Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's
Chapter 5
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SARA CREWE;
_OR, WHAT HAPPENED AT MISS MINCHIN'S._
=Richly and Fully Illustrated by R. B. Birch.=
_One volume, square 8vo, $1.00._
_FROM LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON:_
"Everybody was in love with 'Little Lord Fauntleroy,' and I think all the world and the rest of mankind will be in love with 'Sara Crewe.' I wish every girl in America could read it."
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TWO BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Mr. Beard has added sixty new drawings to his "American Boy's Handy Book," to illustrate the new games, sports, and mechanical contrivances which he has incorporated in this latest edition. The Misses Beard's companion volume, "The American Girl's Handy Book," is reduced in price, all the features being retained. Both are profusely illustrated with hundreds of pictures and designs, and in their new dress will be prime favorites with holiday buyers.
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THE AMERICAN BOY'S HANDY BOOK;
_OR, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT_.
BY DANIEL C. BEARD.
=With over 360 Illustrations by the Author.=
_One volume, square 8vo, $2.00_
"The book has this great advantage over its predecessors, that most of the games, tricks, and other amusements described in it are new. It treats of sports adapted to all seasons of the year; it is practical, and it is well illustrated." --_The New York Tribune._
"It tells boys how to make all kinds of things--boats, traps, toys, puzzles, aquariums, fishing tackle; how to tie knots, splice ropes, to make bird-calls, sleds, blow-guns, balloons; how to rear wild birds, to train dogs, and do the thousand and one things that boys take delight in. The book is illustrated in such a way that no mistake can be made." --_The Indianapolis Journal._
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THE AMERICAN GIRL'S HANDY BOOK;
_OR, HOW TO AMUSE YOURSELF AND OTHERS_.
BY LENA AND ADELIA B. BEARD.
=With over 500 Illustrations by the Authors.=
_One volume, square 8vo, $2.00_
_LOUISA M. ALCOTT WROTE:_
"I have put it in my list of good and useful books for young people, as I have many requests for advice from my little friends and their anxious mothers. I am most happy to commend your very ingenious and entertaining book."
_GRACE GREENWOOD WROTE:_
"It is a treasure which, once possessed, no practical girl would willingly part with. It is an invaluable aid in making a home attractive, comfortable, artistic and refined. The book preaches the gospel of cheerfulness, industry, economy and comfort."
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"_Most delightful._"--NEW YORK TIMES.
TWO LITTLE CONFEDERATES.
BY THOMAS NELSON PAGE.
=With Eight full-page Illustrations by E. W. Kemble and A. C. Redwood.=
_One volume, square 8vo, $1.50._
"_There is both humor and pathos in the book, and its literary qualities are as high as any book for young folks printed since 'Little Lord Fauntleroy.'_" --CHRISTIAN UNION.
"The story is crisp, fresh and pleasing, and handsomely printed and aptly illustrated by Kemble and Redwood." --_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
"A true picture of Virginia life at home during the mighty conflict full of the pathos and humor of those days." --_Charleston News and Courier._
"The story is beautifully told, fun and pathos being equally mingled in its ingenious threads. The book is a handsome octavo and is fully illustrated." --_Newark Advertiser._
"It tells the story of two Virginia lads left at home on a plantation while the men went to fight. The youngsters have many adventures, serious and humorous, and get into trouble and out of it again. The story abounds in stirring incidents, and gives a very picturesque view of home life in Virginia during the rebellion. It is _an admirable juvenile book_, teaching an excellent moral of self-reliance." --_The Boston Saturday Gazette._
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LITTLE PEOPLE:
_And Their Homes in Meadows, Woods and Waters_.
BY STELLA LOUISE HOOK.
=Beautifully Illustrated by Dan Beard and Harry Beard.=
_One volume, square 8vo, $1.50._
"_A beautifully illustrated volume for young people, in which the habits, humors, and eccentricities of insects are delightfully described. The secrets and charms of insect-land are laid open by her vivacious pen, and the astonishing insects are described in a manner that makes them personal acquaintances._" --CAMBRIDGE TRIBUNE.
