By MARY MAPES DODGE.
One volume, 12mo, with sixty beautiful illustrations, $1.50.
"For children, what could be better as a gift than a copy of Mrs. Dodge's 'Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates'? This is one of the most charming of juvenile stories, dealing with fresh scenes and a strange life, and told with sweet simplicity and great beauty." —The Congregationalist.
| RHYMES AND JINGLES. By Mrs. MARY MAPES DODGE. Editor of "St. Nicholas." Profusely illustrated. One vol., 12mo. New edition, $1.50 Mrs. Dodge's "Rhymes and Jingles" is a collection of her child's poems—a department of literature in which she has no equal. Some of these poems have been pronounced "without rivals in our language." PRINCE PEERLESS. A Fairy Folk Story Book. By MARGARET COLLIER. (Madame Gelletti Di Cadilhac). ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN COLLIER. One volume, 12mo, $1.25 "More admirable and fascinating a fairy story book we have not lately set eyes upon. The stories are most airily conceived and most gracefully executed." —The Hartford Post. PHAETON ROGERS. A NOVEL OF BOY LIFE. By ROSSITER JOHNSON. Illustrated. One volume, 12mo, $1.50 "One of the funniest, liveliest juvenile stories of the year is 'Phaeton Rogers,' by Rossiter Johnson. The writer shows as much ingenuity in inventing comical adventures and situations as Phaeton does with his kite-teams, fire ladders, and comets." —The Holyoke Transcript. |
THE BOY EMIGRANTS.
By NOAH BROOKS.
Illustrated.
One volume, 12mo, $1.50
"It is one of the best boy's stories we have ever read. There is nothing
morbid or unhealthy about it. His heroes are thorough boys, with all the
faults of their age."
—The Christian at Work. THE FAIRPORT NINE. By NOAH BROOKS. One volume, 12mo, $1.25 "As a thoroughly wholesome and delightful book for boys, 'The Fairport Nine' is not likely to have its superior this season." —The N. Y. Evening Mail. ABOUT OLD STORY TELLERS. OF HOW AND WHEN THEY LIVED, AND WHAT STORIES THEY TOLD. By DONALD G. MITCHELL. With numerous illustrations. One volume, 12mo, $1.25 "'About Old Story Tellers' is made up of the best of the old stories, gathered from all sources, re-told in Mr. Mitchell's inimitable manner, and interwoven with lively sketches of the original writers and the times in which they flourished." —The New Haven Journal and Courier. |
Heroes of the Olden Time.
By JAMES BALDWIN.
Three vols., 12mo, each beautifully illustrated, Singly, $1.50; The Set, $4.00.
In these three volumes, Mr. Baldwin presents in consecutive narrative forms the Legends relating to the Trojan War, the great Siegfried myth of Northern Europe, and the mediæval romance of Roland and Charlemange; bringing before the reader, with great spirit, with scholarly accuracy and with unfailing taste these heroic figures and the times in which their adventures are supposed to have occurred.