A Selection from the Catalogue of
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Complete Catalogue sent on application
Tales of the Heroic Ages.
By Zenaïde A. Ragozin, author of “Chaldea,” “Vedic India,” etc.
- No. I.—Siegfried the Hero of the North, and Beowulf, the Hero of the Anglo-Saxons. Illustrated. 12o
- $1.25
- No. II.—Frithjof, the Viking of Norway, and Roland, the Paladin of France. Illustrated. 12o
- $1.25
- No. III.—Salammbô, the Maid of Carthage. Illustrated. 12o
- $1.25
“The author is one who knows her subject as a scholar, and has the skill and imagination to construct her stories admirably. Her style is terse and vivid, well adapted to interest the young in these dignified and thrilling tales.”—Dial.
Plutarch for Boys and Girls.
Selected and Edited by John S. White. Illustrated. 8o $1.75
“It is a pleasure to see in so beautiful and elegant a form one of the great books of the world. The best Plutarch for young readers.”—Literary World.
“Shows admirable scholarship and judgment.”—Critic.
Pliny for Boys and Girls.
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder. Edited by John S. White. With 52 illustrations. 4o $1.75
“Mr. White’s selections are admirably made. He has gleaned in all directions for his notes, and the result is one which reflects on him great credit, and adds another to the number of juvenile books which may be commended without reservation.”—Independent.
“For the libraries of the young—and every boy and girl in the land should collect a library of their own—these superb books have a special adaptation; they open the classics to them.”—Boston Journal of Education.
Herodotus for Boys and Girls.
Edited by John S. White. With 50 illustrations. 8o $1.75
“The book really contains those parts of Herodotus which a judicious parent would most likely have his boys and girls acquainted with, and Mr. White has succeeded in condensing these by omitting multitudes of phrases inserted in the Greek text. The print is so large and clear that no one need fear that it will foster a tendency to near-sightedness on the part of boy or girl.”—Nation.
The Travels of Marco Polo.
Edited for Boys and Girls, with explanatory notes and comments, by Thomas W. Knox. With over 200 illustrations. 8o $1.75
“To the student of geography Marco Polo needs no introduction. He is revered as the greatest of all travellers in the Middle Ages, and by more than one careful geographer his work is believed to have led to the discovery of the New World by the Hardy Mariner of Genoa.... The story of his travels was received with incredulity, and he died while Europe was gravely doubting its truth. It has remained for later generations to establish the correctness of his narrative and accord him the praise he so richly deserves.”
Books for Boys
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
Transcriber’s Notes
- Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
- Silently corrected a few palpable typos.
- In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.