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GIRLS OF THE TRUE BLUE: A School Story. By L. T. Meade. With ten Illustrations by Percy Tarrant. 6/ Girls of all ages are sure to be fascinated by the pathetic and highly interesting narrative of Nan Esterleigh, the orphan girl who makes her home with a friend of her mother's, where she has abundance of nice pets, good companions, and an atmosphere of wholesome comfort, and where she is quite happy until an act of deceit puts her in the power of an older and designing girl, and renders her at times very miserable. This wrong-doing is the shadow over her life, as she finds when Captain Richmond starts the Royal True Blue society, with its prize to be given for the best girl who had cultivated every side of her nature—moral, intellectual, and physical. She is seriously handicapped, and the prize falls, through an error, to the designing girl who has ruined her happiness. Misfortune brings this maiden to a better mind and true repentance, and Nan comes to her own again in the esteem and respect of every one. There are many other attractive girl characters in this entertaining story.

From A Nest of Girls. 6/

A NEST OF GIRLS; or, Boarding School Days. By E. Westyn Timlow. With eight Illustrations by H. R. Richards. 6/ Here we are introduced to a bevy of smart, clever, American girls in a boarding-school, just at the time that Winifred Douglas becomes teacher of English Literature there. Winifred was wise, if only four-and-twenty, and the love she felt for her work was only equalled by the sense of responsibility she had for the impressionable girls under her charge. How she helped and influenced them for good, although she 'hurt sometimes,' comes out in the story, which is brimful of life and vivacity. The lady principal and the doings of a circle of immensely smart girls keep up the interest of this wholesome picture of girl-life. SEVEN MAIDS. By L. T. Meade. With ten Illustrations by Percy Tarrant. 6/ 'A sweetly written and graceful story of girl-life.'—Scotsman. THE ODDS AND THE EVENS. By Mrs L. T. Meade. With ten Illustrations by Percy Tarrant. 6/ 'Full of fun and adventure. Told in the manner to interest and amuse children of any age.'—Birmingham Gazette.

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A VERY NAUGHTY GIRL. By L. T. Meade. With eight Illustrations by W. Rainey. 5/ All spirited maidens will follow with interest the training and development of the character of Evelyn Wynford, heiress of Castle Wynford, who, when she arrives from Tasmania at her uncle's house, which will afterwards be her own, is extremely self-conscious though clever, and is wilful, selfish, vain, and altogether unladylike. Her maid Jasper is her evil genius. As the story develops, her aunt, her cousin, and others begin to have a wholesome influence over her; then certain misdemeanours, which land her in serious trouble, humble her, and leave her much changed and truly repentant. The 'Naughty Girl' becomes transformed into a wise and comely young woman. COURAGE AND CONFLICT. A Series of Stories by G. A. Henty, G. Manville Fenn, F. T. Bullen, Fred Whishaw, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. 5/ The names of the writers here are a guarantee for the sound entertainment provided in this companion volume to Dash and Daring, Peril and Prowess, and Venture and Valour. The story by Mr G. A. Henty is one of pioneering in the days of the early settlers in America, when the natives were troublesome, and who in this case rose up and nearly exterminated the white people. Mr G. M. Fenn tells a funny seaside story; while Andrew Balfour, Captain North, Walter Thornbury, James Patey, Fred Whishaw, Harold Bindloss, and others contribute dashing stories of peril and adventure, and great heroism in the hour of danger.

From Girls of the True Blue, by L. T. Meade; price 6s.

'He is not horrid at all,' said Nan, very cross.
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THE KOPJE GARRISON: A Tale of the Boer War. By G. Manville Fenn. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. 5/ Mr Fenn transports his readers to the South African veldt, where, in imagination and in reality, so many of his countrymen have been for the past two years, and helps them to understand by means of this brisk and exciting tale what so many of our gallant soldiers have had to endure. This new story mainly follows the fortunes of two young men in khaki—Drew Lennox and Bob Dickenson—in and around the village of Groenfontein, which is bravely held by a little British force against the Boers. Sometimes half-starved, and subjected to night and day attacks, they make a little Gibraltar of the place, and ever render a good account of themselves. Something is always happening within or without Groenfontein, and in the end the story leaves Drew Lennox captain and V.C. MISS NONENTITY. By L. T. Meade. With eight Illustrations by W. Rainey. 5/ Punch says—'My Baronitess informs me that she has not the slightest hesitation in advising everybody young enough to enjoy the story to make the acquaintance of Miss Nonentity, by L. T. Meade. She will be found a very delightful person, who proves herself to be a "Miss Somebody," and of considerable importance, too.' CHARGE! OR BRITON AND BOER. By George Manville Fenn. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C. Groome. 5/ 'For a rattling war story for boys, there are few better hands than Mr Manville Fenn.'—Outlook. VENTURE AND VALOUR. Being Stories told by G. A. Henty, A. Conan Doyle, G. M. Fenn, W. W. Jacobs, Tom Gallon, Gordon Stables, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. 5/ 'The moral

