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ertain which, but I can ask Jack; he is sure to know. THE END BILLING AND SONS, LTD., PRINTERS, GUILDFORD A Selection of Gift-Books PUBLISHED BY GAY AND BIRD, 22 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, LONDON. _The books in this list can be seen at the chief Booksellers, but in any case Gay and Bird will arrange to send any on approval to the nearest book-store, to suit the convenience of book-buyers, upon receipt of postcard._ HOLIDAY EDITION. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Price 6s. PENELOPE'S ENGLISH EXPERIENCES. By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN. HOLIDAY EDITION. Uniform with the above and illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Price 6s. PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCES IN SCOTLAND. Over 150,000 copies of these two works have been sold in England and America, and the unanimous opinion of the World's Press is expressed in the word 'DELIGHTFUL.' 'The reader is kept entertained in the brightest fashion throughout.... A true humorist.'--_Literary World_. 'The most charming holiday book possible.'--_Methodist Times_. 'One of the very best holiday books.'--_Sketch_. 'So genial and jolly a book about Scotland is seldom written.'--_Glasgow Herald_. 'A delightful book, full of dainty humour and picturesque fun.'--_World_. 'Sure of a hearty welcome.'--_Spectator_. 'She is what is always and everywhere rare--a real humorist.'--_Graphic_. 'Penelope, Francesca, and Salemina leave Max O'Rell far behind, and might take the prize for innocent fun even from Mr. Jerome.'--_Dundee Advertiser_. 'Irresistibly funny.'--_Glasgow Daily Mail_. 'Always a pleasure to read Mrs. Wiggin's books.'--_Daily Telegraph_. 'Mrs. Wiggin has a fund of genuine and refined humour that is simply irresistible.'--_Pall Mall Gazette_. 'It is seldom that we have read a more delightful and humorous book than this.'--_Church Times_. OTHER BOOKS BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN =Penelope's Irish Experiences.= Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo., cloth gilt, 6s. =A Cathedral Courtship.= A New Edition, revised and enlarged. With six full-page Drawings by Charles E. Brock. Crown 8vo., 104 pages, cloth, 2s. 6d., or cloth gilt extra, with gilt edges, 3s. 6d. =Marm Liza.= Crown 8vo., cloth gilt, 6s. _Baron de Bookworms_ says: 'It is a story told with that rare combination of humour and pathos that is genius.' 'Mrs. Wiggin has never written a better book, unless it be "Timothy's Quest."'--_Queen_. =Polly Oliver's
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