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distance of Stimson's Reef in the matter of startling incidents and hairbreadth 'scapes. In these respects it may almost vie with Mr. R. L. Stevenson's matchless Treasure Island."—Guardian.

 

Gladys Anstruther. By Louisa Thompson.

"It is a clever book, and some of the passages in the narrative are novel and striking in the highest degree."—Schoolmistress.

 

The Secret of the Old House. By Evelyn Everett-Green.

"Tim, the little Jacobite who asks his grandmother if she can remember Charles I., is a charming creation. So original a child as Tim must win the hearts of all who read the pleasant tale."—Academy.

 

Hal Hungerford. By J. R. Hutchinson, b.a.

"There is no question whatever as to the spirited manner in which the story is told; the death of the mate of the smuggler by the teeth of the dog is especially effective. Altogether, Hal Hungerford is a distinct literary success."—Spectator.

 

The Golden Weathercock. By Julia Goddard.

"A cleverly conceived quaint story, in which the golden cock on the church spire is the recipient of enchanting stories of enchanted people and places. Full of pretty and ingenious ideas, prettily and ingeniously written."—Saturday Review.

 

White Lilac: Or, The Queen of the May. By Amy Walton.

"Every here and there we are reminded of Mrs. Tulliver and Sister Pullet in the quaint dialogue of the story.... Every rural parish ought to add White Lilac to its library."—Academy.

 

Miriam's Ambition. By Evelyn Everett-Green.

"Miss Green's children are real British boys and girls, not small men and women. Babs is a charming little one."—Liverpool Mercury.

 

The Brig "Audacious." By Alan Cole.

"Bright and vivacious in style, and fresh and wholesome as a breath of sea air in tone."—Court Journal.

 

The Saucy May. By Henry Frith.

"Mr. Frith gives a new picture of life on the ocean wave which will be acceptable to all young people."—Sheffield Independent.

 

Jasper's Conquest. By Elizabeth J. Lysaght.

"One of the best boys' books of the season. It is full of stirring adventure and startling episodes, and yet conveys a splendid moral throughout."—Schoolmaster.

 

Little Lady Clare. By Evelyn Everett-Green.

"Certainly one of the prettiest, reminding us in its quaintness and tender pathos of Mrs. Ewing's delightful tales. This is quite one of the best stories Miss Green's clever pen has yet given us."—Literary World.

 

The Eversley Secrets. By Evelyn Everett-Green.

"A clever and well-told story. Roy Eversley is a very touching picture of high principle and unshrinking self-devotion in a good purpose."—Guardian.

 

The Hermit Hunter of the Wilds. By G. Stables, r.n.

"Pirates and pumas, mutiny and merriment, a castaway and a cat, furnish the materials for a tale that will gladden the heart of many a bright boy."—Methodist Recorder.

 

Sturdy and Strong. By G. A. Henty.

"The history of a hero of everyday life, whose love of truth, clothing of modesty, and innate pluck carry him, naturally, from poverty to affluence. He stands as a good instance of chivalry in domestic life."—The Empire.

 

Gutta Percha Willie, The Working Genius. By George Macdonald.

"Had we space we would fain quote page after page. All we have room to say is, get it for your boys and girls to read for themselves."—Practical Teacher.

 

The War of the Axe: Or, Adventures in South Africa. By J. Percy-Groves.

"The story of their final escape from the Caffres is a marvellous bit of writing.... The story is well and brilliantly told."—Literary World.

 

The Lads of Little Clayton. By R. Stead.

"A capital book for boys. They will learn from its pages what true boy courage is. They will learn further to avoid all that is petty and mean if they read the tales aright. They may be read to a class with great profit."—Schoolmaster.

 

Ten Boys who lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now. By Jane Andrews. With 20 Illustrations.

"The idea of this book is a very happy one, and is admirably carried out. We have followed the whole course of the work with exquisite pleasure. Teachers should find it particularly interesting and suggestive."—Practical Teacher.

 

A Waif of the Sea: Or, The Lost Found. By Kate Wood.

"Written with tenderness and grace, the story will appeal to mothers who have felt the pain of being parted from their children, as powerfully as to the hearts and sympathies of younger readers."—Morning Advertiser.

 

Winnie's Secret: A Story of Faith and Patience. By Kate Wood.

"One of the best story-books we have read. Girls will be charmed with the tale, and delighted that everything turns out so well."—Schoolmaster.

