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W. & R. CHAMBERS'S BOOKS

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Price 6s., gilt edges.

  GIRLS OF THE TRUE BLUE: A School Story. By L. T. MEADE. With ten
  Illustrations by Percy Tarrant.                                  6/

      Girls of all ages are sure to be fascinated by the pathetic and
      highly interesting narrative of Nan Esterleigh, the orphan girl
      who makes her home with a friend of her mother's, where she has
      abundance of nice pets, good companions, and an atmosphere of
      wholesome comfort, and where she is quite happy until an act of
      deceit puts her in the power of an older and designing girl, and
      renders her at times very miserable. This wrong-doing is the
      shadow over her life, as she finds when Captain Richmond starts
      the Royal True Blue society, with its prize to be given for the
      best girl who had cultivated every side of her nature--moral,
      intellectual, and physical. She is seriously handicapped, and
      the prize falls, through an error, to the designing girl who has
      ruined her happiness. Misfortune brings this maiden to a better
      mind and true repentance, and Nan comes to her own again in the
      esteem and respect of every one. There are many other attractive
      girl characters in this entertaining story.

  [Illustration: _From_ A NEST OF GIRLS.      6/]

  A NEST OF GIRLS; or, Boarding School Days. By E. WESTYN TIMLOW. With
  eight Illustrations by H. R. Richards.                           6/

      Here we are introduced to a bevy of smart, clever, American
      girls in a boarding-school, just at the time that Winifred
      Douglas becomes teacher of English Literature there. Winifred
      was wise, if only four-and-twenty, and the love she felt for her
      work was only equalled by the sense of responsibility she had
      for the impressionable girls under her charge. How she helped
      and influenced them for good, although she 'hurt sometimes,'
      comes out in the story, which is brimful of life and vivacity.
      The lady principal and the doings of a circle of immensely smart
      girls keep up the interest of this wholesome picture of
      girl-life.

  SEVEN MAIDS. By L. T. MEADE. With ten Illustrations by Percy
  Tarrant.                                                         6/

      'A sweetly written and graceful story of girl-life.'--_Scotsman._

  THE ODDS AND THE EVENS. By Mrs L. T. MEADE. With ten Illustrations
  by Percy Tarrant.                                                6/

      'Full of fun and adventure. Told in the manner to interest and
      amuse children of any age.'--_Birmingham Gazette._


Price 5s.

  A VERY NAUGHTY GIRL. By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by W.
  Rainey.                                                          5/

      All spirited maidens will follow with interest the training and
      development of the character of Evelyn Wynford, heiress of
      Castle Wynford, who, when she arrives from Tasmania at her
      uncle's house, which will afterwards be her own, is extremely
      self-conscious though clever, and is wilful, selfish, vain, and
      altogether unladylike. Her maid Jasper is her evil genius. As
      the story develops, her aunt, her cousin, and others begin to
      have a wholesome influence over her; then certain misdemeanours,
      which land her in serious trouble, humble her, and leave her
      much changed and truly repentant. The 'Naughty Girl' becomes
      transformed into a wise and comely young woman.

  COURAGE AND CONFLICT. A Series of Stories by G. A. HENTY, G.
  MANVILLE FENN, F. T. BULLEN, FRED WHISHAW, &c. With eight
  Illustrations by W. Boucher.                                     5/

      The names of the writers here are a guarantee for the sound
      entertainment provided in this companion volume to _Dash and
      Daring_, _Peril and Prowess_, and _Venture and Valour_. The
      story by Mr G. A. Henty is one of pioneering in the days of the
      early settlers in America, when the natives were troublesome,
      and who in this case rose up and nearly exterminated the white
      people. Mr G. M. Fenn tells a funny seaside story; while Andrew
      Balfour, Captain North, Walter Thornbury, James Patey, Fred
      Whishaw, Harold Bindloss, and others contribute dashing stories
      of peril and adventure, and great heroism in the hour of danger.

  [_From_ GIRLS OF THE TRUE BLUE, _by L. T. Meade; price 6s._]

  [Illustration: 'He is not horrid at all,' said Nan, very cross.
  PAGE 64.]

