Condemned as a Nihilist Part 49

"A most original picture-book."--_World._

MRS. PERCY DEARMER

Roundabout Rhymes. With 20 full-page Ill.u.s.trations in colour by Mrs.

PERCY DEARMER. Imperial 8vo, cloth extra, 2s. 6d.

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, 6s.

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._

H. B. NEILSON--JOHN BRYMER

Games and Gambols. Ill.u.s.trated by HARRY B. NEILSON; with Verses by JOHN BRYMER. 26 pages in colour, and 24 pages of letterpress.

Picture boards, 9 inches by 11-1/4 inches, cloth back, 2s. 6d.; also cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.

Mr. Neilson surpa.s.ses 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 ill.u.s.trated 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._

FRED SMITH

The Animal Book. A Natural History for Little Folk. With a Coloured Frontispiece and 34 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by F. SPECHT. Crown quarto, 11-1/4 inches by 9-1/2 inches, picture boards, cloth back, 2s. 6d.

This book consists of a series of bright and instructive sketches of the better-known wild beasts, describing their appearance, character and habits, and the position they hold in the animal kingdom. The text is printed in a large, clear type, and is admirably ill.u.s.trated 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._

[Ill.u.s.tration: _From SIX AND TWENTY BOYS AND GIRLS_ BY JOHN Ha.s.sALL--CLIFTON BINGHAM (See page 25)]

OUR DARLING'S FIRST BOOK

Bright Pictures and Easy Lessons for Little Folk.

Quarto, 10-1/8 inches by 7-3/4 inches, picture boards, 1s.; cloth, gilt edges, 2s.

An interesting and instructive picture lesson-book for very little folk. Beginning with an ill.u.s.trated 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 Ill.u.s.trations by S. B. PEa.r.s.e. Cloth elegant, 2s. 6d.

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 Ill.u.s.trations by ROBERT HOPE. 2s. 6d.

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, 2s. 6d.

A treasury of entertainment for the nursery. The contents are extremely varied both as regards the text and the ill.u.s.trations, 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 ill.u.s.trations."--_Guardian._

STORIES BY GEORGE MAC DONALD

(NEW AND UNIFORM EDITION)