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d habits, and the position they hold in the animal kingdom. The text is printed in a large, clear type, and is admirably illustrated with powerful, realistic pictures of the various creatures in their native state by that eminent animal artist F. Specht. "A work of the greatest value to the young."--_Eastern Morning News_. [Illustration: _From THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES_ BY CHARLES ROBINSON--WALTER JERROLD (See page 25)] [Illustration: _From MY BOOK OF TRUE STORIES_ (See page 31) SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND THE DYING SOLDIER (_Reduced from a Colour Illustration_)] H. B. NEILSON--CLIFTON BINGHAM The Animals' Academy. With 24 full-page Colour Illustrations and many Black-and-White Vignettes. Picture-boards, cloth back, 3_s._ 6_d._; cloth, 5_s._ In _The Animals' Academy_ Mr. Neilson and Mr. Bingham have again combined their forces, and have turned out a picture-book which for fun and variety will be difficult to equal. In bright, musical, "catchy" verse Mr. Bingham tells of the many amusing events that take place at a school in which the elephant is master and other well-known animals are the scholars, and Mr. Neilson illustrates the story as only he can illustrate animal frolics. "A humorous, clever, and delightful book. The pictures of the dressed-up animals will captivate little children."--_British Weekly_. H. B. NEILSON--JOHN BRYMER Games and Gambols. Illustrated by HARRY B. NEILSON; with Verses by JOHN BRYMER. 26 pages in colour, and 24 pages of letterpress. Picture boards, 9 inches by 111/4 inches, cloth back, 2_s._ 6_d._; also cloth elegant, 3_s._ 6_d._ Mr. Neilson surpasses himself in these irresistible colour pictures representing the animal world at play. The great test match between the Lions and the Kangaroos, Mrs. Mouse's Ping-Pong Party, Mr. Bruin playing Golf, Towser's Bicycle Tour, and the Kittens _v._ Bunnies Football Match, are a few among the many droll subjects illustrated in this amusing and original series. "Mr. Neilson has a positive genius for making animals comic."--_Academy_. "Children will revel in his work."--_Daily Graphic_. S. R. PRAEGER How They Went to School. With 24 full-page pictures in full colour. Picture-boards, cloth back, 2_s._ 6_d._; cloth extra, 3_s._ 6_d._ A pretty picture-book for the little ones, full of quiet humour and shrewd observation of child life. The book tells in picture and story how Hal and Kitty, two t
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