"If one were asked to select a series of stories most suitable for presents to children, and affording real pleasure in their perusal to 'children of a larger growth,' very few would hesitate to name this series as the very first and best of the class."--_Coventry Herald._ THE ORPHANS OF ELFHOLM; AND OTHER STORIES. BY FRANCES BROWNE. Illustrated with 15 Wood Engravings. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._ "A book to be prized by the young, for its several tales are well written and full of touching interest."--_City Press._ WHEN WE WERE YOUNG; AND OTHER STORIES. BY THE AUTHOR OF "A TRAP TO CATCH A SUNBEAM." Illustrated with 15 Wood Engravings. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._ "The precept of moral courage which it inculcates, coupled with its excellent tone throughout, stamps it at once as being of the right sort."--_English Churchman._ NOT CLEVER; AND OTHER STORIES. BY FRANCES M. WILBRAHAM. Illustrated with 15 Wood Engravings. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._ "Pure in tone, full of interest, well got up, and cheap."--_Hereford Times._ DEAR CHARLOTTE'S BOYS; AND OTHER STORIES. BY EMILY TAYLOR. Illustrated with 15 Wood Engravings. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._ "We are glad to receive a volume of these pretty stories. There is something refreshing in them, scarcely to be found in any other publication."--_City Press._ THE STORY OF NELSON; AND OTHER STORIES. BY W. H. G. KINGSTON. Illustrated with 15 Wood Engravings. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._ "Mr. Kingston, with great skill, brings out the stirring events of the great Admiral's life from the lips of an old Greenwich pensioner. The story is told with all the enthusiasm of a true 'Salt,' and has the further merit of capital descriptive writing."--_Plymouth Journal._ BLIND URSULA; AND OTHER STORIES. BY MRS. WEBB. Illustrated with 15 Wood Engravings. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._ "A domestic tale of humble life, which will well repay perusal. There is an excellent tone, moral and religious, throughout the narrative."--_Leeds Intelligencer._ SEA-SHELL ISLAND; AND OTHER STORIES. BY G. E. SARGENT. Illustrated with 15 Wood Engravings. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._ "An exceeding pretty story."--_Somersetshire County Herald._ WHICH WAS THE BRAVEST? AND OTHER STORIES. BY L. A. HALL. Illustrated with 15 Wood Engravings. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._ "A tale of the Christmas holidays on the banks of the Shannon, intended to show, by the conduct of a party of young people, that rashness and disobedience are no proofs of courage. It should be widely spread, for the spirit of the little book is excellent. The engravings are appropriate and pleasing."--_Plymouth Journal._ THE CLOCKMAKER OF LYONS; AND OTHER STORIES. BY E. M. PIPER. Illustrated with 15 Wood Engravings. Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._