By JAMES BALDWIN.
With a series of superb illustrations by Howard Pyle. One volume, square 12mo. $2.00.
Mr. Baldwin has at last given “The Story of Siegfried” in the way in which it most appeals to the boy-reader,–simply and strongly told, with all its fire and action, yet without losing any of that strange charm of the myth, and that heroic pathos, which every previous attempt at a version, even for adult readers, has failed to catch.
THE STORY OF ROLAND.
By JAMES BALDWIN.
With a series of illustrations by R.B. Birch. One volume, square 12mo. $2.00.
This volume is intended as a companion to “The Story of Siegfried.” As Siegfried was an adaptation of Northern myths and romances to the wants and the understanding of young readers, so is this story a similar adaptation of the middle-age romances relating to Charlemagne and his paladins. As Siegfried was the greatest of the heroes of the North, so, too, was Roland the most famous among the knights of the Middle Ages.
“We congratulate the boys of the land upon the appearance of this book. We commend it to parents who are selecting literature for their children, assured, as we are, that it will convince them that books may be found which will engage the attention, and stimulate the imagination, of the young, without dissipating the mind, or blunting the moral sensibilities.”–Philadelphia Messenger.
THE FIRST REALLY PRACTICAL BOY’S BOOK.
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THE AMERICAN BOY’S HANDY BOOK;
Or, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.
By DANIEL C. BEARD.
With three hundred illustrations by the author. One volume, 8vo. $2.00.
Mr. Beard’s book is the first to tell the active, inventive, and practical American boy the things he really wants to know, the thousand things he wants to do, and the ten thousand ways in which he can do them, with the helps and ingenious contrivances which every boy can either procure or make.
The author divides the book among the sports of the four seasons; and he has made an almost exhaustive collection of the cleverest modern devices, besides himself inventing an immense number of capital and practical ideas.
FRANK R. STOCKTON’S POPULAR STORIES.
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THE STORY OF VITEAU.
With sixteen full-page illustrations by R.B. Birch.
One volume, 12mo, extra cloth. $1.50.
In “The Story of Viteau,” Mr. Stockton has opened a new vein, and one that he has shown all his well-known skill and ability in working. While describing the life and surroundings of Raymond, Louis, and Agnes at Viteau at the Castle of De Barran, or in the woods among the Cotereaux, he gives a picture of France in the age of chivalry, and tells, at the same time, a romantic and absorbing story of adventure and knightly daring. Mr. Birch’s spirited illustrations add much to the attraction of the book.
A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.
Illustrated. One volume, 12mo, extra cloth. $1.50.
“‘A Jolly Fellowship,’ by Mr. Frank Stockton, is a worthy successor to his ‘Rudder Grange.’ Although written for lads, it is full of delicious nonsense that will be enjoyed by men and women…. The less serious parts are described with a mock gravity that is the perfection of harmless burlesque, while all the nonsense has a vein of good sense running through it, so that really useful information is conveyed to the young and untravelled reader’s mind.”–Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
THE FLOATING PRINCE, AND OTHER FAIRY TALES.
With illustrations by Bensell and others. One volume, quarto, boards. $1.50.
“Stockton has the knack, perhaps genius would be a better word, of writing in the easiest of colloquial English, without descending to the plane of the vulgar or commonplace. The very perfection of his work hinders the reader from perceiving at once how good of its kind it is…. With the added charm of a most delicate humor,–a real humor, mellow, tender, and informed by a singularly quaint and racy fancy,–his stories become irresistibly attractive.”–Philadelphia Times.
NEW EDITIONS OF OLD FAVORITES.
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ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FICTION.
One volume, quarto, boards, with very attractive lithographed cover, three hundred and seventy pages, two hundred illustrations. A new edition. Price reduced from $3.00 to $1.50.
TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.
One volume, quarto, boards, with handsome lithographed cover, three hundred and fifty pages, nearly two hundred illustrations. A new edition. Price reduced from $3.00 to $1.50.
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Charles Scribner’s Sons, Publishers, 743 and 745 Broadway, New York.