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iny scholars, set out on their way to school, and the various adventures that happen to them on the road. "Quite the most charming book we have yet seen."--_Daily News_. OUR DARLING'S FIRST BOOK Bright Pictures and Easy Lessons for Little Folk. Quarto, 10{~VULGAR FRACTION ONE EIGHTH~} inches by 73/4 inches, picture boards, 1_s._; cloth, gilt edges, 2_s._ An interesting and instructive picture lesson-book for very little folk. Beginning with an illustrated alphabet of large letters, the little reader goes forward by easy stages to word-making, reading, counting, writing, and finally to the most popular nursery rhymes and tales. "The very perfection of a child's alphabet and spelling-book."--_St. James's Budget_. ELLINOR DAVENPORT ADAMS Those Twins! With a Frontispiece and 28 Illustrations by S. B. PEARSE. Cloth elegant, 2_s._ 6_d._ Two little rogues are the twins, Horatio and Tommy; but loyal-hearted and generous to boot, and determined to resist the stern decree of their aunt that they shall forsake the company of their scapegrace grown-up cousin Algy. So they deliberately set to work to "reform" the scapegrace; and succeed so well that he wins back the love of his aunt, and delights the twins by earning a V.C. in South Africa. "A merry story for young and old."--_World_. A. B. ROMNEY Little Village Folk. With 37 Illustrations by ROBERT HOPE. 2_s._ 6_d._ A series of delightful stories of Irish village children. Miss Romney opens up a new field in these beautiful little tales, which have the twofold charm of humour and poetic feeling. "A story-book that will be welcomed wherever it makes its way."--_Literary World_. MY NEW STORY-BOOK Stories, Verses, and Pictures for the Little Ones. 290 pages, of which 48 are in colour. Cloth; 2_s._ 6_d._ A treasury of entertainment for the nursery. The contents are extremely varied both as regards the text and the illustrations, and carefully designed to meet the tastes of the little ones. The many bright colour pictures will be in themselves a never-failing source of delight. "A fascinating little volume, well filled with stories and quaint and pretty illustrations."--_Guardian_. STORIES BY GEORGE MAC DONALD (NEW AND UNIFORM EDITION) -------------- A Rough Shaking. With 12 page Illustrations by W. PARKINSON. Crown 8vo, cloth elegan
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