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" A quaint specimen of the literature of a bygone age.”
Old Aunt Elspas ABC. Imagined and
Adorned by Joseph Crawhall. LONDON : Field & Tuer, The
Leadenhall Press, E.C.
[One Shilling, or Coloured throughout Two-and-Sixpence.
A n outrageously quaint book, full of outrageously quaint
illustrations : a specimen of the literature that amused and
instructed our great-great-grandparents.
As amusingly treated as the same author's A B C."
Old Aunt Elspas Spelling. Imagined and
Adorned by Joseph Crawhall. LONDON: Field *■ Tuer, The
Leadenhall Press, E.C.
[One Shilling, or Coloured throughout, Two-and-Sixpence.
F or children who have learned their letters. Of the same
quaint character as Mr. Crawhall’s ABC.
“ In every way attractive."—Harper's Magazine.
Prince Pertinax : A Eairy Tale. By Mrs. Geo.
Hooper, Authoress of “ The House of Raby," " Arbell,” &c. Illustrated
with Twenty-six drawings in sepia by Margaret L. Hooper and
Margaret May. A charming present. LONDON : Field Sr Tuer,
The Leadenhall Press, E.C. [Twenty-one Shillings.
O F all the productions of the talented authoress this is perhaps
the one best liked by children. The story is as
fascinating as the illustrations are charming.
*‘ A medieval romance, now printed for the first time.”
Ye Gestes of ye Ladye Anne : A marvellous
pleasaunt and comfortable tayle. Edited by Evelyn Forsyth. Illustrated
by A. Hennen Broadwood. LONDON: Field Sr Tuer, The
Leadenhall Press, E.C. [Two-and-Sixpence.
A MEDIÆVAL romance, quaint, humorous, “full of wise saws
and modern instances," compiled from old manuscripts
and interspersed with ballads and lays. The numerous illustrations
are taking and characteristic. A book for those with a
taste for the antique and the ridiculous, both young and old.
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