 

Miss Willowburn's Offer. By Sarah Doudney.

"Patience Willowburn is one of Miss Doudney's best creations, and is the one personality in the story which can be said to give it the character of a book not for young ladies but for girls."—Spectator.

 

A Garland for Girls. By Louisa M. Alcott.

"The Garland will delight our girls, and show them how to make their lives fragrant with good deeds."—British Weekly.

"These little tales are the beau ideal of girls' stories."—Christian World.

 

Hetty Gray: Or, Nobody's Bairn. By Rosa Mulholland.

"A charming story for young folks. Hetty is a delightful creature—piquant, tender, and true—and her varying fortunes are perfectly realistic."—World.

 

Brothers in Arms: A Story of the Crusades. By F. Bayford Harrison.

"Full of striking incident, is very fairly illustrated, and may safely be chosen as sure to prove interesting to young people of both sexes."—Guardian.

 

The Ball of Fortune: Or, Ned Somerset's Inheritance. By Charles Pearce.

"A capital story for boys. It is simply and brightly written. There is plenty of incident, and the interest is sustained throughout."—Journal of Education.

 

Miss Fenwick's Failures: Or, "Peggy Pepper-Pot." By Esmé Stuart.

"Esmé Stuart may be commended for producing a girl true to real life, who will put no nonsense into young heads."—Graphic.

 

Gytha's Message: A Tale of Saxon England. By Emma Leslie.

"This is a charmingly told story. It is the sort of book that all girls and some boys like, and can only get good from."—Journal of Education.

 

Jack o' Lanthorn: A Tale of Adventure. By Henry Frith.

"The narrative is crushed full of stirring incident, and is sure to be a prime favourite with our boys, who will be assisted by it in mastering a sufficiently exciting chapter in the history of England."—Christian Leader.

 

The Family Failing. By Darley Dale.

"At once an amusing and an interesting story, and a capital lesson on the value of contentedness to young and old alike."—Aberdeen Journal.

 

My Mistress the Queen: A Tale of the 17th Century. By M. A. Paull.

"The style is pure and graceful, the presentation of manners and character has been well studied, and the story is full of interest."—Scotsman.

 

The Stories of Wasa and Menzikoff: The Deliverer of Sweden, and the Favourite of Czar Peter.

"Both are stories worth telling more than once, and it is a happy thought to have put them side by side."—Spectator.

 

Stories of the Sea in Former Days.

"Next to an original sea-tale of sustained interest come well-sketched collections of maritime peril and suffering which awaken the sympathies by the realism of fact. Stories of the Sea are a very good specimen of the kind."—The Times.

 

Tales of Captivity and Exile.

"It would be difficult to place in the hands of young people a book which combines interest and instruction in a higher degree."—Manchester Courier.

 

Famous Discoveries by Sea and Land.

"Such a volume may providentially stir up some youths by the divine fire kindled by these 'great of old' to lay open other lands."—Perth Advertiser.

 

Stirring Events of History.

"The volume will fairly hold its place among those which make the smaller ways of history pleasant and attractive."—Guardian.

 

Adventures in Field, Flood, and Forest.

"The editor has beyond all question succeeded admirably. The present book cannot fail to be read with interest and advantage."—Academy.

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Queen ff the Daffodils: A Story of High School Life. By Leslie Laing. Illustrated by W. Parkinson.

 

Raff's Ranche: A Story of Adventure among Cowboys and Indians. By F. M. Holmes. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.

 

An Unexpected Hero. By Eliz. J. Lysaght.

"Among the very best of the series is, An Unexpected Hero. There is abundance of pleasant incident and skilful character delineation."—Freeman's Jour.

 

The Bushranger's Secret. By Mrs. Henry Clarke, m.a.

"One of the best stories we have had of the Australian bush, with a good plot, an action always good, and rising into dramatic intensity at times."—Spectator.

 

The White Squall. By John C. Hutcheson.

"This is a capital story. The descriptions of scenery and places, and especially of the changes of calm and tempest, are lifelike and vivid."—Standard.

 

The Wreck of the "Nancy Bell." By J. C. Hutcheson.

"The narrative is full of excitement and interest; it cannot fail to develop resource, and encourage independence and manliness of character."—Academy.

 

The Lonely Pyramid. By J. H. Yoxall.

