BOOKS FOR GIRLS.Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.ByLewis Carroll. 12mo, cloth, 42 illustrations, price 75 cents.“From first to last, almost without exception, this story is delightfully droll, humorous and illustrated in harmony with the story.”—New York Express.Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There.ByLewis Carroll. 12mo, cloth, 50 illustrations, price 75 cents.“A delight alike to the young people and their elders, extremely funny both in text and illustrations.”—Boston Express.Little Lucy’s Wonderful Globe.ByCharlotte M. Yonge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“This story is unique among tales intended for children, alike for pleasant instruction, quaintness of humor, gentle pathos, and the subtlety with which lessons moral and otherwise are conveyed to children, and perhaps to their seniors as well.”—The Spectator.Joan’s Adventures at the North Pole and Elsewhere.ByAlice Corkran. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“Wonderful as the adventures of Joan are, it must be admitted that they are very naturally worked out and very plausibly presented. Altogether this is an excellent story for girls.”—Saturday Review.Count Up the Sunny Days: A Story for Girls and Boys. ByC. A. Jones. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“An unusually good children’s story.”—Glasgow Herald.The Heir of Redclyffe.ByCharlotte M. Yonge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“A narrative full of interest from first to last. It is told clearly and in a straightforward manner, and arrests the attention of the reader at once, so that one feels afresh the unspeakable pathos of the story to the end.”—London Graphic.The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest.ByCharlotte M. Yonge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“Among all the modern writers we believe Miss Yonge first, not in genius, but in this, that she employs her great abilities for a high and noble purpose. We know of few modern writers whose works may be so safely commended as hers.”—Cleveland Times.Jan of the Windmill.A Story of the Plains. ByMrs. J. H. Ewing. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“Never has Mrs. Ewing published a more charming volume, 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.A Sweet Girl Graduate.ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“One of this popular author’s best. The characters are well imagined and drawn. The story moves with plenty of spirit and the interest does not flag until the end too quickly comes.”—Providence Journal.Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls. ByJuliana Horatia Ewing. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“There is no doubt as to the good quality and attractiveness of ‘Six to Sixteen.’ The book is one which would enrich any girl’s book shelf.”—St. James’s Gazette.The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“A bright and interesting story. The many admirers of Mrs. L. T. Meade in this country will be delighted with the ‘Palace Beautiful’ for more reasons than one. It is a charming book for girls.”—New York Recorder.A World of Girls: The Story of a School. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“One of those wholesome stories which it does one good to read. It will afford pure delight to numerous readers. This book should be on every girl’s book shelf.”—Boston Home Journal.The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“This story is written in the author’s well-known, fresh and easy style. All girls fond of reading will be charmed by this well-written story. It is told with the author’s customary grace and spirit.”—Boston Times.At the Back of the North Wind. ByGeorge Macdonald. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“A very pretty story, with much of the freshness and vigor of Mr. Macdonald’s earlier work.... It is a sweet, earnest, and wholesome fairy story, and the quaint native humor is delightful. A most delightful volume for young readers.”—Philadelphia Times.The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. ByCharles Kingsley. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“The strength of his work, as well as its peculiar charms, consist in his description of the experiences of a youth with life under water in the luxuriant wealth of which he revels with all the ardor of a poetical nature.”—New York Tribune.Our Bessie.ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth,illustrated, price $1.00.“One of the most entertaining stories of the season, full of vigorous action, and strong in character-painting. Elder girls will be charmed with it, and adults may read its pages with profit.”—The Teachers’ Aid.Wild Kitty. A Story of Middleton School. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“Kitty is a true heroine—warm-hearted, self-sacrificing, and, as all good women nowadays are, largely touched with the enthusiasm of humanity. One of the most attractive gift books of the season.”—The Academy.A Young Mutineer.A Story for Girls. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“One of Mrs. Meade’s charming books for girls, narrated in that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one of the first among writers for young people.”—The Spectator.Sue and I.ByMrs. O’reilly. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“A thoroughly delightful book, full of sound wisdom as well as fun.”—Athenæum.The Princess and the Goblin.A Fairy Story. ByGeorge Macdonald. