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Rh SWEETHEART TRAVELLERS. By. With numerous Illustrations by, R.I., and. Large crown 8vo., fancy cloth boards, gilt top, 6s.; calf, 10s. 6d. A Large-Paper Edition, numbered and signed by Author and Artists, net, 31s. 6d.

"A more delightful book for young, old, and middle-aged it is scarcely possible to conceive."—Truth.

"Had anyone ever been disinclined to believe in Mr. Crockett's genius, he must have recanted and repented in sackcloth and ashes after enjoying 'Sweetheart Travellers.' It is the rarest of all rarities, and veritably a child's book for children, as well as for women and men. It is seldom, indeed, that the reviewer has the opportunity of bestowing unstinted praise, with the feeling that the laudation is, nevertheless, inadequate. 'Sweetheart Travellers' is instinct with drollery; it continually strikes the softest notes of tenderest pathos, like some sweet, old-fashioned nursery melody, and it must make the most hardened bachelor feel something of the pleasures he has missed in living mateless and childless."—Times,

"Mr. Crockett must be credited with one of the most pronounced successes of the season."—World.

"One of the daintiest and most charming of gift-books." Scotsman.

THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF SIR TOADY LION, WITH THOSE OF GENERAL NAPOLEON SMITH. An improving History for Old Boys, Young Boys, Good Boys, Bad Boys, Big Boys, Little Boys, Cow Boys, and Tom Boys. By S. R. Crockett. Illustrated by, R.I. Large crown 8vo., cloth boards, gilt top, 6s. ; calf, 10s. 6d. 2nd Edition.

"It is distinctly the best Christmas book of the season."—Daily Mail.

"When we say it is one of the most delightful stories about children we have ever read, we are still short of the mark."—Daily Chronicle.

"In this excellent book for children, which the elders will enjoy, Mr. Crockett comes right away from kailyard into a kingdom of obstreperous fancy, and is purely, delightfully funny, and not too Scotch. The wit of this feat of fancy, which cannot be described, and does not belong to any order of juvenile literature, unless we take Mr. Crockett as the founder of one, is over the heads of children in many instances, but they do not know it.... Mr. GORDON BROWNE'S illustrations are as good a treat as the story ; they realise every thought and intention of the writer, and are full of a sly and characteristic drollery all the artist's own."—World.

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