“Is in the best manner of Cooper. There is a character who is the parallel of Hawkeye, as the Chingachgooks and Uncas have likewise their counterparts.”—The Times.
The White Conquerors of Mexico: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec. By Kirk Munroe. With 8 Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. 5s.
“Mr. Munroe gives most vivid pictures of the religious and civil polity of the Aztecs, and of everyday life, as he imagines it, in the streets and market-places of the magnificent capital of Montezuma.”—The Times.
FINELY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
Red Apple and Silver Bells: a Book of Verse for Children of all Ages. By Hamish Hendry. With over 150 charming Illustrations by Miss Alice B. Woodward. Square 8vo, cloth elegant, gilt edges, 6s.
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