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SCRIBNER’S BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG. BRIG-A-BRAC STORIES. | BY MRS. BURTON HARRISON. Illustrated and Cover designed by Walter Crane. One volume, I2m0, $2.00. ‘‘When the little boy for whose benefit the various articles of bric-a-brac in his father’s drawing-room relate stories appropriate to their several native countries, exclaims, at the conclusion of one of them, ‘I almost think there can’t be a better one than that!’ the reader, of whatever age, will probably feel inclined to agree with him. Upon the whole, it is to be wished that every boy and girl in America, or anywhere else, might become intimately acquainted with the contents of this book. ‘There is more virtue in one of these stories than in the entire library of modern juvenile literature.”—/uan Hawthorne. c Few volumes will receive a warmer welcome from children. . . . It is praise enough for Mr. Crane’s illustrations Eietcap ce PON FERED ey fi Zu enna -. száj] to say that they harmonize with the stories. = Ah Ms hi Van eC ei We confess to have been beguiled by the Acca MN alte a EZ book into a forgetfulness of time, cares, and pretty much everything for two conSpecimen Illustration, Reduced. secutive hours.” —CAristian /ntelligencer. THE OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY BOOK BY MRS. BURTON HARRISON. With many Quaint Illustrations by Miss Rosina Emmet. One volume, square 16mo, - c - - - $2.00. ‘‘ The little ones, who so willingly go back with us to ‘Jack the Giant-Killer,’ ‘ Blue-beard,’ and the kindred stories of our childhood, will gladly welcome Mrs. Burton Harrison’s ‘ OldFashioned Fairy Tales,’ where the giant, the dwarf, the fairy, the wicked princess, the ogre, the metamorphosed prince, and all the heroes of that line come into play and action. As they read the stories which compose this book they will meet with all the familiar actors of the fairy world, in different scenes indeed, and with new deeds of daring, witchcraft, or charming benevolence, but still the same characters of the old-fashioned fairy lore. The graceful pencil of Miss Rosina Emmet has given a pictorial interest to the book, and the many pictures scattered through its pages accord well with the good old-fashioned character of the tales.” —Frank R. Stockton,
