L. C. Page & Company's
Cosy Corner Series
OF
Charming Juveniles
Each one volume, 16mo, cloth, Illustrated, 50 cents
Ole Mammy's Torment. By Annie Fellows-Johnston.
Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
The Little Colonel. By Annie Fellows-Johnston.
Author of "Big Brother."
Big Brother. By Annie Fellows-Johnston.
Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
The Gate of the Giant Scissors. By Annie Fellows-Johnston.
Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
Two Little Knights of Kentucky, who were "The Little Colonel's" neighbors. By Annie Fellows-Johnston.
A sequel to "The Little Colonel."
The Story of Dago. By Annie Fellows-Johnston.
Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
Farmer Brown and the Birds. By Frances Margaret Fox. A little story which teaches children that the birds are man's best friends.
Story of a Short Life. By Juliana Horatia Ewing.
This beautiful and pathetic story is a part of the world's literature and will never die.
Jackanapes. By Juliana Horatia Ewing.
A new edition, with new illustrations, of this exquisite and touching story, dear alike to young and old.
The Little Lame Prince. By Miss Mulock.
A delightful story of a little boy who has many adventures by means of the magic gifts of his fairy godmother.
The Adventures of a Brownie. By Miss Mulock.
The story of a household elf who torments the cook and gardener, but is a constant joy and delight to the children.
His Little Mother. By Miss Mulock.
Miss Mulock's short stories for children are a constant source of delight to them, and "His Little Mother," in this new and attractive dress, will be welcomed by hosts of readers.
Little Sunshine's Holiday. By Miss Mulock.
"Little Sunshine" is another of those beautiful child-characters for which Miss Mulock is so justly famous.
Wee Dorothy. By Laura Updegraff.
A story of two orphan children, the tender devotion of the eldest, a boy, for his sister being its theme.
Rab and His Friends. By Dr. John Brown.
Doctor Brown's little masterpiece is too well known to need description.
The Water People. By Charles Lee Sleight.
Relating the further adventures of "Harry," the little hero of "The Prince of the Pin Elves."
The Prince of the Pin Elves. By Chas. Lee Sleight.
A fascinating story of the underground adventures of a sturdy, reliant American boy among the elves and gnomes.
Helena's Wonderworld. By Frances Hodges White.
A delightful tale of the adventures of a little girl in the mysterious regions beneath the sea.
For His Country. By Marshall Saunders.
A beautiful story of a patriotic little American lad.
A Little Puritan's First Christmas. By Edith Robinson.
A Little Daughter of Liberty. By Edith Robinson.
Author of "A Loyal Little Maid," "A Little Puritan Rebel," etc.
A true story of the Revolution.
A Little Puritan Rebel. By Edith Robinson.
An historical tale of a real girl, during the time when the gallant Sir Harry Vane was governor of Massachusetts.
A Loyal Little Maid. By Edith Robinson.
A delightful and interesting story of Revolutionary days, in which the child heroine, Betsey Schuyler, renders important services to George Washington and Alexander Hamilton.
A Dog of Flanders. A Christmas Story. By Louise de la Ramée (Ouida).
The Nurnberg Stove. By Louise de la Ramée (Ouida).
This beautiful story has never before been published at a popular price.
The King of the Golden River. A Legend of Stiria. By John Ruskin.
Written fifty years or more ago, this little fairy tale soon became known and made a place for itself.
La Belle Nivernaise. The Story of An Old Boat and Her Crew. By Alphonse Daudet.
It has been out of print for some time, and is now offered in cheap but dainty form in this new edition.
The Young King. The Star Child.
Two stories chosen from a recent volume by a gifted author, on account of their rare beauty, great power, and deep significance.
A Great Emergency. By Mrs. Ewing.
The Trinity Flower. By Juliana Horatia Ewing.
In this little volume are collected three of Mrs. Ewing's best short stories for the young people.
The Adventures of Beatrice and Jessie. By Richard Mansfield.
