=688. Chats about Germany.= By M. BROWN. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
=689. Round Africa.= By E. C. BRUCE. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
=690. The Land of Temples.= By M. FIELD. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
=691. New Zealand.= By B. FRANCIS. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
=692. Glimpses of South America.= (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
=693. A Ramble round France.= By J. CHESNEY. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
=694. The Land of the Pyramids.= By J. CHESNEY. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
=695. The Eastern Wonderland.= By B. C. ANGUS. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
=696. Peeps into China.= By E. C. PHILLIPS. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
These have ‘pictures’ to every other page, and are wonders of cheapness
and really interesting writing.
=697. In the Polar Regions.= (Nelson) 2_s._ 6_d._
=698. In the Temperate Regions.= (Nelson) 2_s._ 6_d._
=699. In the Tropical Regions.= (Nelson) 2_s._ 6_d._
All the above are compilations full of interesting descriptions and good
illustrations.
=700. Little Lucy’s Wonderful Globe.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 4_s._
6_d._
Sketches of child life in various lands, adapted to Frölich’s
illustrations. Too dear for a prize, but children like it when lent to
them.
=701. Child Life in Chinese Homes.= By Mrs. BRYSON. (R.T.S.) 5_s._
=702. The Children of Africa.= (Hodder & Stoughton) 5_s._
Fully illustrated, very easy and amusing, though China is better done
than Africa as being a less wide field.
=703. Early English Voyagers.= (Nelson) 5_s._
The voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier excellently told.
=704. Letters from Egypt.= By J. WHATELY. (Seeley).
A model of the style of thing.
=705. Germany.= By S. BARING-GOULD. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=706. Egypt.= By STANLEY LANE-POOLE. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=707. Denmark and Iceland.= By E. C. OTTÉ. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=708. France.= By the Author of ‘Mlle. Mori.’ (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=709. Japan.= By S. MOSSMAN. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=710. Russia.= By W. R. MORFILL. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=711. Austria.= By D. KAY. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=712. Greece.= By L. SERGEANT. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=713. West Indies.= By C. H. EDEN. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=714. Peru.= By CLEMENTS MARKHAM. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=715. Australia.= By J. F. VESEY FITZGERALD. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=716. Spain.= By WENTWORTH WEBSTER. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
=717. Sweden and Norway.= By F. H. WOODS. (Sampson Low) 3_s._ 6_d._
These are not so ornamental as Cassell’s series, though they have maps
and illustrations; but if I may judge from the two specimens I have
seen—namely, ‘France’ and ‘Germany’—they are full of interest and
information amusingly given, and would be excellent for any intelligent
person in need of knowledge of some special place. Very good for town or
club libraries where the readers rise above fiction.
=718. Great Waterfalls.= By JOHN GIBSON. (Nelson) 2_s._ 6_d._
Well-illustrated descriptions of cataracts and geysers.
=719. A Jolly Fellowship.= By F. STOCKTON. (Kegan Paul) 5_s._
The droll adventures of three American schoolboys who make a tour by
themselves in Florida and Cuba.
=720. Road to the North Pole.= (R.T.S.) Series I. and II., 1_s._ each.
An excellent abstract of the American Arctic expeditions of the ‘George
Henry,’ the ‘Polaris,’ and the ‘Jeannette.’
_ADVENTURES._
These are truthful adventures, in contradistinction to the
Kingston, Ballantyne, Verne, and other ‘books for boys’ which
abound. Where we should _lend_ those we should _give_ these.
=721. Real Stories from Many Lands.= By Lady VERNEY. (S.P.C.K.) 9_d._
The wonderful first navigation of the Colorado. A terrible conflict
between a horse and a tiger, and the escape of Grotius. Easy, and likely
to satisfy the children who ask ‘Is it true?’
=722. Perils of the Deep.= (S.P.C.K.) 4_s._
Collections of the most striking and memorable wrecks and other trials of
sailors. Just the book for men or boys invalided.
