'_Of new editions of old favourites the palm must be given, we think, to this collection of Fairy Tales from Grimm.... We do not think a better edition has appeared._' REVIEW OF REVIEWS. '_No more acceptable edition of some of Grimm's Stories has been published._'--STANDARD. '_Altogether delightful. The illustrations are full of charm and sympathy._'--SATURDAY REVIEW. [Illustration] '_A fairy book beyond reproach._'--GRAPHIC. '_We have nothing but praise for this collection._'--SKETCH. '_Grimm is always delightful, but in his present new dress he is more delightful than ever. Mr. Gordon Browne charms us always with his dainty pictures._'--GUARDIAN. '_All the illustrations are simply inimitable._' QUEEN. [Illustration: 'The Prince who was afraid of Nothing.'--_p. 216._] WELLS GARDNER, DARTON, &. CO., LTD., LONDON Illustrated by A. G. Walker A BOOK OF BALLAD STORIES Selected and Edited by MARY MACLEOD With Introduction by EDWARD DOWDEN [Illustration: 'Beyond it rose a castle fair Y-built of marble stone; The battlements were gilt with gold, And glittered in the sun.'--_p. 129._ ] '_Miss Mary Macleod has succeeded admirably in keeping much of the spirit of the originals in her prose versions of the best of the old ballads._' TRUTH. '_Should take a high place. In this work the famous ballads have been done into prose so skilfully, and have been so artistically illustrated, that it forms a volume to be highly prized_.'--STANDARD. [Illustration: 'She stoutly steered the stots about.'--_p._ 110.] _Large crown 8vo. printed on superfine paper, cloth boards._ Illustrated by F. D. Bedford [Illustration: 'Sat him astride of the saddle of mutton.' _p. 126._] OLD-FASHIONED TALES OF LONG AGO Edited with Introduction by E. V. LUCAS Besides numerous black and white Illustrations, the Frontispiece and Title-page are beautifully printed in Colours. '_A charming book. The one ambition of Mr. Lucas' authors is to be interesting, and they succeed very well._'--DAILY TELEGRAPH. '_Beautifully printed, illustrated, and bound._'--SCHOOLMASTER. Tales are given from the following Popular Authors:--Thomas Day, Maria Edgeworth, Mrs. Sherwood, Anne Letitia Barbauld, Charles and Mary Lamb, Jacob Abbott, Alicia Catherine Mant, Caroline Barnard, Peter Parley, Catherine Sinclair, Dr. Aiken. The authors of some of the best tales in the volume are unknown. [Illustration: 'A large hole burst open in the wall.' _p. 381._] _Large crown 8vo. printed on superfine paper, cloth boards._ Illustrated by Gordon Browne [Illustration: 'And your experience makes you sad?'--_p._ 152.] THE SHAKESPEARE STORY BOOK By MARY MACLEOD With Introduction By SIDNEY LEE