Rivers’s Popular Gift Books.
The Pinafore Library. Crown 16mo.
Per Set in Case, 2s. 6d. net.
The time is ripe for a novelty in children’s books, and the “Pinafore Library” is altogether a fresh departure. Here are five delightful little volumes, all written by authors of repute, which, while full of fascination for the youngest child, possess undeniable literary distinction. The bright and attractive appearance given to these little books by the artistic pictorial paper boards, and the delicately executed and fanciful end-papers cannot fail to enhance the merits of this series.
Christina’s Fairy Book. Ford Madox Hueffer.
The Travelling Companions. Lady Margaret Sackville.
Highways and Byways in Fairyland. Arthur Ransome.
The Fairy Doll. Netta Syrett.
Who’s Who in Fairyland. Anne Pyne.
Willie Westinghouse Edison Smith. The Boy Inventor. By Frank Crane.
Little Sammy Sneeze. By Winsor McCay. Two new and amusing flat books in which the pictures tell the story.
Each 3s. 6d. net.
The Zoo: A Scamper. By Walter Emanuel. With Illustrations by John Hassall.
1s. net.
The Magic Jujubes. By Theodora Wilson Wilson, Author of “Our Joshua,” etc. With eight illustrations by J. W. Hammick.
3s. 6d.
The Guide to Fairyland. Written and illustrated by Dion Clayton Calthrop. Crown 4to.
5s. net.
The Faery Year. By G. A. B. Dewar. 336 pp. Demy 8vo, with eight illustrations.