. Little Saint Elizabeth and other stories / by Frsnces Hodgson Burnett ; illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. One volume, square 8vo, . . - . n FASCINATING volume of travel by the famous story-J ? teller, whose route is outlined with characteristicquaintness in the table of contents given below. Thechapters are a series of pleasant, informal talks with an im-aginary party of young people to whom the author is show-ing the curious and interesting sights of the old world ;—a fancy that Mr. Stockton works out with his customary in-genuity and cleverness. The two-score and more of illustrations by J
. Little Saint Elizabeth and other stories / by Frsnces Hodgson Burnett ; illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. One volume, square 8vo, . . - . n FASCINATING volume of travel by the famous story-J ? teller, whose route is outlined with characteristicquaintness in the table of contents given below. Thechapters are a series of pleasant, informal talks with an im-aginary party of young people to whom the author is show-ing the curious and interesting sights of the old world ;—a fancy that Mr. Stockton works out with his customary in-genuity and cleverness. The two-score and more of illustrations by J^seph Pen-nell, Alfred Parsons, and others, enriching the pages withmany beautiful old-world views, give the book a highartistic quality and make it a volume admirably suited fora holiday gift. CONTENTS.—The Romans, but not Rome ; The Citv of the BendedKnee; Little Pisa and Gkeat Rome; Great Rome Again;Around the Bay of Naples ; In Klorence and Venice ; AMountain Top, and How we Get There; Queen Paris;King London; 3n English Countrv ; The Low Countriesand the Rhine : The People We Meet. v^-I?. STOCKTONS OTHER BOOKS. THE SXORY OF VIXEAU. With 16 Full-Page Illustrations by R. B. Birch. - - - 12mo, extra Cloth, $ It is as romantic and absorbing as any boy could wish for, full of adventure and daring, and yet told inexcellent spirit and with a true literary instinct.—Christian Union. A JOIvI^Y FEI^I^OWSHIP. VJith Twertty Illustrations. ... . - . 12mo, $ We can think of no book published the present season which will more delight the wide-awake, adven-ture-loving boy. It is, to borrow the adjective from the title, justjolly. —Boston Transcript. The Floating: Prince and Other Fairy Tales. With Illustrations, ... ... Square 8vo, $ * These tales are full of the quaintest conceits and the oddest fancies, and the strange adventures in different characters engage are just the kind to excite the intense interest of children.—Pkila. Bulletin. THE TIXG-A-I^IXG
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