Or "Peggy Pepper-Pot." A Story. By ESMÉ STUART, author of "Isabeau's Hero," &c. With 4 full-page Illustrations in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._ 6_d._ A pleasing narration of the failures of Peggy Fenwick, who, before her sixteenth birthday, had to assume the responsible position of head of her father's house. The story abounds in capitally told domestic adventures; and while it has an excellent moral purpose, it is brimful of fun and never flags in interest. "Instead of drawing a heroine of romance Esmé Stuart may be commended for producing a girl far more true to real life, who will put no nonsense into young heads."--_Graphic._ "There is not a dull page in it; while it is so graphically written and abounds in such touches of genuine humour and innocent fun that when we reach the end of the book we wish it were longer."--_Freeman._ BY EMMA LESLIE. GYTHA'S MESSAGE: A Tale of Saxon England. By EMMA LESLIE, author of "Glaucia the Greek Slave," &c. With 4 full-page Pictures by C. J. STANILAND, R.I. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._ 6_d._ This is a story of the time of "Harold, the last of the Saxon Kings." The scene is laid mostly within the house of a Saxon Thane, where Gytha is a little slave girl. Though mainly a domestic tale, we yet get a glimpse of the stirring events taking place in the country at that period. We hear of the death of the "Confessor," the election of Harold, his fight with the Danes and defeat at Hastings; and the picture is presented to us of England subsiding into peace under the sway of the Conqueror. A good deal is learned of Saxon manners and customs, and both boys and girls will delight to read of the home life of Hilda and Gytha, and of the brave deeds of the impulsive Gurth and the faithful Leofric. BY M. A. PAULL. MY MISTRESS THE QUEEN. By Miss M. A. PAULL, author of "I, Benjamin Holbeck," &c. With 4 full-page Illustrations by C. T. GARLAND, in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._ 6_d._ This is an historical tale. "My Mistress the Queen" is Mary, daughter of James II., into whose service the narrator, a girl of 16, enters just before the marriage of Mary to William III. The descriptions are graphic, and the views of historic personages and of manners at the courts of Charles II. and William III. accurate and life-like. The language is simple, and imitative of the quaint quiet style of that period. BY MRS. AUSTIN. MARIE'S HOME: Or, A Glimpse of the Past. By Mrs. AUSTIN. With 3 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._