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Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War

[Eighteenpenny Titles]

Tales of Daring and Danger. By G. A. Henty.

"Mr. Henty's heroes are brave and upright, quick and keen, and their doings make capital reading for boys."

—Athenæum.

"'White-Faced Dick' is a sketch worthy of Bret Harte at his best. Just the sort of tales to read aloud by the fireside on a winter's night."

Pract. Teacher.

Yarns on the Beach. By G. A. Henty.

"Should find special favour among boys. The yarns are full of romance and adventure, and are admirably calculated to foster a manly spirit."

The Echo.

The Seven Golden Keys. By James E. Arnold.

"No better fairy book than this has come our way for a long time. It is written with singular grace and skill; so perfect is the illusion, no child will doubt for a moment that it is all a true story."

Christian Leader.

The Story of a Queen. By Mary C. Rowsell.

"Miss Rowsell is an excellent story-teller; she is especially successful in historical tales; her chronicle of Marie and her trials is thrilling."

Guardian.

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Joan's Adventures, At the North Pole and Elsewhere. By Alice Corkran.

"This is a most delightful fairy story. The charming style and easy prose narrative makes its resemblance striking to Hans Andersen's."

Spectator.

Edwy: Or, Was He a Coward? By Annette Lyster.

"This is a charming story, and sufficiently varied to suit children of all ages."

The Academy.

Filled With Gold. By Jennie Perrett.

"The tale is interesting, and gracefully told. Miss Perrett's description of life on the quiet Jersey farm will have a great charm."

Spectator.

The Battlefield Treasure. By F. Bayford Harrison.

"Jack Warren is a lad of the Tom Brown type, and his search for treasure and the sequel are sure to prove interesting to boys."

English Teacher.

By Order of Queen Maude: A Story of Home Life. By Louisa Crow.

"The tale is brightly and cleverly told, and forms one of the best children's books which the season has produced."

Academy.

Our General: A Story for Girls. By Elizabeth J. Lysaght.

"A young girl of indomitable spirit, to whom all instinctively turn for guidance—a noble pattern for girls."

Guardian.

Aunt Hesba's Charge. By Elizabeth J. Lysaght.

"This well-written book tells how a maiden aunt is softened by the influence of two Indian children who are unexpectedly left upon her hands."

Academy.

Into the Haven. By Annie S. Swan.

"No story more attractive, by reason of its breezy freshness, as well as for the practical lessons it conveys."

Christian Leader.

Our Frank: and other Stories. By Amy Walton.

"These stories are of the sort that children of the clever kind are sure to like."

Academy.

The Late Miss Hollingford. By Rosa Mulholland.

"No book for girls published this season approaches this in the charm of its telling, which will be equally appreciated by persons of all ages."

Standard.

The Pedlar and His Dog. By Mary C. Rowsell.

"The opening chapter, with its description of Necton Fair, will forcibly remind many readers of George Eliot. Taken altogether it is a delightful story."

Western Morning News.

A Terrible Coward. By G. Manville Fenn.

"Just such a tale as boys will delight to read, and as they are certain to profit by."

Aberdeen Journal.

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Tom Finch's Monkey: and other Yarns. By J. C. Hutcheson.

"Stories of an altogether unexceptionable character, with adventures sufficient for a dozen books of its size,"

U. Service Gazette.

Miss Grantley's Girls, and the Stories She Told Them. By Thomas Archer.

"For fireside reading more wholesome and highly entertaining reading for young people could not be found."

Northern Chronicle.

Down and Up Again: Being some Account of the Felton Family, and the Odd People they Met. By Gregson Gow.

"The story is very neatly told, with some fairly dramatic incidents, and calculated altogether to please young people."

Scotsman.

The Troubles and Triumphs of Little Tim. A City story. By Gregson Gow.

"An undercurrent of sympathy with the struggles of the poor, and an ability to describe their feelings, eminently characteristic of Dickens, are marked features in Mr. Gow's story."

N. B. Mail.

The Happy Lad: A Story of Peasant Life in Norway. From the Norwegian of Björnson.

"This pretty story has natural eloquence which seems to carry us back to some of the love stories of the Bible."

Aberdeen Free Press.

The Patriot Martyr: and other Narratives of Female Heroism.

"It should be read with interest by every girl who loves to learn what her sex can accomplish in times of danger."

Bristol Times.

Madge's Mistake: A Recollection of Girlhood. By Annie E. Armstrong.

"We cannot speak too highly of this delightful little tale. It abounds in interesting and laughable incidents,"

Bristol Times.

Box of Stories. Packed for Young Folk by Horace Happyman.

When I was a Boy in China. By Yan Phou Lee, a native of China, now resident in the United States.

"Has been written not only by a Chinaman, but by a man of culture. His book is as interesting to adults as it is to children."

The Guardian.