"The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father to the care of an elderly aunt residing near Paris. The accounts of the various persons who have an after influence on the story are singularly vivid. There is a subtle attraction about the book which will make it a great favorite with thoughtful girls."--=Sat.u.r.day Review.=

=Under False Colors=: A Story from Two Girls' Lives. By SARAH DOUDNEY. 12mo, cloth, ill.u.s.trated, price $1.00.

"Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories--pure in style, original in conception, and with skillfully wrought out plots; but we have seen nothing equal in dramatic energy to this book."--=Christian Leader.=

=Down the Snow Stairs=; or, From Good-night to Good-morning. By ALICE CORKRAN. 12mo, cloth, ill.u.s.trated, price 75 cents.

"Among all the Christmas volumes which the year has brought to our table this one stands out =facile princeps=--a gem of the first water, bearing upon every one of its pages the signet mark of genius.. .. All is told with such simplicity and perfect naturalness that the dream appears to be a solid reality. It is indeed a Little Pilgrim's Progress."--=Christian Leader.=

=The Tapestry Room=: A Child's Romance. By MRS. MOLESWORTH. 12mo, cloth, ill.u.s.trated, price 75 cents.

"Mrs. Molesworth is a charming painter of the nature and ways of children; and she has done good service in giving us this charming juvenile which will delight the young people."--=Athenaeum, London.=

=Little Miss Peggy=: Only a Nursery Story. By MRS. MOLESWORTH.

12mo, cloth, ill.u.s.trated, price 75 cents.

Mrs. Molesworth's children are finished studies. A joyous earnest spirit pervades her work, and her sympathy is unbounded.

She loves them with her whole heart, while she lays bare their little minds, and expresses their foibles, their faults, their virtues, their inward struggles, their conception of duty, and their instinctive knowledge of the right and wrong of things.

She knows their characters, she understands their wants, and she desires to help them.

=Polly=: A New Fas.h.i.+oned Girl. By L. T. MEADE. 12mo, cloth, ill.u.s.trated, price $1.00.

Few authors have achieved a popularity equal to Mrs. Meade as a writer of stories for young girls. Her characters are living beings of flesh and blood, not lay figures of conventional type.

Into the trials and crosses, and everyday experiences, the reader enters at once with zest and hearty sympathy. While Mrs.

Meade always writes with a high moral purpose, her lessons of life, purity and n.o.bility of character are rather inculcated by example than intruded as sermons.

=One of a Covey.= By the author of "Miss Toosey's Mission." 12mo, cloth, ill.u.s.trated, price 75 cents.

"Full of spirit and life, so well sustained throughout that grown-up readers may enjoy it as much as children. This 'Covey'

consists of the twelve children of a hard-pressed Dr. Partridge out of which is chosen a little girl to be adopted by a spoiled, fine lady. We have rarely read a story for boys and girls with greater pleasure. One of the chief characters would not have disgraced d.i.c.kens' pen."--=Literary World.=

=The Little Princess of Tower Hill.= By L. T. MEADE. 12mo, cloth, ill.u.s.trated, price 75 cents.

"This is one of the prettiest books for children published, as pretty as a pond-lily, and quite as fragrant. Nothing could be imagined more attractive to young people than such a combination of fresh pages and fair pictures; and while children will rejoice over it--which is much better than crying for it--it is a book that can be read with pleasure even by older boys and girls."--=Boston Advertiser.=