St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 1/Advertisements/Front/Century Co. Books
New Books for Boys and Girls | |
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Verse and pictures by Palmer Cox. Quarto, 144 pages. $1.50.
This is perhaps the funniest and best of all the quaint and richly humorous Brownie books that have so delighted little ones in the last few years.
By Leslie W. Quirk. Illustrated, 12mo, 201 pages. $1.25.
This is a rattling good story of a fine young college athlete, the kind of a who will quickly become every young reader’s idol.
By Tudor Jenks. Illustrated. 12mo, 259 pages. $1.20 net; postage 11 cents.
This simple, clear, accurate, and interesting story of the life of Captain John Smith should become the standard history of this remarkable man for young Americans.
By Capt. Robert H. Fletcher. (New Edition.) Illustrated by Birch. $1.00.
One of the best books for very young readers. Quaint humor, real childlike fan, good pictures. A book that will be read until it is learned by heart. Deserves to be among the classics for children.
ROYALIST 
By Mary Constance Du Bois. Illustrations by Benda. 12mo, 283 pages. $1.50.
A charming story is this, and delightfully told, founded upon an actual incident in the life of the Princess Henrietta Anne. It is a story of seventeenth-century young life that cannot fail to please readers young and old, with its touches of war and romance, adventure and devotion. |
Just imagine all Madame Tussaud’s wax notables restored to life and trying to straighten out the love-affairs of a pretty English maiden, and you have just a suggestion of the fun and romance in “Lucy and Their Majesties.” It is just the prettiest, jolliest book for healthy youngsters written in many a day.
By Gensai Murai, Illustrations by George Varian. 12mo, 175 pages. $1.25.
Boys are bays the world over; and this Japanese lad of the eighteenth century was not unlike, in thought and feeling, an American boy of to-day. And there are few American lads who will not be interested and thrilled by the story of how a poor boy fought his way to wealth and high honors.
By Frances Duncan. Illustrated, Square 12mo, $1.25
This is an interesting and helpful book for both girls and boys, for it tells all the practical details of garden-making in the form of a story.
Two beautiful books—a complete library in themselves—containing the numbers for an entire year of the famous young folks’ magazine—1000 pages of happiness. Sold everywhere or sent prepaid by the publishers on receipt of the price, $4.00. |
The Century Co., Union Square New York | |
