Published in London in 1889, this volume collects new tales for boys and girls aged six to fourteen from a roll-call of Victorian children’s writers: G. A. Henty, R. M. Ballantyne, Charlotte M. Yonge, Mrs. Molesworth, Sabine Baring-Gould, George Manville Fenn, Agnes Giberne and others. Adventure, history, fancy and moral lessons sit side by side.
A good sampler of late Victorian juvenile fiction, with famous names in short form. Download the free EPUB.