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“If a child once begins this book, 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.Pythia’s Pupils: A Story of a School. ByEva Hartner. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“This story of the doings of several bright school girls is sure to interest girl readers. Among many good stories for girls this is undoubtedly one of the very best.”—Teachers’ Aid.A Story of a Short Life.ByJuliana Horatia Ewing. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“The book is one we can heartily recommend, for it is not only bright and interesting, but also pure and healthy in tone and teaching.”—Courier.The Sleepy King.A Fairy Tale. ByAubrey Hopwood and Seymour Hicks. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“Wonderful as the adventures of Bluebell are, it must be admitted that they are very naturally worked out and very plausibly presented. Altogether this is an excellent story for girls.”—Saturday Review.Two Little Waifs.ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“Mrs. Molesworth’s delightful story of ‘Two Little Waifs’ will charm all the small people who find it in their stockings. It relates the adventures of two lovable English children lost in Paris, and is just wonderful enough to pleasantly wring the youthful heart.”—New York Tribune.Adventures in Toyland.ByEdith King Hall. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“The author is such a bright, cheery writer, that her stories are always acceptable to all who are not confirmed cynics, and her record of the adventures is as entertaining and enjoyable as we might expect.”—Boston Courier.Adventures in Wallypug Land.ByG. E. Farrow. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“These adventures 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 amusement to the young folks. The book is an artistic one in every sense.”—Toronto Mail.Fussbudget’s Folks.A Story for Young Girls. ByAnna F. Burnham. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“Mrs. Burnham has a rare gift for composing stories for children. With a light, yet forcible touch, she paints sweet and artless, yet natural and strong, characters.”—Congregationalist.Mixed Pickles.A Story for Girls. ByMrs. E. M. Field. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“It is, in its way, a little classic, of which the real beauty and pathos can hardly be appreciated by young people. It is not too much to say of the story that it is perfect of its kind.”—Good Literature.Miss Mouse and Her Boys.A Story for Girls. ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“Mrs. Molesworth’s books are cheery, wholesome, and particularly well adapted to refined life. It is safe to add that she is the best English prose writer for children. A new volume from Mrs. Molesworth is always a treat.”—The Beacon.Gilly Flower.A Story for Girls. By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“Jill is a little guardian angel to three lively brothers who tease and play with her.... Her unconscious goodness brings right thoughts and resolves to several persons who come into contact with her. There is no goodiness in this tale, but its influence is of the best kind.”—Literary World.The Chaplet of Pearls; or, The White and Black Ribaumont. ByCharlotte M. Yonge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“Full of spirit and life, so well sustained throughout that grown-up readers may enjoy it as much as children. It is one of the best books of the season.”—Guardian.Naughty Miss Bunny: Her Tricks and Troubles. ByClara Mulholland. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“The naughty child is positively delightful. Papas should not omit the book from their list of juvenile presents.”—Land and Water.Meg’s Friend.ByAlice Corkran. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“One of Miss Corkran’s charming books for girls, narrated in that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one of the first among writers for young people.”—The Spectator.Averil.ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“A charming story for young folks. Averil is a delightful creature—piquant, tender, and true—and her varying fortunes are perfectly realistic.”—World.Aunt Diana.ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“An excellent story, the interest being sustained from first to last. This is, both in its intention and the way the story is told, one of the best books of its kind which has come before us this year.”—Saturday Review.Little Sunshine’s Holiday: A Picture from Life. ByMiss Mulock. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“This is a pretty narrative of child life, describing the simple doings and sayings of a very charming and rather precocious child. This is a delightful book for young people.”—Gazette.Esther’s Charge.A Story for Girls. ByEllen Everett Green. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“... This is a story showing in a charming way how one little girl’s jealousy and bad temper were conquered; one of the best, most suggestive and improving of the Christmas juveniles.”—New York Tribune.Fairy Land of Science.ByArabella B. Buckley. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“We can highly recommend it; not only for the valuable information it gives on the special subjects to which it is dedicated, but also as a book teaching natural sciences in an interesting way. A fascinating little volume, which will make friends in every household in which there are children.”