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1/-. OUT IN STORM. With coloured frontispiece. Cr. 8vo, gold back, 9d. KITTY'S CHARGE. With coloured frontispiece. Cloth, 6d. LUCIA'S TRUST. With coloured frontispiece. Cloth, 6d. Tales of English Life in the Olden Time. By EMILY S. HOLT. "_We know of no one whose historical fiction is more trustworthy._"--SPECTATOR. "_Miss Holt's historical tales are all most interesting and profitable, for they teach of what happened in the former and darker ages, and how clearer light has come to us, brought in by fierce struggle and firm adhesion to principle and to the right._"--THE FREEMAN. Crown 8vo, 1/6 each. OUT IN THE '45. A Story of the Jacobites, 1745. "No one can fail to find pleasure in the quaint, picturesque tale which Miss Holt sets forth."--_Spectator._ THE WELL IN THE DESERT. An Old Legend, 1345. "The author has given herself to a class of literature in which she unquestionably excels."--_Literary World._ THE WAY OF THE CROSS. A Tale of the Second Century. "The book has a simple beauty about it which cannot fail to commend it."--_Baptist._ THE SLAVE GIRL OF POMPEII. A Tale of the First Century. MISTRESS MARGERY. A Story of the Lollards, 1400. "The author has the pen of an artistic writer."--_Athenaeum._ CLARE AVERY. A Story of the Spanish Armada, 1588. "Full of thrilling interest."--_Word and Work._ THE KING'S DAUGHTERS. How two Girls kept the Faith, 1556. "A stirring picture of the time."--_Daily Telegraph._ THRO' THE STORM; or, The Lord's Prisoners, 1544. FOR THE MASTER'S SAKE; or, The Days of Queen Mary, 1566. "We heartily commend it."--_Churchman._ ONE SNOWY NIGHT; or, Long Ago at Oxford, 1159. [Illustration] STORIES BY AGNES GIBERNE. _Author of "Sun, Moon, and Stars," etc._ LIFE IN A NUTSHELL. A Story. Illustrated. Large Cr. 8vo, cloth, plain edges, 2/-. "A very refreshing tale of devotion and care."--_Record._ "The story of a girl's life and love pleasantly told."--_Athenaeum._ "A charming story."--_Presbyterian._ IDA'S SECRET; or, The Towers of Ickledale. With coloured illustrations. Cr. 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, 1/6. "Agnes Giberne has never written a prettier tale. The characters are made to live, and there is a refreshing tone running throughout the whole."--_Record._ "Should be a pronounced favourite."--_Book
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