20 Blackie & Sons New Publications.

 

BY KATE WOOD.

WINNIE’S SECRET:

A Story of Faith and Patience, By Kars Woop, author of
“Lory Bell,” “A Waif of the Sea,” &. With 4 full-page
Pictures in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2s. 6d.

Miss Kate Wood has a talent for writing a simple and pathetic story with
a great deal of quaint easy description and enough of fun to enliven some
chapters that might otherwise seem to be very sad because they relate to
the suffering and poverty of orphan or destitute children. ‘* Winnie’s
Secret” has a plot as interesting as that of many more ambitious volumes,
and while the vicissitudes of the two little sisters are narrated with touching
sympathy and a feeling of genuine piety, the characters of the numerous
juvenile and grown-up friends who come to their aid in the course of the
story are admirably depicted.

A WAIF OF THE SEA:

Or, the Lost Found. By Kare Woop. With 4 full-page Illus-
trations in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 2s. 6d.

“A Waif of the Sea” deals very pathetically with the sorrows and trials
of children, and of mothers who are separated from their children. The
narrative is full of human interest, and the lives and struggles of the
people of a poor London neighbourhood are well portrayed. ‘The child-
character of “ Little Birdie” and her short but affecting story will attract
and delight many readers.

“Little Birdie isa beautiful child-character with whom no one can come in contact
without feeling purer and fresher for life’s work.”—Glusgow News.

“This is a very tonching and pretty tale of town and country, full of pathos and
interest embodied in a narrative which never flags, and told in astyle which deserves
the highest praise for its lucid and natural ease.” —Edinburgh Courant.

 

BY ESME STUART.

MISS FENWICK’S FATLURES:

Or “Peggy Pepper-Pot.” A Story. By Esm#é Srvuart, author
of “Tsabeau’s Hero,” “Mimi,” “The Little Brown Girl,” &c.
With 4 full-page Illustrations in black and tint. Crown 8vo,
cloth extra, 2s. 6d.

‘““Miss Fenwick’s Failures” will doubtless be a very complete success
among young people. The story abounds in capitally told domestic adven-
tures, and though it has an excellent and well-sustained moral purpose, is
so humorous and lively that very few readers, having taken it up, will like
to part with it till they have followed the fortunes of the Fenwick family
to the end of the volume. Like other books by the same author this tale
is a striking example of the ability which can tell a story with spirit and
harmless fun and sustained interest, and at the same time imbue it with
an excellent lesson which the youthful reader may learn without having it
forced on the attention.