A bright and amusing story of the strange adventures of two little girls in the "realms of unreality."
A Child's Garden of Verses. By R. L. Stevenson.
This little classic is undoubtedly the best of all volumes of poetry for children.
Little King Davie. By Nellie Hellis.
It is sufficient to say of this book that it has sold over 110,000 copies in England, and consequently should well be worthy of a place in "The Cosy Corner Series."
Little Peterkin Vandike. By Charles Stuart Pratt.
The author's dedication furnishes a key to this charming story.
"I dedicate this book, made for the amusement of the boys who may read it, to the memory of one boy, who would have enjoyed as much as Peterkin the plays of the Poetry Party."
The Making of Zimri Bunker. A Tale of Nantucket. By W. J. Long.
The story deals with a sturdy American fisher lad during the war of 1812.
The Fortunes of the Fellow. By Will Allen Dromgoole. A sequel to "The Farrier's Dog and His Fellow."
The Farrier's Dog and His Fellow. By Will Allen Dromgoole.
This story, written by the gifted young Southern woman, will appeal to all that is best in the natures of her many admirers.
The Sleeping Beauty. A Modern Version. By Martha B. Dunn.
A charming story of a little fishermaid of Maine, intellectually "asleep," until she meets the "Fairy Prince."
The Young Archer. By Charles E. Brimblecom.
A strong and wholesome story of a boy who accompanied Columbus on his voyage to the New World.
NEW JUVENILES
Our Devoted Friend
the Dog
By SARAH K. BOLTON
AUTHOR OF "GIRLS WHO HAVE BECOME FAMOUS," ETC.
Fully illustrated with many reproductions from original photographs.
1 vol., small quarto, $1.50
This book of the dog and his friends does for the canine member of the household what Helen M. Winslow's book, "Concerning Cats," did for the feline. No one who cares for dogs—and that class includes nearly all who do not care for cats, and some who do—will admit that the subject of Mrs. Bolton's book is a less felicitous choice than that of its predecessor; while the author's well-known ability as a writer and lecturer, as well as her sympathy with her subject, are a sufficient guarantee of a happy treatment.
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NEW JUVENILES
THE
Rosamond Tales
By CUYLER REYNOLDS
With many full-page illustrations from original photographs by the author, together with a frontispiece from a drawing by Maud Humphreys.
Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50
These are just the bedtime stories that children always ask for, but do not always get. Rosamond and Rosalind are the hero and heroine of many happy adventures in town and on their grandfather's farm; and the happy listeners to their story will unconsciously absorb a vast amount of interesting knowledge of birds, animals, and flowers, just the things about which the curiosity of children from four to twelve years old is most insatiable. The book will be a boon to tired mothers, as a delight to wide-awake children.
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NEW JUVENILES
THE
Little Cousin Series
By MARY F. WADE
Four volumes, each illustrated, cloth, 12mo, 60 cents
Volume I.
Our Little Japanese Cousin
Volume II.
Our Little Brown Cousin
Volume III.
Our Little Indian Cousin
Volume IV.
Our Little Russian Cousin
These are the most interesting and delightful accounts possible of child-life in other lands, filled with quaint sayings, doings and adventures. The "Little Japanese Cousin," with her toys in her wide sleeve and her tiny bag of paper handkerchiefs; the "Little Brown Cousin," in whose home the leaves of the breadfruit-tree serve for plates and the halves of the cocoanut shells for cups; the "Little Indian Cousin," who lives the free life of the forest, and the "Little Russian Cousin," who dwells by the wintry Neva, are truly fascinating characters to the little cousins who will read about them.
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NEW JUVENILES
THE
Cosy Corner Series
A SERIES OF CHARMING ILLUSTRATED JUVENILES BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS
We shall issue ten new volumes in this well-known series of child classics, and announce three as follows:
A Little Puritan Pioneer
By EDITH ROBINSON
Author of "A Loyal Little Maid," "A Little Puritan's First Christmas," etc.