—Daily News.Merle’s Crusade.ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“Among the books for young people we have seen nothing more unique than this book. Like all of this author’s stories it will please young readers by the very attractive and charming style in which it is written.”—Journal.Birdie: A Tale of Child Life. ByH. L. Childe-Pemberton. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“The story is quaint and simple, but there is a freshness about it that makes one hear again the ringing laugh and the cheery shout of children at play which charmed his earlier years.”—New York Express.The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History. ByGrace Aguilar. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“There is a delightful freshness, sincerity and vivacity about all of Grace Aguilar’s stories which cannot fail to win the interest and admiration of every lover of good reading.”—Boston Beacon.Three Bright Girls: A Story of Chance and Mischance. ByAnnie E. Armstrong. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“The charm of the story lies in the cheery helpfulness of spirit developed in the girls by their changed circumstances; while the author finds a pleasant ending to all their happy makeshifts. The story is charmingly told, and the book can be warmly recommended as a present for girls.”—Standard.Giannetta: A Girl’s Story of Herself. ByRosa Mulholland. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“Extremely well told and full of interest. Giannetta is a true heroine—warm-hearted, self-sacrificing, and, as all good women nowadays are, largely touched with enthusiasm of humanity. The illustrations are unusually good. One of the most attractive gift books of the season.”—The Academy.Margery Merton’s Girlhood.ByAlice Corkran. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father 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. There is a subtle attraction about the book which will make it a great favorite with thoughtful girls.”—Saturday Review.Under False Colors: A Story from Two Girls’ Lives. BySarah Doudney. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories—pure in style, original in conception, and with skillfully wrought out plots; but we have seen nothing equal in dramatic energy to this book.”—Christian Leader.Down the Snow Stairs; or, From Good-night to Good-morning. ByAlice Corkran. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“Among all the Christmas volumes which the year has brought to our table this one stands out facile princeps—a gem of the first water, bearing upon every one of its pages the signet mark of genius.... All is told with such simplicity and perfect naturalness that the dream appears to be a solid reality. It is indeed a Little Pilgrim’s Progress.”—Christian Leader.The Tapestry Room: A Child’s Romance. ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“Mrs. Molesworth is a charming painter of the nature and ways of children; and she has done good service in giving us this charming juvenile which will delight the young people.”—Athenæum, London.Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story. ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.Mrs. Molesworth’s children are finished studies. A joyous earnest spirit pervades her work, and her sympathy is unbounded. She loves them with her whole heart, while she lays bare their little minds, and expresses their foibles, their faults, their virtues, their inward struggles, their conception of duty, and their instinctive knowledge of the right and wrong of things. She knows their characters, she understands their wants, and she desires to help them.Polly: A New Fashioned Girl. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.Few authors have achieved a popularity equal to Mrs. Meade as a writer of stories for young girls. Her characters are living beings of flesh and blood, not lay figures of conventional type. Into the trials and crosses, and everyday experiences, the reader enters at once with zest and hearty sympathy. While Mrs. Meade always writes with a high moral purpose, her lessons of life, purity and nobility of character are rather inculcated by example than intruded as sermons.One of a Covey.By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“Full of spirit and life, so well sustained throughout that grown-up readers may enjoy it as much as children. This ‘Covey’ consists of the twelve children of a hard-pressed Dr. Partridge out of which is chosen a little girl to be adopted by a spoiled, fine lady. We have rarely read a story for boys and girls with greater pleasure. One of the chief characters would not have disgraced Dickens’ pen.”—Literary World.The Little Princess of Tower Hill.ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“This is one of the prettiest books for children published, as pretty as a pond-lily, and quite as fragrant. Nothing could be imagined more attractive to young people than such a combination of fresh pages and fair pictures; and while children will rejoice over it—which is much better than crying for it—it is a book that can be read with pleasure even by older boys and girls.”—Boston Advertiser.Rosy.ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.Mrs. Molesworth, considering the quality and quantity of her labors, is the best story-teller for children England has yet known.“This is a very pretty story. The writer knows children, and their ways well. The illustrations are exceedingly well drawn.”—Spectator.Esther: A Book for Girls. ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“She inspires her readers simply by bringing them in contact with the characters, who are in themselves inspiring. Her simple stories are woven in order to give her an opportunity to describe her characters by their own conduct in seasons of trial.”—Chicago Times.Sweet Content.ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“It seems to me not at all easier to draw a lifelike child than to draw a lifelike man or woman: Shakespeare and Webster were the only two men of their age who could do it with perfect delicacy and success. Our own age is more fortunate, on this single score at least, having a larger and far nobler proportion of female writers; among whom, since the death of George Eliot, there is none left whose touch is so exquisite and masterly, whose love is so thoroughly according to knowledge, whose bright and sweet invention is so fruitful, so truthful, or so delightful as Mrs. Molesworth’s.”—A. C. Swinbourne.Honor Bright; or, The Four-Leaved Shamrock. By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“It requires a special talent to describe the sayings and doings of children, and the author of ‘Honor Bright,’ ‘One of a Covey,’ possesses that talent in no small degree. A cheery, sensible, and healthy tale.”—The Times.The Cuckoo Clock.ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“A beautiful little story. It will be read with delight by every child into whose hands it is placed.... The author deserves all the praise that has been, is, and will be bestowed on ‘The Cuckoo Clock.’ Children’s stories are plentiful, butone, like this is not to be met with every day.”—Pall Mall Gazette.The Adventures of a Brownie.As Told to my Child. ByMiss Mulock. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“The author of this delightful little book leaves it in doubt all through whether there actually is such a creature in existence as a Brownie, but she makes us hope that there might be.”—Chicago Standard.Only a Girl: A Tale of Brittany. From the French byC. A. Jones. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“We can thoroughly recommend this brightly written and homely narrative.”—Saturday Review.Little Rosebud; or, Things Will Take a Turn. ByBeatrice Harraden. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“A most delightful little book.... Miss Harraden is so bright, so healthy, and so natural withal that the book ought, as a matter of duty, to be added to every girl’s library in the land.”—Boston Transcript.Girl Neighbors; or, The Old Fashion and the New. BySarah Tytler. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.“One of the most effective and quietly humorous of Miss Tytler’s stories. ‘Girl Neighbors’ is a pleasant comedy, not so much of errors as of prejudices got rid of, very healthy, very agreeable, and very well written.”—Spectator.The Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak.ByMiss Mulock. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“No sweeter—that is the proper word—Christmas story for the little folks could easily be found, and it is as delightful for older readers as well. There is a moral to it which the reader can find out for himself, if he chooses to think.”—Cleveland Herald.Little Miss Joy.ByEmma Marshall. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“A very pleasant and instructive story, told by a very charming writer in such an attractive way as to win favor among its young readers. The illustrations add to the beauty of the book.”—Utica Herald.The House that Grew.A Girl’s Story. ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“This is a very pretty story of English life. Mrs. Molesworth is one of the most popular and charming of English story-writers for children. Her child characters are true to life, always natural and attractive, and her stories are wholesome and interesting.”—Indianapolis Journal.The House of Surprises.ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“A charming tale of charming children, who are naughty enough to be interesting, and natural enough to be lovable; and very prettily their story is told. The quaintest yet most natural stories of child life. Simply delightful.”—Vanity Fair.The Jolly Ten: and their Year of Stories.ByAgnes Carr Sage. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.The story of a band of cousins who were accustomed to meet at the “Pinery,” with “Aunt Roxy.” At her fireside they play merry games, have suppers flavored with innocent fun, and listen to stories—each with its lesson calculated to make the ten not less jolly, but quickly responsive to the calls of duty and to the needs of others.Little Miss Dorothy.The Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People. ByMartha James. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.“This is a charming little juvenile story from the pen of Mrs. James, detailing the various adventures of a couple of young children. Their many adventures are told in a charming manner, and the book will please young girls and boys.”—Montreal Star.Pen’s Venture.A Story for Girls. ByElvirton Wright. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.Something Pen saw in the condition of the cash girls in a certain store gave her a thought; the thought became a plan; the plan became a venture—Pen’s venture. It is amusing, touching, and instructive to read about it.For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publisher,A. L. BURT, 52–58 Duane Street, New York.
