Excerpt from Phil Mays Illustrated Winter Annual, 1896 So it had been with Octave Bontemps. When the old housekeeper of the Seigneur lifted the half-frozen man-child from the little quilt which wrapped it round, she said, God save my heart, but this is in good time, and so Bontemps the child was called. The two children were also called Octave and respectively, because those were the names of the people in whose houses they had been brought up. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Phil May's Illustrated Winter Annual, 1895 About this time the world's heart failed The lusty heart no fear could rend; In every land wild voices wailed, And prophets prophesied the end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Phil May's Illustrated Winter Annual: Season 1900-1901 The celebrated artist's work may now be said to be almost beyond criticism, and it is only in the selection of his efforts and their arrangement in an attractive literary setting that there is scope for editorial judgment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Phil May's Illustrated Winter Annual, 1893 Daily telegraph. It is not often that a publication intended for popular holiday reading musters such an array of literary talent as that brought to bear on Phil May's Illustrated Summer Annual.' The Annual contains 126 pages of matter, and may be fairly pronounced one of the most attractive publications of its kind ever issued. St. Jam es's gazette - 5 We know of no more attractive shillingsworth than Phil May's Illustrated Summer Annual.' There is a good deal of variety in the 'artistic merit, ' of course; but at least everything is interesting. Most attractive of all to many readers will be Mr. Sala's gossip about Dickens at home at Gads Hill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Phil May's Illustrated Winter Annual: Season 1901-1902 Wayside Courtships is, without a doubt, a book to be read, and Its author 15 a. Writer to be watched. We have not had such a welcome American arrival smee the Introduction of Miss Wilkins. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.