This is a charming story of Nantucket folk by a young clergyman who is already well known through his contributions to the Youth's Companion, St. Nicholas, and other well-known magazines. The story deals with a sturdy American fisher lad, during the war of 1812.
The King of the Golden River: A Legend of Stiria. By John Ruskin.
Written fifty years or more ago, and not originally intended for publication, this little fairy tale soon became known and made a place for itself.
Little Peterkin Vandike. By Charles Stuart Pratt.
The author's dedication furnishes a key to this charming story:
"I dedicate this book, made for the amusement (and perchance instruction) of the boys who may read it, to the memory of one boy, who would have enjoyed as much as Peterkin the plays of the Poetry Party, but who has now marched, as they will march one day, out of the ranks of boyhood into the ranks of young manhood."
Will o' the Mill. By Robert Louis Stevenson.
An allegorical story by this inimitable and versatile writer. Its rare poetic quality, its graceful and delicate fancy, its strange power and fascination, justify its separate publication.