‘A good tale--good in composition, good in style, good in purpose.’--_Nonconformist._ ‘The story is of a very attractive character. Its purpose is a good and important one.’--_Rock._ =SLAVONIC FAIRY TALES.= From Russian, Servian, Polish, and Bohemian Sources. By JOHN T. NAAKE, of the British Museum. With Four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. ‘A most choice and charming selection.... The tales have an original national ring in them, and will be pleasant reading to thousands besides children. Yet children will eagerly open the pages, and not willingly close them, of the pretty volume.’--_Standard._ ‘English readers now have an opportunity of becoming acquainted with eleven Polish and eight Bohemian stories, as well as with eight Russian and thirteen Servian, in Mr. Naake’s modest but serviceable collection of Slavonic Fairy Tales. Its contents are, as a general rule, well chosen, and they are translated with a fidelity which deserves cordial praise.... Before taking leave of his prettily got up volume, we ought to mention that its contents fully come up to the promise held out in its preface.’--_Academy._ =STORIES IN PRECIOUS STONES.= By HELEN ZIMMERN. With Six Illustrations. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. ‘A series of pretty tales which are half fantastic, half natural, and pleasantly quaint, as befits stories intended for the young.’ --_Daily Telegraph._ ‘A pretty little book which fanciful young persons will appreciate, and which will remind its readers of many a legend, and many an imaginary virtue attached to the gems they are so fond of wearing.’--_Post._ * * * * * =THE BETTER SELF.= By J. HAIN FRISWELL. Essays for Home Life. Crown 8vo. 6_s._ CONTENTS:-- Beginning at Home The Girls at Home The Wife’s Mother Pride in the Family Discontent and Grumbling Domestic Economy Likes and Dislikes On Keeping People Down On Falling Out Peace ‘A high conception, but never severe nor morose; the spirit is as sound and wholesome as it is noble and elevated.’--_Standard._ ‘A really charming volume of Essays, which gives good advice without becoming a bore.’--_City Press._ =BY STILL WATERS.= By EDWARD GARRETT. A Story for Quiet Hours. Crown 8vo. With Seven Illustrations. 6_s._ ‘We have read many books by Edward Garrett, but none that has pleased us so well as this. It has more than pleased; it has charmed us.’--_Nonconformist._ ‘Mr. Garrett is a novelist whose books it is always a pleasure to meet. His stories are full of quiet, penetrating observations, and there is about them a rare atmosphere of not unpleasing meditative melancholy.’--_Echo._ =BEATRICE AYLMER, AND OTHER TALES.= By MARY M. HOWARD, Author of ‘Brampton Rectory.’ Crown 8vo. 6_s._ ‘These tales possess considerable merit.’--_Court Journal._