The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Part 147

WORLDS NOT REALIZED. 16mo. 4th Edition, 2_s_.

PROVERBS ILl.u.s.tRATED. 16mo. With Ill.u.s.trations. 4th Edition, 2_s_.

A BOOK OF EMBLEMS. Drawn by F. Gilbert. With Introduction and Explanations. Imp. 16mo. 4_s_. 6_d_.

WAIFS AND STRAYS OF NATURAL HISTORY. With Coloured Frontispiece and Woodcuts. Fcap. 3_s_. 6_d_.

THE POOR INc.u.mBENT. Fcap. 8vo. 1_s_. and 1_s_. 6_d_.

AUNT SALLY'S LIFE. With Six Ill.u.s.trations. Square 16mo. 3rd Edition, 3_s_. 6_d_.

THE MOTHER'S BOOK OF POETRY. Selected and Arranged by Mrs. A. Gatty.

Crown 8vo. 3_s_. 6_d_.; or with Ill.u.s.trations, elegantly bound, 7_s_.

6_d_.

A BIT OF BREAD. By Jean Mace. Translated by Mrs. Alfred Gatty. 2 vols.

fcap. 8vo. Vol. I. 4_s_. 6_d_. Vol. II. 3_s_. 6_d_.

The Uniform Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3_s_. 6_d_. each volume.

PARABLES FROM NATURE. DOMESTIC PICTURES AND 2 vols. With Portrait. TALES. With 6 Ill.u.s.trations.

THE HUMAN FACE DIVINE, WORLDS NOT REALIZED, and other Tales. With Ill.u.s.trations. and Proverbs Ill.u.s.trated.

3rd Edition. THE HUNDRETH BIRTHDAY, THE FAIRY G.o.dMOTHERS, and other Tales. With and other Tales. With Ill.u.s.trations by Phiz.

Frontispiece. 7th Edition, New Edition.

2_s_. 6_d_. MRS. ALFRED GATTY'S AUNT JUDY'S TALES. PRESENTATION BOX for Young Ill.u.s.trated. 7th Edition. People, containing the above AUNT JUDY'S LETTERS; a volumes, neatly bound, and Sequel to 'Aunt Judy's Tales.' enclosed in a cloth box.

Ill.u.s.trated. 5th Edition. 31_s_. 6_d_.

_By Mrs. Ewing_.

'Everything Mrs. Ewing writes is full of talent, and also full of perception and common sense.'--_Sat.u.r.day Review_.

A GREAT EMERGENCY, and other Tales. With 4 Ill.u.s.trations. Fcap. 8vo.

5_s_. [_Just published._]

THE BROWNIES, and other Tales. Ill.u.s.trated by George Cruikshank. 3rd Edition. Imp. 16mo. 5_s_.

'Mrs. Ewing gives us some really charming writing. While her first story most prettily teaches children how much they can do to help their parents, the immediate result will be, we fear, anything but good. For if a child once begins "The Brownies," it will get so deeply interested in it, that when bed-time comes it will altogether forget the moral, and will weary its parents with importunities for just a few minutes more to see how everything ends. The frontispiece, by the old friend of our childhood, George Cruikshank, is no less pretty than the story.'--_Sat.u.r.day Review_.

MRS. OVERTHEWAY'S REMEMBRANCES. Ill.u.s.trated with 10 fine Full-page Engravings on Wood, after Drawings by Pasquier and Wolf, and Edition, cloth gilt, 3_s_. 6_d_.

'It is not often nowadays the privilege of a critic to grow enthusiastic over a new work; and the rarity of the occasion that calls forth the delight is apt to lead one into the sin of hyperbole. And yet we think we shall not be accused of extravagance when we say that, without exception, "Mrs. Overthewny's Remembrances" is the most delightful work avowedly written for children that we have ever read.

There are pa.s.sages in this book which the genius of George Eliot would be proud to own. It is full of a peculiar, heart-stirring pathos of its own, which culminates in the last pages, when Ida finds that her father is not dead. The book is one that may be recurred to often, and always with the same delight. We predict for it a great popularity.'-- _Leader_.