=723. Peril and Adventure.= By L. VALENTINE. (Warne) 2_s._
=724. Valour and Enterprise.= By L. VALENTINE. (Warne) 2_s._
=725. Brave Days of Old.= By L. VALENTINE. (Warne) 2_s._
=726. Daring and Doing.= By L. VALENTINE. (Warne) 2_s._
=727. On Honour’s Roll.= By L. VALENTINE. (Warne) 3_s._ 6_d._
=728. Heroism and Adventure.= By L. VALENTINE. (Warne) 3_s._ 6_d._
=729. Sea Fights and Land Battles.= By L. VALENTINE. (Warne) 3_s._ 6_d._
Noble deeds, _true_ and inspiring, such as should go to the heart of
brave lads.
=730. A Book of Golden Deeds.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 4_s._ 6_d._
Selection, 1_s._
Heroic actions in all ages.
=731. Heroes of the Arctic and their Adventures.= By WHYMPER. (S.P.C.K.)
3_s._ 6_d._
=732. Across the Pampas.= By Sir F. HEAD. (Murray) 2_s._
One of those spirited and delightful books that never grow stale.
=733. Anson’s Voyages.= (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._ 6_d._
Compressed, and ever interesting.
=734. Wanderings in South America.= By CHARLES WATERTON. (Macmillan)
6_s._ or 6_d._
The most delightful of true travellers’ wonders.
=735. Lady Brassey’s Voyage in the ‘Sunbeam.’= (Longmans) 6_d._
Later aspects of the world.
=736. Ride to Khiva.= By Col. FRED. BURNABY. (Cassell) 1_s._ 6_d._
Highly interesting in the present state of things. Where there is a set
of readers open to the interest of books of travels, a watch had better
be kept on Mudie’s second-hand list.
=737. Around and About Old England.= By C. L. MATÉAUX. (Cassell) 3_s._
6_d._
=738. Huc’s Life and Travels in Tartary.= (Nelson) 1_s._
The adventures of the two Jesuit missionaries made a great sensation at
the time of publication, and are most amusing.
=739. Egypt and Nubia.= By J. ST. JOHN. (Chapman & Hall)
A book with much reading in it, and likely to be very much read if still
in print.
=740. Two Years in the Region of Icebergs.= (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
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HISTORY.
History is seldom very acceptable to young people of the
working classes. They do not live in a sufficiently cultivated
atmosphere to keep up interest in what they learn at school;
but sometimes an event or perhaps an historical tale rouses
their curiosity, and those a little more cultivated ought
to learn to read for themselves. Histories are particularly
desirable as prizes, since they may be used and referred to
through life. Moreover, everything should be done to get
pupil-teachers beyond the mere cram of names and dates.
=741. The Story of Russia.= By M. E. BENSON. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
=742. The Story of Norway.= By C. E. SEDGWICK. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
=743. The Story of Switzerland.= By F. M. LEE. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
=744. The Story of Spain.= By JULIA HUXLEY. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
=745. The Story of Denmark.= By C. E. SEDGWICK. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
=746. The Story of Holland.= By ISABEL DON. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
=747. The Story of Iceland.= By LETITIA MACOLL. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
Capital brief sketches of people, country, and history. Not difficult,
but familiar and amusing. Illustrated and prettily got up.
_SHORT STORIES ON HISTORY._
=748. English.= (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._
=749. France.= (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
=750. Germany.= (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
=751. Spain.= (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
=752. Sweden.= (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
These are history chiefly in conversation. They are fairly well done, but
it is generally difficult to excite interest in foreign histories.
_JUVENILE ENGLISHMEN’S HISTORICAL LIBRARY._
=753. History of England.= By J. M. NEALE. (Masters) 1_s._ 6_d._
=754. History of Greece.= By J. M. NEALE. (Masters) 2_s._
=755. History of Rome.= By S. FOX. (Masters) 2_s._
=756. History of Spain.= By B. J. JOHNS. (Masters) 2_s._
=757. History of Portugal.= By J. M. NEALE. (Masters) 2_s._
=758. History of Ireland.= By T. K. ARNOLD. (Masters) 1_s._ 6_d._
=759. History of Scotland.= By W. B. FLOWER. (Masters) 2_s._
Plainly got up, but telling much that is useful.
=Aunt Charlotte’s Histories=, by C. M. YONGE, namely—
=760. Scripture.= (Marcus Ward) 6_s._ or 2_s._
=761. England.= (Marcus Ward) 6_s._ or 1_s._ 6_d._
=762. France.= (Marcus Ward) 6_s._
=763. Germany.= (Marcus Ward) 6_s._
=764. Greece.= (Marcus Ward) 6_s._
=765. Rome.= (Marcus Ward) 6_s._
=766. America.= (Marcus Ward) 6_s._
These, except the two first, of which there are cheaper editions, are too
full of illustrations not to be costly.
