Carried Off Part 22

BY THE AUTHOR OF "STARWOOD HALL"

THE GOLDEN BUCKLE

A story of London in the year of the Great Plague, showing how one John Garside, a hosier in Holborn, and his family took refuge on board The Golden Buckle, which was then lying in the river with a cargo of sugar and spice, and of the various things that befell them and theirs during the long hot summer.

BY C. R. COLERIDGE

MAX, FRITZ, AND HOB

A tale of adventure four hundred years ago. The scene is laid princ.i.p.ally at the Castle of Lindenberg, in the Bavarian highlands, and the story is chiefly concerned with the doings of two cousins, named Max and Fritz, and of a tame bear, which they have christened Hob. The book inculcates some admirable lessons on the duty of kindness to animals.

BY M. & C. LEE

ST. DUNSTAN'S FAIR

"St. Dunstan's Fair" tells of the folks living in a small country village in Kent, in the year of Waterloo, of what happened at the Fair itself, and of the consequences to Nancy Springett and poor George Colgate. The account of the visit paid by Molly and Chris to their grandfather, Mr. Openshaw, and of the part played by the two children, lend the story considerable variety of interest.

BY MARY H. DEBENHAM

MOOR AND MOSS

A story of the Border in the first half of the sixteenth century, of the struggles that were for ever taking place, and the raids that were being made, and (in particular) of the Armstrongs of Birkhope and the Musgraves of Fairgill, and how peace and happiness were at last brought to all.

BY M. BRAMSTON

THE ADVENTURES OF DENIS

The adventures in question are those of Denis Lyndale while staying, first at Liberty Hall on the high road between Derby and Chester, and afterwards at Cathendean, in the hilly district of the Peak, and are closely connected with the rising of 1745 and the retreat of Prince Charles Edward from Derby to the north again.

BY ESMe STUART

A SMALL LEGACY

A story for children, concerning the life led by the coastguardsmen and their families at St. Alban's Head, and showing how it is possible for boys and girls to be brave and honourable in all their actions, and, sometimes, even heroic. Little Peter is a pathetic figure, and one that is likely to prove interesting to young and old.

BY M. BRAMSTON

LOTTIE LEVISON

A South London story for young women and elder girls, describing how Lottie Levison, from being brought up in a home of doubtful honesty, conceived a desire to become "respectable," and not only succeeded, but grew conscious of still better hopes, and was filled with a longing to shed suns.h.i.+ne around her and to teach others the means of getting the happiness which she had gained for herself.