BOOKS FOR GIRLS.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.ByLewis Carroll. 12mo, cloth, 42 illustrations, price 75 cents.
“From first to last, almost without exception, this story is delightfully droll, humorous and illustrated in harmony with the story.”—New York Express.
Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There.ByLewis Carroll. 12mo, cloth, 50 illustrations, price 75 cents.
“A delight alike to the young people and their elders, extremely funny both in text and illustrations.”—Boston Express.
Little Lucy’s Wonderful Globe.ByCharlotte M. Yonge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This story is unique among tales intended for children, alike for pleasant instruction, quaintness of humor, gentle pathos, and the subtlety with which lessons moral and otherwise are conveyed to children, and perhaps to their seniors as well.”—The Spectator.
Joan’s Adventures at the North Pole and Elsewhere.ByAlice Corkran. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Wonderful as the adventures of Joan are, it must be admitted that they are very naturally worked out and very plausibly presented. Altogether this is an excellent story for girls.”—Saturday Review.
Count Up the Sunny Days: A Story for Girls and Boys. ByC. A. Jones. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“An unusually good children’s story.”—Glasgow Herald.
The Heir of Redclyffe.ByCharlotte M. Yonge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“A narrative full of interest from first to last. It is told clearly and in a straightforward manner, and arrests the attention of the reader at once, so that one feels afresh the unspeakable pathos of the story to the end.”—London Graphic.
The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest.ByCharlotte M. Yonge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Among all the modern writers we believe Miss Yonge first, not in genius, but in this, that she employs her great abilities for a high and noble purpose. We know of few modern writers whose works may be so safely commended as hers.”—Cleveland Times.
Jan of the Windmill.A Story of the Plains. ByMrs. J. H. Ewing. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Never has Mrs. Ewing published a more charming volume, 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.
A Sweet Girl Graduate.ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of this popular author’s best. The characters are well imagined and drawn. The story moves with plenty of spirit and the interest does not flag until the end too quickly comes.”—Providence Journal.
Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls. ByJuliana Horatia Ewing. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“There is no doubt as to the good quality and attractiveness of ‘Six to Sixteen.’ The book is one which would enrich any girl’s book shelf.”—St. James’s Gazette.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“A bright and interesting story. The many admirers of Mrs. L. T. Meade in this country will be delighted with the ‘Palace Beautiful’ for more reasons than one. It is a charming book for girls.”—New York Recorder.
A World of Girls: The Story of a School. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of those wholesome stories which it does one good to read. It will afford pure delight to numerous readers. This book should be on every girl’s book shelf.”—Boston Home Journal.
The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This story is written in the author’s well-known, fresh and easy style. All girls fond of reading will be charmed by this well-written story. It is told with the author’s customary grace and spirit.”—Boston Times.
At the Back of the North Wind. ByGeorge Macdonald. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“A very pretty story, with much of the freshness and vigor of Mr. Macdonald’s earlier work.... It is a sweet, earnest, and wholesome fairy story, and the quaint native humor is delightful. A most delightful volume for young readers.”—Philadelphia Times.
The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. ByCharles Kingsley. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“The strength of his work, as well as its peculiar charms, consist in his description of the experiences of a youth with life under water in the luxuriant wealth of which he revels with all the ardor of a poetical nature.”—New York Tribune.
Our Bessie.ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth,illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of the most entertaining stories of the season, full of vigorous action, and strong in character-painting. Elder girls will be charmed with it, and adults may read its pages with profit.”—The Teachers’ Aid.
Wild Kitty. A Story of Middleton School. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Kitty is a true heroine—warm-hearted, self-sacrificing, and, as all good women nowadays are, largely touched with the enthusiasm of humanity. One of the most attractive gift books of the season.”—The Academy.
A Young Mutineer.A Story for Girls. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of Mrs. Meade’s charming books for girls, narrated in that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one of the first among writers for young people.”—The Spectator.
Sue and I.ByMrs. O’reilly. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A thoroughly delightful book, full of sound wisdom as well as fun.”—Athenæum.
The Princess and the Goblin.A Fairy Story. ByGeorge Macdonald. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“If a child once begins this book, 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.
