My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales by Edric Vredenburg

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ILLUSTRATED BY JENNIE HARBOUR.

The well-known stories of "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast,"
"Red Riding Hood," etc., etc. Popular tales that are ever in demand,
sumptuously illustrated with exquisitely decorative and highly
original designs. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour
plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES

ILLUSTRATED BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL

Dainty grace and quaint charm pervade this exquisite edition of a
selection from the beloved fairy tales. Numerous black and white
drawings. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144
pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES

ILLUSTRATED BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL

New editions of these famous stories are ever acceptable, and in these
illustrations Mabel Lucie Attwell has excelled herself, so admirably
has she depicted the conceptions of the famous writers. Printed on
rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress,
crown 4to.

[Illustration: _From "My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales."_]

[Illustration: _From "Animal Legends from many Lands."_]

ANIMAL LEGENDS FROM MANY LANDS

BY ROSE YEATMAN WOOLF

ILLUSTRATED BY EDWIN NOBLE

Truly splendid stories illustrative of the cunning of the Fox,
the greediness of the Wolf, the obstinacy of the Mule, and other
fancifully descriptive tales of the ways and doings of the inhabitants
of the Animal Kingdom. These stories, as the title of the volume
indicates, are collected from the legendary lore of many lands. The
pictures are in the artist's most spirited and powerful style. Printed
on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress,
crown 4to.

AESOP'S FABLES

ILLUSTRATED BY EDWIN NOBLE

A magnificent edition of these ever-applicable and world-famed Fables,
strikingly pictured with excellent coloured and black and white
drawings, and forming a most desirable volume alike for young and old,
and a handsome addition to any library. Printed on rough art paper, 12
full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

[Illustration: _From "Tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the
Round Table."]

TALES OF KING ARTHUR

AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

BY DORIS ASHLEY

ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR A. DIXON.

A particularly apt selection from the marvellous exploits of the
Knights of the Round Table, related in thrilling language and
illustrated in an ideal manner with pictures in colour and black
and white. A perfect present for a boy or girl. Printed on rough art
paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

GLORIOUS BATTLES OF ENGLISH HISTORY

BY MAJOR C.H. WYLLY

WITH FOREWORD BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY PAYNE

Books of Battles are ever popular, and this one, with its well-chosen
incidents, told in an easy and interesting style by an officer of the
British Army, and its inspiring foreword, will take a high rank and
be greatly in demand particularly amongst that large section of the
public to whom fact appeals so much more strongly than fiction. The
illustrator has spared no pains in making his pictures worthy of their
subject. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates and
numerous black and white drawings. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE

BY E. NESBIT; AND

WHEN SHAKESPEARE WAS A BOY

BY DR. F.J. FURNIVALL, M.A.

NEW EDITION

This book brings before the minds of children, in a most attractive
manner, many of the great dramatic poet's works, acquainting them
with the characters and plots of the plays in a delicate way, and in
a style that is certain to make them long for the time when they
shall read the whole for themselves. The introductory history by Dr.
Furnivall is full of charm and instruction. This entirely new edition
has full-page colour and black and white drawings by John H. Bacon,
A.R.A., Arthur Dixon, Howard Davie and Harold Copping. Printed on
rough art paper. 10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress,
crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM TENNYSON

BY NORA CHESSON

NEW EDITION

The most popular poems of Tennyson, "The Lily Maid," "Lady Clare,"
"The Lord of Burleigh," "The Story of King Arthur," etc., etc., retold
in prose, and so introducing to the minds of young people the great
poet's works, and familiarising them with his celebrated characters.
This is a new edition, with additional beautiful illustrations in
colour and black and white by John H. Bacon, A.R.A., Gordon Browne,
R.I., Arthur Dixon and others. Printed on rough art paper. 10
full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

[Illustration: _From "Children's Stories from Tennyson."_]

[Illustration: _From "Children's Stories from Italian Fairy Tales."_]

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ITALIAN FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS

BY LILIA ROMANO

ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD DAVIE Their charm enhanced by the numerous
characteristic illustrations, these stories, with their vivid local
colouring, gathered from the fairy tales and folk-lore of lovely
Italy, translated and retold, form a truly magnificent volume. Printed
on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress,
crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM JAPANESE FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS

BY N. KATO

ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY G. THEAKER

The stories most sympathetic to the feelings of the English-reading
juvenile public have been collected and translated, and the book,
with its fascinating illustrations in colour and black and white, has
proved a valuable addition to the series. Printed on rough art paper.
10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS

