Chapter L: C. Page & Company's

Books for Young People

=Old Father Gander;= OR, THE BETTER-HALF OF MOTHER GOOSE. RHYMES, CHIMES, AND JINGLES scratched from his own goose-quill for American Goslings. Illustrated with impossible Geese, hatched and raised by WALTER SCOTT HOWARD.

1 vol., oblong quarto, cloth decorative $2.00

The illustrations are so striking and fascinating that the book will appeal to the young people aside from the fact even of the charm and humor of the songs and rhymes. There are thirty-two full-page plates, of which many are in color. The color illustrations are a distinct and successful departure from the old-fashioned lithographic work hitherto invariably used for children's books.

=The Crock of Gold:= A NEW BOOK OF FAIRY TALES. By S. BARING GOULD.

Author of "Mehalah," "Old Country Life," "Old English Fairy Tales," etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by F. D. Bedford.

1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top $1.50

This volume will prove a source of delight to the children of two continents, answering their always increasing demand for "more fairy stories."

=Shireen and Her Friends:= THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PERSIAN CAT. By GORDON STABLES.

Illustrated by Harrison Weir.

1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative $1.25

A more charming book about animals Dr. Stables himself has not written. It is similar in character to "Black Beauty," "Beautiful Joe," and other books which teach us to love and protect the dumb animals.

=Bully, Fag, and Hero.= By CHARLES J. MANSFORD.

With six full-page illustrations by S. H. Vedder.

1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top $1.50

An interesting story of schoolboy life and adventure in school and during the holidays.

=The Adventures of a Boy Reporter in the Philippines.= By HARRY STEELE MORRISON.

Author of "A Yankee Boy's Success."

1 vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated $1.25

A true story of the courage and enterprise of an American lad. It is a splendid boys' book, filled with healthy interest, and will tend to stimulate and encourage the proper ambition of the young reader.

=Tales Told in the Zoo.= By F. C. GOULD.

With many illustrations from original drawings.

1 vol., large quarto $2.00

A new book for young people on entirely original lines. The tales are supposed to be told by an old adjutant stork in the Zoological Gardens to the assembled birds located there, and they deal with legendary and folk-lore stories of the origins of various creatures, mostly birds, and their characteristics.

=Philip:= THE STORY OF A BOY VIOLINIST. By T. W. O.

1 vol., 12mo, cloth $1.00

The life-story of a boy, reared among surroundings singular enough to awaken interest at the start, is described by the present author as it could be described only by one thoroughly familiar with the scene. The reader is carried from the cottages of the humblest coal-miners into the realms of music and art; and the _finale_ of this charming tale is a masterpiece of pathetic interest.

=Black Beauty:= THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE. By ANNA SEWELL. _New Illustrated Edition._

With twenty-five full-page drawings by Winifred Austin.

1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top $1.25

There have been many editions of this classic, but we confidently offer this one as the most appropriate and handsome yet produced. The illustrations are of special value and beauty, and should make this the standard edition wherever illustrations worthy of the story are desired.