Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their TimesBrooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter)
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Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
Brooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter)
Biography -- Juvenile literature; Boys -- Biography
Stories designed to bring before the young mind, in a new and entertaining
form, some of the shreds of wit and wisdom which have come down to us from
ancient times in the guise of fables.
"The most delightfully-written little stories one can easily
find in the literature of the season. Well constructed and
brightly told."--_Glasgow Herald._
_DOWN AND UP AGAIN:_
Being some Account of the Felton Family, and the Odd People they
Met. By GREGSON GOW. With 2 Illustrations in colours. Crown
8vo, cloth extra, 1_s._ 6_d._
A story of city life, in which, though the chief aim is to amuse through
the recital of interesting events and the exhibition of original and
humorous character, the reader may see something of the spirit in which
misfortune should be met, and receive an impulse towards kindliness of
deed and charity of thought.
"The story is very neatly told, with some fairly dramatic
incidents, and calculated altogether to please young
boys."--_Scotsman._
_TROUBLES AND TRIUMPHS OF LITTLE TIM._
A City Story. By GREGSON GOW. With 2 Illustrations in colours.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 1_s._ 6_d._
"An undercurrent of sympathy with the struggles of the poor,
and an ability to describe their feelings under various
circumstances, eminently characteristic of Dickens, are marked
features in Mr. Gow's story."--_North British Mail._
_THE HAPPY LAD:_
A Story of Peasant Life in Norway. From the Norwegian of Bjornson.
With Frontispiece in colours. Cloth extra, 1_s._ 6_d._
"This pretty story has a freshness and natural eloquence about
it such as are seldom met with in our home-made tales. It seems
to carry us back to some of the love stories of the
Bible."--_Aberdeen Free Press._
_BOX OF STORIES._
Packed for Young Folk by HORACE HAPPYMAN. A Series of interesting
Tales for the Young. With 2 Illustrations printed in colours.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 1_s._ 6_d._
_GORDON BROWNE'S SERIES OF
OLD FAIRY TALES._
_4to, One Shilling each._
#1. HOP O' MY THUMB.#
#2. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.#
_Others to follow._
#Each book contains 32 pages 4to, and is illustrated by over 30
pictures in the text, and 4 full-page plates.#
This series has been issued so that young people may be provided with the
old favourite Fairy Tales, pleasingly told and very fully illustrated in a
really artistic manner.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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