appearing to be that men have many admirable qualities, conspicuous among which is bravery.'—Scotsman. TOM'S BOY. By the Author of Laddie, Tip-Cat, &c. With eight Illustrations by Percy Tarrant. 5/ 'Both he and the people round about him are made uncommonly interesting.'—Scotsman. FIX BAY'NETS! or, The Regiment in the Hills. By G. Manville Fenn. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C. Groome. 5/ 'The story is full of spirit and dash…. Gedge is a fine specimen of the Tommy Atkins species, and may be not improperly ranked with Mr Rudyard Kipling's creations.'—Spectator.

From A Very Naughty Girl, by L. T. Meade; price 5s.

'I say,' cried the girl, coming up eagerly, 'I have lost my way.'

LIGHT O' THE MORNING. The Story of an Irish Girl. By L. T. Meade. With eight Illustrations by W. Rainey. 5/ 'Mrs Meade has never written anything better.'—Yorkshire Post. PERIL AND PROWESS. Being Stories told by G. A. Henty, G. Manville Fenn, A. Conan Doyle, W. W. Jacobs, D. Ker, C. R. Low, D. Lawson Johnstone, Andrew Balfour, and others. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. 5/ 'The stories are of supreme interest, and admirably told.'—Birmingham Gazette. 'No boy with healthy animal instincts could help reading and enjoying Peril and Prowess.'—Edinburgh Evening News. DASH AND DARING. Being Stories told by G. A. Henty, G. Manville Fenn, D. Ker, and many others. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C. Groome. 5/ 'The volume is one to be treasured by British boys.'—Liverpool Post. THE GIRLS OF ST WODE'S. By L. T. Meade. With eight Illustrations by W. Rainey. 5/ 'Written with strong vivacity.'—British Weekly. 'The story is a cheerful, heartsome tale.'—Scotsman. DRAW SWORDS! By G. Manville Fenn. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C. Groome. 5/ 'Attractively bound and capitally illustrated, will be a veritable prize for a host of our boys.'—Manchester Courier. MEG LANGHOLME. By Mrs Molesworth. With eight Illustrations by W. Rainey. 5/ 'Mrs Molesworth presents a study of girl-life with all her accustomed felicity and unfailing interest.'—Sheffield Daily Telegraph. VINCE THE REBEL, or the Sanctuary in the Bog. By George Manville Fenn. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C. Groome. 5/ 'It is one of the best of Manville Fenn's stories.'—Times. WILD KITTY. By L. T. Meade. With eight Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. 5/ 'Kitty is the prettiest, the most audacious, and the most charming creature that ever fluttered the dovecote of a girls' school.'—Spectator.

From Courage and Conflict, by G. A. Henty, G. M. Fenn, F. T. Bullen, Fred Whishaw, &c.; price 5s.