"These stories of real fairies are charmingly written and beautifully illustrated." --_Boston Post._
"The author traces the life of the different insects that are familiar to all. A fascinating narrative." --_Christian Inquirer._
"A splendid holiday book." --_Christian at Work._
"The narrative is not only instructive but is made pleasant reading." --_Boston Journal._
"The author has a true eye, a quick imagination, and a fascinating pen." --_The Independent._
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CHILDREN'S STORIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
_TALIESIN TO SHAKESPEARE._
BY HENRIETTA CHRISTIAN WRIGHT.
_One Volume, 12mo, $1.25_
Miss Wright's aim in this new volume has been to bring to the attention of young readers a summary, set forth in simple, attractive language, of the lives and works of the great men of English Literature. Especial stress is laid upon popular literature, the old British and Saxon Songs, the romantic episodes of King Arthur's reign in its relation to learning, Robin Hood, etc. The book is written in a charmingly winning style, and is both entertaining and valuable as a first book of English literature.
CONTENTS.--OLD BRITISH SONGS; OLD SAXON SONGS; CAEDMON; THE VENERABLE BEDE; KING ALFRED; THE ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR; ROBIN HOOD; THE HERO OF THE PEOPLE; LANGLANDE AND GOWER; SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE; GEOFFREY CHAUCER; WICKLIFFE; CAXTON; THE FAERY QUEEN; SIR PHILIP SIDNEY; THE RISE OF THE DRAMA.
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_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._
CHILDREN'S STORIES
OF THE GREAT SCIENTISTS.
_With numerous Portraits. 12mo, $1.25_
"The author has succeeded in making her pen pictures of the great scientists as graphic as the excellent portraits that illustrate the work. Around each name she has picturesquely grouped the essential features of scientific achievement." --_Brooklyn Times._
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OF AMERICAN PROGRESS.
_Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25_
"Miss Wright is favorably known by her volume of well-told 'Stories in American History,' and her 'Stories of American Progress' is equally worthy of commendation. Taken together they present a series of pictures of great graphic interest. The illustrations are excellent." --_The Nation._
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IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
_Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25_
"A most delightful and instructive collection of historical events, told in a simple and pleasant manner. Almost every occurrence in the gradual development of our country is woven into an attractive story for young people." --_San Francisco Evening Post._
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PERSONALLY CONDUCTED.
BY FRANK R. STOCKTON,
With Forty-Six Illustrations by Joseph Pennell, Alfred Parsons and others.
_One volume, square 8vo, =$2.00=_
A fascinating volume of travel by the famous story-teller, whose route is outlined with characteristic quaintness in the table of contents given below. The chapters are a series of pleasant, informal talks with an imaginary party of young people to whom the author is showing the curious and interesting sights of the old world;--a fancy that Mr. Stockton works out with his customary ingenuity and cleverness.
The two-score and more of illustrations by Joseph Pennell, Alfred Parsons, and others, enriching the pages with many beautiful old-world views, give the book a high artistic quality and make it a volume admirably suited for a holiday gift.
CONTENTS.--THE ROMANS, BUT NOT ROME; THE CITY OF THE BENDED KNEE; LITTLE PISA AND GREAT ROME; GREAT ROME AGAIN; AROUND THE BAY OF NAPLES; IN FLORENCE AND VENICE; A MOUNTAIN TOP, AND HOW WE GET THERE; QUEEN PARIS; KING LONDON; IN ENGLISH COUNTRY; THE LOW COUNTRIES AND THE RHINE; THE PEOPLE WE MEET.
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STOCKTON'S OTHER BOOKS.
=THE STORY OF VITEAU.=
_With 16 Full-Page Illustrations by R. B. BIRCH._
_12mo, extra Cloth, $1.50_
"It is as romantic and absorbing as any boy could wish for, full of adventure and daring, and yet told in excellent spirit and with a true literary instinct." --_Christian Union._
=A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.=
_With Twenty Illustrations. 12mo, $1.50_
"We can think of no book published the present season which will more delight the wide-awake, adventure-loving boy. It is, to borrow the adjective from the title, just 'jolly.'" --_Boston Transcript._
=The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales.=
_With Illustrations. Square 8vo, $1.50_
"These tales are full of the quaintest conceits and the oddest fancies, and the strange adventures in which the different characters engage are just the kind to excite the intense interest of children." --_Phila. Bulletin._
=THE TING-A-LING TALES.=
_With numerous Illustrations. 12mo, $1.00_
"It would be difficult to find anything more dainty, fanciful and humorous than these tales of magic, fairies, dwarfs and Giants. There is a vein of satire in them too which adult readers will enjoy." --_N. Y. Herald._
=Roundabout Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fiction.=
_With 200 Illustrations. Square 8vo, $1.50_
=TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.=
_With nearly 200 Illustrations. Square 8vo, $1.50_
"The volumes are profusely illustrated and contain the most entertaining sketches in Mr. Stockton's _most entertaining_ manner." --_Christian Union._
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THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MAGO;
_OR, A PHOENICIAN EXPEDITION, B.C. 1000._
BY LEON CAHUN.
