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Rh A STB AY: a Tale of a Country Town. By CHABLOTTE M. YONGE, MARY BEAMSTON, CHEISTABEL COLERIDGE, and ESME STUART. New and Cheaper Edition, with Frontispiece by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. ‘ Charmingly told. The weaknesses, the ridicules, and also the good points of a small country-side community are here portrayed with a keenness of observation and a vivacity of style that places this “ Tale of a Country Town “ much above its peers.’ MORNING POST. ‘ A very agreeable and wonderfully successful experiment in joint-authorship.’ ACADEMY. ‘ Told, as far as may be, in the fashion in which Miss Yonge has told so many popular stories.’ SATURDAY REVIEW. THE O’DONNELLS OF INCHFAWN. ByL.T. MEADE, Author of ‘ .Scamp and I,’ ‘ A World of Girls,’ &c. With Frontis- piece by A. CHASEMORE. Crown 8vo. 6*. The author has done good and pleasant work in her time, hut “The O’Donnells of Inchfawn “ is far and away the best thing she has done yet.’ WHITEHALL REVIEW DADDY’S BOY. By L. T. MEADE, Author of < Scamp and I,’ ‘A World of Girls,’ &c. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. cloth extra, 5s. ‘ One of the most charming and pathetic tales that we have seen for a long time.’ ATHEX^EO.M. ‘ This beautiful story, pathetic without being harrowing, reminds us of Miss Florence Montgomery’s “ Misunderstood “ reminds us without suggesting the idea of an imitation.’ SPECTATOR. DEB AND TEE DUCHESS. By L. T. MEADE, Author of ‘ Scamp and I,’ ‘ A World of Girls,’ &c. With Illustrations by M. E. EDWARDS. Crown 8vo. cloth extra, 5s. ‘ There arc few stories “ for boys and girls “ which successfully compete with “ Deb and the Duchess.” The character of the wilful but charming little heroine is cleverly drawn, and shows the author to be a keen sympathiser with the often very real woes of childhood.’ MORNING POST. ‘ A charming tale of charming children, who are naughty enough to be interesting! and natural enough to be made lovable; and very prettily their story is told.’ GLASGOW HERALD. ‘ This is one of the sweetest stories published this season.’ LADY’S PICTORIAL. The quaintest jet most natural stories of child-life. Simply delightful.’ VANITY FAIR. HOUSE OF SURPRISES. By L. T. MEADE, Author of ‘Scamp and I,’ ‘A World of Girls, &c.’ With Illustrations by EDITH M. SCANNELL. Crown 8vo. cloth extra, 3s. Gd. THE BERESFORD PRIZE. By L. T. MEADE. With 7 Illustrations by M. ELLEN EDWARDS. Crown 8vo. 5s. ‘ The story will be read with the greatest sympathy by school-girls, for it is alive with the right kinds of incidents to sustain their interest.’ WESTERN DAILY MERCURY. ‘ What “ Tom Brown’s Schooldays “ did for boys, this book may in some measure be expected to do for girls. . . . The story is very interesting, and graphically depicts life in a well regulated boarding- school for girls.’ MANCHESTER EXAMINER.