=767. Lectures on the History of England for Working Men and Women.= By
M. GUEST. (Macmillan) 6_s._
An epitome of life and manners in England, actually composed for and read
aloud to an audience of mechanics.
=768. The Story of the Crusades.= (Nelson) 1_s._ 6_d._
=769. Children of Westminster Abbey.= By ROSE KINGSLEY. (Sampson Low)
5_s._
Descriptions of the building and the monuments, with histories of the
persons there buried, showing a most loving hand.
=770. Stories of the Tower.= By M. WILSON. (Cassell) 2_s._
Narratives of the chief events, and histories of the chief prisoners of
the Tower. These two should be in all libraries for Londoners.
=771. Two of England’s Wars=; or, =Theodore and Coffee=. (R.T.S.) 1_s._
6_d._
Well and shortly told histories of the Abyssinian and Ashantee campaigns.
=772. Talks about the Laws we live under.= By C. M. YONGE. (Walter Smith)
2_s._
An endeavour to give a popular account of our institutions and
authorities.
=773. The Citizen Reader.= (Cassell) 1_s._ 6_d._
The same work, so much better done that it is to be regretted that it
should be so evidently intended as a school-book.
=774. Cawnpore.= By Sir GEORGE TREVELYAN. (Macmillan) 6_s._
A terrible history, riveting interest.
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BIOGRAPHY.
A real life often speaks more plainly and effectively than a
hundred sermons or exhortations. And as childhood is outgrown,
intelligent persons will have a curiosity about those whose
names they may have heard.
=Cassell’s World’s Workers=, namely—
=775. General Gordon.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=776. Charles Dickens.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=777. Titus Salt and George Moore.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=778. Florence Nightingale.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=779. Sir H. Havelock.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=780. Abraham Lincoln.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=781. Livingstone.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=782. Franklin.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=783. Cobden.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=784. Handel.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=785. Turner.= (Cassell) 1_s._
=786. G. and R. Stephenson.= (Cassell) 1_s._
These are full of life, not too long, and exactly suited to their purpose.
=787. Life of Dr. Kane, the Arctic Hero.= By M. JONES. (Nelson) 2_s._
=788. Baron von Humboldt.= By M. JONES. (Nelson) 2_s._
Illustrated, and excellent for presents.
=789. Sir David Wilkie and his Works.= (Nelson) 2_s._
=790. Charles Kingsley.= People’s edition. (Kegan Paul) 4_s._ 6_d._
This is a book that should be widely dispersed among the more
intelligent, especially where there is much temptation to scepticism.
=791. Charles Lowder.= (Kegan Paul) 3_s._ 6_d._
A biography that wins the heart as much as did the man.
=792. Life of the Earl of Shaftesbury.= By EDWIN HODDER. (Cassell) 7_s._
6_d._
So noble, pure, devoted, and charitable a life ought to be known to all.
=793. Sister Dora.= By M. LONSDALE. (Kegan Paul) 2_s._ 6_d._
Excites the warmest enthusiasm.
=794. The Story of a Fellow-Soldier.= By F. AWDRY. (Macmillan) 2_s._ 6_d._
An abridged life of Bishop Patteson.
=795. An Elder Sister.= By F. AWDRY. (Bemrose) 4_s._ 6_d._
Bishop Charles Mackenzie and his sister Anne.
=796. Life of Oberlin.= By Mrs. BUTLER. (R.T.S.) 3_s._ 6_d._ or 6_d._
The latter very small, but in cloth.
=797. Nelson.= By SOUTHEY. (Warne) 2_s._ 6_d._ (Routledge) 1_s._
Needs no praise.
=798. Life of Washington.= 1_s._
=799. From the Log Cabin to the White House.= (Warne) 1_s._
=800. From the Tan Yard to the White House.= 1_s._
The two latter are lives of Garfield and Grant, sensationally but not
unwholesomely told.
=801. Hannah More.= By ANNA J. BUCKLAND. (R.T.S.) 3_s._
Very well told.