The heavy doors were swung together, and—Hougomont was saved.
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PHILIPPA. By Mrs Molesworth. With eight Illustrations by J. Finnemore. 5/ 'Very clever, very fantastic, and very enjoyable.'—Spectator. THE GIRL AT THE DOWER HOUSE, AND AFTERWARD. By Agnes Giberne. With eight Illustrations by J. Finnemore. 5/ 'An absorbing story.'—Daily Free Press. CATALINA: Art Student. By L. T. Meade. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. 5/ 'Very brightly told.'—Punch. THE BLACK TOR: A Tale of the Reign of James I. By George Manville Fenn. With eight Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 5/ 'There is a fine manly tone about the book, which makes it particularly appropriate for youth.'—Sheffield Daily Telegraph. ROY ROYLAND; or, The Young Castellan. By George Manville Fenn. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. 5/ 'Fascinating from beginning to end, … is told with much spirit and go.'—Birmingham Gazette. THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE COAST. By David Lawson Johnstone. With twenty-one Illustrations by W. Boucher. 5/ 'There is fascination for every healthy-minded boy in the very name of the Buccaneers … Mr D. L. Johnstone's new story of adventure is sure of a warm welcome.'—Manchester Guardian. GIRLS NEW AND OLD. By L. T. Meade. With eight Illustrations by J. Williamson. 5/ 'It is a fine, bright, wholesome book, well bound and illustrated.—Saturday Review. DON. By the Author of Laddie, &c. With eight Illustrations by J. Finnemore. 5/ 'A fresh and happy story … told with great spirit…. It is as pure as spring air.'—Glasgow Herald. OLIVIA. By Mrs Molesworth. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. 5/ 'A beautiful story, an ideal gift-book for girls.'—British Weekly. BETTY: a School Girl. By L. T. Meade. With eight

Illustrations by Everard Hopkins. 5/ 'This is an admirable tale of school-girl life: her history involves an excellent moral skilfully conveyed.'—Glasgow Herald. BLANCHE. By Mrs Molesworth. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. 5/ 'Eminently healthy … pretty and interesting, free from sentimentality.'—Queen. DIAMOND DYKE; or, The Lone Farm on the Veldt. By G. Manville Fenn. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. 5/ 'There is not a dull page in the book.'—Aberdeen Free Press. REAL GOLD: A Story of Adventure. By George Manville Fenn. With eight Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 5/ 'In the author's best style, and brimful of life and adventure…. Equal to any of the tales of adventure Mr Fenn has yet written.'—Standard. POMONA. By the Author of Laddie, Tip-Cat, &c. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. 5/ 'A bright, healthy story for girls.'—Bookseller.

From A Popular Girl. 3/6

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A POPULAR GIRL: A Tale of School Life in Germany. By May Baldwin. With six Illustrations by Jessie Wilson. 3/6 A bright and naturally told story of school-girl life in Germany, in which the contrasts with school life in this country are strongly brought out. The heroine, a good-looking, clever English girl, in a high-class school in Munich, meets with a smart American girl who sins against many of the written and unwritten laws of etiquette by her pranks and the freedom of her manners and speech; yet all the while she is exceedingly liberal, good-hearted, and well-intentioned, and a good friend of the heroine, whom she shields from blame in connection with an act which led to disastrous consequences. The lady principal, Fräulein Luise, one of the best of women, cautions the heroine about her over-anxiety to be the best girl scholar; in spite of this she works openly and secretly for this end, which is gained at the expense, for a time, of her health and memory. It is while the heroine is at death's door that she learns a lifelong lesson that goodness is by far of more importance than cleverness. COSEY CORNER; or, How they Kept a Farm. By L. T. Meade. With eighteen Illustrations by Percy Tarrant. 3/6 Mrs L. T. Meade, in her best vein, here tells how four children show great ingenuity and cleverness in playing at keeping a farm, and manage to support themselves for a time from the proceeds. It is a wholesome lesson in self-help, and the reader will be inclined to agree with one of the children that 'there never was anything so nice in all the world as was life at Cosey Corner.' Honeysuckle Farm, the farmer and his wife, and the life there are prettily described, and the story is further helped by the eighteen charming illustrations by Mr Percy Tarrant. 'MY PRETTY' AND HER BROTHER 'TOO.' And other Stories. By Mrs Molesworth. Charmingly Illustrated by Lewis Baumer. 3/6 Mrs Molesworth, always happily inspired when she writes for or about children, here presents ten short stories, in which little children are depicted in her inimitable style. Some of them have a Christmas flavour; all convey in an attractive form some lessons which young folks, and old folks too, would be none the worse for learning, as in 'My Pretty,' 'The Gold Scissors,' and 'The Princess and the Fairy,' in which the receipt for happiness is given as unselfishness and shared blessings. JERRY DODDS, MILLIONAIRE: A School Yarn of Merriment and Mystery. By H. Barrow-North. With six Illustrations by Harold Copping. 3/6 Jerry Dodds is the good-hearted and open-handed son of a South African millionaire, and his fortunes are traced from the time he enters Westpool School until he is kidnapped, and recovered in a marvellous way. There are lively times at Westpool—a fire, a steamer adventure, a feast to his school chums given by Jerry Dodds, and abundant adventures, which any boy will follow with breathless interest. The youth of Westpool School are as bright, healthy, mischief-making, and mirth-provoking youngsters as any boy might wish to know. Out of one prank into another seems to have been their motto.