Madam Liberality
By MRS. EWING
Author of "Jackanapes," "A Great Emergency," "Story of a Short Life," etc., etc.
A Bad Penny
By JOHN T. WHEELWRIGHT
The other seven will include new stories by Louise de la Ramée, Miss Mulock, Nellie Hellis, Will Allen Dromgoole, etc., etc.
Forty-four volumes previously published
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Selections from
L. C. Page & Company's
Books for Young People
Old Father Gander: or, The Better-Half of Mother Goose. Rhymes, Chimes, and Jingles scratched from his own goose-quill for American Goslings. Illustrated with impossible Geese, hatched and raised by Walter Scott Howard.
| 1 vol., oblong quarto, cloth decorative | $2.00 |
The illustrations are so striking and fascinating that the book will appeal to the young people aside from the fact even of the charm and humor of the songs and rhymes. There are thirty-two full-page plates, of which many are in color. The color illustrations are a distinct and successful departure from the old-fashioned lithographic work hitherto invariably used for children's books.
The Crock of Gold: A New Book of Fairy Tales. By S. Baring Gould.
Author of "Mehalah," "Old Country Life," "Old English Fairy Tales," etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by F. D. Bedford.
| 1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top | $1.50 |
This volume will prove a source of delight to the children of two continents, answering their always increasing demand for "more fairy stories."
Shireen and Her Friends: The Autobiography of a Persian Cat. By Gordon Stables.
Illustrated by Harrison Weir.
| 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative | $1.25 |
A more charming book about animals Dr. Stables himself has not written. It is similar in character to "Black Beauty," "Beautiful Joe," and other books which teach us to love and protect the dumb animals.
Bully, Fag, and Hero. By Charles J. Mansford.
With six full-page illustrations by S. H. Vedder.
| 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top | $1.50 |
An interesting story of schoolboy life and adventure in school and during the holidays.
The Adventures of a Boy Reporter in the Philippines. By Harry Steele Morrison.
Author of "A Yankee Boy's Success."
| 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated | $1.25 |
A true story of the courage and enterprise of an American lad. It is a splendid boys' book, filled with healthy interest, and will tend to stimulate and encourage the proper ambition of the young reader.
Tales Told in the Zoo. By F. C. Gould.
With many illustrations from original drawings.
| 1 vol., large quarto | $2.00 |
A new book for young people on entirely original lines.
The tales are supposed to be told by an old adjutant stork in the Zoological Gardens to the assembled birds located there, and they deal with legendary and folk-lore stories of the origins of various creatures, mostly birds, and their characteristics.
Philip: The Story of a Boy Violinist. By T. W. O.
| 1 vol., 12mo, cloth | $1.00 |
The life-story of a boy, reared among surroundings singular enough to awaken interest at the start, is described by the present author as it could be described only by one thoroughly familiar with the scene. The reader is carried from the cottages of the humblest coal-miners into the realms of music and art; and the finale of this charming tale is a masterpiece of pathetic interest.
Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse. By Anna Sewell. New Illustrated Edition.
With twenty-five full-page drawings by Winifred Austin.
| 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top | $1.25 |
There have been many editions of this classic, but we confidently offer this one as the most appropriate and handsome yet produced. The illustrations are of special value and beauty, and should make this the standard edition wherever illustrations worthy of the story are desired.
The Voyage of the Avenger: In the Days of the Dashing Drake. By Henry St. John.
Author of "A Middy of Nelson's Day," etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by Paul Hardy.
| 1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top, 400 pages | $1.50 |
A book of adventure, the scene of which is laid in that stirring period of colonial extension when England's famous naval heroes encountered the ships of Spain, both at home and in the West Indies. Mr. St. John has given his boy readers a rattling good story of the sea. There is plenty of adventure, sufficient in fact to keep a boy fixed near the fireside until the last page is reached.
A Child's History of Spain. By Leonard Williams.
