Winter Fun Part 41

THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR.

Being Sir Thomas Mallory's History of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Edited for boys, with an Introduction by SIDNEY LANIER.

With twelve full-page ill.u.s.trations by Alfred Kappes.

THE BOY'S FROISSART.

Being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of Adventure, Battle, and Custom in England, France, Spain, etc. Edited for boys, with an Introduction by SIDNEY LANIER. With twelve full-page ill.u.s.trations by Alfred Kappes.

THE BOY'S PERCY.

With fifty text and full-page ill.u.s.trations by E. B. BENSELL.

Mr. Lanier's books, which made him the companion and friend of half the boys of the country, and showed his remarkable talent for guiding them into the best parts of this ideal world, fitly close by giving the best of the ballads in their purest and strongest form, from Bishop Percy's famous collection. With "The Boy's Froissart," "The Boy's King Arthur,"

"The Mabinogion," and "The Boy's Percy," Mr. Lanier's readers have the full circle of heroes.

FRANK R. STOCKTON'S POPULAR STORIES.

THE STORY OF VITEAU.

With sixteen full-page ill.u.s.trations by R. B. BIRCH.

In "The Story of Viteau," Mr. Stockton has opened a new vein, and one that he has shown all his well-known skill and ability in working. While describing the life and surroundings of Raymond, Louis, and Agnes at Viteau at the Castle of De Barran, or in the woods among the _Cotereaux_, he gives a picture of France in the age of chivalry, and tells, at the same time, a romantic and absorbing story of adventure and knightly daring. Mr. Birch's spirited ill.u.s.trations add much to the attraction of the book.

A JOLLY FELLOWs.h.i.+P.

_Ill.u.s.trated._

"'A Jolly Fellows.h.i.+p,' by Mr. Frank Stockton, is a worthy successor to his 'Rudder Grange.' Although written for lads, it is full of delicious nonsense that will be enjoyed by men and women.... The less serious parts are described with a mock gravity that is the perfection of harmless burlesque, while all the nonsense has a vein of good sense running through it, so that really useful information is conveyed to the young and untravelled reader's mind."--_Philadelphia Evening Bulletin._

THE FLOATING PRINCE, AND OTHER FAIRY TALES.

With ill.u.s.trations by BENSELL and others.

"Stockton has the knack, perhaps genius would be a better word, of writing in the easiest of colloquial English, without descending to the plane of the vulgar or common-place. The very perfection of his work hinders the reader from perceiving at once how good of its kind it is.... With the added charm of a most delicate humor,--a real humor, mellow, tender, and informed by a singularly quaint and racy fancy,--his stories become irresistibly attractive."--_Philadelphia Times._

NEW EDITIONS OF OLD FAVORITES.

ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FICTION.

TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.

WILLIAM O. STODDARD'S CAPITAL STORIES FOR BOYS.

DAB KINZER.

A STORY OF A GROWING BOY.

"The book is enlivened with a racy and genuine humor. It is, moreover, notably healthy in its tone, and in every way is just the thing for boys."--_Philadelphia North American._

"It is full of fun, liveliness, and entertainment. Dab Kinzer will be voted a good fellow, whether at home, at school, or out fis.h.i.+ng."--_Portland Press._

THE QUARTET.

A SEQUEL TO "DAB KINZER."

"The boys who read 'Dab Kinzer' will be delighted with 'The Quartet.' It is the story of Dab's school and college life, and certainly equals the former story in interest. In a literary point of view, it ranks among the best of its kind. There are few writers of boys' books who present boy-life in the strong, sympathetic, manly way that Mr. Stoddard does.

His good boys are genuine, fun-loving, careless, but royal-hearted. In the words of one of their admirers, 'They're a fine lot, take 'em all round.'"--_Boston Post._

SALTILLO BOYS.

Mr. Stoddard's stories for boys grow better and better every year. Good as were "Dab Kinzer" and the "Quartet," SALTILLO BOYS surpa.s.ses them in its narrative of bright, manly, and yet thoroughly boy-like life in an inland town, whose actual name and locality may be shrewdly guessed by those familiar with its characteristics. The incidents are thoroughly boyish, and yet quite free from frivolity. The drift of the book is wholly on the side of frank, intelligent, and self-reliant manliness; and it is impossible for any boy to read it without absorbing a love for n.o.bility of character, and forming higher aspirations.

AMONG THE LAKES.

Mr. Stoddard's bright, sympathetic story, "Among the Lakes," is a fitting companion to his other books. It has the same flavor of happy, boyish country life, brimful of humor, and abounding with incident and the various adventures of healthy, well-conditioned boys turned loose in the country, with all the resources of woods and water, and their own unspoiled natures.