_With 73 Illustrations. New Edition. One Volume, 8vo, $1.50_
Here we have one of those audacious stories which Frenchmen alone seem to have enough originality to invent. Captain Mago is sent by Hiram King of Tyre, on a voyage to Tarshish (Spain) to procure a supply of silver and other treasure with which to embellish the temple of David, King of the Jews, which was to be erected at Jerusalem. During his absence of several years, he met with innumerable strange and perilous adventures by land and sea. In itself the narrative of his exploits is of thrilling interest, but the real value of the book consists in the graphic and accurate picture which it gives of the world as it was a thousand years before the Christian Era. King David, King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and even Homer are among the characters Captain Mago meets in his journeys and adventures.
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=A TALE OF THE INDIAN MUTINY;=
_OR, THE SERPENT-CHARMER._
BY LOUIS ROUSSELET.
_New Edition, Fully Illustrated. One Volume, 12mo, $1.50_
A book of exciting adventures, the scene being laid in India during the Mutiny of 1857, and the story describing the fortunes of a Franco-Indian family.
"The book, the plot of which appears to be founded on fact, is rather a boy's book than a novel, and is filled with an uninterrupted series of wild adventures, told in an agreeable and interesting way." --_The Nation._
"Besides the interest in the romance, much information is conveyed concerning Indian manners and customs, as well as delightful descriptions of the wild country and the animals that abound there." --_Providence Journal._
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=WILD MEN AND WILD BEASTS;=
_OR, SCENES IN CAMP AND JUNGLE._
BY LIEUT.-COL. GORDON CUMMING.
_New Edition, Illustrated. One Volume, 12mo, $1.50_
The author of this book is famous for his hunting exploits in Africa and in Asia. His narrative has an autobiographical basis and contains some of the most marvelous stories of adventure ever published. Col. Gordon's accounts of his various expeditions are records of bravery and endurance seldom paralleled; and the tales of bloodshed are alleviated by pleasant anecdote--the humors of the camp and chase.
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THE BOY'S LIBRARY OF PLUCK AND ACTION.
=Four volumes, 12mo, in a box, illustrated, $5.00
Sold separately, price per volume, 1.50=
A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.
BY FRANK R. STOCKTON.
HANS BRINKER;
=OR, THE SILVER SKATES.=
A Story of Life in Holland.
BY MRS. MARY MAPES DODGE.
THE BOY EMIGRANTS.
BY NOAH BROOKS.
PHAETON ROGERS.
BY ROSSITER JOHNSON.
In the "_Boy's Library of Pluck and Action_," the design was to bring together the representative and most popular books of four of the best known writers for young people. The volumes are beautifully illustrated and uniformly bound in a most attractive form.
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ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF TRAVEL.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
=Per set, six volumes, 12mo, $6.00. Each with many illustrations.
Sold separately, per volume, $1.25.=
JAPAN IN OUR DAY. TRAVELS IN ARABIA. TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA. CENTRAL ASIA. THE LAKE REGION OF CENTRAL AFRICA. SIAM, THE LAND OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
Each volume is complete in itself, and contains, first, a brief preliminary sketch of the country to which it is devoted; next, such an outline of previous explorations as may be necessary to explain what has been achieved by later ones; and finally, a condensation of one or more of the most important narratives of recent travel, accompanied with illustrations of the scenery, architecture, and life of the races, drawn only from the most authentic sources.
"Authenticated accounts of countries, peoples, modes of living and being, curiosities in natural history, and personal adventure in travels and explorations, suggest a rich fund of solid instruction combined with delightful entertainment. The editorship by one of the most observant and well-travelled men of modern times, at once secures the high character of the 'Library' in every particular." --_The Sunday School Times._
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HANS BRINKER; OR, THE SILVER SKATES.