Author of "Ballads and Songs of Spain," etc.
| 1 vol., small 12mo, with frontispiece, cloth, gilt top | $0.75 |
Although the recent war with Spain has aroused general interest and caused a great demand for literature relating to the subject, there has not as yet been published a condensed history of Spain for young people. Mr. Williams's little book will prove a desirable addition to the children's historical library.
Fairy Folk from Far and Near. By A. C. Woolf, M. A.
With numerous full-page color illustrations by Hans Reitz.
| 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative | $1.50 |
It is long since there has appeared such a thoroughly delightful volume of fairy tales as that of Annie C. Woolf. An added attraction to the book is found in the exquisite colored illustrations, the work of Hans Reitz. As a Christmas gift-book to children, these tales will be hard to excel.
The Magnet Stories. By Lynde Palmer.
A new edition; new binding and larger size volume, 5 vols., 12mo. Reduced price.
| Drifting and Steering | $1.00 |
| One Day's Weaving | 1.00 |
| Archie's Shadow | 1.00 |
| John-Jack | 1.00 |
| Jeannette's Cisterns | 1.00 |
NEW JUVENILES
THE
Woodranger Tales
Volume III.
The Hero of the Hills
By G. WALDO BROWNE
Volume I.
The Woodranger
By G. WALDO BROWNE
Volume II.
The Young Gunbearer
By G. WALDO BROWNE
Each large 12mo, cloth, fully illustrated, $1.00
There is the reality of history behind these stories, the successful series of "Woodranger Tales," the scope and trend of which are accurately set forth in the title. While full of adventure, the interest in which sometimes rises to the pitch of excitement, the stories are not sensational, for Mr. Browne writes with dignity, if with liveliness. The books will not fail to interest any lively, wholesome-minded boy.
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NEW JUVENILES
Prince Harold
A FAIRY STORY
By L. F. BROWN
With ninety full-page illustrations
Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50
A delightful fairy tale for children, dealing with the life of a charming young Prince, who, aided by the Moon Spirit, discovers, after many adventures, a beautiful girl whom he makes his Princess. He is so enamored that he dwells with his bride in complete seclusion for a while, entrusting the conduct of his kingdom meantime to his monkey servant, Longtail. The latter marries a monkey princess from Amfalulu, and their joint reign is described with the drollest humor. The real rulers finally return and upset the reign of the pretenders. An original and fascinating story for young people.
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L. C. Page & Company's
Gift Book Series
FOR
Boys and Girls
Each one volume, tall 12mo, cloth, Illustrated, $1.00
The Little Colonel's House Party. By Annie Fellows-Johnston.
Author of "Little Colonel," etc. Illustrated by E. B. Barry.
Mrs. Johnston has endeared herself to the children by her charming little books published in the Cosy Corner Series. Accordingly, a longer story by her will be eagerly welcomed by the little ones who have so much enjoyed each story from her pen.
Chums. By Maria Louise Pool.
Author of "Little Bermuda," etc. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman.
"Chums" is a girls' book, about girls and for girls. It relates the adventures, in school, and during vacation, of two friends.
Three Little Crackers. From Down in Dixie. By Will Allen Dromgoole.
Author of "The Farrier's Dog." A fascinating story for boys and girls, of the adventures of a family of Alabama children who move to Florida and grow up in the South.
Miss Gray's Girls: or, Summer Days in the Scottish Highlands. By Jeannette A. Grant.
A delightfully told story of a summer trip through Scotland, somewhat out of the beaten track. A teacher, starting at Glasgow, takes a lively party of girls, her pupils, through the Trossachs to Oban, through the Caledonian Canal to Inverness, and as far north as Brora.
King Pippin: A Story for Children. By Mrs. Gerard Ford.
Author of "Pixie."
One of the most charming books for young folks which has been issued for some time. The hero is a lovable little fellow, whose frank and winning ways disarm even the crustiest of grandmothers, and win for him the affection of all manner of unlikely people.
Feats on the Fiord: A Tale of Norwegian Life. By Harriet Martineau.
