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  MRS. MOLESWORTH'SSTORIES FOR CHILDREN.

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  "There is hardly a better author to put into the hands of children thanMrs. Molesworth. I cannot easily speak too highly of her work. It is acurious art she has, not wholly English in its spirit, but a cross ofthe old English with the Italian. Indeed, I should say Mrs. Molesworthhad also been a close student of the German and Russian, and had someway, catching and holding the spirit of all, created a method and tonequite her own.... Her characters are admirable and real."--_St. LouisGlobe Democrat._

  "Mrs. Molesworth has a rare gift for composing stories for children.With a light, yet forcible touch, she paints sweet and artless, yetnatural and strong, characters."--_Congregationalist._

  "Mrs. Molesworth always has in her books those charming touches ofnature that are sure to charm small people. Her stories are so likely tohave been true that men 'grown up' do not disdain them."--_HomeJournal._

  "No English writer of childish stories has a better reputation than Mrs.Molesworth, and none with whose stories we are familiar deserves itbetter. She has a motherly knowledge of the child nature, a clear senseof character, the power of inventing simple incidents that interest, andthe ease which comes of continuous practice."--_Mail and Express._

  "Christmas would hardly be Christmas without one of Mrs. Molesworth'sstories. No one has quite the same power of throwing a charm and aninterest about the most commonplace every-day doings as she has, and noone has ever blended fairyland and reality with the sameskill."--_Educational Times._

  "Mrs. Molesworth is justly a great favorite with children; her storiesfor them are always charmingly interesting and healthful intone."--_Boston Home Journal._

  "Mrs. Molesworth's books are cheery, wholesome, and particularly welladapted to refined life. It is safe to add that Mrs. Molesworth is thebest English prose writer for children.... A new volume from Mrs.Molesworth is always a treat."--_The Beacon._

  "No holiday season would be complete for a host of young readers withouta volume from the hand of Mrs. Molesworth.... It is one of thepeculiarities of Mrs. Molesworth's stories that older readers can nomore escape their charm than younger ones."--_Christian Union._

  "Mrs. Molesworth ranks with George Macdonald and Mrs. Ewing as a writerof children's stories that possess real literary merit."--_MilwaukeeSentinel._

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  THE SET, ELEVEN VOLUMES, IN BOX, $11.00.

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  TELL ME A STORY, and HERR BABY.

  "So delightful that we are inclined to join in the petition, and we hopeshe may soon tell us more stories."--_Athenaeum._

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  "CARROTS"; Just a Little Boy.

  "One of the cleverest and most pleasing stories it has been our goodfortune to meet with for some time. Carrots and his sister aredelightful little beings, whom to read about is at once to become veryfond of."--_Examiner._

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  A CHRISTMAS CHILD; A Sketch of a Boy's Life.

  "A very sweet and tenderly drawn sketch, with life and reality manifestthroughout."--_Pall Mall Gazette._

  "This is a capital story, well illustrated. Mrs. Molesworth is one ofthose sunny, genial writers who has genius for writing acceptably forthe young. She has the happy faculty of blending enough real withromance to make her stories very practical for good without robbing themof any of their exciting interest."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._

  "Mrs. Molesworth's _A Christmas Child_ is a story of a boy-life. Thebook is a small one, but none the less attractive. It is one of the bestof this year's juveniles."--_Chicago Tribune._

  "Mrs. Molesworth is one of the few writers of tales for children whosesentiment though of the sweetest kind is never sickly; whose religiousfeeling is never concealed yet never obtruded; whose books are alwaysgood but never 'goody.' Little Ted with his soft heart, clever head, andbrave spirit is no morbid presentment of the angelic child 'too good tolive,' and who is certainly a nuisance on earth, but a charmingcreature, if not a portrait, whom it is a privilege to meet even infiction."--_The Academy._

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  THE CUCKOO CLOCK.

  "A beautiful little story.... It will be read with delight by everychild into whose hands it is placed."--_Pall Mall Gazette._

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  GRANDMOTHER DEAR.

  "The author's concern is with the development of character, and seldomdoes one meet with the wisdom, tact, and good breeding which pervadesthis little book."--_Nation._

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  TWO LITTLE WAIFS.

