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ENGLISH FAIRY TALES. Collected by. Illustrated by J. D. Batten. Small demy 8vo, pp. xvi., 253, 8 full-page and 60 smaller illustrations, fancy cloth, price 6s.

This new and charmingly illustrated volume. —Daily Telegraph (Leader).

As a collection of fairy tales to delight children of all ages ranks second to none. —Daily Graphic (with illustrations).

A delight alike to the young people and their elders. —Globe.

Prettily and brightly adapted. —Star.

A most delightful volume of fairy tales. —England.

A number of charming English fairy tales. —Speaker.

Mr. Jacobs may be congratulated alike on the matter and form of his book. —Manchester Guardian.

A more desirable child's book .... has not been seen for many a day. —Daily News (Leader).

From first to last, almost without exception, these stories are delightful. —Athæneum.

The most delightful book of fairy tales, taking form and contents together, ever presented to children. —, in Folk-Lore.

The whole collection is dramatic and humorous .... This delightful book.... —, in Atalanta (with illustrations).

A gift-book that will charm any child, and all older folk who have been fortunate enough to retain their taste for the old nursery stories. —Literary World.

A dainty and an interesting volume. —Notes & Queries.

If we were asked what present would make a child happiest at Christmastide we think we could with a clear conscience point to Mr. Jacobs' book. —Gloucester Journal.

The most delightful book of its kind that has come in our way for many a day. —Oban Times.

Brimful of pretty stories. ... Retold in a truly delightful manner. —North-Western Gazette.

The tales are simply delightful. No amount of description can do them justice. The only way is to read the book through from cover to cover. —Magazine & Book Review.

The drawings by Mr. Batten .... are extremely clever, and are full of humour and imagination. —Leeds Mercury.

Several charming stories that may be claimed as new acquaintances. ... Mr. Batten's illustrations are excellent. —The World.

The book is intended to correspond to "Grimm's Fairy Tales," and it must be allowed that its pages fairly rival in interest those of the well-known repository of folk-lore. —Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.).

Nothing could be more fascinating; it is indeed two delicious books rolled into one. —Review of Reviews (with illustrations).

A really valuable and curious selection which will be welcomed by readers of all ages. ... The illustrations by Mr. Batten are often clever and irresistibly humorous. —Times.