From The Kopje Garrison, by G. M. Fenn; price 5s.

In a very short time he was once more on a pony, with the sergeant keeping him in his place.

THE ARGONAUTS OF THE AMAZON. By C. R. Kenyon. With six Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 3/6 Mr Charles R. Kenyon, author of the popular story, The Young Ranchmen, here tells a thrilling tale of adventure in which three old chums, in the search for the Inca's treasure in the remote regions of the mighty Andes, procure a little steam-launch for the navigation of the Amazon and some of its feeders, such as the Ucayali. Their whole course teems with remarkable experiences and adventures, and the climax is reached when, after several fights with strange tribes, they are shut up as prisoners in the Incala's treasure-chamber. How they escape, discover gold in great plenty, and begin a large colonisation scheme is told in a spirited manner. OUT OF BOUNDS: A Series of School Stories. By Andrew Home. With eight Illustrations by Harold Copping. 3/6 Mr Andrew Home understands and can write about the average schoolboy with clearness, humour, and adequate knowledge. In this gathering of short stories many phases of boy-life are dealt with, in and out of school. There are humorous adventures, some of which are on the point of ending tragically. All the stories are wholesome and entertaining, and inculcate the virtues of truthfulness, sympathy, bravery, and attention to duty in the battle of life. THE THREE WITCHES. By Mrs Molesworth. Charmingly Illustrated by Lewis Baumer. 3/6 To-Day says—'If you want a charming book for children, get Mrs Molesworth's Three Witches, illustrated by that delightful humorist in "line," Lewis Baumer.' THE STORY OF A SCHOOL CONSPIRACY. By Andrew Home.

With twelve Illustrations by A. Monro. 3/6 'The Story of a School Conspiracy, by Andrew Home, telling of a deep-laid plot and of hairbreadth escapes! All guaranteed to fill the heart of every schoolboy with keenest joy. "Tolle lege, Tolle lege!" O Schoolboy! or irreparable will be thy loss.'—The Baron de B.-W. in Punch THE BOYS AND I: A Child's Story for Children.By Mrs Molesworth. With seventeen Illustrations by Lewis Baumer. Uniform with Hoodie and Hermy. 3/6 'There is fascination for every child in such a story as this, and children of all ages will thank us for advising them to read the tale and to inspect its pictures by Lewis Baumer.'—Literary World. THE SPY IN THE SCHOOL: A Tale of Two Chums. By Andrew Home. With six Illustrations by W. J. Urquhart. 3/6 'The best points of Mr Home's book lie in the emphatic way in which he drives home the virtues of honour, modesty, and unselfishness by the deeds of his boys.'—Glasgow Mail.

From Cosey Corner, by L. T. Meade; price 3s. 6d.

'I know what you want, and you shall have it,' said Mrs Burgin.