This admirable book, read and enjoyed by so many young people, deserves to be brought to the attention of parents in search of wholesome reading for their children to-day. It is something more than a juvenile book, being really one of the most instructive books about Norway and Norwegian life and manners ever written.
Songs and Rhymes for the Little Ones. Compiled by Mary Whitney Morrison (Jenny Wallis).
New edition, with an introduction by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
No better description of this admirable book can be given than Mrs. Whitney's happy introduction:
"One might almost as well offer June roses with the assurance of their sweetness, as to present this lovely little gathering of verse, which announces itself, like them, by its own deliciousness. Yet, as Mrs. Morrison's charming volume has long been a delight to me, I am only too happy to declare that it is to me—and to two families of my grandchildren—the most bewitching book of songs for little people that we have ever known."
The Young Pearl Divers: A Story of Australian Adventure by Land and by Sea. By Lieut. H. Phelps Whitmarsh.
This is a splendid story for boys, by an author who writes in vigorous and interesting language, of scenes and adventures with which he is personally acquainted.
The Woodranger. By G. Waldo Browne.
The first of a series of five volumes entitled "The Woodranger Tales."
Although based strictly on historical facts the book is an interesting and exciting tale of adventure, which will delight all boys, and be by no means unwelcome to their elders.
Three Children of Galilee: A Life of Christ for the Young. By John Gordon.
There has long been a need for a Life of Christ for the young, and this book has been written in answer to this demand. That it will meet with great favor is beyond question, for parents have recognized that their boys and girls want something more than a Bible story, a dry statement of facts, and that, in order to hold the attention of the youthful readers, a book on this subject should have life and movement as well as scrupulous accuracy and religious sentiment.
Little Bermuda. By Maria Louise Pool.
Author of "Dally," "A Redbridge Neighborhood," "In a Dike Shanty," "Friendship and Folly," etc.
The adventures of "Little Bermuda" from her home in the tropics to a fashionable American boarding-school. The resulting conflict between the two elements in her nature, the one inherited from her New England ancestry, and the other developed by her West Indian surroundings, gave Miss Pool unusual opportunity for creating an original and fascinating heroine.
The Wild Ruthvens: A Home Story. By Curtis York.
A story illustrating the mistakes, failures, and successes of a family of unruly but warm-hearted boys and girls. They are ultimately softened and civilized by the influence of an invalid cousin, Dick Trevanion, who comes to live with them.
The Adventures of a Siberian Cub. Translated from the Russian of Slibitski by Leon Golschmann.
This is indeed a book which will be hailed with delight, especially by children who love to read about animals. The interesting and pathetic adventures of the orphan-bear, Mishook, will appeal to old and young in much the same way as have "Black Beauty" and "Beautiful Joe."
Timothy Dole. By Juniata Salsbury.
The youthful hero, and a genuine hero he proves to be, starts from home, loses his way, meets with startling adventures, finds friends, kind and many, and grows to be a manly man. It is a wholesome and vigorous book, that boys and girls, and parents as well, will read and enjoy.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example: writing-pad, writing pad; cocoanut; curtsey; beshawled.
Pg 38, 'Onct our washerwoman' replaced by 'Once our washerwoman'.
Pg 38, 'Onct I took' replaced by 'Once I took'.
Pg 42, 'Onct when cats come' replaced by 'Once when cats come'.
Pg 90, 'dare the undarable' replaced by 'dare the undareable'.
Pg 163, 'only onct a day?' replaced by 'only once a day?'.
Pg 180, 'onct have blue eyes' replaced by 'once have blue eyes'.
Pg 269, "You mus' he" replaced by "You mus' be".
Publisher's Book Catalog:
In the Cosy Corner Series, 'and announce four' replaced by 'and
announce three'.
A page from 'Gift Series for Boys and Girls' has been moved to its proper position at the end of that section. This page described 'Three Children of Galilee' through 'Timothy Dole'.