'_Mr. Sidney Lee, a quite unimpeachable authority, strongly recommends this new volume, for which indeed Miss Macleod's literary reputation will commend a favourable hearing. This new rendering has been very well done. Mr. Gordon Browne's illustrations add another charm to a very attractive book._'--SPECTATOR. '_Miss Macleod has followed the plot more closely than Mary and Charles Lamb, and a charming book of stories is the result._'--TRUTH =Large crown 8vo. printed on superfine paper, cloth boards.= [Illustration: 'Some have greatness thrust upon them.'--_p._ xiv.] WELLS GARDNER, DARTON, & CO., LTD., LONDON Illustrated by Hugh Thomson TALES OF THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS RETOLD FROM CHAUCER AND OTHER WRITERS By F. J. HARVEY DARTON With Introduction By Dr. F. J. FURNIVALL [Illustration: 'The cow ran, the calf ran, and even the very hogs trotted.'--_p._ 122.] =Large 8vo. printed on superfine paper, cloth boards,= WELLS GARDNER, DARTON, & CO., LTD., LONDON Illustrated by Gordon Browne FAIRY TALES FROM HANS ANDERSEN Introduction By EDWARD CLODD =Large Crown 8vo. printed on superfine paper, fancy cloth boards.= [Illustration: Reduced facsimile of cover.] '_The illustrations leave nothing to be desired._'--STANDARD. '_This is really a seasonable for all Christmases._'--PUNCH. '_A delightful gift for children._'--TIMES OF INDIA. [Illustration: From 'The Ugly Duckling.' _p. 110._] WELLS GARDNER, DARTON, & CO., LTD., LONDON Illustrated by Gordon Browne _AN IMPROVING HISTORY FOR OLD BOYS, YOUNG BOYS, GOOD BOYS, BAD BOYS, BIG BOYS, LITTLE BOYS, COW BOYS, AND TOM BOYS_ [Illustration: 'I create you General of the Commissariat.'--_p. 171._] THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF SIR TOADY LION WITH THOSE OF General Napoleon Smith By S. R. CROCKETT '_When we say it is one of the most delightful stories about children we have ever read, we are still short of the mark._' DAILY CHRONICLE. '_It is distinctly the best Christmas book of the season._'--DAILY MAIL. '_In this excellent book for children, which the elders will enjoy, Mr. Crockett comes right away from kailyard into a kingdom of obstreperous fancy, and is purely, delightfully funny, and not too Scotch.... Mr. Gordon Browne's illustrations are as good a treat as the story; they realise every thought and intention of the writer, and are full of a sly and characteristic drollery all the artist's own._'--WORLD. [Illustration: 'How quaint.'--_p. 375._] =Large crown 8vo. printed on superfine paper, cloth boards.= WELLS GARDNER, DARTON, & CO., LTD., LONDON Illustrated by A. G. Walker [Illustration: Reduced Cover Design.] '_A very beautiful gift-book. Deeply interesting to any intelligent child, and the beauty of the old romances will appeal strongly to any imaginative mind, young or old._--THE WORLD.