DOROTHY DOT. By Elizabeth Westyn Timlow. Charmingly Illustrated by Harriet Roosevelt Richards, and daintily bound in art cloth, gilt edges. 3/6 'A bright little volume in every respect. Miss Timlow's story is bright, Miss Richards's illustrations are bright, and the binding is bright.'—Glasgow Herald. THE UNJUST STEWARD; or, The Minister's Debt. By Mrs Oliphant. With six Illustrations by J. Finnemore. 3/6 'Mrs Oliphant was never more happily inspired than in writing this story.'—Scotsman. A GOOD-HEARTED GIRL; or, A Present-day Heroine. By Emma Marshall, Author of Abigail Templeton, &c. With six Illustrations by J. Finnemore. 3/6 'Well told and delightfully healthy in tone.'—Cork Examiner. THE WHITE PRINCESS OF THE HIDDEN CITY. By David Lawson Johnstone. With six Illustrations by W. Boucher. 3/6 'All boys will be fascinated by Mr Johnstone's brilliantly written and fascinating romance.'—Glasgow Daily Mail. BELLE. By the Author of Laddie. With six Illustrations by G. Nicolet. 3/6 'As a story for girls Belle will score an instantaneous and well-deserved success.'—Vanity Fair. NIC REVEL: A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land. By G. Manville Fenn. Illustrated by W. H. C. Groome. 3/6 'Will prove absolutely irresistible to the imagination of the average boy.'—Glasgow Daily Mail. HERMY. By Mrs Molesworth. With seventeen Illustrations by Lewis Baumer. 3/6 'Certain to find a large circle of friends waiting for her.'—Vanity Fair. O'ER TARTAR DESERTS; or, English and Russian in Central Asia. By David Ker. Illustrated by J. Finnemore. 3/6 'Conveys something of the thrill of a real book of travels.'—Daily Record. BILLY BINKS—HERO. By Guy Boothby. Illustrated by W. H. C. Groome. 3/6 'Drawn with an uncommon skill and charm.'—Scotsman. HOODIE. By Mrs Molesworth. With seventeen Illustrations by Lewis Baumer. 3/6 'It is absolutely true to life, very tender, and delightfully funny.'—Yorkshire Post. YOUNG DENYS: A Story of the Days of Napoleon. By Eleanor C. Price. With six Illustrations by G. Nicolet. 3/6 'An interesting tale of the great Napoleon.'—Punch. TWO BOY TRAMPS. By J. Macdonald Oxley. With six Illustrations by H. Sandham. 3/6 'An uncommonly good tale.'—School Board Chronicle.

From Jerry Dodds, Millionaire. 3/6

THE REBEL COMMODORE (Paul Jones); being Memoirs of the Earlier Adventures of Sir Ascott Dalrymple. By D. Lawson Johnstone. With six Illustrations by W. Boucher. 3/6 'It is a good story, full of hairbreadth escapes and perilous adventures.'—To-Day. ROBIN REDBREAST. By Mrs Molesworth. With six original Illustrations by Robert Barnes. 3/6 'It is a long time since we read a story for girls more simple, natural, or interesting.'—Publishers' Circular. PRISONER AMONG PIRATES. By David Ker. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 3/6 'A singularly good story, calculated to encourage what is noble and manly in boys.'—Athenæum. JOSIAH MASON: A BIOGRAPHY. By John Thackray Bunce. With Portrait and Illustrations. 3/6 FOUR ON AN ISLAND: A Story of Adventure. By L. T. Meade. With six original Illustrations by W. Rainey. 3/6 'This is a very bright description of modern Crusoes.'—Graphic. IN THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN PLUME: a Tale of Adventure. By D. L. Johnstone. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 3/6 'Most thrilling, and excellently worked out.'—Graphic. THE DINGO BOYS; or, The Squatters of Wallaby Range. By George Manville Fenn. With six original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 3/6

class="hang">THE CHILDREN OF WILTON CHASE. By L. T. Meade. With six Illustrations by Everard Hopkins. 3/6 'Both entertaining and instructive.'—Spectator. THE PARADISE OF THE NORTH: A Story of Discovery and Adventure around the Pole. By D. Lawson Johnstone. With fifteen Illustrations by W. Boucher. 3/6 'Marked by a Verne-like fertility of fancy.'—Saturday Review. THE RAJAH OF DAH. By George Manville Fenn. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 3/6

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SWEPT OUT TO SEA. By David Ker. With six Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. 3/ 'Crowded with adventure and excitement.'—Black and White. THE WIZARD KING: A Story of the Last Moslem Invasion of Europe. By David Ker. Illustrated by W. S. Stacey. 3/ 'This volume ought to find an army of admiring readers.'—Liverpool Mercury. THE WHITE KAID OF THE ATLAS. By J. Maclaren Cobban. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 3/ 'A well-told tale of adventure and daring in Morocco, in which the late and the present Sultan both figure…. A very pleasant book to read.'—Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review. HUNTED THROUGH FIJI; or, 'Twixt Convict and Cannibal. By Reginald Horsley. With six Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. 3/ 'Its contents are immeasurably superior to a great mass of literature which is all too easily within the reach of boys.'—Scotsman. THE 'ROVER'S' QUEST: A Story of Foam, Fire, and Fight. By Hugh St Leger. With six Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. 3/ 'A pleasant story of salt-water adventures. It is literally true that there is not a dull page in the book.'—Spectator.

