Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 274 pages of information about Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy.

Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 274 pages of information about Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy.

A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.  With 20 illustrations. 12mo, $1.50.

THE FLOATING PRINCE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES.  Illustrated.  Square 8vo, $1.50.

THE TING-A-LING TALES.  Illustrated. 12mo, $1.00.

ROUND-ABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FICTION.  Illustrated.  Square 8vo, $1.50.

TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.  With nearly 200 illustrations.  Square 8vo, $1.50.

“The volumes are profusely illustrated and contain the most entertaining sketches in Mr. Stockton’s most entertaining manner.”—­CHRISTIAN UNION.

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Edward Eggleston’s Two Popular Books.

THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY.  Illustrated. 12mo, $1.00.

“‘The Hoosier School-Boy’ depicts some of the characteristics of boy-life years ago on the Ohio; characteristics, however, that were not peculiar to that section.  The story presents a vivid and interesting picture of the difficulties which in those days beset the path of the youth aspiring for an education.”—­CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN.

QUEER STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. 12mo, $1.00.

“A very bright and attractive little volume for young readers.  The stories are fresh, breezy, and healthy, with a good point to them and a good, sound American view of life and the road to success.  The book abounds in good feeling and good sense, and is written in a style of homely art.”—­INDEPENDENT.

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Evening Tales.

Done into English from the French of Frederic Ortoli, by JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. 12mo, $1.00.

“It is a veritable French ‘Uncle Remus’ that Mr. Harris has discovered in Frederic Ortoli.  The book has the genuine piquancy of Gallic wit, and will be sure to charm American children.  Mr. Harris’s version is delightfully written.”—­BOSTON BEACON.

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Hans Brinker:  Or, The Silver Skates.  A Story of Life in Holland.  By Mary Mapes Dodge.  With 60 illustrations. 12mo, $1.50.

“The author has shown, in her former works for the young, a very rare ability to meet their wants; but she has produced nothing better than this charming tale—­alive with incident and action, adorned rather than freighted with useful facts, and moral without moralization.”—­THE NATION.

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The Norseland Series.

BY H.H.  BOYESEN.

NORSELAND TALES.  Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25.

BOYHOOD IN NORWAY:  NINE STORIES OF DEEDS OF THE SONS OF THE VIKINGS. 
With 8 illustrations. 12mo, $1.25

AGAINST HEAVY ODDS, AND A FEARLESS TRIO.  With 13 full-page illustrations by W.L.  TAYLOR. 12mo, $1.25.

THE MODERN VIKINGS:  STORIES OF LIFE AND SPORT IN THE NORSELAND.  With many full-page illustrations. 12mo, $1.25.

The four above volumes in a box, $5.00.

“Charmingly told stories of boy-life in the Land of the Midnight Sun, illustrated with pictures giving a capital idea of the incidents and scenes described.  The tales have a delight all their own, as they tell of scenes and sports and circumstances so different from those of our American life.”—­N.Y.  OBSERVER.

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