This is a story of the time of "Harold, the last of the Saxon Kings." Though mainly a domestic title, we yet get a glimpse of the stirring events taking place in the country at that period. 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. "This is a charmingly told story. It is the sort of book that all girls and some boys like, and can only get good from."--_Journal of Education._ "The book is throughout most interesting, and shows in a very natural manner the rough habits and usages in Saxon England."--_Schoolmistress._ #BY M. A. PAULL.# _MY MISTRESS THE QUEEN:_ By Miss M. A. PAULL. With 4 full-page Illustrations by C. T. GARLAND. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._ 6_d._ "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 of persons and manners at the courts of Charles II. and William III. are life-like and accurate. The language is simple, and imitative of the quaint quiet style of that period. "The style is pure and graceful, the presentation of manners and character has been well studied, and the story is full of interest."--_Scotsman._ "This is a charming book. The old-time sentiment which pervades the volume renders it all the more alluring."--_Western Mercury._ #BY DARLEY DALE.# _THE FAMILY FAILING._ By DARLEY DALE, author of "Spoilt Guy," &c. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 2_s._ 6_d._ This is a lively and amusing account of a family, the members of which while they lived in affluence were remarkable for their discontent, but who, after the loss of fortune has compelled them to seek a more humble home in Jersey, become less selfish, and develop very excellent traits of character under the pressure of comparative adversity. "'The Family Failing' is at once an amusing and an interesting story, and a capital lesson on the value of contentedness."--_Aberdeen Journal._ #BY ROSA MULHOLLAND.# _HETTY GRAY:_ Or Nobody's Bairn. By ROSA MULHOLLAND. With 4 full-page Illustrations in black and tint. Cr. 8vo, cloth extra, 2_s._ 6_d._ "Hetty Gray" is the story of a girl who, having been found as an infant by a villager, is brought up by his wife, and is a kind of general pet, till an accident causes a rich widow to adopt her. On the death of her adoptive mother Hetty, who is left unprovided for, is taken by the widow's relatives to be educated with a view to her gaining her livelihood as a governess, an event which is prevented by a rather remarkable discovery.