only attractive and amusing in itself, but furnishes a hint of virtues to
be imitated or faults to be avoided.

"A most original picture-book."--_World_.

MRS. PERCY DEARMER

Roundabout Rhymes. With 20 full-page Illustrations in colour by Mrs. PERCY
DEARMER. Imperial 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._ 6_d._

A charming volume of verses and colour pictures for little folk-rhymes and
pictures about most of the everyday events of nursery life.

"The best verses written for children since Stevenson's _Child's
Garden_."--_The Guardian_.

STEWART ORR--JOHN BRYMER

Gammon and Spinach. Pictures by STEWART ORR. Verses by JOHN BRYMER. Cover
design and 24 pages in Full Colour. Picture boards, cloth back, 6_s._

In _Gammon and Spinach_ Mr. Stewart Orr has produced a picture-book unique
of its kind. Nothing could be more droll than the situations in which he
represents the frog, the pig, the mouse, the elephant, and the other
well-known characters who appear in his pages. Little folk will find in
these pictures a source of endless delight, and the artistic skill which
they display will have a special appeal to children of an older growth.

"Merry and handsome enough to make thousands of friends among little
folk, what with its original verses and its amusing pictures."--_Literary
World_.

"The book should attain a wide popularity in the nursery."--_Morning
Post_.

--Two Merry Mariners. Pictures by STEWART ORR. Verses by JOHN BRYMER. Cover
design and 24 pages in full colour. Picture boards, cloth back, 6_s._

This delightful volume tells in picture and verse how Dick and his friend
the Hare sailed to the Downy Isle, the adventures they met with in that
strange country, their encounter with the Dragon, and their remarkable
voyage home. Mr. Orr exhibits in these designs a rare combination of
humorous invention with brilliant draughtsmanship and command of colour,
and the author supports him with a series of racy verses.

"The illustrations are masterpieces of drollery."--_Manchester Courier_.

"The verses are very funny and original."--_World_.

FRED SMITH

The Animal Book. A Natural History for Little Folk with a Coloured
Frontispiece and 34 full-page Illustrations by F. SPECHT. Crown quarto,
111/4 inches by 91/2 inches, picture boards, cloth back, 2_s._ 6_d._

This book consists of a series of bright and instructive sketches of the
better-known wild beasts, describing their appearance, character an