A STORY OF LIFE IN HOLLAND.
By MARY MAPES DODGE.
=One volume, 12mo, with sixty beautiful illustrations, $1.50.=
"For children, what could be better as a gift than a copy of Mrs. Dodge's 'Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates'? This is one of the most charming of juvenile stories, dealing with fresh scenes and a strange life, and told with sweet simplicity and great beauty." --_The Congregationalist._
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RHYMES AND JINGLES.
By Mrs. MARY MAPES DODGE.
EDITOR OF "ST. NICHOLAS."
_Profusely illustrated._
=One vol., 12mo. New edition, $1.50=
Mrs. Dodge's "Rhymes and Jingles" is a collection of her child's poems--a department of literature in which she has no equal. Some of these poems have been pronounced "without rivals in our language."
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PRINCE PEERLESS.
A FAIRY FOLK STORY BOOK.
By MARGARET COLLIER.
(Madame Gelletti Di Cadilhac).
ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN COLLIER.
=One volume, 12mo, $1.25=
"More admirable and fascinating a fairy story book we have not lately set eyes upon. The stories are most airily conceived and most gracefully executed." --_The Hartford Post._
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PHAETON ROGERS.
A NOVEL OF BOY LIFE.
By ROSSITER JOHNSON.
_Illustrated._
=One volume, 12mo, $1.50=
"One of the funniest, liveliest juvenile stories of the year is 'Phaeton Rogers,' by Rossiter Johnson. The writer shows as much ingenuity in inventing comical adventures and situations as Phaeton does with his kite-teams, fire ladders, and comets." --_The Holyoke Transcript._
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THE BOY EMIGRANTS.
By NOAH BROOKS.
_Illustrated._
=One volume, 12mo, $1.50=
"It is one of the best boy's stories we have ever read. There is nothing morbid or unhealthy about it. His heroes are thorough boys, with all the faults of their age." --_The Christian at Work._
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THE FAIRPORT NINE.
By NOAH BROOKS.
=One volume, 12mo, $1.25=
"As a thoroughly wholesome and delightful book for boys, 'The Fairport Nine' is not likely to have its superior this season." --_The N. Y. Evening Mail._
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ABOUT OLD STORY TELLERS.
OF HOW AND WHEN THEY LIVED, AND WHAT STORIES THEY TOLD.
By DONALD G. MITCHELL.
_With numerous illustrations._
=One volume, 12mo, $1.25=
"'About Old Story Tellers' is made up of the best of the old stories, gathered from all sources, re-told in Mr. Mitchell's inimitable manner, and interwoven with lively sketches of the original writers and the times in which they flourished." --_The New Haven Journal and Courier._
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HEROES OF THE OLDEN TIME.
By JAMES BALDWIN.
_Three vols., 12mo, each beautifully illustrated, Singly, $1.50; The Set, $4.00._
In these three volumes, Mr. Baldwin presents in consecutive narrative forms the Legends relating to the Trojan War, the great Siegfried myth of Northern Europe, and the mediaeval romance of Roland and Charlemange; bringing before the reader, with great spirit, with scholarly accuracy and with unfailing taste these heroic figures and the times in which their adventures are supposed to have occurred.
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=A STORY OF THE GOLDEN AGE.=
With a series of superb Full-page Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE.
=One volume, 12mo, $1.50.=
"Mr. Baldwin's book is redolent with the spirit of the Odyssey, that glorious primitive epic, fresh with the dew of the morning of time. It is an unalloyed pleasure to read his recital of the adventures of the wily Odysseus, slightly expurgated though it be, and adapted for the intelligence of youthful minds. Howard Pyle's illustrations render the spirit of the Homeric age with admirable felicity." --_Prof. H. H. Boyesen._
"Mr. Baldwin's work here as in 'Siegfried' and 'Roland' is of exceptional merit, and is to be classed with the 'Tanglewood Tales' of Hawthorne rather than with the average story for the young. Mr. Pyle has furnished the volume with a dozen drawings of great artistic excellence and of genuinely illustrative character." --_The Providence Journal._
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=THE STORY OF SIEGFRIED.=
With a series of Full-page Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE.