Pythia’s Pupils: A Story of a School. ByEva Hartner. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“This story of the doings of several bright school girls is sure to interest girl readers. Among many good stories for girls this is undoubtedly one of the very best.”—Teachers’ Aid.
A Story of a Short Life.ByJuliana Horatia Ewing. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“The book is one we can heartily recommend, for it is not only bright and interesting, but also pure and healthy in tone and teaching.”—Courier.
The Sleepy King.A Fairy Tale. ByAubrey Hopwood and Seymour Hicks. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Wonderful as the adventures of Bluebell are, it must be admitted that they are very naturally worked out and very plausibly presented. Altogether this is an excellent story for girls.”—Saturday Review.
Two Little Waifs.ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Mrs. Molesworth’s delightful story of ‘Two Little Waifs’ will charm all the small people who find it in their stockings. It relates the adventures of two lovable English children lost in Paris, and is just wonderful enough to pleasantly wring the youthful heart.”—New York Tribune.
Adventures in Toyland.ByEdith King Hall. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The author is such a bright, cheery writer, that her stories are always acceptable to all who are not confirmed cynics, and her record of the adventures is as entertaining and enjoyable as we might expect.”—Boston Courier.
Adventures in Wallypug Land.ByG. E. Farrow. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“These adventures 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 amusement to the young folks. The book is an artistic one in every sense.”—Toronto Mail.
Fussbudget’s Folks.A Story for Young Girls. ByAnna F. Burnham. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Mrs. Burnham has a rare gift for composing stories for children. With a light, yet forcible touch, she paints sweet and artless, yet natural and strong, characters.”—Congregationalist.
Mixed Pickles.A Story for Girls. ByMrs. E. M. Field. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“It is, in its way, a little classic, of which the real beauty and pathos can hardly be appreciated by young people. It is not too much to say of the story that it is perfect of its kind.”—Good Literature.
Miss Mouse and Her Boys.A Story for Girls. ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Mrs. Molesworth’s books are cheery, wholesome, and particularly well adapted to refined life. It is safe to add that she is the best English prose writer for children. A new volume from Mrs. Molesworth is always a treat.”—The Beacon.
Gilly Flower.A Story for Girls. By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Jill is a little guardian angel to three lively brothers who tease and play with her.... Her unconscious goodness brings right thoughts and resolves to several persons who come into contact with her. There is no goodiness in this tale, but its influence is of the best kind.”—Literary World.
The Chaplet of Pearls; or, The White and Black Ribaumont. ByCharlotte M. Yonge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Full of spirit and life, so well sustained throughout that grown-up readers may enjoy it as much as children. It is one of the best books of the season.”—Guardian.
Naughty Miss Bunny: Her Tricks and Troubles. ByClara Mulholland. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The naughty child is positively delightful. Papas should not omit the book from their list of juvenile presents.”—Land and Water.
Meg’s Friend.ByAlice Corkran. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of Miss Corkran’s charming books for girls, narrated in that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one of the first among writers for young people.”—The Spectator.
Averil.ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“A charming story for young folks. Averil is a delightful creature—piquant, tender, and true—and her varying fortunes are perfectly realistic.”—World.
Aunt Diana.ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“An excellent story, the interest being sustained from first to last. This is, both in its intention and the way the story is told, one of the best books of its kind which has come before us this year.”—Saturday Review.
Little Sunshine’s Holiday: A Picture from Life. ByMiss Mulock. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is a pretty narrative of child life, describing the simple doings and sayings of a very charming and rather precocious child. This is a delightful book for young people.”—Gazette.
Esther’s Charge.A Story for Girls. ByEllen Everett Green. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“... This is a story showing in a charming way how one little girl’s jealousy and bad temper were conquered; one of the best, most suggestive and improving of the Christmas juveniles.”—New York Tribune.
Fairy Land of Science.ByArabella B. Buckley. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“We can highly recommend it; not only for the valuable information it gives on the special subjects to which it is dedicated, but also as a book teaching natural sciences in an interesting way. A fascinating little volume, which will make friends in every household in which there are children.”—Daily News.
Merle’s Crusade.ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Among the books for young people we have seen nothing more unique than this book. Like all of this author’s stories it will please young readers by the very attractive and charming style in which it is written.”—Journal.
