By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE, Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe," &c. With Five Full-page Illustrations by J. F. WEEDON. Bevelled boards, cloth gilt, price 3s. 6d.
A story of life in domestic service at Langhope Mead, with some amusing sketches of character both in the servants' hall and in the neighbouring village. The difficulties and troubles that beset Emmeline Osborne in keeping faithful to the promise she had made to her dead mother, and her final victory, will be found to form an excellent lesson for elder girls.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE ATELIER DU LYS"
NOT ONE OF US
By the Author of "Mademoiselle Mori," "The Atelier du Lys," &c. With Five Full-page Illustrations by J. F. WEEDON. Bevelled boards, cloth gilt, price 3s. 6d.
Descriptive of the career of a young schoolmistress in Northern Italy, and of the manners and customs of the folk dwelling in the valley of Fiorasca. The lonely life of the Dutchwoman, Fransje, who has married Benedetto Balli, and the good deeds she does, form a touching picture that is full of pathos.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "STARWOOD HALL"
THE GOLDEN BUCKLE
By the Author of "Starwood Hall," "Peckover's Mill," &c. With Five Full-page Illustrations by W. S. STAGEY. Bevelled boards, cloth gilt, price 3s. 6d.
A story of London in the year of the Great Plague, showing how one John Garside, a hosier in Holborn, and his family took refuge on board The Golden Buckle, which was then lying in the river with a cargo of sugar and spice, and of the various things that befell them and theirs during the long hot summer.