Games and Gambols. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; with Verses by John Brymer. 26 pages in colour, and 24 pages of letterpress. Picture boards, 9 inches by 11¼ inches, cloth back, 2s. 6d.; also cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
Mr. Neilson surpasses himself in these irresistible colour pictures representing the animal world at play. The great test match between the Lions and the Kangaroos, Mrs. Mouse’s Ping-Pong Party, Mr. Bruin playing Golf, Towser’s Bicycle Tour, and the Kittens v. Bunnies Football Match, are a few among the many droll subjects illustrated in this amusing and original series.
“Mr. Neilson has a positive genius for making animals comic.”—Academy.
“Children will revel in his work.”—Daily Graphic.
S. R. PRAEGER
How They Went to School. With 24 full-page pictures in full colour. Picture-boards, cloth back, 2s. 6d.; cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
A pretty picture-book for the little ones, full of quiet humour and shrewd observation of child life. The book tells in picture and story how Hal and Kitty, two tiny scholars, set out on their way to school, and the various adventures that happen to them on the road.
“Quite the most charming book we have yet seen.”—Daily News.
OUR DARLING’S FIRST BOOK
Bright Pictures and Easy Lessons for Little Folk. Quarto, 10⅛ inches by 7¾ inches, picture boards, 1s.; cloth, gilt edges, 2s.