Birdie: A Tale of Child Life. ByH. L. Childe-Pemberton. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The story is quaint and simple, but there is a freshness about it that makes one hear again the ringing laugh and the cheery shout of children at play which charmed his earlier years.”—New York Express.
The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History. ByGrace Aguilar. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“There is a delightful freshness, sincerity and vivacity about all of Grace Aguilar’s stories which cannot fail to win the interest and admiration of every lover of good reading.”—Boston Beacon.
Three Bright Girls: A Story of Chance and Mischance. ByAnnie E. Armstrong. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“The charm of the story lies in the cheery helpfulness of spirit developed in the girls by their changed circumstances; while the author finds a pleasant ending to all their happy makeshifts. The story is charmingly told, and the book can be warmly recommended as a present for girls.”—Standard.
Giannetta: A Girl’s Story of Herself. ByRosa Mulholland. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Extremely well told and full of interest. Giannetta is a true heroine—warm-hearted, self-sacrificing, and, as all good women nowadays are, largely touched with enthusiasm of humanity. The illustrations are unusually good. One of the most attractive gift books of the season.”—The Academy.
Margery Merton’s Girlhood.ByAlice Corkran. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father 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. There is a subtle attraction about the book which will make it a great favorite with thoughtful girls.”—Saturday Review.
Under False Colors: A Story from Two Girls’ Lives. BySarah Doudney. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories—pure in style, original in conception, and with skillfully wrought out plots; but we have seen nothing equal in dramatic energy to this book.”—Christian Leader.
Down the Snow Stairs; or, From Good-night to Good-morning. ByAlice Corkran. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Among all the Christmas volumes which the year has brought to our table this one stands out facile princeps—a gem of the first water, bearing upon every one of its pages the signet mark of genius.... All is told with such simplicity and perfect naturalness that the dream appears to be a solid reality. It is indeed a Little Pilgrim’s Progress.”—Christian Leader.
The Tapestry Room: A Child’s Romance. ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Mrs. Molesworth is a charming painter of the nature and ways of children; and she has done good service in giving us this charming juvenile which will delight the young people.”—Athenæum, London.
Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story. ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
Mrs. Molesworth’s children are finished studies. A joyous earnest spirit pervades her work, and her sympathy is unbounded. She loves them with her whole heart, while she lays bare their little minds, and expresses their foibles, their faults, their virtues, their inward struggles, their conception of duty, and their instinctive knowledge of the right and wrong of things. She knows their characters, she understands their wants, and she desires to help them.
Polly: A New Fashioned Girl. ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
Few authors have achieved a popularity equal to Mrs. Meade as a writer of stories for young girls. Her characters are living beings of flesh and blood, not lay figures of conventional type. Into the trials and crosses, and everyday experiences, the reader enters at once with zest and hearty sympathy. While Mrs. Meade always writes with a high moral purpose, her lessons of life, purity and nobility of character are rather inculcated by example than intruded as sermons.
One of a Covey.By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Full of spirit and life, so well sustained throughout that grown-up readers may enjoy it as much as children. This ‘Covey’ consists of the twelve children of a hard-pressed Dr. Partridge out of which is chosen a little girl to be adopted by a spoiled, fine lady. We have rarely read a story for boys and girls with greater pleasure. One of the chief characters would not have disgraced Dickens’ pen.”—Literary World.
The Little Princess of Tower Hill.ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is one of the prettiest books for children published, as pretty as a pond-lily, and quite as fragrant. Nothing could be imagined more attractive to young people than such a combination of fresh pages and fair pictures; and while children will rejoice over it—which is much better than crying for it—it is a book that can be read with pleasure even by older boys and girls.”—Boston Advertiser.
Rosy.ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
Mrs. Molesworth, considering the quality and quantity of her labors, is the best story-teller for children England has yet known.
“This is a very pretty story. The writer knows children, and their ways well. The illustrations are exceedingly well drawn.”—Spectator.
