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e folk-lore of the district. An interesting plot runs through the narrative, but the charm of the story lies in its happy mingling of Irish humour and pathos. "Is told with grace, and brightened by a knowledge of Irish folk-lore, making it a perfect present for a girl in her teens."--_Truth._ -- Gianetta: A Girl's Story of Herself. With 6 full-page Illustrations by LOCKHART BOGLE. 3s. The story of a changeling who is suddenly transferred to the position of a rich English heiress. She develops into a good and accomplished woman, and has gained too much love and devotion to be a sufferer by the surrender of her estates. ANNIE E. ARMSTRONG Violet Vereker's Vanity. With 6 full-page Illustrations by G. DEMAIN HAMMOND, R.I. 3s. 6d. The heroine was an excellent girl in most respects. But she had one small weakness, which expressed itself in a snobbish dislike of her neighbours, the Sugdens, whose social position she deemed beneath her own. In the end, however, the girl acknowledged her folly, with results which are sure to delight the reader. "A book for girls that we can heartily recommend, for it is bright, sensible, and with a right tone of thought and feeling."--_Sheffield Independent._ ALICE CORKRAN Margery Merton's Girlhood. With 6 full-page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 3s. 6d. The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father an officer in India--to the care of an elderly aunt residing near Paris. The accounts of the various persons who have an after influence on the story are singularly vivid. "_Margery Merton's Girlhood_ is a piece of true literature, as dainty as it is delicate, and as sweet as it is simple."--_Woman's World._ ELIZA F. POLLARD For the Red Rose. With 4 Illustrations by JAMES DURDEN. 2s. 6d. A gipsy finds a little girl in the forest of Wimbourne, after the sacking of the castle by the Yorkists. He carries her to the camp and she is adopted by the tribe. The story tells how, when some years later Margaret of Anjou and her son are wrecked on the coast of England, the gipsy girl follows the fortunes of the exiled queen, and by what curious chain of events her own origin is discovered. "This is a good story, and of special interest to lovers of historical romance."--_Court Circular._ MRS. E. J. LYSAGHT Brother and Sister: With 6 page Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE. 3
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