THE VICTORIA GIFT BOOKS.
In large square crown 8vo, cloth, bevelled boards.
A Most Attractive Series of Gift Books. Well Printed, Fully Illustrated and Tastefully Bound.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS. Revised Edition. With Notes by the Rev. George Fyler Townsend, Four Coloured Plates and Sixteen Original Illustrations.
“An admirable edition of this standard work.”—Globe.
ANDERSEN’S (HANS) FAIRY TALES. A New and Complete Edition. Specially adapted and arranged for Young People. Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull. With Four Coloured Plates and Numerous Woodcut Illustrations.
GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES. A New Translation, by Mrs. H. B. Paull. With Four Coloured Plates and Sixteen Original Illustrations by W. J. Weigand.
“A little library in itself, containing scores of fascinating Fairy Tales, droll, mysterious, clever, and in simple language such as children love and understand.”—North British Mail.
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. By Daniel Defoe. Unabridged Edition, with Notes, Life, &c., by William Lee. With Four Coloured Plates and over 100 Illustrations by Ernest Griset.
THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON; or, The Adventures of a Shipwrecked Family on an Uninhabited Island near New Guinea. Newly Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull. With Four Coloured Plates and 250 beautiful woodcut Illustrations.
“Mrs. Paull has certainly performed her task with excellent taste and skill. She has made this translation from the German read almost like the English of ‘Robinson Crusoe.’ The book is finely illustrated with a large number of engravings.”—Daily News.
THE OLD, OLD FAIRY TALES. A collection of well-known and favourite Fairy Tales not included in the selection of the Brothers Grimm or Andersen’s Fairy Tales. Selected and Edited by L. Valentine, including the world-renowned stories of Perrault, Madame D’Aulnois, and others. With Four Dainty Coloured Plates from Designs by A. J. Johnson, and numerous woodcut Illustrations.
Note.—Four new and original coloured plates in the best style of lithography have been added to the above six volumes, greatly enhancing their value as a gift.
“FOUR MEN WERE TIED TO TREES.”
Illustration from “The Riders.”
JACK TREVOR, R.N. By Arthur Lee Knight, Author of “Ronald Hallifax,” &c. With Eight Original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey.
“To any boy with a taste for sea-faring life we can hardly recommend a more appropriate volume.”—The Queen.
THE ORCHID SEEKERS. A Story of Adventure in Borneo. By Ashmore Russan and F. Boyle. With Sixteen Full-page Illustrations by A. Pearse and M. F. Hartley.
This is truly called a story of adventure, for, from first page to last, the reader is enthralled by the graphic descriptions of the many dangers experienced by the three orchid seekers who form the central figures. The vivid pictures of tropical scenery contrast well with the stirring records of fights with pirates and Chinese, whilst an extremely interesting account is given of Malay characters and customs.
THE RIDERS; or, Through Forest and Savannah with the Red Cockades. By Ashmore Russan and F. Boyle. With Twenty-six Original Illustrations by F. Pearse.
“The two authors keep their reader’s attention alive till the last line of the last chapter is reached, and then the book is laid down with thankfulness for an excellent story and a fund of information.”—The Birmingham Post.
“Any boy who gets this volume as a present will surely be full of gratitude to the giver, for it is truly a book of adventure such as English lads rejoice in.”—Lloyd’s News.
Reduced Illustration from “The Riders.”
YOUNG TOM BOWLING. A Story of the Boys of the British Navy. By J. C. Hutcheson. With numerous Illustrations and Initial Letters by J. B. Greene.
A regular salt-water yarn, telling of a sailor boy’s life in the Royal Navy from the time he joins the service on board one of our training ships till he passes for leading seaman and is on the high road to gain the rank of warrant-officer. A book brimming over with anecdote and adventure and giving every detail of a bluejacket’s duty and diversified experiences.
MASTERMAN READY; or, The Wreck of the Pacific. By Captain Marryat, R.N. With nearly 60 Original Illustrations by E. J. Wheeler.
THE SETTLERS IN CANADA. By Captain Marryat, R.N. With over Fifty Original Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, F. A. Fraser, &c.
POOR JACK. By Captain Marryat, R.N. With Forty-six Illustrations after Designs by Clarkson Stanfield, R.A.
“We are glad to see in this sumptuous edition of ‘Poor Jack’ a continued proof of the author’s popularity.”—Literary World.
GATH TO THE CEDARS: Travels in the Holy Land and Palmyra. By S. H. Kent. With Sixteen Original Illustrations.
“Miss Kent has made a most interesting journey, and she is a traveller full of observation and knowledge, and can write clearly and well. Her book will take her readers on a journey they will not regret.”—The Times.