May be useful where children or servants fear a haunted house. =70. Little Rosa.= By Mrs. PRENTICE. (Nelson) 6_d._ Fittest for the poor children to whom Father is a word of fear. =71. The Magpie’s Nest.= (Nelson) 6_d._ =72. The Children on the Plains.= (Nelson) 1_s._ 6_d._ Adventures on the Prairies with Red Indians; a good deal of religious talk. =73. Daughter of the Regiment.= (Sunday School Union) 2_s._ Children captured by Red Indians. =74. Leila, or the Island.= By M. FRASER TYTLER. (Hatchards) 3_s._ 6_d._ Leila has always been an unfailing favourite. The second and third parts of her story are unequal to the first volume, which is improbable enough, but such pretty and pleasant reading, and so sound-hearted, that it is quite a child’s classic. =75. Mr. Burke’s Nieces.= (Cassell) 2_s._ Confusion of identity between two children brought home from India, one of whom the Irish barrister believes to be his niece. It turns upon jealousy. =76. Little Hinges.= (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._ A child’s disobedience in apparently a small matter leads to great family misfortunes. A sound lesson against ‘doing right in our own eyes.’ =77. The Thorn Fortress.= By M. BRAMSTON. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ This will be classed among historical tales, as it belongs to the period of the Thirty Years’ War, but the interest is sufficient to win children quite ignorant of the history of the period. The inhabitants of a village in the track of the armies have a refuge in the forest, impregnably fenced with thorn bushes. The adventures of a little maiden, who falls into the hands of the marauders, and wins their heart by her innocent sweetness, are enjoyed by all readers and hearers. =78. Max Krömer.= By HESBA STRETTON. (R.T.S.) 1_s._ 6_d._ The Siege of Strasburg from a child’s point of view. =79. Lost in Egypt.= By Miss M. L. WHATELY. (R.T.S.) 4_s._ The adventures of the little daughter of an English engineer, suddenly left an orphan in a remote place, and abandoned by the servants. She is adopted by a peasant woman, and afterwards has experience of several Egyptian houses before she is recovered by her English grandmother. Here and there it is lengthy, and some conversations might be spared, but it has been listened to and read with great interest. =80. The Blue Ribbons.= By ANNA HARRIET DRURY. (Kerby) 3_s._ 6_d._ Founded on the anecdote of Marie Antoinette acting fairy to the child she met in the wood. =81. Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates.= By MARY M. DODGE. (Sampson Low) 1_s._ Delightful scenes of Dutch winter life. =82. The Oak Staircase.= By M. and C. LEE. (Griffith, Farran, & Co.) 3_s._ 6_d._