Book 9 — Books for Boys
Reading edition
Boys of Other Countries
By Bayard Taylor Author of “Views Afoot,” “The Story of Kenneth,” etc.
Third Edition with additional chapters on Studies of Animal Nature and The Robber Region of Southern California
With 8 Full-page Illustrations in Color and 8 other Illustrations after Original Designs by Frederick Simpson Coburn
New Edition with Additional Material, Printed from New Plates. Beautifully Bound. Full Size. 8o. Handsome Cover Design. $2.00 net. Postage extra
“Nobody knows better than this author does how to tell a good story, and there are not many persons who have better stories than he has to tell.”—New York Evening Post
Mr. Midshipman Easy
By Captain Marryat
Large 8o. With 16 Full-page Illustrations, and ornamental head- and tail-pieces by R. F. Zogbaum. Decorative Wrapper. Net, $1.75. Postage extra
“This, the best sea-story ever written, needs no introduction. Nor does this edition of it need any, if one has ever had a chance to look at it.”
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
By Jules Verne
Large 8o. With 24 Full-page Illustrations redrawn from the original French edition. Net, $1.75. Postage extra
“A fine edition of a fine book. This is perhaps the most fascinating of all Verne’s books, and remarkable in that, under the guise of fiction, it foretold some of the most startling scientific discoveries of to-day.”
Popular Tales for Young People
By RONALD QUIZ
Giant-Land
or, The Wonderful Adventures of Tim Pippin
8vo, with 24 Illustrations in Full Color after designs by “Puck.” Handsomely printed and bound, full gilt. $1.75.
Monster-Land
or, The Further Adventures of King Pippin
8vo, with 20 Illustrations in Full Color after designs by “Puck.” Handsomely printed and bound, full gilt. $1.75.
These are reprints of a delightfully fanciful child’s stories, famous half a century ago. The illustrations have been redrawn and enlarged from the originals, and add greatly to the attractiveness of the books.
Legends and Stories of Italy
For Children By AMY STEEDMAN
With 12 Full-page Illustrations in Color after designs by Katharine Cameron. 8vo. Handsomely printed and bound. New Popular Edition. $1.50.
A volume for young folks that is full of ennobling examples of virtue and saintly living, embodied in stories that are gracefully and effectively told. The stories are steeped in piety, and the beautiful legends and tales that go to make up the volume are the fruit of an unwavering and abiding faith. The simple earnestness of the telling has left unobscured the message that these stories bear to the responsive girl and boy.
The volume contains twelve illustrations in color by Katharine Cameron, illustrations that admirably reproduce the spirit of reverence and of faith that pervades the whole work.
By LOUEY CHISHOLM
The Golden Staircase Poems and Verses for Children
With 16 Full-page Illustrations in Color By M. Dibdin-Spooner Large 8vo. Beautifully printed and bound. $2.50 net. Popular Edition. With eight Full-page illustrations in color. Full gilt stamping, gilt top. $1.50 net. School Edition. With eight full-page illustrations in color. Cloth. $1.00 net.
The Enchanted Land Tales Told Again
With 30 Full-page Illustrations in Color, Cover Design, and End-papers By Katharine Cameron 8vo, Very Handsomely bound. Full gilt edges. $3.00
In Fairyland Tales Told Again
With 30 Full-page Illustrations in Color, Cover Design, and End-papers By Katharine Cameron 8vo. Beautifully printed and bound. Full gilt stamping. $3.00
Mrs. Chisholm has retold in a delightful way many of the old fairy tales. Perhaps the best explanation of her methods may be given in the words of one little girl: “You leave all the not interesting bits, you know, and you make me understand what the story is all about, and I just see pictures all the time, and when you come to the end I just feel that I want you to go on forever.”
Mr. Wind and Madame Rain
Translated from the French of Paul de Musset By Emily Makepeace With twenty-five very quaint Full-page Illustrations by Charles Bennett 8vo. Full gilt. $2.00
This is a reprint of a delightfully fanciful child’s story, famous half a century ago. The illustrations have been redrawn and enlarged from the originals, and add greatly to the attractiveness of the book.
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK LONDON