"The writer has made a careful study of the times, and tells her tale with some vivacity."—Spectator.
"Here the Rye-House Plot serves as the ground work for a romantic love episode, whose true characters are life like beings, not dry sticks as in many historical tales."—Graphic.
"The character of the heroine, Ruth, is singularly pretty and attractive: we thank the author for so charming a creation."—Bristol Mercury.
THE PEDLAR AND HIS DOG.
By Mary C. Rowsell. With 2 Illustrations by George Cruikshank, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 1s. 6d.
A story of English life in the time of Good Queen Bess. Accompanying John Pennycuick and his dog Shock in their wanderings, we get a pleasant view of rural England, quiet and peaceful then, as it is now, and of London with its quaint old streets and houses. Juvenile readers who admire the historical and legendary, when introduced into a narrative that is light and sparkling, are sure to appreciate this book.
BY ELIZABETH J. LYSAGHT.
BROTHER AND SISTER:
Or the Trials of the Moore Family. By Elizabeth J. Lysaght. With 6 full-page Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.