In the High Valley Part 21

"The child is father of the man."--so Wordsworth sang; and here is a jolly story of a little girl who was her father's mother in a very real way.

There were hard lines for him, and she was fruitful of devices to help him along, even having an auction of the pretty things that had been given her from time to time, and realizing a neat little sum. Then her father was accused of peculation; and she, sweetly ignorant of the ways of justice, went to the judge and labored with him, to no effect, though he was wondrous kind.

Then in court she gave just the wrong evidence, because it showed how poor her father was, and so established a presumption of his great necessity and desperation. But the _Deus ex machina_--the wicked partner--arrived at the right moment, and owned up, and the good father was cleared, and little Daughter Dorothy was made glad. But this meagre summary gives but a poor idea of the ins and outs of this charming story, and no idea of the happy way in which it is told.--_Christian Register._

ROBERTS BROTHERS, Boston.

_By the Author of "Jolly Good Times."_

THEIR CANOE TRIP.

By MARY P. W. SMITH,

AUTHOR OF THE "BROWNS."

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A story founded on the actual experiences of two Roxbury boys, during canoe trip on the Concord, Merrimac, Piscataquog, and other rivers.

_16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.25._

ROBERTS BROTHERS, BOSTON.

PRINCE VANCE.

=A Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box.= By ELEANOR PUTNAM and ARLO BATES. Ill.u.s.trated by Frank Myrick.

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_"Prince Vance" is an Entertaining Fairy Story of the wildest and most fantastic adventures and of amusing and original impossibilities, which, however, carry with them a stern puritan moral. This allegiance of unfettered imagination and straightforward, wholesome, moral teaching is unusual, and gives the little book a special value._

Small 4to. Cloth gilt. Price, $1.50.

ROBERTS BROTHERS, BOSTON.

FLIPWING, THE SPY.

=A Story for Children.=

BY LILY F. WESSELHOEFT,

_Author of "Sparrow, the Tramp," "The Winds, the Woods, and the Wanderer," etc._

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The story represents the action of certain animals, the characters of which are depicted in accordance with their natures and the exigencies of the story. The object is to cultivate the love of animal nature, which most children feel, and especially for such creatures as bats, toads and others, which children are often improperly taught to regard with disgust. The human characters introduced talk and act naturally, and the book will be found very entertaining to young people.

_16mo. Cloth. Price. $1.25._

ROBERTS BROTHERS, BOSTON.

_Uniform with "The Joyous Story of Toto."_

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TOTO'S MERRY WINTER.

BY LAURA E. RICHARDS.

With Ill.u.s.trations. 16mo. Price, $1.25.

ROBERTS BROTHERS, _Publishers_, BOSTON.

NONSENSE BOOKS.

[Ill.u.s.tration: "THERE WAS AN OLD DERRY DOWN DERRY," ETC.]

By EDWARD LEAR.

COMPRISING "A BOOK OF NONSENSE,"

"NONSENSE SONGS, STORIES," ETC.

"MORE NONSENSE PICTURES, RHYMES," ETC.

"LAUGHABLE LYRICS," ETC.

With all the original ill.u.s.trations. In one square 16mo volume. Handsome cloth. Price, $2.00.

ROBERTS BROTHERS, Publishers.

BOSTON