_Glasgow Herald_.--"The story is well told. Some of the incidents are dramatic, without being unnatural; the interest is well sustained, and altogether the book is one of the best we have read."
By ANNA CHAPIN RAY
Nathalie"s Sister.
Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by N. TENISON. Crown 8vo, cloth, olivine edges, 3s. 6d.
n.o.body knows--or cares--much about Nathalie"s Sister at the opening of this story. She is, indeed, merely Nathalie"s Sister, without a name of her own, shining with a borrowed light. Before the end is reached, however, her many good qualities have received the recognition they deserve, and she is Margaret Arterburn, enjoying the respect and admiration of all her friends. Her temper is none of the best: she has a way of going direct to the point in conversation, and her words have sometimes an unpleasant sting; yet when the time comes, she reveals that she is not lacking in the qualities of gentleness and affection, not to say heroism, which many young readers have already learned to a.s.sociate with her sister Nathalie.
_Record_.--""Nathalie"s Sister" is written in Miss Ray"s best style and has all those bright breezy touches which characterise her work."
Nathalie"s Chum.
Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by DUDLEY TENNANT. Crown 8vo; cloth extra, olivine edges, 3s. 6d.
By her stories, "Teddy" and "Janet," Miss Anna Chapin Ray has already made English readers familiar with many of the distinctive features of boy and girl life in America. The present story, which is cast in the same mould, deals with a chapter in the career of the Arterburn family, and particularly of Nathalie, a vivacious, strong-willed girl of fifteen. After the death of their parents the children were scattered among different relatives, and the story describes the efforts of the eldest son, Harry, to bring them together again. At first there is a good deal of aloofness owing to the fact that, having been kept apart for so long, the children are practically strangers to each other; but at length Harry takes his sister Nathalie into his confidence and makes her his ally in the management of their small household, while she finds in him the chum of whom she has long felt the need.
Teddy: Her Book
A Story of Sweet Sixteen.
Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by ROBERT HOPE. Crown 8vo, decorated cloth cover, olivine edges, 3s. 6d.
_World_.--"Teddy is a delightful personage; and the story of her friendships, her ambitions, and her successes is thoroughly engrossing."
_Yorkshire Daily Post_.--"To read of Teddy is to love her."
Janet: Her ... Winter in Quebec
Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo, decorated cloth cover, olivine edges, 3s. 6d.
_Outlook_.--"The whole tone of the story is as bright and healthy as the atmosphere in which these happy months were spent."
_Lady"s Pictorial_.--"The sparkle of a Canadian winter ripples across Anna Chapin Ray"s "Janet.""
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
By LUCAS MALET
Little Peter
A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age.
New Edition. Ill.u.s.trated in Colour by CHARLES E. BROCK. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, gilt edges, 6s.
This delightful little story introduces to us a family dwelling upon the outskirts of a vast and mysterious pine forest in France. These are Master Lepage, who, as head of the household and a veteran of the wars, lays down the law upon all sorts of questions, domestic and political; his meek, sweet-faced wife Susan; their two sons Anthony and Paul; and Cincinnatus the cat--who holds as many opinions and expresses them as freely as Master Lepage himself; and--little Peter. Little Peter makes friends with John Paqualin, a queer, tall, crook-backed old charcoal-burner, whom the boys of the village call "the gra.s.shopper man," and whom every one else treats with contempt; but this is not surprising, since Little Peter makes friends with every one he meets, and all who read about him will certainly make friends with him.
By CHRISTINA GOWANS WHYTE
The Adventures of Merrywink
Ill.u.s.trated by M. V. WHEELHOUSE.
Crown 4to, cloth elegant, 6s.
This story won the 100 prize for the best children"s story in the Bookman compet.i.tion. It tells of a pretty little child who was born into Fairyland with a gleaming star in his forehead. When his parents beheld this star they were filled with gladness and fear, and in the night they carried their little Fairy baby, Merrywink, far away and hid him. Why was it necessary to carry Merrywink away so secretly?
Because of two old prophecies: the first, that a daughter should be born to the King and Queen of Fairyland; the second that the King should rule over Fairyland until a child appeared with a gleaming star in his forehead. Now, on the very day that Merrywink was born, the long-promised little Princess arrived at the Royal Palace; and the King, who was determined to keep his throne to himself, sent round messages to make sure that the child with the gleaming star had not yet been seen in Fairyland. The story tells us how Merrywink grew up to be brave and strong, and fearless and truthful; how he set out on his travels and met the Princess at court; and all that happened afterwards.
By E. M. JAMESON
The Pendleton Twins
Crown 8vo, olivine edges, Coloured Ill.u.s.trations, 5s.
A great number of little readers now look forward eagerly to the appearance of further volumes telling of the adventures and misadventures of the Pendletons. This year the family"s Christmas holidays furnish material for another bright and amusing story. Their adventures begin the very day they leave home. The train is snowed up and they are many hours delayed. They have a merry Christmas with plenty of fun and presents, and in the middle of the night Bob gives chase to a burglar. Nora, who is very sure-footed, goes off by herself one day and climbs the cliffs, thinking that no one will be any the wiser until her return. But the twins and Dan follow her unseen and are lost in a cave, where they find hidden treasure left by smugglers buried in the ground. Len sprains his ankle and they cannot return.
Search parties set out from Cliffe, and spend many hours before the twins are found by Nora, cold and tired and frightened. But the holidays end very happily after all.
Peggy Pendleton"s Plan
Ill.u.s.trated. 5s.
The Pendletons
Ill.u.s.trated. 5s.
Two further stories dealing with the fortunes of the entertaining Pendleton family.