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BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG AND FOR LENDING LIBRARIES.

AUNT MARY'S BRAN PIE. By the Author of " St. Olave's," "When I was a Little Girl," &c. BY STILL WATERS.

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WAKING AND WORKING; OR, FROM GIRLHOOD TO WOMANHOOD. By Mrs. G. S. Reaney. I vol. Crown 8vo. Illustrated.

PRETTY LESSONS

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IN VERSE FOR GOOD CHILDREN, with some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. A New Edition.

NEW WORKS BY HESBA STRETTON.

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CASSY. A New Story, by Hesba Stretton. Square crown 8vo, Illustrated, uniform with "Lost Gip." Price Is. 6d.

THE KING'S SERVANTS. By Hesba Stretton, Author of "Lost Gip." Square crown 8vo, uniform with 'Lost Gip." 8 Illustrations.

Price Is. 6d.

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Part I.-Faithful in Little. Part II.-Unfaithful. Part III.-Faithful in Much.

LOST GIP. By Hesba Stretton, Author of "Little Meg,' "Alone in
London." Square crown 8vo. Six Illustrations. Price Is. 6d.

A HANDSOMELY BOUND EDITION, WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRA-
TIONS, PRICE HALF-A-CROWN.

DADDY'S PET. By Mrs. Ellen Ross (Nelsie Brook). Square crown 8vo, uniform with "Lost Gip.' 6 Illustrations. Price Is.

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"We have been more than pleased with "Full of deep feeling and true and noble this simple bit of writing." sentiment."-Brighton Gazette.

World.

Christian

SEEKING HIS FORTUNE, AND OTHER STORIES. Crown 8vo. Four Illustrations. Price 3s. 6d.

CONTENTS.-Seeking his Fortune.-Oluf and Stephanoff.-What's in a Name?— Contrast.-Onesta.

Three Works by MARTHA FARQUHARSON.

I. ELSIE DINSMORE. Crown 8vo.

35. 6d.

Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.

II. ELSIE'S GIRLHOOD. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.
III. ELSIE'S HOLIDAYS AT ROSELANDS.
Each Story is independent and complete in itself. They are published in uniform
size and price, and are elegantly bound and illustrated.

THE AFRICAN CRUISER. A Midshipman's Adventures on the West
By S. Whitchurch Sadler, R. N., Author
Illustrations. Crown 8vo.

Coast. A Book for Boys.
of "Marshall Vavasour."
"A capital story of youthful adventure.
Sea-loving boys will find few pleasanter
gift books this season than 'The African
Cruiser.""-Hour.

3s. 6d.

"Sea yarns have always been in favour with boys, but this, written in a brisk style by a thorough sailor, is crammed full of adventures."-Times.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG, ETC.-continued.

THE LITTLE WONDER-HORN. Series of "Stories told to a Child." 3s. 6d.

"We like all the contents of the 'Little Wonder-Horn' very much."—Athenæum. "We recommend it with confidence."Pall Mall Gazette.

By Jean Ingelow. A Second
Fifteen Illustrations. Cloth, gilt.

"Full of fresh and vigorous fancy: it is worthy of the author of some of the best of our modern verse."-Standard.

BRAVE MEN'S FOOTSTEPS. A Book of Example and Anecdote for
Young People. Second Edition. By the Editor of
Risen."

Men who have

With Four Illustrations, by C. Doyle. 3s. 6d.

"A readable and instructive volume."Examiner.

"The little volume is precisely of the stamp to win the favour of those who, in

PLUCKY FELLOWS.

choosing a gift for a boy, would consult his moral development as well as his temporary pleasure."-Daily Telegraph.

A Book for Boys.
With Six Illustrations. Second Edition.
"This is one of the very best Books for
Boys' which have been issued this year.'
Morning Advertiser.

"A thorough book for boys . . . written

By Stephen J. Mac Kenna.
Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.

throughout in a manly straightforward
manner that is sure to win the hearts of the
children."-London Society.

By

GUTTA-PERCHA WILLIE, THE WORKING GENIUS. George Macdonald. With Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Crown 8vo. Second Edition. 35. 6d.