ILLUSTRATED BY A.A. DIXON

Translated from the original, and adapted by Miss Seraphima Pulman,
these stories are truly charming, while they are valuable as giving
an insight into Russian life and habits. The illustrations possess
all that delicacy and beauty which is characteristic of the artist.
Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.
letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM INDIAN LEGENDS

BY M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE AND HILDA HART

ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY G. THEAKER

Written with much feeling and charm, while the artist has delineated
the episodes with strikingly beautiful drawings in colour and black
and white, this book is also popular as furthering the knowledge of a
land and people so closely bound in the heart of the British Empire.
Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.
letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM FRENCH FAIRY TALES

BY DORIS ASHLEY

ILLUSTRATED BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL

Tales to be read with breathless interest, so full of incident and
romance are they, and in dealing with them the writer has shown
consummate tact, both in her choice of stories and her manner
of handling them, and this, combined with the wholly fascinating
illustrations, in colour and black and white, has resulted in an
altogether lovely volume. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page
colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

[Illustration: _From "Children's Stories from French Fairy Tales_"]

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE NORTHERN LEGENDS

BY M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE AND HILDA HART

ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY G. THEAKER

Those entrancing legends of the Icelandic and Scandinavian poets are
here recounted in a cohesive and lucid style suitable for boys and
girls, thus in an easy way introducing the famous and fantastic heroes
and heroines of Norse Mythology. The beautiful colour pictures, with
the black and white drawings, are full of poetry and interest. Printed
on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress,
crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM LONGFELLOW

BY DORIS ASHLEY

(NEW EDITION)

An admirable collection of the most famous poems, delightfully
translated into prose, and profusely illustrated with exquisite
pictures in colour and black and white by Harold Copping, A. Dixon, M.
Bowley and others, rendering the readers anxious for, and appreciative
of, such poems as "The Golden Legend," "Evangeline," and "Hiawatha,"
which, with other favourites, are placed before them in this
attractive guise. To this new edition more pictures have been added.
Printed on rough art paper. 10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.
letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY

TOLD BY E. NESBIT AND DORIS ASHLEY

Some of the most noteworthy and interesting historical events
woven into entertaining stories, and so of great value in indelibly
impressing them upon the mind. The volume is charmingly illustrated
throughout by the late John H. Bacon, A.R.A., Howard Davie, M. Bowley,
and other popular artists. Printed on rough art paper. 9 full-page
colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

[Illustration: _From "Alice in Wonderland"_]

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE POETS

BY M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE AND HILDA HART

ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK ADAMS

Characters and incidents in the works of Chaucer, Pope, Keats, Milton,
Browning, and other great poets, teeming with interest, and with
which all minds should be conversant, are here presented in extremely
fascinating prose narrative, beautifully illustrated in colour
and black and white by Frank Adams. Printed on rough art paper. 12
full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

ILLUSTRATED BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL

An exceptionally attractive edition of the popular Fairy Tale by Lewis
Carroll, characteristically and charmingly illustrated with many black
and white drawings and full-page colour plates. This story, which will
hold its own as long as dreams are dreamed, is here presented in a
worthy setting, and one which will meet with universal approbation.
Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 152 pp.
letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM DICKENS

BY MARY ANGELA DICKENS

ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD COPPING

The child interest from some of Dickens' masterpieces is here
depicted afresh, and told in simple and charming language by his
grand-daughter, Mary Angela Dickens, and other writers, with an
introduction by Percy Fitzgerald, the friend of, and eminent authority
on, Charles Dickens. The stories of Little David Copperfield, Little
Nell, Tiny Tim, Little Paul Dombey, etc., etc., are here narrated, all
being profusely illustrated. Printed on rough art paper 11 full-page
coloured plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM SCOTT

BY DORIS ASHLEY

ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD C. EARNSHAW

The histories of Sir Walter Scott's most popular characters condensed
into short stories, and thus adapted as an interesting introduction to
the Scott classics, so worthily considered a part of the education of
every up-to-date boy and girl. These tales are admirably illustrated
with numerous drawings in colour and black and white. Printed on rough
art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS

BY ROSE YEATMAN WOOLF

ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY G. THEAKER

An admirable collection of the most popular tales, carefully compiled
so as to form an entirely delightful and charming volume. The book
is beautifully illustrated with pictures gorgeous in their Eastern
colours, and innumerable black and white drawings. Printed on rough
art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.

