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L480 Of Lustrated Works

“NEW PICTURE BOOKS FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

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BCUS WARD’S Japanese Picture Stories.

‘ales told in brilliant Pictures, conceived in the true Eastern spirit,

and with all the forcible drawing and effective colouring of the Japanese, by

native talent ;

with New Version of the Stories in English Rhyme.

Each

book has Seven large Pictures (one double page), mounted in Japanese
page),

Screen, Panorama. fashion.
mounted on Linen,

1. Aladdin ;

or

Price One Shilling cach,
Two Shillings each,
or, The Wonderful Lamp.

on Paper; or,

2. Abou Hassan; or, Caliph for a Day.
3. Ali Baba; or, The Forty Thieves.
4. Sindbad; or, Seven Strange Voyages

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

*Astonishingly good. It was a
very funny notion in itself to take the
Arabic storics of Aladdin and Abou
Hassan and Ali Baba and Sindbad,
and give them to an artist imbued
with the fashionable Japanese fecling
to produce in picture shape; but the
way in which the idea has been car-
ried out is stlll funnier. The print-
ing and colouring are perfection, and
the humour of the drawing is always
extremely fine.” —Szandard.

“ Brilliant pictures and narratives
in the true Eastern spirit. . . .
possessing much comic merit and
humour, yet suited to the tastes of
the young.’—Morning Post.

“Conveys a highly’ original idea,

carried out with spirit and ingenuity.
It is enough to make one wish to be
a child again, to look at the pictures,
so gorgeous, dazzling, and splendid
they are.” —/cho.
“Tf all these illustrations are by
Marcus Ward, all we have to say is
that he should be president of the
Children’s Royal Academy, when
they have one.” —-Budlder.

“Many of the designs are not
without spirit, especially those which
illustrate ‘Sindbad.’ . the publi-
cation is creditable to Messrs, Ward.”
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‘The pictures, whitdh are brilliantly
coloured, are as quaint as possible,
and often clever and amusing. The
characters appear in the guise of
Japanese—certainly very odd Japan-
ese, but not likely to be less popular
with children for their eccentricity.
Nothing could be more comical than
the dignified advance of Aladdin to
the palace to claim the princess.’’-—
Globe.

‘The illustrations are capitally
done, following, as the title-page may
fairly claim, the quaint Eastern spirit
with remarkable fidelity, and result-
ing ina series of pictures grotesquely
comic and brilliantly gay.” — The
flour.

‘“‘A marvel of cheapness and at-
tractiveness.”—Jgaro,

“A sclection of Japanese drawings,
e ently re-produced on Inglish
paper, and accompanied by some
spirited verses on Aladdin, Haroun
al Raschid, Ali Baba, and other
favourite subjects.” —Dazly News.

‘One of the most admirable ex-
amples of humorous design and satis-
factory execution that we have ever
examined. The artist has caught
the salient characteristics of Japanese
illustration with really wonderful abil-
ity.”—WNorthern Whig.

 

 

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