This Series of Books will be found unequalled for genuine interest and value, and it is believed they will be eagerly welcomed by thoughtful children of both sexes. Parents may rest assured that each Volume teaches some noble lesson, or enforces some valuable truth. =1. In the Brave Days of Old; or, The Story of the Spanish= Armada. For Boys and Girls. =2. The Lost Ruby. By the Author of 'The Basket of Flowers,'= etc. =3. Leslie Ross; or, Fond of a Lark. By Charles Bruce.= =4. My First and Last Voyage. By Benjamin Clarke.= =5. Little Katie: A Fairy Story. By Charles Bruce.= =6. Being Afraid. And other Stories for the Young. By Charles= Stuart. =7. The Toll-Keepers. And other Stories for the Young. By= Benjamin Clarke. =8. Dick Barford: A Boy who would go down Hill. By Charles= Bruce. =9. Joan of Arc; or, The Story of a Noble Life. Written for= Girls. =10. Helen Siddal: A Story for Children. By Ellen Palmer.= =11. Mat and Sofie: A Story for Boys and Girls.= =12. Peace and War. By the Author of 'The Basket of Flowers,'= etc. =13. Perilous Adventures of a French Soldier in Algeria.= =14. The Magic Glass; or, The Secret of Happiness.= =15. Hawk's Dene: A Tale for Children. By Katharine E. May.= =16. Little Maggie. And other Stories. By the Author of 'The= Joy of Well-Doing,' etc. etc. =17. The Brother's Legacy; or, Better than Gold. By M. M.= Pollard. =18. The Little Sisters; or, Jealousy. And other Stories for the= Young. By the Author of 'Little Tales for Tiny Tots,' etc. =19. Kate's New Home. By Cecil Scott, Author of 'Chryssie= Lyle,' etc. *.* The distinctive features are: The subjects of each Volume have been selected with a due regard to Instruction and Entertainment; they are well printed on fine paper; they are Illustrated with Coloured Frontispieces and beautiful Engravings; and they are elegantly bound. * * * * * Transcriber Note Images were placed so as to not split paragraphs. Proper names were standardized to either the most prevalent form or through an Internet search. On page 66, a minus sign was added: "The thermometer stood at -46°, seventy-eight below the freezing point." [32° - 78° = -46°] Other possible inconsistencies were left as stated (ex., p. 140,"... Sievu, the wife of Metek ..."; and p. 206, "... Metek and Nualik his wife ..."). End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Far North, by Elisha Kent Kane