"It is full of wild surprises and marvels. The Pyramid alone is a fascinating invention, and the 'lost oasis of the vision on the sand' is even more delightful."—Saturday Review.

 

Bab: or, The Triumph of Unselfishness. By Ismay Thorn.

"Bab is a capital story for children, who will be much amused by the picture on the cover of the worthy doll Jocasta."—Athenæum.

 

Climbing the Hill, and other Stories. By Annie S. Swan.

"Miss Annie Swan's children are children, and not old people masquerading in children's attire. This volume of tales is made up of just the kind of incidents of which children love to read."—Christian Leader.

 

Brave and True, and other Stories. By Gregson Gow.

"This is one of those very few volumes which are adapted for reading aloud to children in the nursery."—Spectator.

 

The Light Princess. By George Macdonald.

"Graceful, fantastic, delicately didactic in its playfulness, this volume is likely to give as much pleasure to the elder folk as to the younger."—Daily News.

 

Nutbrown Roger and I. By J. H. Yoxall.

"The pictures of manners is perfect, the excitement, of the healthiest kind, goes on increasing to the last. It is one of the very best and most delightful story-books of the season."—Tablet.

 

Warner's Chase: Or, The Gentle Heart. By Annie S. Swan.

"In Milly Warren, the heroine, who softens the hard heart of her rich uncle, and thus unwittingly restores the family fortunes, we have a fine ideal of real womanly goodness."—Schoolmaster.

 

Sam Silvan's Sacrifice. By Jesse Colman.

"There is a spirit of gentleness, kindliness, and tenderness manifest in every page of this volume, which will make it an influence for good."—Christian Union.

 

Insect Ways on Summer Days in Garden, Forest, Field, and Stream. By Jennett Humphreys. With 70 Illustrations.

"This book will prove not only instructive but delightful to every child whose mind is beginning to inquire and reflect upon the wonders of nature. It is capitally illustrated and very tastefully bound."—Academy.

 

Susan. By Amy Walton.

"A clever little story, written with some humour. The authoress shows a great deal of insight into children's feelings and motives."—Pall Mall Gazette.

 

A Pair of Clogs. By Amy Walton.

"Decidedly interesting, and unusually true to nature. For children between nine and fourteen this book can be thoroughly commended."—Academy.

 

The Hawthorns. By Amy Walton.

"A remarkably vivid and clever study of child-life. At this species of work Amy Walton has no superior."—Christian Leader.

 

Dorothy's Dilemma. By Caroline Austin.

"An exceptionally well-told story, and will be warmly welcomed by children. The little heroine, Dorothy, is a charming creation."—Court Journal.

 

Marie's Home. By Caroline Austin.

"An exquisitely told story. The heroine is as fine a type of girlhood as one could wish to set before our little British damsels of to-day."—Christian Leader.

 

A Warrior King. By J. Evelyn.

"The friendship formed between the African Prince and Adrian Englefield will remind the reader of the old story of the 'wonderful love' which existed long ago when Jonathan and David made a covenant."—Dundee Advertiser.

 

Aboard the "Atalanta." By Henry Frith.

"The story is very interesting and the descriptions most graphic. We doubt if any boy after reading it would be tempted to the great mistake of running away from school under almost any pretext whatever."—Practical Teacher.

 

The Penang Pirate. By John C. Hutcheson.

"A book which boys will thoroughly enjoy: rattling, adventurous, and romantic, and the stories are thoroughly healthy in tone."—Aberdeen Journal.

 

Teddy: The Story of a "Little Pickle." By John C. Hutcheson.

"He is an amusing little fellow with a rich fund of animal spirits, and when at length he goes to sea with Uncle Jack he speedily sobers down under the discipline of life."—Saturday Review.

 

A Rash Promise. By Cecilia Selby Lowndes.

"A carefully told story; and Meg Clifford is a delightful and natural little girl."—Spectator.

 

Linda and the Boys. By Cecilia Selby Lowndes.

"The book is essentially a child's book, and will be heartily appreciated by the young folk."—The Academy.

 

Swiss Stories for Children. From the German of Madam Johanna Spyri. By Lucy Wheelock.

"Charming stories. They are rich in local colouring, and, what is better, in genuine pathos."—The Times.

 

The Squire's Grandson: A Devonshire Story. By J. M. Callwell.

"The lessons of courage, filial affection, and devotion