ot written a better book than _A Rough
Road_."--_Spectator_.

"Told with much simple force and that charm which belongs to one who has
known herself what a rough road is, and how to traverse it."--_Winter's
Weekly_.

The Two Dorothys: A Tale for Girls. By Mrs. HERBERT MARTIN. Illustrated
by GORDON BROWNE.

"A book that will not only interest and please all girls, but will also,
from its pure but unostentatious teaching, stimulate and encourage to
better and higher things, youthful hopes, dreams, and ambitions."--_The
Lady_.

Penelope and the Others: A Story of Five Country Children. By AMY
WALTON. Illustrated by L. LESLIE BROOKE.

"This is a charming book for children. Miss Walton proves herself a
perfect adept in understanding of school-room joys and sorrows, and her
name ought to become a household word amongst our boys and
girls."--_Christian Leader_.

A Cruise in Cloudland. By HENRY FRITH.

"A thoroughly interesting story, especially the part dealing with the
siege of Plevna. There is an excellent sketch of General
Skobeloff."--_St. James's Gazette_.

Marian and Dorothy. By ANNIE E. ARMSTRONG.

"This is distinctively a book for girls. It contains a bright wholesome
story, with the useful morals of industry and forgiveness of injuries.
The book is decidedly to be commended."--_Academy_.

Stimson's Reef: A Tale of Adventure. By C. J. HYNE.

"Few stories come within hailing distance of _Stimson's Reef_ in the
matter of startling incidents and hairbreadth 'scapes. In these respects
it may almost vie with Mr. R. L. Stevenson's matchless _Treasure
Island_."--_Guardian_.

Gladys Anstruther. By LOUISA THOMPSON.

"It is a clever book, and some of the passages in the narrative are
novel and striking in the highest degree."--_Schoolmistress_.

The Secret of the Old House. By EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN.

"Tim, the little Jacobite who asks his grandmother if she can remember
Charles I., is a charming creation. So original a child as Tim must win
the hearts of all who read the pleasant tale."--_Academy_.

Hal Hungerford. By J. R. HUTCHINSON, B.A.

"There is no question whatever as to the spirited manner in which the
story is told; the death of the mate of the smuggler by the teeth of the
dog is especially effective. Altogether, Hal Hungerford is a distinct
literary success."--_Spectator_.

The Golden Weathercock. By JULIA GODDARD.

"A cleverly conceived quaint story, in which the golden cock o