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 "The Ideal Gift-Books of the Season."

Collected and Edited by JOSEPH JACOBS.

Illustrated by J. D. BATTEN.

R. JACOBS' FAIRY TALES, which have been appearing since 1890, have won immediate and widespread acceptance. The choice of matter, the simplicity and suitable character of the language of the text, the beauty, humour, and charm of Illustrations, and the large and legible type, have commended the series alike to children and to lovers of art; whilst the prefaces and elaborate notes, parallels, and references added by the Editor, have made them indispensable to the increasingly large portion of the public interested in the history and archæology of popular fiction.

"Fairy Tales of the British Empire" are to be had in two forms, at 3s. 6d. and at 6s. a volume.

In so far as Tales and Illustrations are concerned, the 3s. 6d. Edition is the same as the original 6s. one. But the Editor's Prefaces, Notes, Parallels, and References are omitted.

A full list of the Series, a specimen of Mr. beautiful Illustrations, and a very small selection from the numberless kindly notices which the Press has bestowed upon the Series, will be found on the following pages. 2