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J——•••••••• . — - —• ^ H ¦ MESSRS . BLACKIE & SON .
they Popular have equalled as were previous the Christmas efforts publications by their new of this assortment enterprising of deli firm ghtful last and year , seasonalH we thtH
books . It is quite a treat to look over these volumes , if only for the sake of the illustratioM not to speak of the general merit of the books themselves . V
Two remarkably novel picture-books have been issued as Nos . 1 & 2 of ' Gordon Brow H peculiarl Series of ¦ y Old happy Fairy in Tales rehabilitating . ' Mr . Browne such absorbing ( the stories nursery are retold romances by M as iss Hop L . - E o . ' - Richards iny-ThumM )
and daint ' Beaut little y books and the called Beast 'Nurse . ' Little Peggy peop and le in Little the nursery Dog Tri are p' b also y Two provided Sisters for ; 'T b he y thn TrB
Cake *^ i 1 , y and Other i- ^ w ii Stories Hi , , ' b y W . L . Hooper TT ; and _ _ Jl L 'Little T j _ J _ l _ Mop ~ fc ^~ , , and Other rVi . 1 Stories Ci J , ' b y W _ [ M Clarke ^ h ^ r ^ M ^ k ^^ alt ^^ i ^^ ^^^^ ¦ May * M ^ v tfv * ^^^» . V Somewhat ^ " ^ ^*^ ^~ ^^ " — ^^^ ^ ^^ ™^~ ** ^ ^^ farther — ^~ advanced ^^ *^ ^~^^ ^ — ™^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ — — ^ in sty ^ " ^ g le — are — the volumes of Messrs ¦¦ i ' ¦ ¦ h ^ b w *^& . Black J ^^ . ^ ^ 0 Jj ^ J B ^ iJ I B ^^^^^^ H bound in clothwith and colourSix volumes
' Shilling Series , ' prettily , gold . are before M b namel Emma y , ' Jack Leslie ' s Two * Missy h Soverei ' b gns ¦ F . ¦ Bay ' aix ford ^ L . * Ursula Harrison ' s Aunt ; « and -- / b ' y Alf Annie Jetsome S . Fenn ' and ; * * The Hidden RedfordJ See < 8
b r ^ ^ j y y ^ Mr k ^ &^^ 3 ^ . ^\ jv Cupp ^ m ^^ m ^^ •^^ rffc les ^ i ^ ^^ . ; v ^^« wm ^******** j , « «*^ - y w ^^ - ^ » - »^*» w ^— ' ^» ^ h > ^ ^* -w ^— ^— ^ - ^* - ^^ m ^ ^ —^^^— — — — — — — — - — — - — — — - — — . — —^ ^^^ ^ Hk - ^^ ^ b ^ ^ y ^ - ^ i t- / i I J ^^ J ^^ One of the rnosj attractive story-bookshoweverwhich the firm has had the fortune thl
year to give to the public is Down the , Snow , Stairs ; or , from G-ood-Night to GooB : Morning , by Alice CorJ
ran . Mr . Gordon Bro * w is the illustrator , an the two engravings Avhifl
we insert in this ziotifl show with effect the coraB
¦ cal fanciful power pencil of that . Sixt artisJ y
his illustrations appear the book . * Down thl
Snow Stairs is a fail tastic fltory -- ^ 7 , showing tH ^ m
author ' s power in tH realm of imaginative stul
writing it is so . funny In many that peop placl l
more sedate than ten year-olds will be forced I break into a laugj
Kitty s gobhn-surr ( ) iin | ed -journey will amuJ
trouble children in vastl our y illustration . The little is fellow a dweller who in seems * PunislinieB to be i Land Land ' where where there t . hftrf * was was a « . fJpliV delicious . imiH smell rtti ^ II or of not hot jai jai
, and cakes , where * tarts grew on the bushes an with candies sugar strewed , where the there ground was , where a river the of syrup flowers , sparkle whic a boat of chocolate lay at anchor , and sugar swan
when curved he their wishes long to necks guide . Kitt I he y to larger ' Naug picture hty Children shows -Land the . elfi 7 in n search of -- — Johnnie ____ . . , Miss — Corkran _ _ .. — ' s _ book —_ . __ ___ — ^ ^ is _ _^^ one — _»^ ^^ of ^ ^ ^ the ^ j ^^ ^ ^^^ ^ most ^ ML ^ ^^^ W ^ J ^^
delightful which we have seen of its kind for a long time . | vigorous Witli st " y Wolfe le . Scenes in . Canada in the , great is written struggle in between Mr . Hen France ty ' s mos and t
England for supremacy in North America are described with faithfulness to matters of detailand yet in such a way that the
o most f liveliness critical . roader No s . tory of exciting in the , stories military , cannot history comp of this lain country of want
has greater glories than that which tells of the conflicts between Montcalm and Wolfe , ending in the winning of a continent
, by our brave soldiers . Those who take up Mr . Henty ' s new book will follow witlx avidity the narrative of Jim Walsham's
adventures treatment amid is the Tli exciting e Young —¦¦¦ * scenes Cartti 1— of atgrinla ¦— mf the . il great a h lso war . Mr Different . Hent in .
This mWmmT ^ m \ V * is * a story _ — of the — V — times - j- m j j \ ^ m of .- * — ma v . ¦ ~ n Hannibal ^ mmmT * — — ^ m - jp ^~ - ^^ —^ - ^^ r- * mrr ^ m > - ^^ r ^^_ , v ^ m , - ^>~ ^— dealing ^^ ^ am , . - ^ - ^ ^ mm » - < ^ y w ^ with pk , . ^^_ ^ # ^ V ~ ^««^ one , ^^ to ^ mm *^ ^ m \ m * ^ kS y of W ^ the most momentous epochs of ancient history . It seems to be
becoming more and more difficult to get boys of these days to
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1422, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/14/
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