MELCHIOR'S DREAM, and other Tales. Ill.u.s.trated. 3rd Edition. Fcap. 8vo.

3_s_. 6_d_.

"'Melchior's Dream' is an exquisite little story, charming by original humour, buoyant spirits, and tender pathos."--_Athenaeum_.

A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING; or, Some Pa.s.sages in the Life of an Only Son. With 12 Ill.u.s.trations by H. Allingham. 5th Edition. Small 8vo.

5_s_.

'Let every parent and guardian who wishes to be amused, and at the same time to please a child, purchase "A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, some Pa.s.sages in the Life of an Only Son," by J. H Ewing. We will answer for the delight with which they will read it themselves, and we do not doubt that the young and fortunate recipients will also like it. The story is quaint, original, and altogether delightful.'--_Athenaeum_.

'A capital book for a present. No child who is fortunate enough to possess it will be in a hurry to put it down, for it is a book of uncommon fascination. The story is good, the principles inculcated admirable, and some of the ill.u.s.trations simply delicious.'--_John Bull_.

LOB-LIE-BY-THE-FIRE; or, the Luck of Lingborough. And other Tales.

Ill.u.s.trated by George Cruikshank. 2nd Edition. Imp. 16mo. 5_s_.

'A charming tale by another of those clever writers, thanks to whom the children are now really better served than their neighbours.'--_Spectator_.

'Mrs. Ewing has written as good a story as her "Brownies," and that is saying a great deal. "Lob-lie-by-the-fire" has humour and pathos, and teaches what is right without making children think they are reading a sermon.'--_Sat.u.r.day Review_.

SIX TO SIXTEEN: A Story for Girls. With 10 Ill.u.s.trations by Mrs.

Allingham. 3rd Edition. Small post 8vo. 5_s_.

'The homely good sense and humour of the bulk of the story are set off by the pathos of its opening and its close, and a soft and beautiful light, as of dawn and sunset, is thrown round the substantial English ideal of what a girl's education ought to be, which runs through the tale.'--_Spectator_.

'It is a beautifully told story, full of humour and pathos, and bright sketches of scenery and character. It is all told with great naturalness, and will amuse grown-up people quite as much as children.

In reading the story, we have been struck especially by characteristic bits of description, which show very happily the writer's appreciation of child life.'--_Pall Mall Gazette_.

'We have rarely met, on such a modest scale, with characters so ably and simply drawn ... The merits of the volume, in themselves not small, are much enhanced by some clever ill.u.s.trations from the pencil of Mrs.

Allingham.'--_Athenaeum_.

'The tone of the book is pleasant and healthy, and singularly free from that sentimental, not to say "mawkish," stain which is apt to disfigure such productions. The ill.u.s.trations by Mrs. Allingham add a special attraction to the little volume.'--_Times_.

'It is scarcely necessary to say that Mrs. Ewing's book is one of the best of the year.'--_Sat.u.r.day Review_.

'There is in it not only a great deal of common sense, but there is true humour.... We have not met a healthier or breezier tale for girls for a long period.'--_Academy_.

JAN OF THE WINDMILL; a Story of the Plains. With 11 Ill.u.s.trations by Helen Allingham. Crown 8vo. 8_s_. 6_d_.

'A capital story, which, like all that Mrs. Ewing gives us, will be read with pleasure Some well-drawn ill.u.s.trations materially increase the attractiveness of the volume.'--_City Press_.

_By Mrs. O'Reilly_.

'Mrs. O'Reilly's works need no commendation ... the style is so good, the narrative so engrossing, and the tone so excellent.'--_John Bull_.

LITTLE PRESCRIPTION, and other Tales. With 6 Ill.u.s.trations by W. H.

Petherick and others. 16mo. 2_s_. 6_d_.

'A worthy successor of some charming little volumes of the same kind.... The tale from which the t.i.tle is taken is for its grace and pathos an especial favourite.'--_Spectator_.

'Mrs. O'Reilly could not write otherwise than well, even if she were to try.'--_Morning Post_.

CICELY'S CHOICE, A Story for Girls. With a Frontispiece by J. A.

Pasquier. Fcap. 8vo. gilt edges, 3_s_. 6_d_.