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y. 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._ =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._ "A good book for boys and girls. There is no sickly goodyism in it, but a tone of quiet and true religion that keeps its own place."--_Perthshire Advertiser._ =Aboard the "Atalanta:"= The Story of a Truant. 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= and The Lost Pinnace. 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._ =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._ "Is not only told in an artless, simple way, but is full of the kind of humour that children love."--_Liverpool Mercury._ =Swiss Stories for Children and those who Love 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._ "These most delightful children's tales are essentially for children, but would fascinate older and less enthusiastic minds with their delicate romance and the admirable portraiture of the hard life of the Swiss peasantry."--_Spectator._ =The Squire's Grandson:= A Devonshire Story. By J.M. Callwell. "A healthy tone pervades this story, and the lessons of courage, filial affection, and devotion to duty on the part of the young hero cannot fail to favourably i
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