"The cleverest child we know assures us she has read this story through five times. Mr. Macdonald will, we are convinced,

accept that verdict upon his little work as final."-Spectator.

THE TRAVelling MENAGERIE. By Charles Camden, Author of "Hoity Toity." Illustrated by J. Mahoney. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.

"A capital little book. deserves a wide circulation among our boys and girls." -Hour.

"A very attractive story." Public Opinion.

Translated from

THE DESERT PASTOR, JEAN JAROUSSEAU. the French of Eugene Pelletan. By Colonel E. P. De L'Hoste. In fcap. 8vo, with an Engraved Frontispiece. New Edition. 3s. 6d. "A touching record of the struggles in the cause of religious liberty of a real man."-Graphic.

"There is a poetical simplicity and picturesqueness; the noblest heroism; unpre

tentious religion; pure love, and the
spectacle of a household brought up in the
fear of the Lord.
"-Illustrated
London News.

THE DESERTED SHIP. A Real Story of the Atlantic.
Howe, Master Mariner. Illustrated by Townley Green.
3s. 6d.

"Curious adventures with bears, seals, and other Arctic animals, and with scarcely more human Esquimaux, form the mass of

By Cupples
Crown 8vo.

material with which the story deals, and will much interest boys who have a spice of romance in their composition."-Courant.

HOITY TOITY, THE GOOD LITTLE FELLOW. By Charles

Camden. Illustrated. Crown 8vo.

"Relates very pleasantly the history of a charming little fellow who meddles always with a kindly disposition with other people's

3s. 6d.

affairs and helps them to do right. There are many shrewd lessons to be picked up in this clever little story."-Public Opinion.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

BOOKS FOR THE Young, ETC.-continued.

SLAVONIC FAIRY TALES. From Russian, Servian, Polish, and Translated by John T. Naaké. Crown 8vo.

Bohemian Sources.

Illustrated. Price 5s.

AT SCHOOL WITH AN OLD DRAGOON. By Stephen J. Mac Kenna. Crown 8vo. Six Illustrations. Price 5s.

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"Mr. Mac Kenna's former work, ' Plucky Fellows,' is already a 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.

"These yarns give some very spirited and interesting descriptions of soldiering in various parts of the world."-Spectator. FANTASTIC STORIES. Translated from the German of Richard

Crown 8vo. Eight full-page

Leander, by Paulina B. Granville.
Illustrations, by M. E. Fraser-Tytler. Price 5s.
Short, quaint, and, as they are fitly
called, fantastic, they deal with all manner
of subjects."-Guardian.

"Fantastic' is certainly the right epithet to apply to some of these strange tales." Examiner

Third Edition.

STORIES IN PRECIOUS STONES. By Helen Zimmern. With

Six Illustrations.

Crown 8vo. Price 5s.

"A pretty little book which fanciful young persons will appreciate, and which will remind its readers of many a legend, and many an imaginary virtue attached to the gems they are so fond of wearing."-Post.

"A series of pretty tales which are half fantastic, half natural, and pleasantly quaint, as befits stories intended for the young."-Daily Telegraph.

THE GREAT DUTCH ADMIRALS. By Jacob de Liefde. Crown

8vo. Illustrated. Price 5s.

"May be recommended as a wholesome present for boys. They will find in it numerous tales of adventure."-Athenæum.

PHANTASMION. A Fairy Romance.

"A really good book."-Standard.
"A really excellent book."-Spectator.

A new Edition. By Sara Cole

ridge. With an Introductory Preface by the Right Hon. Lord Coleridge of Ottery S. Mary. In I vol. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.

LAYS OF A KNIGHT ERRANT IN MANY LANDS. By MajorGeneral Sir Vincent Eyre, C.B., G.C.S.I., &c. Square crown 8vo. Six Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d.

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LAND. By James Bonwick, Author of "The Tasmanian Lily," &c.

Crown 8vo. With a Frontispiece.

"He illustrates the career of the bushranger half a century ago; and this he does in a highly creditable manner; his delineations of life in the bush are, to say

the least, exquisite, and his representations of character are very marked."-Edinburgh Courant.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

WORKS BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L.,

POET LAUREATE.

