18 Works Published by Henry S. King & Co., BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG, ETC.-continued. SCLAVONIC FAIRY TALES. Bohemian Sources. Illustrated. Price 5s. From Russian, Servian, Polish, and Crown 8vo. [Just out. AT SCHOOL WITH AN OLD DRAGOON. By Stephen J. Mac Kenna. Crown 8vo. 5s. With Six Illustrations. "Consisting almost entirely of startling stories of military adventure... Boys will find them sufficiently exciting reading." Times. "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 Leander, by Paulina B. Granville. Illustrations, by M. E. Fraser-Tytler. Price 5s. 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By Sara Coleridge. With an Introductory Preface by the Right Hon. Lord Coleridge of Ottery S. Mary. In 1 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., etc. Square crown 8vo. Six Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. 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. Messrs. HENRY S. KING & Co. have the pleasure to announce that they will shortly issue an Edition of the Laureate's works, in Ten Monthly Volumes, to be entitled "The Cabinet Edition," at Half-a-Crown each, which will contain the whole of Mr. Tennyson's works. 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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. [Is now ready. Vol. II.-"Ballads and Poems of Life;" "Allegories and Sonnets." Vol. III.-"Cruiskeen Sonnets;" "Book of Orm;"" Political Mystics." The Contents of the remaining Volumes will be duly announced. THOUGHTS IN VERSE. Small crown 8vo. Price Is. 6d. This is a Collection of Verses expressive of religious feeling, written from a Theistic stand-point. 65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London. POETRY-continued. COSMOS. A Poem. Small crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6d. SUBJECT. Nature in the Past and in the Present.-Man in the Past and in the Present. The Future. NARCISSUS AND OTHER POEMS. "Displays considerable poetic force."Queen. A TALE OF THE SEA, SONNETS, Gazette. IMITATIONS FROM THE GERMAN 45. 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