=802. Book of Worthies.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 4_s._ 6_d._
Chiefly from ancient history.
=803. Biographies of Good Women.= By C. M. YONGE. (Walter Smith) Vol. I.
6_s._ Vol. II. 7_s._
=804. Notable Workers in Humble Life.= By the Rev. E. N. HOARE. (Nelson)
2_s._
An admirable and inspiriting book. Dick, Edward, Pound, Duncan, here
appear as men who looked not to raise themselves in a worldly sense, but
for better things.
=805. The Peasant-Boy Philosopher.= (Routledge) 3_s._ 6_d._
Life of James Ferguson.
=806. A Few Good Women.= By CATHARINE MACSORLEY. (Hogg) 3_s._ 6_d._
Lives of Mrs. Somerville, Lady Derby, the Princess de Lamballe, &c.
=807. Heroes of the Indian Empire.= By R. FOSTER. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
Lives of our great men in India from Clive to Havelock.
If more historical biographies are desired, there is an
excellent series edited by Professor Creighton; also some good
ones of S.P.C.K., but those here selected are chiefly those
that are modern enough to interest the average library reader,
of the sort who does not want either fiction or absolutely
religious biography.
It is not easy to choose among the many lives of the Queen that
the Jubilee has brought forth. S.P.C.K. and R.T.S. have each
a large handsome one and a penny one. ‘_The First Lady in the
Land_’ (Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co.) is cheap and attractive.
Tulloch’s ‘_Life of Queen Victoria_’ (Nisbet) for boys and
girls, and Miss Yonge’s ‘_Victorian Half Century_’ (Macmillan),
1_s._ or 1_s._ 6_d._, have both had the honour of Her Majesty’s
correction, and are both for the young; Tulloch’s, perhaps, for
the youngest. Another life of Queen Victoria (Nelson), 1_s._
6_d._, is a marvel of cheapness and very prettily told.
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CHURCH HISTORY.
=808. History of the Early Church.= By Miss SEWELL. (Longmans) 4_s._ 6_d._
Easy narrative, going through the first three centuries.
=809. The Mother Church.= By C. A. JONES. 3_s._
Simply told history of the early English Church.
=810. Church History.= By the Rev. J. M. NEALE. (Walter Smith) 3_s._ 6_d._
Vividly told as a congenial subject. The first three centuries.
=811. Eighteen Centuries of Church History.= By C. M. YONGE. (Walter
Smith) 5_s._
An attempt to give salient facts in short easy chapters.
=812. Turning-Points of General Church History.= By the Rev. E. CUTTS.
(S.P.C.K.) 5_s._
Very valuable as giving the most important events in ready form and short
compass.
=813. Turning-Points of English Church History.= By the Rev. E. CUTTS.
(S.P.C.K.) 3_s._ 6_d._
Equally good and nearer home.
=814. Church History.= By the Rev. A. D. CRAKE, B.A. (Rivingtons) 7_s._
6_d._
Full and interesting; up to the Council of Nicæa.
=815. English Church History.= By Canon PERRY. (Murray) 3 vols. 7_s._
6_d._ each.
Admirable histories of the Church in England.
=816. Student’s Church History.= (Murray) 2 vols. 7_s._ 6_d._ each.
A valuable epitome.
=817. Epochs of Church History.= Edited by Canon Creighton. (Longmans)
2_s._ 6_d._ per vol.
These are =The Church and the Roman Empire=, by the Rev. A. CARR. =The
Church of the Early Fathers=, by the Rev. D. PLUMMER. =The University of
Oxford=, by Hon. G. L. BRODRICK. =The Reformation in England=, by G. G.
PERRY. =The Church and the Puritans=, by H. O. WAKEMAN. =The Evangelical
Revival=, by Canon OVERTON. =The English Church in Other Lands=, by the
Rev. H. W. TUCKER.
These are excellent to give to schoolmasters or persons with some
education and knowledge of history, but needing further elucidation of
‘turning-points.’
=818. English Church History.= By C. M. YONGE. (National Society) 1_s._
6_d._ and 2_s._
An easy account. Meant for schools.
=819. Lights and Shadows of Church History.= By the Rev. W. HARDMAN. 4_s._
A series of excellent brief sermon lectures on the most noted facts in
the growth of the Church. It has the merit of not being too long, and is
fit for readers of superior education.
