The Boys' and Girls' Pliny · the Elder Pliny
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"For the libraries of the young--and every boy and girl in the land should collect a library of their own--these superb books have a special adaptation; they open the classics to them."--_Boston Journal of Education._ Herodotus for Boys and Girls. Edited by John S. White. With 50 illustrations. 8^o $1.75 "The book really contains those parts of Herodotus which a judicious parent would most likely have his boys and girls acquainted with, and Mr. White has succeeded in condensing these by omitting multitudes of phrases inserted in the Greek text. The print is so large and clear that no one need fear that it will foster a tendency to near-sightedness on the part of boy or girl."--_Nation._ The Travels of Marco Polo. Edited for Boys and Girls, with explanatory notes and comments, by Thomas W. Knox. With over 200 illustrations. 8^o $1.75 "To the student of geography Marco Polo needs no introduction. He is revered as the greatest of all travellers in the Middle Ages, and by more than one careful geographer his work is believed to have led to the discovery of the New World by the Hardy Mariner of Genoa.... The story of his travels was received with incredulity, and he died while Europe was gravely doubting its truth. It has remained for later generations to establish the correctness of his narrative and accord him the praise he so richly deserves."
Books for Boys Boys of Other Countries By Bayard Taylor Author of "Views Afoot," "The Story of Kenneth," etc. Third Edition with additional chapters on Studies of Animal Nature and The Robber Region of Southern California With 8 Full-page Illustrations in Color and 8 other Illustrations after Original Designs by Frederick Simpson Coburn _New Edition with Additional Material, Printed from New Plates. Beautifully Bound. Full Size. 8^o. Handsome Cover Design. $2.00 net. Postage extra_ "Nobody knows better than this author does how to tell a good story, and there are not many persons who have better stories than he has to tell."--_New York Evening Post_ Mr. Midshipman Easy By Captain Marryat _Large 8^o. With 16 Full-page Illustrations, and ornamental head- and tail-pieces by R. F. Zogbaum. Decorative Wrapper. Net, $1.75. Postage extra_ "This, the best sea-story ever written, needs no introduction. Nor does this edition of it need any, if one has ever had a chance to look at it." Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea By Jules Verne _Large 8^o. With 24 Full-page Illustrations redrawn from the original French edition. Net, $1.75. Postage extra_ "A fine edition of a fine book. This is perhaps the most fascinating of all Verne's books, and remarkable in that, under the guise of fiction, it foretold some of the most startling scientific discoveries of to-day."
Popular Tales for Young People By RONALD QUIZ Giant-Land or, The Wonderful Adventures of Tim Pippin 8vo, with 24 Illustrations in Full Color after designs by "Puck." Handsomely printed and bound, full gilt. $1.75. Monster-Land or, The Further Adventures of King Pippin 8vo, with 20 Illustrations in Full Color after designs by "Puck." Handsomely printed and bound, full gilt. $1.75. These are reprints of a delightfully fanciful child's stories, famous half a century ago. The illustrations have been redrawn and enlarged from the originals, and add greatly to the attractiveness of the books. Legends and Stories of Italy For Children By AMY STEEDMAN With 12 Full-page Illustrations in Color after designs by Katharine Cameron. 8vo. Handsomely printed and bound. New Popular Edition. $1.50. A volume for young folks that is full of ennobling examples of virtue and saintly living, embodied in stories that are gracefully and effectively told. The stories are steeped in piety, and the beautiful legends and tales that go to make up the volume are the fruit of an unwavering and abiding faith. The simple earnestness of the telling has left unobscured the message that these stories bear to the responsive girl and boy. The volume contains twelve illustrations in color by Katharine Cameron, illustrations that admirably reproduce the spirit of reverence and of faith that pervades the whole work.
By LOUEY CHISHOLM The Golden Staircase Poems and Verses for Children _With 16 Full-page Illustrations in Color_ By M. Dibdin-Spooner _Large 8vo. Beautifully printed and bound. $2.50 net. Popular Edition. With eight Full-page illustrations in color. Full gilt stamping, gilt top. $1.50 net. School Edition. With eight full-page illustrations in color. Cloth. $1.00 net._ The Enchanted Land Tales Told Again _With 30 Full-page Illustrations in Color, Cover Design, and End-papers_ By Katharine Cameron _8vo, Very Handsomely bound. Full gilt edges. $3.00_ In Fairyland Tales Told Again _With 30 Full-page Illustrations in Color, Cover Design, and End-papers_ By Katharine Cameron _8vo. Beautifully printed and bound. Full gilt stamping. $3.00_ Mrs. Chisholm has retold in a delightful way many of the old fairy tales. Perhaps the best explanation of her methods may be given in the words of one little girl: "You leave all the _not_ interesting bits, you know, and you make me understand what the story is all about, and I just see pictures all the time, and when you come to the end I just feel that I want you to go on forever." Mr. Wind and Madame Rain Translated from the French of Paul de Musset By Emily Makepeace _With twenty-five very quaint Full-page Illustrations by_ Charles Bennett _8vo. Full gilt. $2.00_ This is a reprint of a delightfully fanciful child's story, famous half a century ago. The illustrations have been redrawn and enlarged from the originals, and add greatly to the attractiveness of the book. Transcriber's Notes --Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. --Silently corrected a few palpable typos. --In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.
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