“deer mister howl,—­as you say you see behind your bak i spose its you told varmer jones of me for theres a tree with a whole in it just behind the orchurd he wolloped I shameful and I’ll have no more of his apples they be a deal sowerer than yud think though they look so red, but do you call yourself a childerns friend and tell tails i dont i can tell you.

“TOM TURNIP.”

Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., London & Bungay.

The present Series of Mrs. Ewing’s Works is the only authorized, complete, and uniform Edition published.

It will consist of 18 volumes, Small Crown 8vo, at 2s. 6d. per vol., issued, as far as possible, in chronological order, and these will appear at the rate of two volumes every two months, so that the Series will be completed within 18 months.  The device of the cover was specially designed by a Friend of Mrs. Ewing.

The following is a list of the books included in the Series—­

1.  MELCHIOR’S DREAM, AND OTHER TALES.

2.  MRS. OVERTHEWAY’S REMEMBRANCES.

3.  OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY TALES.

4.  A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING.

5.  THE BROWNIES, AND OTHER TALES.

6.  SIX TO SIXTEEN.

7.  LOB LIE-BY-THE-FIRE, AND OTHER TALES.

8.  JAN OF THE WINDMILL.

9.  VERSES FOR CHILDREN, AND SONGS.

10.  THE PEACE EGG—­A CHRISTMAS MUMMING
    PLAY—­HINTS FOR PRIVATE
    THEATRICALS, &c.

11.  A GREAT EMERGENCY, AND OTHER
    TALES.

12.  BROTHERS OF PITY, AND OTHER TALES
    OF BEASTS AND MEN.

13.  WE AND THE WORLD, Part I.

14.  WE AND THE WORLD, Part II.

15.  JACKANAPES—­DADDY DARWIN’S DOVECOTE—­THE
    STORY OF A SHORT LIFE.

16.  MARY’S MEADOW, AND OTHER TALES
    OF FIELDS AND FLOWERS.

17.  MISCELLANEA, including The Mystery of the
    Bloody Hand—­Wonder Stories—­Tales of the
    Khoja, and other translations.

18.  JULIANA HORATIA EWING AND HER
    BOOKS, with a selection from Mrs. Ewing’s
    Letters.

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S.P.C.K., NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, LONDON, W.C.