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Nicola: The Career of a Girl Musician. By M. Corbet-Seymour. Illustrated by Gertrude D. Hammond.
"There is a great deal of quiet force and strength about the story, and a kindly and good-hearted spirit pervading the whole which makes it exceedingly pleasant reading. I can thoroughly and heartily recommend Nicola as a present for girls."—Winter's Weekly.
"The moral tone of the story is exceptionally high, and the book would be a boon to a girl who has, or fancies she has, a career before her."—Practical Teacher.
A Little Handful. By Harriet J. Scripps. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
"A very charming picture of a bright, lovable, mischievous boy, who hails from the New World. Every page will afford extreme pleasure and amusement to all children, and those who love them."—School Guardian.
"He is a real type of a boy, a few of whom we have known, and do know, who, under proper guidance, help to make a nation great."—The Schoolmaster.
A Golden Age: A Story of Four Merry Children. By Ismay Thorn. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. New Edition.
"Ismay Thorn has a genuine love for children.... A Golden Age ought to have a place of honour on the nursery shelf."—The Athenæum.
"This 'story of four merry children' is distinguished by its charming realization of the quaintness and oddity and merriness of children, by its romantic, almost sentimental, pathos, and by its crisp, fluent style."—The Academy.
A Rough Road: or, How the Boy Made a Man of Himself. By Mrs. G. Linnæus Banks. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
"Mrs. Linnæus Banks has not written a better book than A Rough Road."—Spectator.
"Told with much simple force and that charm which belongs to one who has known herself what a rough road is, and how to traverse it."—Winter's Weekly.
The Two Dorothys: A Tale for Girls. By Mrs. Herbert Martin. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
"A book that will not only interest and please all girls, but will also, from its pure but unostentatious teaching, stimulate and encourage to better and higher things, youthful hopes, dreams, and ambitions."—The Lady.
Penelope and the Others: A Story of Five Country Children. By Amy Walton. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
"This is a charming book for children. Miss Walton proves herself a perfect adept in understanding of school-room joys and sorrows, and her name ought to become a household word amongst our boys and girls."—Christian Leader.
A Cruise in Cloudland. By Henry Frith.
"A thoroughly interesting story, especially the part dealing with the siege of Plevna. There is an excellent sketch of General Skobeloff."—St. James's Gazette.
Marian and Dorothy. By Annie E. Armstrong.
"This is distinctively a book for girls. It contains a bright wholesome story, with the useful morals of industry and forgiveness of injuries. The book is decidedly to be commended."—Academy.
Stimson's Reef: A Tale of Adventure. By C. J. Hyne.
"Few stories come within hailing distance of Stimson's Reef in the matter of startling incidents and hairbreadth 'scapes. In these respects it may almost vie with Mr. R. L. Stevenson's matchless Treasure Island."—Guardian.
Gladys Anstruther. By Louisa Thompson.
"It is a clever book, and some of the passages in the narrative are novel and striking in the highest degree."—Schoolmistress.
The Secret of the Old House. By Evelyn Everett-Green.
"Tim, the little Jacobite who asks his grandmother if she can remember Charles I., is a charming creation. So original a child as Tim must win the hearts of all who read the pleasant tale."—Academy.
Hal Hungerford. By J. R. Hutchinson, b.a.
"There is no question whatever as to the spirited manner in which the story is told; the death of the mate of the smuggler by the teeth of the dog is especially effective. Altogether, Hal Hungerford is a distinct literary success."—Spectator.
The Golden Weathercock. By Julia Goddard.
"A cleverly conceived quaint story, in which the golden cock on the church spire is the recipient of enchanting stories of enchanted people and places. Full of pretty and ingenious ideas, prettily and ingeniously written."—Saturday Review.
White Lilac: Or, The Queen of the May. By Amy Walton.
"Every here and there we are reminded of Mrs. Tulliver and Sister Pullet in the quaint dialogue of the story.... Every rural parish ought to add White Lilac to its library."—Academy.
Miriam's Ambition. By Evelyn Everett-Green.
"Miss Green's children are real British boys and girls, not small men and women. Babs is a charming little one."—Liverpool Mercury.
The Brig "Audacious." By Alan Cole.
"Bright and vivacious in style, and fresh and wholesome as a breath of sea air in tone."—Court Journal.
The Saucy May. By Henry Frith.
"Mr. Frith gives a new picture of life on the ocean wave which will be acceptable to all young people."—Sheffield Independent.
Jasper's Conquest. By Elizabeth J. Lysaght.
"One of the best boys' books of the season. It is full of stirring adventure and startling episodes, and yet conveys a splendid moral throughout."—Schoolmaster.
Little Lady Clare. By Evelyn Everett-Green.
"Certainly one of the prettiest, reminding us in its quaintness and tender pathos of Mrs. Ewing's delightful tales. This is quite one of the best stories Miss Green's clever pen has yet given us."—Literary World.
The Eversley Secrets. By Evelyn Everett-Green.