  "Mrs. Molesworth's delightful story of _Two Little Waifs_ will charm allthe small people who find it in their stockings. It relates theadventures of two lovable English children lost in Paris, and is justwonderful enough to pleasantly wring the youthful heart."--_New YorkTribune._

  "It is, in its way, indeed, a little classic, of which the real beautyand pathos can hardly be appreciated by young people.... It is not toomuch to say of the story that it is perfect of its kind."--_Critic andGood Literature._

  "Mrs. Molesworth is such a bright, cheery writer, that her stories arealways acceptable to all who are not confirmed cynics, and her record ofthe adventures of the little waifs is as entertaining and enjoyable aswe might expect."--_Boston Courier._

  "_Two Little Waifs_ by Mrs. Molesworth is a pretty little fancy,relating the adventures of a pair of lost children, in a style full ofsimple charm. It is among the very daintiest of juvenile books that theseason has yet called forth; and its pathos and humor are equallydelightful. The refined tone and the tender sympathy with the feelingsand sentiments of childhood, lend it a special and an abidingcharm."--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette._

  "This is a charming little juvenile story from the pen of Mrs.Molesworth, detailing the various adventures of a couple of motherlesschildren in searching for their father, whom they had missed in Pariswhere they had gone to meet him."--_Montreal Star._

  "Mrs. Molesworth is a popular name, not only with a host of English, butwith a considerable army of young American readers, who have beencharmed by her delicate fancy and won by the interest of her style. _TwoLittle Waifs_, illustrated by Walter Crane, is a delightful story, whichcomes, as all children's stories ought to do, to a delightfulend."--_Christian Union._

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  THE TAPESTRY ROOM.

  "Mrs. Molesworth is the queen of children's fairyland. She knows how tomake use of the vague, fresh, wondering instincts of childhood, and toinvest familiar things with fairy glamour."--_Athenaeum._

  "The story told is a charming one of what may be called the neo-fairysort.... There has been nothing better of its kind done anywhere forchildren, whether we consider its capacity to awake interest or itswholesomeness."--_Evening Post._

  "Among the books for young people we have seen nothing more unique than_The Tapestry Room_. Like all of Mrs. Molesworth's stories it willplease young readers by the very attractive and charming style in whichit is written."--_Presbyterian Journal._

  "Mrs. Molesworth will be remembered as a writer of very pleasing storiesfor children. A new book from her pen will be sure of a welcome from allthe young people. The new story bears the name of _The Tapestry Room_and is a child's romance.... The child who comes into possession of thestory will count himself fortunate. It is a bright, wholesome story, inwhich the interest is maintained to the end. The author has the facultyof adapting herself to the tastes and ideas of her readers in an unusualway."--_New Haven Paladium._

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  CHRISTMAS-TREE LAND.

  "It is conceived after a happy fancy, as it relates the supposititiousjourney of a party of little ones through that part of fairyland whereChristmas-trees are supposed to most abound. There is just enough of
theold-fashioned fancy about fairies mingled with the 'modern improvements'to incite and stimulate the youthful imagination to healthful action.The pictures by Walter Crane are, of course, not only well executed inthemselves, but in charming consonance with the spirit of thetale."--_Troy Times._

  "_Christmas-Tree Land_, by Mrs. Molesworth, is a book to make youngerreaders open their eyes wide with delight. A little boy and a littlegirl domiciled in a great white castle, wander on their holidays throughthe surrounding fir-forests, and meet with the most delightfulpleasures. There is a fascinating, mysterious character in theiradventures and enough of the fairy-like and wonderful to puzzle andenchant all the little ones."--_Boston Home Journal._

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  A CHRISTMAS POSY.

  "This is a collection of eight of those inimitable stories for childrenwhich none could write better than Mrs. Molesworth. Her books are primefavorites with children of all ages and they are as good and wholesomeas they are interesting and popular. This makes a very handsome book,and its illustrations are excellent."--_Christian at Work._

  "_A Christmas Posy_ is one of those charming stories for girls which MrsMolesworth excels in writing."--_Philadelphia Press._

  "Here is a group of bright, wholesome stories, such as are dear tochildren, and nicely tuned to the harmonies of Christmas-tide. Mr. Cranehas found good situations for his spirited sketches."--_Churchman._

  "_A Christmas Posy_, by Mrs. Molesworth, is lovely and fragrant. Mrs.Molesworth succeeds by right to the place occupied with so much honor bythe late Mrs. Ewing, as a writer of charming stories for children. Thepresent volume is a cluster of delightful short stories. Mr. Crane'sillustrations are in harmony with the text."--_ChristianIntelligencer._

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  THE CHILDREN OF THE CASTLE.

