A particularly apt selection from the marvellous exploits of the Knights of the Round Table, related in thrilling language and ill.u.s.trated in an ideal manner with pictures in colour and black and white. A perfect present for a boy or girl. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

GLORIOUS BATTLES OF ENGLISH HISTORY

BY MAJOR C.H. WYLLY

WITH FOREWORD BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

ILl.u.s.tRATED BY HARRY PAYNE

Books of Battles are ever popular, and this one, with its well-chosen incidents, told in an easy and interesting style by an officer of the British Army, and its inspiring foreword, will take a high rank and be greatly in demand particularly amongst that large section of the public to whom fact appeals so much more strongly than fiction. The ill.u.s.trator has spared no pains in making his pictures worthy of their subject. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates and numerous black and white drawings. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE

BY E. NESBIT; AND

WHEN SHAKESPEARE WAS A BOY

BY DR. F.J. FURNIVALL, M.A.

NEW EDITION

This book brings before the minds of children, in a most attractive manner, many of the great dramatic poet's works, acquainting them with the characters and plots of the plays in a delicate way, and in a style that is certain to make them long for the time when they shall read the whole for themselves. The introductory history by Dr.

Furnivall is full of charm and instruction. This entirely new edition has full-page colour and black and white drawings by John H. Bacon, A.R.A., Arthur Dixon, Howard Davie and Harold Copping. Printed on rough art paper. 10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM TENNYSON

BY NORA CHESSON

NEW EDITION

The most popular poems of Tennyson, "The Lily Maid," "Lady Clare,"

"The Lord of Burleigh," "The Story of King Arthur," etc., etc., retold in prose, and so introducing to the minds of young people the great poet's works, and familiarising them with his celebrated characters.

This is a new edition, with additional beautiful ill.u.s.trations in colour and black and white by John H. Bacon, A.R.A., Gordon Browne, R.I., Arthur Dixon and others. Printed on rough art paper. 10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

[Ill.u.s.tration: _From "Children's Stories from Tennyson."_]

[Ill.u.s.tration: _From "Children's Stories from Italian Fairy Tales."_]

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ITALIAN FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS

BY LILIA ROMANO

ILl.u.s.tRATED BY HOWARD DAVIE Their charm enhanced by the numerous characteristic ill.u.s.trations, these stories, with their vivid local colouring, gathered from the fairy tales and folk-lore of lovely Italy, translated and retold, form a truly magnificent volume. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM j.a.pANESE FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS

BY N. KATO

ILl.u.s.tRATED BY HARRY G. THEAKER

The stories most sympathetic to the feelings of the English-reading juvenile public have been collected and translated, and the book, with its fascinating ill.u.s.trations in colour and black and white, has proved a valuable addition to the series. Printed on rough art paper.

10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS

ILl.u.s.tRATED BY A.A. DIXON

Translated from the original, and adapted by Miss Seraphima Pulman, these stories are truly charming, while they are valuable as giving an insight into Russian life and habits. The ill.u.s.trations possess all that delicacy and beauty which is characteristic of the artist.

Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM INDIAN LEGENDS

BY M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE AND HILDA HART

ILl.u.s.tRATED BY HARRY G. THEAKER

Written with much feeling and charm, while the artist has delineated the episodes with strikingly beautiful drawings in colour and black and white, this book is also popular as furthering the knowledge of a land and people so closely bound in the heart of the British Empire.

Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM FRENCH FAIRY TALES

BY DORIS ASHLEY

ILl.u.s.tRATED BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL

Tales to be read with breathless interest, so full of incident and romance are they, and in dealing with them the writer has shown consummate tact, both in her choice of stories and her manner of handling them, and this, combined with the wholly fascinating ill.u.s.trations, in colour and black and white, has resulted in an altogether lovely volume. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

[Ill.u.s.tration: _From "Children's Stories from French Fairy Tales_"]

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE NORTHERN LEGENDS

BY M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE AND HILDA HART

ILl.u.s.tRATED BY HARRY G. THEAKER

Those entrancing legends of the Icelandic and Scandinavian poets are here recounted in a cohesive and lucid style suitable for boys and girls, thus in an easy way introducing the famous and fantastic heroes and heroines of Norse Mythology. The beautiful colour pictures, with the black and white drawings, are full of poetry and interest. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.