From The Argonauts of the Amazon. 3/6

A DAUGHTER OF THE KLEPHTS, or A Girl of Modern Greece. By Edward Garrett. Illustrated by W. Boucher. 3/ 'The story from the first page to the last is highly interesting, realistic, and natural.'—Scotsman. A SOLDIER OF THE LEGION. By David Lawson Johnstone. With seventeen Illustrations by W. Boucher. 3/ 'Distinguished alike for accuracy in detail and for vivid imagination.'—The Standard. THE BLUE BALLOON: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley. By Reginald Horsley. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 3/ 'We have seldom read a finer tale. It is a kind of masterpiece.'—Methodist Times. THE YELLOW GOD: A Tale of some Strange Adventures. By Reginald Horsley. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 3/ 'Admirably designed, and set forth with life-like force…. A first-rate book for boys.'—Saturday Review.

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MORE ANIMAL STORIES. Edited by Robert Cochrane. Including Rab and his Friends, by Dr John Brown. Fully Illustrated. 2/6 One of the finest animal stones ever written, Dr John Brown's Rab and his Friends, is placed in the forefront of this volume, with an illustration from the painting of this subject by W. G. Stevenson, R.S.A. Like its predecessor, Four Hundred Animal Stories, it comprises a gathering of interesting, pathetic, or amusing animal tales, from Chambers's Journal, and from the works of Captain Brown, Charles Boner, Edward Jesse, John M'Diarmid, and Christopher North. Mary Russell Mitford found stories of which the animal world were the heroes 'more touching than the grander histories of men and women.' Though the proper study of mankind is man, much may he learned by such stories of sympathy and kindness to the lower creation. A closing chapter bears on kindness to animals, as do also many of the illustrations. CELIA'S CONQUEST. By L. E. Tiddeman. With four Page Illustrations by J. Wilson. 2/6 'It is a capital book for a girl.'—Scotsman. NANCY'S FANCIES: a Story about Children. By E. L. Haverfield, Author of Our Vow, On Trust, &c. With four Illustrations by Percy Tarrant. 2/6 'A very delightful story for children. Nancy is simply charming.'—New Age. MABEL'S PRINCE WONDERFUL; or, A Trip to Story-land. By W. E. Cule. Forty charming Illustrations by W. J. Mein. 2/6 'A very clever little book for children.'—Outlook. GREYLING TOWERS: A Story for the Young. By Mrs Molesworth. With seventeen Illustrations by Percy Tarrant. 2/6 'A family of real live children, full of fun and adventure.'—Birmingham Gazette. FOUR HUNDRED ANIMAL STORIES. Selected and edited by R. Cochrane. Profusely Illustrated. 2/6 'Boys and girls fond of animals will find this book a perfect treasure.'—People's Friend. ELSIE'S MAGICIAN. By Fred Whishaw. With ten Illustrations by Lewis Baumer. 2/6 'This is a delicate and captivating little tale.'—To-Day. THE ROMANCE OF COMMERCE. By J. Macdonald Oxley. With fifteen Illustrations. 2/6 'Sure to fascinate young lads fond of tales of adventure and daring.'—Evening News. ABIGAIL TEMPLETON; or, Brave Efforts. A Story of To-day. By Emma Marshall. Illustrated by J. Finnemore. 2/6 'A bright and happy narrative…. Told with great spirit.'—Birmingham Gazette.