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NATURAL HISTORY.
I have not found natural history popular in libraries. Indeed,
I have known a magazine given up because there was too much of
it. The children have a large amount of it in their Readers at
school, where they like it, as it is a less dry subject than is
presented by many of their lessons. If they belong to the Band
of Mercy they sometimes have to get up the subject, and there
is no doubt that this conduces to the cure of wanton cruelty.
But though, as an alternative to a real study, children will
enjoy an anecdote, and though a master, mistress, or friend
can lead them to use their eyes and assist in some pursuit or
collection, it is only the exceptional ones with a developed
taste who will voluntarily read more than an occasional story.
Where there is a real taste in one direction, technical books
can be supplied, but the aim of the lending library can only
be to give out works of general information or interest, such
as may lead to a love of nature, prevent wanton or careless
barbarity, and possibly excite a wholesome taste in some
special direction. The S.P.C.K. has excellent technical and
popular manuals, but these are fit for those who wish to
_study_ their subject, and should be possessed, not borrowed.
For lending may be suggested:—
=820. Population of an Old Pear Tree.= From the French of VAN BRUYSSELL.
(Macmillan) 4_s._ 6_d._
Capitally illustrated, and full of loveliness of description of the
insect inhabitants of the tree.
=821. Chapters on Popular Natural History.= By Sir J. LUBBOCK. (National
Society) 1_s._ 6_d._ and 2_s._
Though published as a reading book, this is better for lending.
=822. Outdoor Common Birds.= Eighty illustrations. (Warne) 1_s._ 6_d._
Even country children need this. They observe birds very little, and
hardly know the names of any; even local provincial names are few, and
they need to learn not to regard birds as enemies to be robbed and
slaughtered.
=823. Our Dogs.= By Mrs. BEECHER STOWE. (Nelson) 1_s._
Real dogs—very good for readings and prizes for a Band of Mercy.
=824. Songs of Animal Life.= By MARY HOWITT. (Nelson) 1_s._
=825. With the Birds.= By MARY HOWITT. (Nelson) 1_s._
Perhaps children have come to look on poetry as necessarily lessons. If
not, these are excellent gift-books for little ones.
=826. Talks with Uncle Richard about Wild Animals.= By Mrs. CUPPLES.
(Nelson) 1_s._ 6_d._
=827. Stories of the Cat and her Cousins.= By Mrs. SURR. (Nelson) 1_s._
6_d._
=828. Stories of the Dog and his Cousins.= By Mrs. SURR. (Nelson) 1_s._
6_d._
=829. Tappy’s Chicks.= By Mrs. CUPPLES. (Sonnenschein) 2_s._ 6_d._
Interesting stories of animal life.
=830. Homes without Hands.= By the Rev. J. G. WOOD. (Longmans) 10_s._
6_d._
Very delightful accounts of the constructions of moles, bees, &c.
=831. Hidden Homes.= By M. A. PAULL. (Nisbet) 2_s._ 6_d._
Many of the same facts as in Mr. Wood’s book, but made easy and put into
a story. The ants and bees tell their habits pleasantly.
=832. Birds’ Nests and Eggs.= By the Rev. C. A. JOHNS. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._
Encouragement in birds’ nesting is not desirable, but if there be a
school museum such a book as this is wanted.
=833. Bird Songs and Bird Pictures.= (R.T.S.) 1_s._
=834. Homes of the Birds.= (Nelson) 2_s._
=835. Lessons taught by Dumb Animals.= (S.P.C.K.) 8_d._
=836. Jenny and the Insects.= (Nelson) 2_s._
=837. Botany Reading Books.= (National Society) 1_s._ and 1_s._ 8_d._
=838. Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers.= By Miss PLUES. (Bell) 7_s._
6_d._
This is a real manual by which the names of English flowers may be found.
=839. The Herb of the Field.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
Easy botany for young children.
=840. Apples and Oranges.= By Mrs. DYSON. (R.T.S.) 3_s._ 6_d._
An excellent book, giving the marvellous structure and history of fruits
in a delightful manner, fit for any reader.