  "_The Children of the Castle_, by Mrs. Molesworth, is another of thosedelightful juvenile stories of which this author has written so many. Itis a fascinating little book, with a charming plot, a sweet, pureatmosphere, and teaches a wholesome moral in the most winningmanner."--_B. S. E. Gazette._

  "Mrs. Molesworth has given a charming story for children.... It is awholesome book, one which the little ones will read withinterest."--_Living Church._

  "_The Children of the Castle_ are delightful creations, actual littlegirls, living in an actual castle, but often led by their fancies into ashadowy fairyland. There is a charming refinement of style and spiritabout the story from beginning to end; an imaginative child will findendless pleasure in it, and the lesson of gentleness and unselfishnessso artistically managed that it does not seem like a lesson, but only apart of the story."--_Milwaukee Sentinel._

  "Mrs. Molesworth's stories for children are always ingenious,entertaining, and thoroughly wholesome. Her resources are apparentlyinexhaustible, and each new book from her pen seems to surpass itspredecessors in attractiveness. In _The Children of the Castle_ the bestelements of a good story for children are very happily combined."--_TheWeek._

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  FOUR WINDS FARM.

  "Mrs. Molesworth's books are always delightful, but of all none is morecharming than the volume with which she greets the holidays this season._Four Winds Farm_ is one of the most delicate and pleasing books for achild that has seen the light this many a day. It is full of fancy andof that instinctive sympathy with childhood which makes this author'sbooks so attractive and so individual."--_Boston Courier._

  "Like all the books she has written this one is very charming, and isworth more in the hands of a child than a score of other stories of amore sensational character."--_Christian at Work._

  "Still more delicately fanciful is Mrs. Molesworth's lovely little taleof the _Four Winds Farm_. It is neither a dream nor a fairy story, butconcerns the fortune of a real little boy, named Gratian; yet the dreamand the fairy tale seem to enter into his life, and make part of it. Thefarm-house in which the child lives is set exactly at the meeting-placeof the four winds, and they, from the moment of his birth, have acted ashis self-elected godmothers.... All the winds love the boy, and, held inthe balance of their influence, he grows up as a boy should, simply andtruly, with a tender heart and firm mind. The idea of this little bookis essentially poetical."--_Literary World._

  "This book is for the children. We grudge it to them. There are fewchildren in this generation good enough for such a gift. Mrs. Molesworthis the only woman now who can write such a book.... The delicate weldingof the farm life about the child and the spiritual life within him, andthe realization of the four immortals into a delightful sort ofhalf-femininity shows a finer literary quality than anything we haveseen for a long time. The light that never was on sea or land is in thislittle red and gold volume."--_Philadelphia Press._

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  NURSE HEATHERDALE'S STORY.

  "_Nurse Heatherdale's Story_ is all about a small boy, who was goodenough, yet was always getting into some trouble through complicationsin which he was not to blame. The same sort of things happens to men andwomen. He is an orphan, though he is cared for in a way by relations,who are not so very rich, yet are looked on as well fixed. After manyyouthful trials and disappointments he falls into a big stroke of goodluck, which lifts him and goes to make others happy. Those who want achild's book will find nothing to harm and something to interest in thissimple story."--_Commercial Advertiser._

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  "US."

