[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.