[Illustration: _From "Children's Stories from Dickens"_]

THE RAPHAEL HOUSE LIBRARY OF GIFT BOOKS

Edited by CAPTAIN EDRIC VREDENBURG

Thirty beautiful Volumes, profusely illustrated in colour and black
and white. Pictorial Boards, Cloth Back, or Cloth. Bevelled, Gilt
Edges. Crown 4to.

TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA. By WASHINGTON IRVING. Illustrated by H.M.
BROCK. 12 full-page colour plates. 144pp.

"ANIMAL LEGENDS FROM MANY LANDS." By ROSE YEATMAN WOOLF. Illustrated
by EDWIN NOBLE. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

TALES OF KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. By DORIS
ASHLEY. Illustrated by A.A. DIXON. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

MY BOOK OF FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES. By CAPT. EDRIC VREDENBURG and
others. Illustrated by JENNIE HARBOUR. 12 full-page colour plates.
144pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM OLD BRITISH LEGENDS. By M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE
and HILDA HART. Illustrated by HARRY G. THEAKER. 10 full-page colour
plates. 144 pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM FRENCH FAIRY TALES. By DORIS ASHLEY.
Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL. 12 full-page colour plates. 144
pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ITALIAN FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS. By LILIA
ROMANO. Illustrated by HOWARD DAVIE 12 full-page colour plates. 144pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM INDIAN LEGENDS. By M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE and
HILDA HART. Illustrated by H.G. THEAKER. 12 full-page colour plates.
144pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM JAPANESE FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS. Translated
and adapted by N. KATO. Illustrated by H.G. THEAKER. 10 full-page
colour plates. 144 pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ROUMANIAN FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS By Dr. M.
GASTER, Ph.D., late President of the English Folk-lore Society, &c.
Illustrated by C.E. BROCK. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS. Translated
and adapted by SERAPHIMA PULMAN. Illustrated by ARTHUR A. DIXON. 12
full-page colour plates. 144pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE NORTHERN LEGENDS. By M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE
and HILDA HART. Illustrated by HARRY G. THEAKER. 12 full-page colour
plates. 152 pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM SCOTT. By DORIS ASHLEY. Illustrated by HAROLD
C. EARNSHAW. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE POETS. By M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE and HILDA
HART. Illustrated by FRANK ADAMS. 12 full-page colour plates. 152pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY. By E. NESBIT and DORIS
ASHLEY. Illustrated by JOHN H. BACON, A.R.A., HOWARD DAVIE, and
others. 9 full-page colour plates. 144pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. By ROSE YEATMAN WOOLF.
Illustrated by H.G. THEAKER 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM DICKENS. By MARY ANGELA DICKENS. Illustrated
by HAROLD COPPING. 11 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE. By E. NESBIT. Illustrated by
J.H. BACON, A.R.A., HOWARD DAVIE, and H. COPPING. 10 full-page colour
plates. 144 pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM TENNYSON. By NORA CHESSON. Illustrated by JOHN
H. BACON, A.R.A., ARTHUR DIXON, HAROLD COPPING, and other artists. 10
full-page colour plates. 144pp.

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM LONGFELLOW. By DORIS ASHLEY. Illustrated by
A.A. DIXON, H. COPPING, and others. 10 full-page colour plates. 144
pp.

GLORIOUS BATTLES OF ENGLISH HISTORY. By Major C.H. WYLLY. With
Foreword by Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. Illustrated by HARRY PAYNE. 12
full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

THE WATER BABIES. By CHARLES KINGSLEY. Abridged Edition. Illustrated
by MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL. 12 full-page colour plates. 144pp.

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES. Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL. 12
full-page colour plates. 144 pp.

GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES. Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL. 12 full-page
colour plates. 144 pp.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND. By LEWIS CARROLL. Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE
ATTWELL. 12 full-page colour plates. 152pp.

MOTHER GOOSE. Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL. 12 full-page colour
plates. 144 pp.

AESOP'S FABLES. Illustrated by EDWIN NOBLE. 12 full-page colour plates.
144pp.

CURLY HEADS AND LONG LEGS. Stories by the Editor, GRACE C. FLOYD, and
others. Illustrated by HILDA COWHAM. 12 full-page colour plates. 144
pp.

GOLDEN LOCKS AND PRETTY FROCKS. Stories by NORMAN GALE, GRACE C.
FLOYD, the Editor, and others. Illustrated by AGNES RICHARDSON. 12
full-page colour plates. 144pp.

TINKER, TAILOR. Stories by Captain EDRIC VREDENBURG. Illustrated by
Louis WAIN. 12 full-page colour plates. 144pp.

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