me, I am only too happy to link my name with its new and enriched form in this slight way, and simply declare that it is to me the most bewitching book of songs for little people that I have ever known.”
L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY’S BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY’S BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Joel: a Boy of Galilee.
ByAnnie Fellows Johnston. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman.
New illustrated edition, uniform with the Little Colonel Books, 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
A story of the time of Christ, which is one of the author’s best-known books, and which has been translated into many languages, the last being Italian.
Asa Holmes;or, at the Cross-Roads, a sketch of Country Life and Country Humor. By Annie Fellows Johnston. With a frontispiece by Ernest Fosbery.
Large 16mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.00
“‘Asa Holmes; or, At the Cross-Roads’ is the most delightful, most sympathetic and wholesome book that has been published in a long while. The lovable, cheerful, touching incidents, the descriptions of persons and things are wonderfully true to nature.”—Boston Times.
In the Desert of Waiting:The Legend of Camelback Mountain.
The Three Weavers:A Fairy Tale for Fathers and Mothers as Well as for Their Daughters. ByAnnie Fellows Johnston.
Each one volume, tall 16mo, cloth decorative . . . $0.60
There has been a constant demand for publication in separate form of these two stories, which were originally included in two of the “Little Colonel” books, and the present editions, which are very charmingly gotten up, will be delightful and valued gift-books for both old and young.
“‘The Three Weavers’ is the daintiest fairy-story I ever read,” wrote one critic, and theLouisville Postcalls “In the Desert of Waiting” a “gem, an exquisite bit of work. Mrs. Johnston is at her best in this web of delicate fancy, woven about the deep centre truth.” Those who have read the stories as they originally appeared will be glad to find them published individually.
Little Lady Marjorie.ByFrances Margaret Fox, author of “Farmer Brown and the Birds,” etc.
12mo, cloth, illustrated . . . $1.50
A charming story for children between the ages of ten and fifteen years, with both heart and nature interest.
The Sandman:his farm stories. By William J. Hopkins. With fifty illustrations by Ada Clendenin Williamson.
One vol., large 12mo, decorative cover . . . $1.50
“An amusing, original book, written for the benefit of children not more than six years old, is ‘The Sandman: His Farm Stories.’ It should be one of the most popular of the year’s books for reading to small children.”—Buffalo Express.
“Mothers and fathers and kind elder sisters who take the little ones to bed and rack their brains for stories will find this book a treasure.”—Cleveland Leader.
The Sandman:More Farm Stories.By William J. Hopkins, author of “The Sandman: His Farm Stories.”
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, fully illustrated . . . $1.50
Mr. Hopkins’s first essay at bedtime stories has met with such approval that this second book of “Sandman” tales has been issued for scores of eager children. Life on the farm, and out-of-doors, will be portrayed in his inimitable manner, and many a little one will hail the bedtime season as one of delight.
A Puritan Knight Errant.ByEdith Robinson, author of “A Little Puritan Pioneer,” “A Little Puritan’s First Christmas,” “A Little Puritan Rebel,” etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50
The charm of style and historical value of Miss Robinson’s previous stories of child life in Puritan days have brought them wide popularity. Her latest and most important book appeals to a large juvenile public. The “knight errant” of this story is a little Don Quixote, whose trials and their ultimate outcome will prove deeply interesting to their reader.
The Rival Campers;or, the Adventures of Henry Burns.ByRuel P. Smith.
12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50
Here is a book which will grip and enthuse every boy who is lucky enough to secure it. It is the story of a party of typical American lads, courageous, alert, and athletic, who spend a summer camping on an island off the Maine coast. Every boy reader will envy them their adventures,—yacht-racing, canoeing, and camping,—which culminate in their discovery and capture of a gang of daring robbers; but the influence of wholesome, outdoor life in the development of manly character is well brought out. Henry Burns, the leader of the boys, is a character in juvenile fiction of whom we are likely to hear again.
The Young Section Hand;or, The Adventures of Allan West.ByBurton E. Stevenson, author of “The Marathon Mystery,” etc.
12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50
Every branch of railroading fascinates the average American boy. The shops, the telegraph and signal systems, the yard and track work, the daily life of danger which confronts every employee, whether he be the ordinary workman or the engineer of a limited express train, and the mysterious “office” which controls every branch of the work,—each holds out its allurements to him.
In this story Mr. Stevenson’s hero is just the right sort, a manly lad of sixteen who is given a chance as a section hand on a big Western railroad, and whose experiences are as real as they are thrilling. He is persecuted by the discharged employee whose place he took, and becomes involved in complications which nearly cause his undoing; but his manliness and courage are finally proven, and the reward is his for duty done at any cost.
Born to the Blue.ByFlorence Kimball Russel.
12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.00
The atmosphere of army life on the plains breathes on every page of this delightful tale. The boy is the son of a captain of U. S. cavalry stationed at a frontier post in the days when our regulars earned the gratitude of a nation. His military training is begun at a very early age; and how well he profits by the soldierly qualities of manhood and honor and modesty and courtesy instilled is brought out in a series of incidents and adventures which will appeal to every youngster, and to many of their elders. Every phase of garrison life is included, for, though an officer’s son, his friends range from the colonel commanding to the trooper who taught him to ride his Indian pony.
The author is herself “of the army,” and knows every detail of the life. From reveille to retreat her descriptions are accurate, which adds to the value and interest of the book.
“Yours with All My Heart:”The Autobiography of a Real Dog. ByEsther M. Baxendale. With nearly a hundred illustrations from photographs and from drawings by Etheldred B. Barry.
Large 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
Mrs. Baxendale’s charming story, though written primarily for children, will find a warm welcome from all those who love animals. It is a true story of a deeply loved pet and companion of the author’s for thirteen years; and it cannot fail to inspire in the hearts of all the young people fortunate enough to hear it that affection and sympathy for domestic animals so essential in the moulding of character.
The Roses of St. Elizabeth.ByJane Scott Woodruff, author of “The Little Christmas Shoe.”
12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.00
This is a charming little story of a child whose father was caretaker of the great castle of the Wartburg, where St. Elizabeth once had her home, with a fairy-tale interwoven in which the roses and the ivy in the castle yard tell to the child and her playmate quaint old legends of the saint and the castle. This is just the sort of a story that girls love, with its sweetness and its fragrance and its faint echo of days long gone, with a suspicion of present-day romance at the end.
Songs and Rhymes for the Little Ones.Compiled byMary Whitney Morrison(Jenny Wallis).
New edition, with an introduction by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, with eight illustrations.
One vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.00
No better description of this admirable book can be given than Mrs. Whitney’s happy introduction:
“One might almost as well offer June roses with the assurance of their sweetness, as to present this lovely little gathering of verse, which announces itself, like them, by its deliciousness. Yet as Mrs. Morrison’s charming volume has long been a delight to me, I am only too happy to link my name with its new and enriched form in this slight way, and simply declare that it is to me the most bewitching book of songs for little people that I have ever known.”