=One volume, 12mo, $1.50.=
"It is told with spirit and is beautifully illustrated." --_The New York Sun._
"'The Story of Siegfried' is charmingly told. The author makes up the story from the various myths in a fascinating way which cannot fail to interest the reader. It is as enjoyable as any fairy tale. The writer's style is simple and very attractive, and the book is in every way an excellent one for young readers." --_The Hartford Courant._
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=THE STORY OF ROLAND.=
With a Series of Full-page Illustrations by R. B. BIRCH.
=One volume, 12mo, $1.50.=
"Finely written, beautifully bound and excellently illustrated, it is a charming gift-book for either a boy or a girl." --_The Critic._
"The old romance is thus told in English for the first time in a connected form, and is admirably told in the true spirit of chivalry." --_The Boston Traveler._
"Mr. Baldwin has culled from a wide range of epics, French, Italian and German, and has once more proved his aptitude as a story teller for the young, while conveying information for which many of their elders will be thankful." --_The Nation._
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THE BLACK ARROW.
_A TALE OF THE TWO ROSES_.
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
=With 12 full-page Illustrations by Will H. Low and Alfred Brennan.=
_One volume, 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00._
"We have devoured the book at a sitting; and were the question to arise which of the author's two books, 'Treasure Island' or 'The Black Arrow,' should be preserved, if only one of them could escape destruction, we should hesitate not a moment to cry out for 'The Black Arrow.' It has all the charm of the other book and something more." --_The Critic._
"The Black Arrows are a kind of Robin Hoods, who forgather in the greenwood, kill the King's venison, waylay the King's subjects, and exercise a simple and primitive injustice by killing everybody in any way connected with the objects of their special animosity. Mr. Stevenson has made a striking series of dramatic pictures. The action is vigorous and incessant. The lawless condition of the time is kept in evidence. Everybody is fighting or flying, plotting or baffling plots, doing or hindering overt wrong. The tale sweeps on to its close with plenty of elan." --_The New York Tribune._
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KIDNAPPED.
_Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751._
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
_One volume, 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00._
=With 16 full-page Illustrations, $1.25.=
"Mr. Stevenson has never appeared to greater advantage than in 'Kidnapped.'" --_The Nation._
"He brings back old chivalries and piracies, and talks to the boyhood of to-day of shipwrecks and highwaymen, as if these venerable objects of worship had not been superseded long ago by mercantile heroes and dollar-coining newsboys." --_The Atlantic Monthly._
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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
_One volume, 12mo, gilt top, $1.00._
"These verses are simply exquisite. They are the child's thought in the child's language, and yet altogether, poetical. We do not know anything in the whole range of English literature to equal them in their own peculiar charm. There is a subtle beauty in them which is indescribable and unequalled." --_The Churchman._
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POETRY FOR CHILDREN.
BY MARY AND CHARLES LAMB.
With Prince Dorus and Some Uncollected Poems by CHARLES LAMB. Edited by R. H. SHEPHERD. 16mo, $1.00.
"The book will be very welcome to thousands of admirers and lovers of Charles Lamb. The verses are certainly far superior to most of the poems written for the young." --_Springfield Republican._
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SERMONS FOR CHILDREN.
Preached in Westminster Abbey. By ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY, late Dean of Westminster. 12mo, $1.00.
"They are simple, beautiful, and forcible in the presentation of practical religious truth, and no intelligent child can begin the perusal of one of them without finishing it and deriving wholesome and lasting impressions from it." --_The Interior._
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MARVELS OF ANIMAL LIFE SERIES.
By CHARLES F. HOLDER.
_Three vols., 8vo, each profusely illustrated, Singly, $1.75; The Set, $5.00._
The marvellously strange forms of animal life that exist or have existed in the earth, air or sea, supply Mr. Holder with a theme of entrancing interest for every boy. The style is popular; there is a mass of accurate information, much of which is based upon the personal observation of the author and the illustrations are numerous and of substantial help to the reader.
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LIVING LIGHTS.
A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF PHOSPHORESCENT ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES.
=With 27 Full-page Illustrations, $1.75.=
"We have read more books of the class of the one before us than we can remember, but none that has attracted us so much as this thick little quarto. There is a world of entertainment in Mr. Holder's book." --_R. H. Stoddard._