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=I. AUNT MARY’S BRAN PIE.= Illustrated.
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Works by CHARLES CAMDEN.
=I. HOITY, TOITY, THE GOOD LITTLE FELLOW.= With Eleven Illustrations.
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=PRETTY LESSONS IN VERSE FOR GOOD CHILDREN=; with some Lessons in
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=THE DESERT PASTOR, JEAN JAROUSSEAU.= By Colonel E. P. DE L’HOSTE.
Translated from the French of Eugène Pelletan. In fcp. 8vo. with an
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Works by MARTHA FARQUHARSON.
=I. ELSIE DINSMORE.= Crown 8vo.
=II. ELSIE’S GIRLHOOD.= Crown 8vo.
=III. ELSIE’S HOLIDAYS AT ROSELANDS.= Crown 8vo.
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=THE DESERTED SHIP.= A Real Story of the Atlantic. By CUPPLES HOWE,
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=GUTTA-PERCHA WILLIE, the WORKING GENIUS.= By GEORGE MACDONALD. With
Nine Illustrations by ARTHUR HUGHES. Second Edition. Crown 8vo.
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that verdict upon his little work as final.’--_Spectator._
=PLUCKY FELLOWS.= A Book for Boys. By STEPHEN J. MACKENNA. With Nine
Illustrations. Second Edition. Crown 8vo.
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=LITTLE MINNIE’S TROUBLES=: an Every-day Chronicle. By N. R.
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=SEEKING HIS FORTUNE, and other Stories.= Crown 8vo. With Four
Illustrations.
CONTENTS:--Seeking his Fortune--Oluf and Stephanoff--What’s in a
Name?--Contrast--Onesta.
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=SEVEN AUTUMN LEAVES FROM FAIRYLAND.= Illustrated with Nine Etchings.
CONTENTS:--
Mermaid.
Little Hans.
Dimple.
The Two Princes.
Specklesides.
Black Sneid.
Little Curly.
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_HENRY S. KING & CO.’S SERIES OF FIVE-SHILLING BOOKS FOR JUVENILES._
=MIKE HOWE, THE BUSHRANGER OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND.= By JAMES BONWICK.
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=THE TASMANIAN LILY.= By JAMES BONWICK. Crown 8vo. With Frontispiece.
‘An interesting and useful work.’--_Hour._
‘The characters of the stories are capitally conceived, and are full
of those touches which give them a natural appearance.’--_Public
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Two Works by DAVID KER.
=I. THE BOY SLAVE IN BOKHARA.= A Tale of Central Asia. Crown 8vo.
With Illustrations.
In this work real scenes are grouped round an imaginary hero; genuine
information is conveyed in a more attractive form than that of a mere
dry statistical report.
‘Ostap Danilevitch Kostarenko, the Russian who is supposed to relate
the story, has a great number of adventures, and passes, by dint of
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Will prove attractive to boys.’--_Pall Mall Gazette._
‘Exciting boy’s story, well told and abounding in incidents.’
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end.’--_Standard._
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round an imaginary hero.’--_Spectator._
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=RAMBLES AND ADVENTURES OF OUR SCHOOL FIELD CLUB.= A Book for Boys.
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=FANTASTIC STORIES.= By RICHARD LEANDER. Translated from the German
by PAULINA B. GRANVILLE. With Eight full-page Illustrations by M. E.
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not play on the Jew’s harp,” will probably be the children’s
favourite.’--_Daily News._
=THE GREAT DUTCH ADMIRALS.= By JACOB DE LIEFDE. Crown 8vo. With
Eleven Illustrations by TOWNLEY GREEN and others.
‘A wholesome present for boys.’--_Athenæum._
‘A really good book.’--_Standard._
‘A really excellent book.’--_Spectator._
=HER TITLE OF HONOUR=: a Book for Girls. By HOLME LEE. New Edition.
Crown 8vo. With a Frontispiece.
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well known, and all more or less liked. But this book far exceeds
even our favourites, not perhaps as a story, for this is of the
simplest kind, but because with the interest of a pathetic story
is united the value of a definite and high purpose; and because,
also, it is a careful and beautiful piece of writing, and is full of
studies of refined and charming character.’--_Spectator._
‘It contains a vast amount of admirable and happy teaching, as
valuable as it is rare.’--_Standard._
=AT SCHOOL WITH AN OLD DRAGOON.= By STEPHEN J. MACKENNA. Crown 8vo.
With Six Illustrations.
‘Consisting almost entirely of startling stories of military
adventure.... Boys will find them sufficiently exciting
reading.’--_Times._
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general favourite, and those who read the stories of the Old
Dragoon will find that he has still plenty of materials at hand
for pleasant tales, and has lost none of his power in telling them
well.’--_Standard._
=WAKING AND WORKING; OR, FROM GIRLHOOD TO WOMANHOOD.= By Mrs. G. S.
REANEY. With a Frontispiece. Crown 8vo.
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purpose.’--_Nonconformist._
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and important one.’--_Rock._
=SLAVONIC FAIRY TALES.= From Russian, Servian, Polish, and Bohemian
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up volume, we ought to mention that its contents fully come up to
the promise held out in its preface.’--_Academy._
=STORIES IN PRECIOUS STONES.= By HELEN ZIMMERN. With Six
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an imaginary virtue attached to the gems they are so fond of
wearing.’--_Post._
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=THE BETTER SELF.= By J. HAIN FRISWELL. Essays for Home Life. Crown
8vo. 6_s._
CONTENTS:--
Beginning at Home
The Girls at Home
The Wife’s Mother
Pride in the Family
Discontent and Grumbling
Domestic Economy
Likes and Dislikes
On Keeping People Down
On Falling Out Peace
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=BEATRICE AYLMER, AND OTHER TALES.= By MARY M. HOWARD, Author of
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=PHANTASMION.= A Fairy Romance. By SARA COLERIDGE. With an
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=ECHOES OF A FAMOUS YEAR.= By HARRIETT PARR. Crown 8vo. 8_s._ 6_d._
The story of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71, told mainly for the
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_.
Emboldened text is surrounded by equals signs: =bold=.
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.