CRAIK. Works by Mrs. Craik, author of "John Halifax, Gentleman."
Sermons out of Church. New Edition. 12mo. $1.75.
Children's Poetry. Globe 8vo. $1.25.
The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak. A Parable for Young and Old. With Illustrations. 12mo. $1.25.
Little Sunshine's Holiday. Globe 8vo. $1.00.
Adventures of a Brownie. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.00.
Alice Learmont. A Fairy Tale. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.00.
Our Year: a Child's Book. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
The Fairy Book. The Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew. Golden Treasury Series. 18mo. $1.25.
DEFOE. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Edited from the Original Edition by Henry Kingsley. Globe Edition. $1.25.
Golden Treasury Series. 18mo. $1.00.
DE MORGAN. The Necklace of Princess Florimonde, and other Stories. By Mary de Morgan. Illustrated by Walter Crane. New and cheaper Edition, cloth extra. $1.25.
"The stories display considerable originality, and Mr. Walter Crane's characteristic illustrations combine with Miss De Morgan's pretty fancies in forming a charming gift-book."—Graphic.
"A real gem."—Punch.
ENGLISH MEN OF ACTION SERIES. 12mo. Cloth, limp, 60 cents; cloth, uncut edges, 75 cents.
"An admirable set of brief biographies.... The volumes are small, attractive, and inexpensive."—Dial.
"The 'English Men of Action' promises to be a notable series of short biographies. The subjects are well chosen, and the authors almost as well."—Epoch.
Gordon. By Col. Sir W. Butler.
Henry the Fifth. By the Rev. A. J. Church.
Livingstone. By Thomas Hughes.
Lord Lawrence. By Sir R. Temple.
Wellington. By George Hooper.
Dampier. By W. Clark Russell.
Monk. By Julian Corbett.
Strafford. By H. D. Traill.
Warren Hastings. By Sir Alfred Lyall, K.C.B.
Peterborough. By William Stebbing.
Captain Cook. By Walter Besant.
Havelock. By Archibald Forbes.
Clive. By Col. Sir Charles Wilson.
Drake. By Julian Corbett.
Warwick, the King Maker. By C. W. Oman.
Napier. By Col. Sir William Butler.
Rodney. By D. G. Hannay.
Montrose. By Mowbray Morris. Shortly.
EWING (J. H.). We and the World. A Story for Boys. By the late Juliana Horatio Ewing. With seven Illustrations by W. L. Jones, and a Pictorial Design on the Cover. 4th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"A very good book it is, full of adventure graphically told. The style is just what it should be; simple but not bold, full of pleasant humor, and with some pretty touches of feeling. Like all Mrs. Ewing's tales, it is sound, sensible, and wholesome."—Times.
A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, Some Passages in the Life of an Only Son. With 12 Illustrations by H. Allingham, and Pictorial Design on the Cover. 16th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"Let every parent and guardian who wishes to be amused, and at the same time to please a child, purchase 'A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, Some Passages in the Life of an Only Son,' by J. H. Ewing. We will answer for the delight with which they will read it themselves, and we do not doubt that the young and fortunate recipients will also like it. The story is quaint, original, and altogether delightful."—Athenæum.
Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances. Illustrated with nine fine full-page Engravings by Pasquier, and Frontispiece by Wolf, and Pictorial Design on the Cover. 4th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"It is not often nowadays the privilege of a critic to grow enthusiastic over a new work; and the rarity of the occasion that calls forth the delight is apt to lead one into the sin of hyperbole. And yet we think we shall not be accused of extravagance when we say that, without exception, 'Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances' is the most delightful work avowedly written for children that we have ever read."—Leader.
Six to Sixteen. A Story for Girls. With 10 Illustrations by Mrs. Allingham. 7th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"It is scarcely necessary to say that Mrs. Ewing's book is one of the best of the year."—Saturday Review.
A Great Emergency. (A very Ill-Tempered Family; Our Field; Madame Liberality.) With four Illustrations. 3d Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"Never has Mrs. Ewing published a more charming volume of stories, and that is saying a very great deal. From the first to the last the book overflows with the strange knowledge of child-nature which so rarely survives childhood; and, moreover, with inexhaustible quiet humor, which is never anything but innocent and well-bred, never priggish, and never clumsy."—Academy.
Jan of the Windmill. A Story of the Plains. With 11 Illustrations by Mrs. Allingham and design on the cover. 5th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper boards, 35 cents.
"The life and its surroundings, the incidents of Jan's childhood, are described with Mrs. Ewing's accustomed skill; the village schoolmaster, the miller's wife, and the other children, are extremely well done."
Melchior's Dream. (The Blackbird's Nest; Friedrich's Ballad; A Bit of Green; Monsieur the Viscount's Friend; The Yew Lane Ghosts; A Bad Habit; A Happy Family.) With eight Illustrations by Gordon Browne. 6th Edition. 12mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. 4to. In paper wrapper, 35 cents.
"'Melchior's Dream' is an exquisite little story, charming by original humor, buoyant spirits, and tender pathos."—Athenæum.
Lob-lie-by-the-fire; or, the Luck of Lingborough, and Other Tales. With three Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 4th Edition. 16mo. $1.00.
"Mrs. Ewing has written as good a story as her 'Brownies,' and that is saying a great deal. 'Lob-lie-by-the-fire' has humor and pathos, and teaches what is right without making children think they are reading a sermon."—Saturday Review.
The Brownies. (The Land of Lost Toys; Three Christmas Trees; An Idyl of the Wood; Christmas Crackers; Amelia and the Dwarfs; Timothy's Shoes; Benjy in Beastland.) Illustrated by George Cruikshank. 7th Edition. 16mo. $1.00.
Cheap Illustrated Edition. Fcap. 4to. In paper wrapper, 35 cents.
"If a child once begins 'The Brownies,' it will get so deeply interested in it that when bedtime comes it will altogether forget the moral, and will weary its parents with importunities for just a few minutes more to see how everything ends."—Saturday Review.