From Out of Bounds. 3/6

THE ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY AND INVENTION. Selected by Robert Cochrane. With thirty-four Illustrations. 2/6 'It is hard to say which chapter is the best, for each seems more interesting than the last.'—The Queen. PLAYMATES: a Story for Boys and Girls. By L. T. Meade. With six Illustrations by G. Nicolet. 2/6 'The charm of Mrs Meade's stories for children is well sustained in this pretty and instructive tale.'—Liverpool Mercury. WHITE TURRETS. By Mrs Molesworth. With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. 2/6 'A charming story…. A capital antidote to the unrest that inspires young folks that seek for some great thing to do, while the great thing for them is at their hand and at their home.'—Scotsman. VANISHED; or, The Strange Adventures of Arthur Hawkesleigh. By David Ker. Illustrated by W. Boucher. 2/6 'A quite entrancing tale of adventure.'—Athenæum. ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS; being True Tales of Daring, Peril, and Heroism. With Illustrations. 2/6 'The narratives are as fascinating as fiction.'—British Weekly. BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY: a Story of Three Homes. By Amy Walton, Author of White Lilac, A Pair of Clogs, &c. With four Illustrations by Robert Barnes. 2/6 OUT OF REACH: a Story. By Esmè Stuart. With four Illustrations by Robert Barnes. 2/6 girls' reading.'—Standard. IMOGEN; or, Only Eighteen. By Mrs Molesworth. With four Illustrations by H. A. Bone. 2/6 'The book is an extremely clever one.'—Daily Chronicle. THE LOST TRADER; or, The Mystery of the Lombardy. By Henry Frith. With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. 2/6 'Mr Frith writes good sea-stories, and this is the best of them that we have read.'—Academy. BASIL WOOLLCOMBE, MIDSHIPMAN. By Arthur Lee Knight. With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey, and other Illustrations. 2/6 THE NEXT-DOOR HOUSE. By Mrs Molesworth. With six Illustrations by W. Hatherell. 2/6 'I venture to predict for it as loving a welcome as that received by the inimitable Carrots.'—Manchester Courier. COSSACK AND CZAR. By D. Ker. Illustrated by W. S. Stacey. 2/6 'There is not an uninteresting line in it.'—Spectator. THROUGH THE FLOOD: the Story of an Out-of-the-way Place. By Esmè Stuart. With Illustrations. 2/6 'A bright story of two girls, and shows how goodness rather than beauty in a face can heal old strifes.'—Friendly Leaves. WHEN WE WERE YOUNG. By Mrs O'Reilly. With four Illustrations by H. A. Bone. 2/6 'A delightfully natural and attractive story.'—Journal of Education. ROSE AND LAVENDER. By the Author of Laddie, Tip-Cat, &c. With four Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. 2/6 'A brightly written tale, the characters in which, taken from humble life, are sketched with life-like naturalness.'—Manchester Examiner.

From 'My Pretty' and her Brother 'Too,' by Mrs Molesworth; price 3s. 6d.

'Nettie,' he said, 'you won't never tell, will you?'
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With four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. JOAN AND JERRY. By Mrs O'Reilly. 2/6 'An unusually satisfactory story for girls.'—Manchester Guardian. THE YOUNG RANCHMEN; or, Perils of Pioneering in the Wild West. By Charles E. Kenyon. With four Illustrations by W. S. Stacey, and other Illustrations. 2/6 GOOD AND GREAT WOMEN: a Book for Girls. Illustrated. 2/6 'A brightly written volume, full to the brim of interesting and instructive matter; and either as reader, reward, or library book, is equally suitable.'—Teachers' Aid. LIVES OF LEADING NATURALISTS. By H. Alleyne Nicholson. Illustrated. 2/6 BENEFICENT AND USEFUL LIVES. Comprising Lord Shaftesbury, George Peabody, Andrew Carnegie, Walter Besant, &c. By R. Cochrane. With numerous Illustrations. 2/6 'Nothing could be better than the author's selection of facts setting forth the beneficent lives of those generous men in the narrow compass which the capacity of the volume allows.'—School Board Chronicle. GREAT THINKERS AND WORKERS; being the Lives of Thomas Carlyle, Lord Armstrong, Lord Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Builders of the Forth Bridge, &c. Illustrations. 2/6 'One of the most fitting presents for a thoughtful boy that we have come across.'—Review of Reviews. RECENT TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE. Illustrated. Cloth. 2/6 'It is wonderful how much that is of absorbing interest has been packed into this small volume.'—Scotsman. LITERARY CELEBRITIES; being brief Biographies of Wordsworth, Campbell, Moore, Jeffrey, and Macaulay. Illustrated. 2/6 GREAT HISTORIC EVENTS. The Conquest of India, Indian Mutiny, French Revolution, the Crusades, the Conquest of Mexico, Napoleon's Russian Campaign. Illustrated. 2/6 HISTORICAL

CELEBRITIES. Lives of Oliver Cromwell, Washington, Napoleon, and Wellington. Illustrated. 2/6 important historical, as well as personal, lessons bearing upon the political history of this country.'—Schoolmaster.