=841. White’s Selborne.= (Macmillan) 6_s._ (Walter Scott) 1_s._
=842. Sea Monsters and Sea Birds.= By Dr. G. HARTWIG. (Longmans) 2_s._
6_d._
=843. Wild Animals of the Tropics.= By Dr. G. HARTWIG. (Longmans) 3_s._
6_d._
=844. Wild Animals of the Bible.= By the Rev. J. G. WOOD. (Longmans)
3_s._ 6_d._
=845. Homes under the Ground.= By the Rev. J. G. WOOD. (Longmans) 3_s._
6_d._
These are full of anecdote and interest for young people.
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BOOKS ON SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
These are few, but lending library books should not be
treatises, they should only excite curiosity and give general
information.
=846. Star Lessons.= By R. A. PROCTOR. (Chatto & Windus) 6_s._
Substantial and real study.
=847. Pictures of the Heavens.= By C. DYSON. (Walter Smith) 3_s._
Beginnings of astronomy.
=848. Sun, Moon, and Stars.= By AGNES GIBERNE. (Seeley) 5_s._
=849. Among the Stars.= By AGNES GIBERNE. (Seeley) 5_s._
Valuable introductions to astronomy, such as young people of any
intelligence ought to be induced to read.
=850. Madam How and Lady Why.= By Canon KINGSLEY. (Macmillan) 6_s._
Unrivalled exposition of the earth we tread on.
=851. The World’s Lumber Room.= By SELINA GAYE. (Cassell) 2_s._ 6_d._
Interesting information about the various uses to which refuse materials
can be applied.
=852. Engine-Driving Life.= (Crosby Lockwood) 1_s._ 6_d._
The true history of the training and the adventures met with on the
railroad by the brave men to whom so many lives are entrusted. It is
keenly interesting.
=853. Stories of Invention.= By E. HALE. (Nelson) 2_s._ 6_d._
If a very American ‘setting’ be no objection, this gives a capital
account of inventors and inventions.
=854. Nature’s Wonders.= By the Rev. R. NEWTON, D.D.
=855. Science Gleanings.= (Nelson) Each 2_s._ 6_d._
Collections of striking phenomena with their explanation.
=856. Chips from the Earth’s Crust.= (Nelson) 2_s._ 6_d._
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RELIGIOUS BOOKS.
Very few directly religious books are here suggested. It is not
well to give a very serious book in a chance way to a young
creature expecting amusement. And the best books are fit rather
to make a lengthened stay with the reader than to be handed on
in the library. Tracts for special purposes do not belong to
the general class of books in circulation, and those here set
down are chiefly such as give information on principles, rather
than actually devotional books or sermons.
=857. Plain Words.= By the Bishop of BEDFORD. (Wells Gardner Darton, &
Co.) 4 vols. 2_s._ each.
No words are wanted to praise this well-known book.
=858. The Light of Conscience.= (Rivingtons) 2_s._ 6_d._
Useful as showing how to deal with oneself.
=859. Church Doctrine and Bible Truths.= (Bell & Daldy) 3_s._ 6_d._
Excellent instruction.
=860. Last Years of Our Lord’s Ministry.= By Dean HOOK. (Griffith,
Farran, & Co.) 5_s._
Needs no praise.
=861. Holy Living and Dying.= By Bishop JEREMY TAYLOR. (Rivingtons) 1_s._
each.
Still as true as ever.
=862. Readings for the Aged.= (Sackville College Sermons.) By the Rev. J.
M. NEALE. (Masters) Complete set, 4 vols., 28_s._ 6_d._
Discourses to the inmates of Sackville College, chiefly on Blackletter
Saints.
=863. Plain Church Teaching.= (Masters) 3_s._ and 4_s._
Short and excellent readings on the Sundays of the year.
=864. Tracts on Church Principles.= (Masters) 1_s._ 6_d._
=865. Personal Religion.= By Dean GOULBURN. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
Often makes a great impression.
=866. The Pursuit of Holiness.= By Dean GOULBURN. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
The sequel of the above.
=867. Household Theology.= By Rev. J. H. BLUNT. (Rivingtons) 3_s._ 6_d._
=868. Twilight of Life.= By the Rev. J. ELLERTON. (Cassell)
One of the few books in large type for aged eyes.
=869. Heart Chords.= (Cassell) 1_s._
There are a number of these little books, by different authors, among
them Bishops Boyd Carpenter and Ashton Oxenden. Useful religious books;
good gifts for thoughtful persons.
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