  "Mrs. Molesworth's _Us, an Old-Fashioned Story_, is very charming. Adear little six-year-old 'bruvver' and sister constitute the 'us,' whoseadventures with gypsies form the theme of the story. Mrs. Molesworth'sstyle is graceful, and she pictures the little ones with brightness andtenderness."--_Evening Post._

  "A pretty and wholesome story."--_Literary World._

  "_Us, an Old-Fashioned Story_, is a sweet and quaint story of two littlechildren who lived long ago, in an old-fashioned way, with theirgrandparents. The story is delightfully told."--_Philadelphia News._

  "_Us_ is one of Mrs. Molesworth's charming little stories for youngchildren. The narrative ... is full of interest for its real grace anddelicacy, and the exquisiteness and purity of the English in which it iswritten."--_Boston Advertiser._

  "Mrs. Molesworth's last story, _Us_, will please the readers of thatlady's works by its pleasant domestic atmosphere and healthful moraltone. The narrative moves forward with sufficient interest to hold thereader's attention; and there are useful lessons for young people to bedrawn from it."--_Independent._

  "Mrs. Molesworth's story ... is very simple, refined, bright, and fullof the real flavor of childhood."--_Literary World._

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  THE RECTORY CHILDREN.

  "It is a book written for children in just the way that is best adaptedto please them."--_Morning Post._

  "In _The Rectory Children_ Mrs. Molesworth has written one of thosedelightful volumes which we always look for at Christmastime."--_Athenaeum._

  "A delightful Christmas book for children; a racy, charming home story,full of good impulses and bright suggestions."--_Boston Traveller._

  "Quiet, sunny, interesting, and thoroughly winning andwholesome."--_Boston Journal._

  "There is no writer of children's books more worthy of their admirationand love than Mrs. Molesworth. Her bright and sweet invention is sotruthful, her characters so faithfully drawn, and the teaching of herstories so tender and noble, that while they please and charm theyinsensibly distil into the youthful mind the most valuable lessons. In_The Rectory Children_ we have a fresh, bright story, that will be sureto please all her young admirers."--_Christian at Work._

  "_The Rectory Children_, by Mrs. Molesworth, is a very pretty story ofEnglish life. Mrs. Molesworth is one of the most popular and charming ofEnglish story-writers for children. Her child characters are true tolife, always natural and attractive, and her stories are whole
some andinteresting."--_Indianapolis Journal._

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  ROSY.

  "_Rosy_, like all the rest of her stories, is bright and pure andutterly free from cant,--a book that children will read with pleasureand lasting profit."--_Boston Traveller._

  "There is no one who has a genius better adapted for entertainingchildren than Mrs. Molesworth, and her latest story, _Rosy_, is one ofher best. It is illustrated with eight woodcuts from designs by WalterCrane."--_Philadelphia Press._

  "An English story for children of the every-day life of a bright littlegirl, which will please those who like 'natural' books."--_New YorkWorld._

  "Mrs. Molesworth's clever _Rosy_, a story showing in a charming way howone little girl's jealousy and bad temper were conquered; one of thebest, most suggestive and improving of the Christmas juveniles."--_NewYork Tribune._

  "_Rosy_ is an exceedingly graceful and interesting story by Mrs.Molesworth, one of the best and most popular writers of juvenilefiction. This little story is full of tenderness, is fragrant insentiment, and points with great delicacy and genuine feeling a charmingmoral."--_Boston Gazette._

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  THE GIRLS AND I.

  "Perhaps the most striking feature of this pleasant story is the naturalmanner in which it is written. It is just like the conversation of abright boy--consistently like it from beginning to end. It is a boy whois the hero of the tale, and he tells the adventures of himself andthose nearest him. He is, by the way, in many respects an example formost young persons. It is a story characterized by sweetness andpurity--a desirable one to put into the hands of youthfulreaders."--_Gettysburg Monthly._

  "Jack himself tells the story of _The Girls and I_, assisted of courseby Mrs. Molesworth, whose name will recall to the juveniles pleasantmemories of interesting reading, full of just the things that childrenwant to know, and of that which will excite their ready sympathies.Jack, while telling the story of the girls, takes the readers into hisown confidence, and we like the little fellow rather better than thegirls. The interest is maintained by the story of a lost jewel, theultimate finding of which, in the most unexpected place, closes thestory in a very pleasant manner. Jack, otherwise Mrs. Molesworth, tellsthe tale in a lively style, and the book will attract attention."--_TheGlobe._

  "A delightful and purposeful story which no one can read without beingbenefited."--_New York Observer._

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  MARY.

  "Mrs. Molesworth's reputation as a writer of story-books is so wellestablished that any new book of hers scarce needs a word ofintroduction."--_Home Journal._

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