“It has remained for an Italian writer to give to English speaking people the best book for boys that has yet been written. We say this with Tom Brown’s delightful schooldays fresh in our recollection.”—Portland Press.
GIRLS’ BOOK OF FAMOUS QUEENS.—By Lydia Hoyt Farmer, author of “Boys’ Book of Famous Rulers.” Lives of Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth, Catherine de Medici, Josephine, Victoria, Eugénie, etc. 12mo, cloth. 85 illustrations. $1.50.
“Mrs. Farmer has filled a want never filled before, and met a demand to which there had been no previous reply.”—Boston Traveller.
BURNHAM BREAKER.—By Homer Greene. 12mo. $1.25.
Burnham Breaker is a new and powerful story of the Pennsylvania Coal Regions by the author of the story that won the $1500 prize offered by the Youth’s Companion.
THE BLIND BROTHER.—($1500 Prize Volume.) By Homer Greene. 12mo, illustrated, 90 cents.
“We know of nothing in recent literature equal to it.“
BOYHOOD OF LIVING AUTHORS.—By William H. Rideing. Sketches of the Early Life of Howells, Aldrich, Whittier, Gladstone, Clark Russell, Frank Stockton, etc. 12mo, $1.00.
All the sketches in the volume have been prepared with the consent, and generally with the assistance, of the authors represented. Mainly designed for young readers, it will have, however, an unusual attraction for all who are interested in literary biography.
THE GIANT DWARF.—By J A K 12mo, $1.25. The Giant Dwarf is a simple but eminently sensible and wholesome story of German and American life.