Esther: A Book for Girls. ByRosa N. Carey. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“She inspires her readers simply by bringing them in contact with the characters, who are in themselves inspiring. Her simple stories are woven in order to give her an opportunity to describe her characters by their own conduct in seasons of trial.”—Chicago Times.
Sweet Content.ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“It seems to me not at all easier to draw a lifelike child than to draw a lifelike man or woman: Shakespeare and Webster were the only two men of their age who could do it with perfect delicacy and success. Our own age is more fortunate, on this single score at least, having a larger and far nobler proportion of female writers; among whom, since the death of George Eliot, there is none left whose touch is so exquisite and masterly, whose love is so thoroughly according to knowledge, whose bright and sweet invention is so fruitful, so truthful, or so delightful as Mrs. Molesworth’s.”—A. C. Swinbourne.
Honor Bright; or, The Four-Leaved Shamrock. By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.” 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“It requires a special talent to describe the sayings and doings of children, and the author of ‘Honor Bright,’ ‘One of a Covey,’ possesses that talent in no small degree. A cheery, sensible, and healthy tale.”—The Times.
The Cuckoo Clock.ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A beautiful little story. It will be read with delight by every child into whose hands it is placed.... The author deserves all the praise that has been, is, and will be bestowed on ‘The Cuckoo Clock.’ Children’s stories are plentiful, butone, like this is not to be met with every day.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
The Adventures of a Brownie.As Told to my Child. ByMiss Mulock. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The author of this delightful little book leaves it in doubt all through whether there actually is such a creature in existence as a Brownie, but she makes us hope that there might be.”—Chicago Standard.
Only a Girl: A Tale of Brittany. From the French byC. A. Jones. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“We can thoroughly recommend this brightly written and homely narrative.”—Saturday Review.
Little Rosebud; or, Things Will Take a Turn. ByBeatrice Harraden. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A most delightful little book.... Miss Harraden is so bright, so healthy, and so natural withal that the book ought, as a matter of duty, to be added to every girl’s library in the land.”—Boston Transcript.
Girl Neighbors; or, The Old Fashion and the New. BySarah Tytler. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
“One of the most effective and quietly humorous of Miss Tytler’s stories. ‘Girl Neighbors’ is a pleasant comedy, not so much of errors as of prejudices got rid of, very healthy, very agreeable, and very well written.”—Spectator.
The Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak.ByMiss Mulock. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“No sweeter—that is the proper word—Christmas story for the little folks could easily be found, and it is as delightful for older readers as well. There is a moral to it which the reader can find out for himself, if he chooses to think.”—Cleveland Herald.
Little Miss Joy.ByEmma Marshall. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A very pleasant and instructive story, told by a very charming writer in such an attractive way as to win favor among its young readers. The illustrations add to the beauty of the book.”—Utica Herald.
The House that Grew.A Girl’s Story. ByMrs. Molesworth. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is a very pretty story of English life. Mrs. Molesworth is one of the most popular and charming of English story-writers for children. Her child characters are true to life, always natural and attractive, and her stories are wholesome and interesting.”—Indianapolis Journal.
The House of Surprises.ByL. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“A charming tale of charming children, who are naughty enough to be interesting, and natural enough to be lovable; and very prettily their story is told. The quaintest yet most natural stories of child life. Simply delightful.”—Vanity Fair.
The Jolly Ten: and their Year of Stories.ByAgnes Carr Sage. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
The story of a band of cousins who were accustomed to meet at the “Pinery,” with “Aunt Roxy.” At her fireside they play merry games, have suppers flavored with innocent fun, and listen to stories—each with its lesson calculated to make the ten not less jolly, but quickly responsive to the calls of duty and to the needs of others.
Little Miss Dorothy.The Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People. ByMartha James. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“This is a charming little juvenile story from the pen of Mrs. James, detailing the various adventures of a couple of young children. Their many adventures are told in a charming manner, and the book will please young girls and boys.”—Montreal Star.
Pen’s Venture.A Story for Girls. ByElvirton Wright. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
Something Pen saw in the condition of the cash girls in a certain store gave her a thought; the thought became a plan; the plan became a venture—Pen’s venture. It is amusing, touching, and instructive to read about it.
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publisher,A. L. BURT, 52–58 Duane Street, New York.