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THE CHILDREN'S STUDY

Long 8vo., cloth, sit cop, with photogravure frontispiece, price 26 e.

1. Scotland. By Mrs. OLIPHANT. 3. Ireland. Edited by BARRY O'BRIEN. 3. England. By FRANCES E. COOKE. 4. Germany. By KATE FREILIGRATH KROEKER, Author of "Fairy Tales from Brentano, " &c. S. Old Tales from Greece. By ALICE ZIMMERN. 6. France. By MARY ROWSELL 7. Rome. By Mary FORD. 8. Spain. By LEONARD WILLIAMS. 9. Canada. By J. N. MCILWRAITH.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON "SCOTLAND."

Le For children of the right age this is an excellent little history."-Daily News "Enough of fault-finding with a water who ban otherwise performed his task in > perfectly charming manner." -Daily Chronicle "The best book for the raiag Caledonian that has appeared for many a day." Simple, picturesque, and well-proportioned." --Glesgow Herald (Scotsman - A charming book full of life and colour," - Speaker. - As a stimulator of the Imagination and intelligence, It is a long way ahead of many books in use in some schools."-Steich. The book is attractively produced Mrs. Oliphant has performed ber difficult task well."-Educational Time, "A work which may clalm its place upon the shelvee of the yonng people'a library, where it may prove of not a little sertice also to their elders." --School Board Chronicle

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON "IRELAND."

Many who are children ao longer will be glad of this compact but able tatrodac don to the story of Ireland's woes. The form of the volume la particularly attractive." British Weekly. The style is intensely interesting." --Schoolmaster, "It is well that the youth of England, who haveinntered tato a serious laheritance and who will soon be the voters of England, shoukd have some conception of the country with whom they are so closely bound up, and for whose past their fathers are to heavily responsible. We do not know of any work so suiting for imparting to them this knowledge as the present, which, therefore, we heartily commend to all teachers as the best text-book of Irish history for the young.“ Daily Chronicle.
 * We heartily congratulate Mr. Barry O'Brien upon this interesting little volume

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON "ENGLAND."

"Pleasantly written, and well within the capacity of a young child, ... W. anticipate wild pleasure the appearance of the succeeding volumes of the Children's Study."-School Guardian. Admirably done .... always easy of understanding. - Scotsman.
 * Terse, Told, well-informed-Speaker,

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON "GERMANY."

"We have seldom seen a small history so well balanced, and consequently to adequate as an introduction to the subject." - Educational Times. Painstaldng and well written, "-Daily Chronicle. "Clear as accurate. It is just the sort of book to give to a youngster who bas to study Teutonic history,--Black and White An interesting sintorical anden."Pen Mal Gazette