"A clever and well-told story. Roy Eversley is a very touching picture of high principle and unshrinking self-devotion in a good purpose."—Guardian.
The Hermit Hunter of the Wilds. By G. Stables, r.n.
"Pirates and pumas, mutiny and merriment, a castaway and a cat, furnish the materials for a tale that will gladden the heart of many a bright boy."—Methodist Recorder.
Sturdy and Strong. By G. A. Henty.
"The history of a hero of everyday life, whose love of truth, clothing of modesty, and innate pluck carry him, naturally, from poverty to affluence. He stands as a good instance of chivalry in domestic life."—The Empire.
Gutta Percha Willie, The Working Genius. By George Macdonald.
"Had we space we would fain quote page after page. All we have room to say is, get it for your boys and girls to read for themselves."—Practical Teacher.
The War of the Axe: Or, Adventures in South Africa. By J. Percy-Groves.
"The story of their final escape from the Caffres is a marvellous bit of writing.... The story is well and brilliantly told."—Literary World.
The Lads of Little Clayton. By R. Stead.
"A capital book for boys. They will learn from its pages what true boy courage is. They will learn further to avoid all that is petty and mean if they read the tales aright. They may be read to a class with great profit."—Schoolmaster.
Ten Boys who lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now. By Jane Andrews. With 20 Illustrations.
"The idea of this book is a very happy one, and is admirably carried out. We have followed the whole course of the work with exquisite pleasure. Teachers should find it particularly interesting and suggestive."—Practical Teacher.
A Waif of the Sea: Or, The Lost Found. By Kate Wood.
"Written with tenderness and grace, the story will appeal to mothers who have felt the pain of being parted from their children, as powerfully as to the hearts and sympathies of younger readers."—Morning Advertiser.
Winnie's Secret: A Story of Faith and Patience. By Kate Wood.
"One of the best story-books we have read. Girls will be charmed with the tale, and delighted that everything turns out so well."—Schoolmaster.
Miss Willowburn's Offer. By Sarah Doudney.
"Patience Willowburn is one of Miss Doudney's best creations, and is the one personality in the story which can be said to give it the character of a book not for young ladies but for girls."—Spectator.
A Garland for Girls. By Louisa M. Alcott.
"The Garland will delight our girls, and show them how to make their lives fragrant with good deeds."—British Weekly.
"These little tales are the beau ideal of girls' stories."—Christian World.
Hetty Gray: Or, Nobody's Bairn. By Rosa Mulholland.
"A charming story for young folks. Hetty is a delightful creature—piquant, tender, and true—and her varying fortunes are perfectly realistic."—World.
Brothers in Arms: A Story of the Crusades. By F. Bayford Harrison.
"Full of striking incident, is very fairly illustrated, and may safely be chosen as sure to prove interesting to young people of both sexes."—Guardian.
The Ball of Fortune: Or, Ned Somerset's Inheritance. By Charles Pearce.
"A capital story for boys. It is simply and brightly written. There is plenty of incident, and the interest is sustained throughout."—Journal of Education.
Miss Fenwick's Failures: Or, "Peggy Pepper-Pot." By Esmé Stuart.
"Esmé Stuart may be commended for producing a girl true to real life, who will put no nonsense into young heads."—Graphic.
Gytha's Message: A Tale of Saxon England. By Emma Leslie.
"This is a charmingly told story. It is the sort of book that all girls and some boys like, and can only get good from."—Journal of Education.
Jack o' Lanthorn: A Tale of Adventure. By Henry Frith.
"The narrative is crushed full of stirring incident, and is sure to be a prime favourite with our boys, who will be assisted by it in mastering a sufficiently exciting chapter in the history of England."—Christian Leader.
The Family Failing. By Darley Dale.
"At once an amusing and an interesting story, and a capital lesson on the value of contentedness to young and old alike."—Aberdeen Journal.
My Mistress the Queen: A Tale of the 17th Century. By M. A. Paull.
"The style is pure and graceful, the presentation of manners and character has been well studied, and the story is full of interest."—Scotsman.
The Stories of Wasa and Menzikoff: The Deliverer of Sweden, and the Favourite of Czar Peter.
"Both are stories worth telling more than once, and it is a happy thought to have put them side by side."—Spectator.
Stories of the Sea in Former Days.
"Next to an original sea-tale of sustained interest come well-sketched collections of maritime peril and suffering which awaken the sympathies by the realism of fact. Stories of the Sea are a very good specimen of the kind."—The Times.
Tales of Captivity and Exile.
"It would be difficult to place in the hands of young people a book which combines interest and instruction in a higher degree."—Manchester Courier.
Famous Discoveries by Sea and Land.
"Such a volume may providentially stir up some youths by the divine fire kindled by these 'great of old' to lay open other lands."—Perth Advertiser.
Stirring Events of History.
"The volume will fairly hold its place among those which make the smaller ways of history pleasant and attractive."—Guardian.
Adventures in Field, Flood, and Forest.
"The editor has beyond all question succeeded admirably. The present book cannot fail to be read with interest and advantage."—Academy.