  THE KOPJE GARRISON: A Tale of the Boer War. By G. MANVILLE FENN.
  With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher.                          5/

      Mr Fenn transports his readers to the South African veldt,
      where, in imagination and in reality, so many of his countrymen
      have been for the past two years, and helps them to understand
      by means of this brisk and exciting tale what so many of our
      gallant soldiers have had to endure. This new story mainly
      follows the fortunes of two young men in khaki--Drew Lennox and
      Bob Dickenson--in and around the village of Groenfontein, which
      is bravely held by a little British force against the Boers.
      Sometimes half-starved, and subjected to night and day attacks,
      they make a little Gibraltar of the place, and ever render a
      good account of themselves. Something is always happening within
      or without Groenfontein, and in the end the story leaves Drew
      Lennox captain and V.C.

  MISS NONENTITY. By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by W.
  Rainey.                                                          5/

      _Punch_ says--'My Baronitess informs me that she has not the
      slightest hesitation in advising everybody young enough to enjoy
      the story to make the acquaintance of _Miss Nonentity_, by L. T.
      Meade. She will be found a very delightful person, who proves
      herself to be a "Miss Somebody," and of considerable importance,
      too.'

  CHARGE! OR BRITON AND BOER. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With eight
  Illustrations by W. H. C. Groome.                                5/

      'For a rattling war story for boys, there are few better hands
      than Mr Manville Fenn.'--_Outlook._

  VENTURE AND VALOUR. Being Stories told by G. A. HENTY, A. CONAN
  DOYLE, G. M. FENN, W. W. JACOBS, TOM GALLON, GORDON STABLES, &c.
  With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher.                          5/

      'The moral appearing to be that men have many admirable
      qualities, conspicuous among which is bravery.'--_Scotsman._

  TOM'S BOY. By the Author of _Laddie_, _Tip-Cat_, &c. With eight
  Illustrations by Percy Tarrant.                                  5/

      'Both he and the people round about him are made uncommonly
      interesting.'--_Scotsman._

  FIX BAY'NETS! or, The Regiment in the Hills. By G. MANVILLE FENN.
  With eight Illustrations by W. H. C. Groome.                     5/

      'The story is full of spirit and dash.... Gedge is a fine
      specimen of the Tommy Atkins species, and may be not improperly
      ranked with Mr Rudyard Kipling's creations.'--_Spectator._

  [_From_ A VERY NAUGHTY GIRL, _by L. T. Meade; price 5s._]

  [Illustration: 'I say,' cried the girl, coming up eagerly, 'I have
  lost my way.']

  LIGHT O' THE MORNING. The Story of an Irish Girl. By L. T. MEADE.
  With eight Illustrations by W. Rainey.                           5/

    'Mrs Meade has never written anything better.'--_Yorkshire Post._

  PERIL AND PROWESS. Being Stories told by G. A. HENTY, G. MANVILLE
  FENN, A. CONAN DOYLE, W. W. JACOBS, D. KER, C. R. LOW, D. LAWSON
  JOHNSTONE, ANDREW BALFOUR, and others. With eight Illustrations by
  W. Boucher.                                                      5/

      'The stories are of supreme interest, and admirably
      told.'--_Birmingham Gazette._

      'No boy with healthy animal instincts could help reading and
      enjoying _Peril and Prowess_.'--_Edinburgh Evening News._

  DASH AND DARING. Being Stories told by G. A. HENTY, G. MANVILLE
  FENN, D. KER, and many others. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C.
  Groome.                                                          5/

      'The volume is one to be treasured by British boys.'--_Liverpool
      Post._

  THE GIRLS OF ST WODE'S. By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by
  W. Rainey.                                                       5/

      'Written with strong vivacity.'--_British Weekly._

      'The story is a cheerful, heartsome tale.'--_Scotsman._

  DRAW SWORDS! By G. MANVILLE FENN. With eight Illustrations by W. H.
  C. Groome.                                                       5/

      'Attractively bound and capitally illustrated, will be a
      veritable prize for a host of our boys.'--_Manchester Courier._

  MEG LANGHOLME. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With eight Illustrations by W.
  Rainey.                                                          5/

      'Mrs Molesworth presents a study of girl-life with all her
      accustomed felicity and unfailing interest.'--_Sheffield Daily
      Telegraph._

  VINCE THE REBEL, or the Sanctuary in the Bog. By GEORGE MANVILLE
  FENN. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C. Groome.               5/

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