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SCRIBNER’S BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.
BRIG-A-BRAC STORIES. |
BY MRS. BURTON HARRISON.
Illustrated and Cover designed by
Walter Crane.
One volume, I2m0, $2.00.
‘‘When the little boy for whose
benefit the various articles of bric-a-brac
in his father’s drawing-room relate stories
appropriate to their several native coun¬
tries, exclaims, at the conclusion of one of
them, ‘I almost think there can’t be a
better one than that!’ the reader, of
whatever age, will probably feel inclined
to agree with him. Upon the whole, it is
to be wished that every boy and girl in
America, or anywhere else, might become
intimately acquainted with the contents
of this book. ‘There is more virtue in one
of these stories than in the entire library
of modern juvenile literature.”—/uan
Hawthorne.
c Few volumes will receive a warmer
welcome from children. . . . It is
praise enough for Mr. Crane’s illustrations
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Zu enna -. száj] to say that they harmonize with the stories.
= Ah Ms hi Van eC ei We confess to have been beguiled by the
Acca MN alte a EZ book into a forgetfulness of time, cares,
and pretty much everything for two con¬
Specimen Illustration, Reduced. secutive hours.” —CAristian /ntelligencer.
THE OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY BOOK
BY MRS. BURTON HARRISON.
With many Quaint Illustrations by Miss Rosina Emmet.
One volume, square 16mo, - c - - - $2.00.
‘‘ The little ones, who so willingly go back with us to ‘Jack the Giant-Killer,’ ‘ Blue-beard,’
and the kindred stories of our childhood, will gladly welcome Mrs. Burton Harrison’s ‘ Old¬
Fashioned Fairy Tales,’ where the giant, the dwarf, the fairy, the wicked princess, the ogre, the
metamorphosed prince, and all the heroes of that line come into play and action. As they read
the stories which compose this book they will meet with all the familiar actors of the fairy world,
in different scenes indeed, and with new deeds of daring, witchcraft, or charming benevolence,
but still the same characters of the old-fashioned fairy lore. The graceful pencil of Miss Rosina
Emmet has given a pictorial interest to the book, and the many pictures scattered through its
pages accord well with the good old-fashioned character of the tales.” —Frank R. Stockton,