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=The Stevenson Song Book=

=With decorative borders. 4to $2.00.=

In this large and handsome quarto, twenty of the most lyrical poems from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Child's Garden of Verse", have been set to music by such composers as Reginald DeKoven, Arthur Foote, C. W. Chadwick, Dr. C. Villers Stanford, etc. The volume is uniform with and a fitting companion to the popular "Field-De-Koven Song Book."

=Twelve Naval Captains by Molly Elliot Seawell=

=With 12 full-page portraits. 12mo $1.25.=

Miss Seawell here tells the notable exploits of twelve heroes of our early navy: John Paul Jones, Richard Dale, William Bainbridge, Richard Somers, Edward Preble, Thomas Truxton, Stephen Decatur, James Lawrance, Isaac Hull, O. H. Perry, Charles Stewart, Thomas Macdonough. The book is illustrated attractively and makes a stirring and thrilling volume.

=The Knights of the Round Table=

=With 25 Illustrations by S. R. Benliegh. 12mo $1.50.=

"King Arthur's Knights and their connection with the mystic Grail is here the subject of Mr. William Henry Frost's translation into child language. Many volumes have been prepared telling these wonderful legendary stories to young people, but few are so admirably written as this work," says the Boston Advertiser.

=The Last Cruise of the Mohawk by W. J. Henderson=

=Illustrated by Harry C. Edwards. 12mo $1.25.=

The Observer says: "This is an exciting story that boys of today will appreciate thoroughly and devour greedily," and the Rochester Democrat calls it "an interesting and thrilling story."

=The King of the Broncos by Charles F. Lummis=

=Illustrated by Victor S. Perard. 12mo $1.25.=

The title story and the other Tales of New Mexico, which Mr. Lummis has here supplied for the younger generation, have all his usual fascination. He knows how to tell his thrilling stories in a way that is irresistible? to boy readers.

=The Border Wars of New England=

=With 58 Illustrations and map. 12mo $1.25.=

Mr. Samuel Adams Drake is an expert at making history real and vital to children. The Boston Advertiser says: "This is not a school book, yet it is exceedingly well adapted to use in schools, and at the same time will enrich and adorn the library of every American who is so fortunate or so judicious as to place it on his shelves."

=The Golden Galleon by Robert Leighton=

=With 8 full-page Illustrations by William Rainey, R. I. 12mo $1.50.=

"A narrative of the adventures of Master Gilbert O'Glander, and of how in the year 1591 he fought under the gallant Sir Richard Grenville in the great sea-fight off Flores, on board Her Majesty's ship, The Revenge." The New York Observer has said: "Mr. Leighton as a writer for boys needs no praise as his books place him in the front rank."

=Lords of the World=

=With 12 full-page Illustrations by Ralph Peacock. 12mo. $1.00.=

A Story of the Fall of Carthage and Corinth. By ALFRED J. CHURCH. In his own special field the author has few rivals. He has a capacity for making antiquity assume reality which is fascinating in the extreme.

=Adventures in Toyland=

=With 8 colored plates and 72 other Illustrations by Alice B. Woodward. Square 8vo. $2.00.=

By EDITH KING HALL. A clever and fascinating volume which will surely take a high place among this season's "juveniles."

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 153-157 Fifth Ave, N.Y.

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