OCTOBER, 1891.

MACMILLAN & CO.'S

CATALOGUE

OF

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

Messrs. MACMILLAN & CO. are the agents in the United States for the publications of the Oxford and Cambridge University Presses, and for Messrs. George Bell & Sons, London. Complete catalogues of all books sold by them will be sent, free by mail, to any address on application.

Large 12mo.

Fully Illus

ADVENTURE SERIES, THE. trated. $1.50 each volume. Adventures of a Younger Son. By JOHN EDWARD TRELAWNY. With an Introduction by EDWARD GARNETT. Madagascar; or, Robert Drury's Journal During Fifteen Years' Captivity on that Island, and a Further Description of Madagascar by the Abbé ALEXIS ROCHON. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Captain S. PASFIELD OLIVER, F.S.A., author of " Madagascar."

Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp, Late Lieutenant in His Majesty's 87th Regiment. Written by Himself. With an Introduction by Major H. M. CHICHESTER.

The Adventures of Thomas Pellow, of Penryn, Mariner, Twenty-three Years in Captivity among the Moors. Written by Himself; and Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Dr. ROBERT BROWN. Illustrated from Contemporaneous Prints.

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The Buccaneers and Marooners of America. Being an Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Certain Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main. Edited and Illustrated by HoWARD PYLE.

The Log of a Jack Tar; or, The Life of James Choyce, Master Mariner. Now first published, with O'Brien's Captivity in France. Edited by Commander V. LOVETT CAMERON, R.N., C.B., D.C.L. With Introduction and Notes.

The Story of the Filibusters. By JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE. To which is added "The Life of Colonel David Crockett." With Illustrations.

"Mr. Roche has faithfully compared and sifted the statements of those who took part in the various expeditions, and he has also made effectual use of periodicals and official documents. The result is what may safely be regarded as the first complete and authentic account of the deeds of the modern Vikings, who continue to be wonderfully romantic figures even after the gaudy trappings of myth, prejudice, and fiction have been stripped away."-Boston Beacon.

The Voyages and Adventures of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto, the Portuguese. Done into English by HENRY Cogan, with an Introduction by ARMINIUS VAMBÉRY.

"It is decidedly reading of the most attractive kind, brimful of adventure piquantly related, and of rare interest in its recital of the experiences of the author, who 'five times suffered shipwreck, was sixteen times sold, and thirteen times made a slave.'". ·Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.

A Master Mariner. Being the Life and Adventures of Captain Robert William Eastwick. Edited by HERBERT COMPTON. With Illustrations.

Hard Life in the Colonies, and Other Adventures by Sea and Land. Now first printed. Compiled from Private Letters by C. CASLYON JENKYNS. With Illustrations. Large 12mo. $1.50.

ÆSOP'S FABLES. Illustrated. 50 cents.

ANDERSEN (HANS CHRISTIAN). Fairy Tales and Sketches. Translated by C. C. PEACHY, H. WARD, A. PLESNER, etc. With numerous Illustrations by OTTO SPECKTER and others. Seventh thousand. Handsomely bound. 12m0. $1.50.

"The translation most happily hits the delicate quaintness of Andersen — most happily transposes into simple English words the tender precision of the famous story-teller; in a keen examination of the book we scarcely recall a single phrase or turn that obviously could have been bettered." — Daily Telegraph.

Tales for Children. With 48 Full-page Illustrations by WEHNERT, and 57 small Engravings on wood by W. THOMAS. Thirteenth thousand. Handsomely bound.

12mo. $1.50.

This volume contains several tales that are in no other edition published in this country, and with the preceding volume it forms the most complete English edition.

ARIOSTO.

Paladin and Saracen. Stories from Ariosto. By W. C. HOLLWAY-CALTHROP. With Illustrations. $1.50. ATKINSON. The Last of the Giant Killers. By the Rev. J. C. ATKINSON, author of "A Moorland Parish." Shortly. AWDRY (F.). The Story of a Fellow Soldier. A Life of Bishop Patteson for the Young. 16m0. $1.00.

BAKER. Wild Beasts and Their Ways. Reminiscences in Asia, Africa, and America. By Sir SAMUEL W. BAKER, F.R.S., etc., author of "Albert Nyanza," etc. With numerous Illustrations. Large 12mo. Cloth extra. Gilt. $3.50. "A book which is destined not only to serve as a chart and compass for every hunter of big game, but which is likewise a valuable study of natural history, placed before the public in a practical and interesting form." New York Tribune.

BEESLY (Mrs.). Stories from the History of Rome. 16mo. 60 cents.

"Of all the stories we remember from history none have struck us as so genuinely good - with the right ring—as those of Mrs. Beesly." Educational Times.

BERTZ (E.). $1.25.

The French Prisoners: A Story for Boys.

"Written throughout in a wise and gentle spirit, and omits no opportunity to deprecate war as a barbaric survival, wholly unnecessary in a civilized age." - Independent.

"The story is an extremely interesting one, full of incident, told in a quiet, healthful way, and with a great deal of pleasantly interfused information about German and French boys." — Christian Union.

BUNCE (J. T.). Fairy Tales: Their Origin and Meaning. 16mo. 75 cents.

CARPENTER. Truth in Tale. Addresses Chiefly to Children.

By W. BOYD CARPENTER, D.D., Bishop of Ripon. $1.00. "These ingenious and interesting tales by Bishop Carpenter are full of poetic beauty and of religious truth. We would like to see a copy in every Sunday-school library."-Sunday School Banner.

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The Buccaneers and Marooners of America. Being an Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Certain Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main. Edited and Illustrated by HoWARD PYLE.

The Log of a Jack Tar; or, The Life of James Choyce, Master Mariner. Now first published, with O'Brien's Captivity in France. Edited by Commander V. LOVETT CAMERON, R.N., C.B., D.C.L. With Introduction and Notes.

The Story of the Filibusters. By JAMES JEffrey Roche. To which is added "The Life of Colonel David Crockett." With Illustrations.

"Mr. Roche has faithfully compared and sifted the statements of those who took part in the various expeditions, and he has also made effectual use of periodicals and official documents. The result is what may safely be regarded as the first complete and authentic account of the deeds of the modern Vikings, who continue to be wonderfully romantic figures even after the gaudy trappings of myth, prejudice, and fiction have been stripped away."-Boston Beacon.

The Voyages and Adventures of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto, the Portuguese. Done into English by HENRY COGAN, with an Introduction by ARMINIUS VAMBÉRY.

"It is decidedly reading of the most attractive kind, brimful of adventure piquantly related, and of rare interest in its recital of the experiences of the author, who 'five times suffered shipwreck, was sixteen times sold, and thirteen times made a slave.'" Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.

A Master Mariner. Being the Life and Adventures of Captain Robert William Eastwick. Edited by HERBERT COMPTON. With Illustrations.

Hard Life in the Colonies, and Other Adventures by Sea and Land. Now first printed. Compiled from Private Letters by C. CASLYON JENKYNS. With Illustrations. Large 12mo. $1.50. ÆSOP'S FABLES.

Illustrated. 50 cents.

ANDERSEN (HANS CHRISTIAN). Fairy Tales and Sketches. Translated by C. C. PEACHY, H. WARD, A. PLESNER, etc. With numerous Illustrations by OTTO SPECKTER and others. Seventh thousand. Handsomely bound. 12mo. $1.50.

"The translation most happily hits the delicate quaintness of Andersen most happily transposes into simple English words the tender precision of the famous story-teller; in a keen examination of the book we scarcely recall a single phrase or turn that obviously could have been bettered." Daily Telegraph.