=ENGLISH FAIRY TALES.= Collected by JOSEPH JACOBS. Ill.u.s.trated by J. D. Batten. Small demy 8vo, pp. xvi-253, 8 full-page and 60 smaller Ill.u.s.trations, fancy cloth, price 6s.

This new and charmingly ill.u.s.trated volume.--_Daily Telegraph_ (Leader).

As a collection of fairy tales to delight children of all ages ranks second to none.--_Daily Graphic_ (with ill.u.s.trations).

A delight alike to the young people and their elders.--_Globe._

Prettily and brightly adapted.--_Star._

A most delightful volume of fairy tales.--_England._

A number of charming English fairy tales.--_Speaker._

Mr. Jacobs may be congratulated alike on the matter and form of his book.--_Manchester Guardian._

A more desirable child's book ... has not been seen for many a day.--_Daily News_ (Leader).

From first to last, almost without exception, these stories are delightful.--_Athenaeum._

The most delightful book of fairy tales, taking form and contents together, ever presented to children.--E. S. HARTLAND, in _Folk-Lore_.

The whole collection is dramatic and humorous.... This delightful book....--MISS THACKERAY, in _Atalanta_ (with ill.u.s.trations).

A gift-book that will charm any child, and all older folk who have been fortunate enough to retain their taste for the old nursery stories.--_Literary World._

A dainty and an interesting volume.--_Notes and Queries._

If we were asked what present would make a child happiest at Christmastide we think we could with a clear conscience point to Mr. Jacobs' book.--_Gloucester Journal._

The most delightful book of its kind that has come in our way for many a day.--_Oban Times._

Brimful of pretty stories.... Retold in a truly delightful manner.--_North-Western Gazette._

The tales are simply delightful. No amount of description can do them justice. The only way is to read the book through from cover to cover.--_Magazine and Book Review._

The drawings by Mr. Batten ... are extremely clever, and are full of humour and imagination.--_Leeds Mercury._

Several charming stories that may be claimed as new acquaintances.... Mr. Batten's ill.u.s.trations are excellent.--_The World._

The book is intended to correspond to "Grimm's Fairy Tales," and it must be allowed that its pages fairly rival in interest those of the well-known repository of folk-lore.--_Sydney Morning Herald_ (N.S.W.).

Nothing could be more fascinating; it is indeed two delicious books rolled into one.--_Review of Reviews_ (with ill.u.s.trations).

A really valuable and curious selection which will be welcomed by readers of all ages.... The ill.u.s.trations by Mr. Batten are often clever and irresistibly humorous.--_Times._

=CELTIC FAIRY TALES.= Edited by JOSEPH JACOBS, and Ill.u.s.trated by J. D. Batten. Sm. demy 8vo, pp. xvi-267, with 8 full-page Ill.u.s.trations and numerous Vignettes, Tail-pieces, Initials, &c. 6s.

Mr. Joseph Jacobs' book of "Celtic Fairy Tales" is, like his last year's collection of "English Fairy Tales," one of the best books of stories ever put together, whether for a young reader or an old.--_Scotsman._

The volume is ill.u.s.trated by Mr. John D. Batten, whose work merits the very highest praise. The humorous sketches are admirable.--_Glasgow Herald._

Humour and seriousness are delightfully mingled in these tales from many sources.--_Leeds Mercury._

An admirable selection of Celtic Fairy Tales, edited with considerable erudition. The ill.u.s.trations are graceful and suggestive.--_Freeman's Journal._

Delightful stories, exquisite ill.u.s.trations by John D. Batten, and learned notes.--_Ariel._

Mr. Batten's ill.u.s.trations are quite charming. Neither Tenniel nor C. H. Bennett have done anything better.--_Bookseller._

This is not the first volume of exquisite fairy tales which Mr.

Jacobs has given the young ones.--_Newcastle Daily Chronicle._

A stock of delightful little narratives gathered chiefly from the Celtic-speaking peasants of Ireland.--_Daily Telegraph._

A charming volume, skilfully ill.u.s.trated.--_Daily Chronicle._

A perfectly lovely book. And oh! the wonderful pictures inside.

Get this book if you can; it is capital, all through.--_Pall Mall Budget._

=INDIAN FAIRY TALES.= Edited by JOSEPH JACOBS, and Ill.u.s.trated by J. D. Batten. Sm. demy 8vo, pp. xvi-253, with 9 full-page and numerous Vignettes, Tail-pieces, Initials, &c.

The book is good both for the schoolroom and the study.--_Daily News_ (Leader).

Mr. Jacobs' ably edited "Indian Fairy Tales" is a bright example of almost all that a fairy-book should he.--_Daily Chronicle._

If I were asked to select a child's library I should name these three volumes ['English,' 'Celtic,' and 'Indian Fairy Tales'], with Grimm, Hans Andersen, and one or two good volumes of poetry.--_Irish Daily Independent._

We are absolutely sure (which we scarcely ever are) that this book is a most pleasing volume.--_Sat.u.r.day Review._

The form in which they are presented is admirable, and nothing could be better in their way than Mr. Batten's designs to ill.u.s.trate them.--_North British Daily Mail._

Mr. Jacobs brings home to us in a clear and intelligible manner the enormous influence which Indian Fairy Tales have had upon European literature of the kind.--_Gloucester Journal._

Mr. Jacobs is a delightful companion into a land of enchantment, and his successive books are treasures.--_Notes and Queries._

The present combination will be welcomed not alone by the little ones for whom it is specially combined, but also by children of larger growth and added years.--_Daily Telegraph._