THE CABINET EDITION.

Messrs. HENRY S. KING & Co. have the pleasure to announce that they will immediately issue an Edition of the Laureate's works, in Ten Monthly Volumes, foolscap 8vo, to be entitled "The Cabinet Edition," at Half-a-Crown each, which will contain the whole of Mr. Tennyson's works. The first volume will be illustrated by a beautiful Photographic Portrait, and subsequent Volumes will each contain a Frontispiece. They will be tastefully bound in Crimson Cloth, and will be issued in the following order :

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SELECTIONS FROM THE ABOVE WORKS. Square 8vo, cloth extra
SONGS FROM THE ABOVE WORKS. Square 8vo, cloth extra
IN MEMORIAM. Small 8vo.

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LIBRARY EDITION OF MR. TENNYSON'S WORKS. 6 vols. Post 8vo, each 10 6 POCKET VOLUME EDITION OF MR. TENNYSON'S WORKS.

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THE WINDOW; OR, THE SONGS OF THE WRENS. A Series of Songs. By ALFRED TENNYSON. With Music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN. 4to, cloth, gilt extra 21

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65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

POETRY.

LYRICS OF LOVE, Selected and arranged from Shakspeare to Tennyson, by W. Davenport Adams. Fcap. 8vo. Price 3s. 6d. "We cannot too highly commend this "Carefully selected and elegantly got work, delightful in its contents and so pretty up. It is particularly rich in poems from in its outward adornings."-Standard. living writers."-John Bull. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT'S POEMS. Red-line Edition. Handsomely bound. With Illustrations and Portrait of the Author. Price 7s. 6d. A Cheaper Edition is also published. Price 3s. 6d.

These are the only complete English Editions sanctioned by the Author.

ENGLISH SONNETS. Collected and Arranged by John Dennis. Small crown 8vo. Elegantly bound.

"An exquisite selection, a selection which every lover of poetry will consult again and again with delight. The notes are very useful. . . . The volume is one for which

Price 3s. 6d.

English literature owes Mr. Dennis the heartiest thanks."-Spectator.

"Mr. Dennis has shown great judgment in this selection."-Saturday Review.

Second Edition.

Hand

HOME-SONGS FOR QUIET HOURS. By the Rev. Canon R. H.
Baynes, Editor of "English Lyrics" and "Lyra Anglicana.”
somely printed and bound. Price 3s. 6d.

POEMS. By Annette F. C. Knight. Fcap. 8vo.
POEMS. By the Rev. J. W. A. Taylor. Fcap. 8vo.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT. A Dramatic Poem.
Vere, Author of "The Legends of St. Patrick," &c.

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THE DISCIPLES. A New Poem. By Harriet Eleanor Hamilton King. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.

ASPROMONTE, AND OTHER POEMS. Second Edition. Cloth, 4s. 6d.

"The volume is anonymous, but there is no reason for the author to be ashamed of it. The Poems of Italy' are evidently inspired by genuine enthusiasm in the cause espoused; and one of them, 'The

Execution of Felice Orsini,' has much
poetic merit, the event celebrated being
told with dramatic force."-Athenæum.
"The verse is fluent and free."-Spec-
tator.

SONGS FOR MUSIC. By Four Friends. Square crown 8vo. Price 5s.

CONTAINING SONGS BY

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A charming gift-book, which will be very popular with lovers of poetry."-John Bull. ROBERT BUCHANAN, THE POETICAL AND PROSE WORKS OF. Collected Edition, in 5 Vols. Vol. I. contains,-"Ballads 'and Romances;" ;""Ballads and Poems of Life," and a Portrait of the Author. Vol. II.-"Ballads and Poems of Life;" Vol. III.-"Cruiskeen Sonnets;" "Book "Allegories and Sonnets."

of Orm;" " Political Mystics." The Contents of the remaining Volumes will be duly announced. Small crown 8vo. Price Is. 6d.

THOUGHTS IN VERSE. This is a Collection of Verses stand-point.

expressive of religious feeling, written from a Theistic

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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