“One of the cleverest and most pleasing stories it has been our good fortune to meet with for some time. The Princess and Curdie are delightful little beings, whom to read about is at once to become very fond of.”—Examiner.
Peter the Pilgrim. The Story of a Boy and His Pet Rabbit. By L. T. Meade. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“Little Peter, with his soft heart, clever head, and brave spirit is no morbid presentment of the angelic child ‘too good to live,’ and who is certainly a nuisance on earth, but a charming creature, if not a portrait, whom it is a privilege to meet even in fiction.”—The Academy.
We and the World. A Story for Boys. By Juliana Horatia Ewing. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“The author has evidently studied the ways and tastes of children and got at the secret of amusing them; and has succeeded in what is not so easy a task as it may seem—in producing a really good children’s book.”—Daily Telegraph.
Little Ivan’s Hero. A Story of Child Life. By Helen Milman. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
“We should imagine those queer folk indeed who could not read this story with eager interest and pleasure, be they boys or girls, young or old. We highly commend the style in which the book is written, and the spirit which pervades it.”—World.
Dick, Marjorie and Fidge. The Wonderful Adventures of Three Little People. By G. E. Farrow. 12mo, cloth, illust’d, price 75 cents.
“... To the young, for whom it is especially intended, this is a most interesting book of adventures, well told, and a pleasant book to take up when their wish is to while away a weary half-hour. We have seen no prettier gift-book for a long time.”—Athenæum.
A Wonder Book: For Boys and Girls. Comprising Stories of Classical Fables. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.