reading more wholesome and highly entertaining
reading for young people could not be found."--_Northern
Chronicle._
=Down and Up Again:= Being some Account of the Felton Family, and the
Odd People they Met. By Gregson Gow.
"The story is very neatly told, with some fairly dramatic
incidents, and calculated altogether to please young
people."--_Scotsman._
=The Troubles and Triumphs of Little Tim.= A City Story. By Gregson
Gow.
"An undercurrent of sympathy with the struggles of the poor, and an
ability to describe their feelings, eminently characteristic of
Dickens, are marked features in Mr. Gow's story."--_N.B. Mail._
=The Happy Lad:= A Story of Peasant Life in Norway. From the Norwegian
of Bjoernson.
"This pretty story has natural eloquence which seems to carry us
back to some of the love stories of the Bible."--_Aberdeen Free
Press._
=The Patriot Martyr:= And other Narratives of Female Heroism in Peace
and War.
"It should be read with interest by every girl who loves to learn
what her sex can accomplish in times of danger."--_Bristol Times._
=Madge's Mistake:= A Recollection of Girlhood. By Annie E.
Armstrong.
"We cannot speak too highly of this delightful little tale. It
abounds in interesting and laughable incidents."--_Bristol Times._
=Box of Stories.= Packed for Young Folk by Horace Happyman.
=When I was a Boy in China.= By Yan Phou Lee, a native of
China, now resident in the United States. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth
extra, _1s. 6d._
"This little book has the advantage of having been written not only
by a Chinaman, but by a man of culture. His book is as interesting
to adults as it is to children."--_The Guardian._
"Not only exceedingly interesting, but of great informative value,
for it gives to English readers a peep into the interior and
private life of China such as has perhaps never before been
afforded."--_The Scottish Leader._
* * * * *
THE SHILLING SERIES OF BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Square 16mo, neatly bound in cloth extra. Each book contains 128 pages
and a Coloured Illustration.
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New Volumes.
=Mr. Lipscombe's Apples.= By Julia Goddard.
=Gladys: or the Sister's Charge.= By E. O'Byrne.
=A Gypsy against Her Will.= By Emma Leslie.
=The Castle on the Shore.= By Isabel Hornibrook.
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