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ADDY'S PET. BY NELSIE BROOK (MRS. ELLEN Ross). Square crown 8vo, uniform with “Lost Gip.” 6 Illustrations. Price One Shilling.

A pathetic story of lowly life, showing the good influence of home and of child-life upon an uncultivated but true-hearted navvy.

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OST GIP. By HESBA STRETTON, Author of "Little
Meg," "Alone in London."
trations. Price Eighteenpence.

Square crown 8vo.

Six Illus

"The story is a simple but most affecting one."-Belfast News Letter. "The story is told most tenderly and touchingly.”—Literary Church

man.

"The book is full of tender touches."-Nonconformist.

"Is an exquisitely touching little story, and amply sustains her high reputation."-Church Herald.

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HE KING'S SERVANTS. By HESBA STRETTON,
Author of "Lost Gip." Square crown 8vo, uniform with
"Lost Gip." 8 Illustrations. Price Eighteenpence.

Part I.—FAITHFUL IN LITTLE. | Part II.-UNFAITHFUL.
Part III.-FAITHFUL IN MUCH.

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Presentation Edition, Handsomely

bound in square crown 4to, with Twelve Illustrations.
2s. 6d.

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

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Crown 8vo. Four Illustrations. Price 3s. 6d.

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A series of instructive and interesting stories for children of both sexes, each one enforcing, indirectly, a good moral lesson.

THREE NEW STORIES. By MARTHA FARQUHARSON.

Each story is complete in itself, is elegantly bound, and illustrated.

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Price 35. 6.

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LSIE DINSMORE. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.

II.

LSIE'S GIRLHOOD. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.

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LSIE'S HOLIDAYS AT ROSELANDS. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.

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The Stories by this author have a very high reputation in America, and of all her books these are the most popular and widely circulated. These are the only English editions sanctioned by the author, who has a direct interest in this English Edition.

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A Midshipman's

Adventures on the West Coast. A Book for Boys. By S.
WHITCHURCH SADLER, R.N. Illustrated. Crown 8vo.

3s. 6d.

A book of real adventures among slavers on the West Coast of Africa.
One chief recommendation is the faithfulness of the local colouring.

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

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A Book of Fifteen Illustrations.

HE LITTLE WONDER-HORN.
Child Stories. By JEAN INGELOW.
Cloth, gilt. 3s. 6d.

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

"We like all the contents of the Little Wonder-Horn' very much." -Athenæum.

"We recommend it with confidence."-Pall Mall Gazette.

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Second Edition.

RAVE MEN'S FOOTSTEPS. A Book of Example and Anecdote for Young People. By the Editor of "Men who have Risen.' With Four Illustrations. By C. Doyle. 3s. 6d.

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'The little volume is precisely of the stamp to win the favour of those who, in choosing a gift for a boy, would consult his moral development as well as his temporary pleasure."-Daily Telegraph.

"A readable and instructive volume."-Examiner.

"No more welcome book for the schoolboy could be imagined."— Birmingham Daily Gazette.

Second Edition.

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UTTA-PERCHA WILLIE, THE WORKING GENIUS. By GEORGE MACDONALD. With Illustrations by ARTHUR HUGHES. Crown 8vo.

3s. 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.

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`HE TRAVELLING MENAGERIE. BY CHARLES
CAMDEN, Author of "Hoity Toity."
MAHONEY. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

"A capital little book

our boys and girls."--Hour.

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"A very attractive story."-Public Opinion.

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

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By STEPHEN J. MAC KENNA.
Illustrations. Price 5s.

OLD DRAGOON. Crown 8vo. 5s. With six

Stories of Military and Naval Adventure, related by a Retired Army Officer.

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"This is one of the very best Books for Boys' which have been issued this year."-Morning Advertiser.

"A thorough book for boys

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

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New Edition.

HE DESERT PASTOR, JEAN JAROUSSEAU.
Translated from the French of EUGENE PELLETAN. By
COLONEL E. P. DE L'HOSTE. In fcap. 8vo, with an
Engraved Frontispiece. Price 3s. 6d.

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"There is a poetical simplicity and picturesqueness; the noblest heroism; unpretentious religion; pure love, and the spectacle of a household brought up in the fear of the Lord. The whole story has an air of quaint antiquity similar to that which invests with a charın more easily felt than described the site of some splendid ruin."-Illustrated London News.

"This charming specimen of Eugène Pelletan's tender grace, humour, and high-toned morality."-Notes and Queries.

"A touching record of the struggles in the cause of religious liberty of a real man."-Graphic.

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HE DESERTED SHIP. A Real Story of the Atlantic. By CUPPLES HOWE, Master Mariner. Illustrated by TOWNLEY GREEN. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.

"Curious adventures with bears, seals, and other Arctic animals, and with scarcely more human Esquimaux, form the mass of material with which the story deals, and will much interest boys who have a spice of romance in their composition."-Courant.

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

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OITY TOITY, THE GOOD LITTLE FELLOW. BY CHARLES CAMDEN. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

"Young folks may gather a good deal of wisdom from the story, which is written in an amusing and attractive style."-Courant.

"Relates very pleasantly the history of a charming little fellow who meddles always with a kindly disposition with other people's affairs and helps them to do right. There are many shrewd lessons to be picked up in this clever little story."-Public Opinion.

ANTASTIC STORIES. Translated from the

German of Richard Leander, by PAULINA B. GRANVILLE.
Crown 8vo. Six full-page Illustrations. Price 5s.

These are translations of some of the best of Richard Leander's wellknown stories for children.

TWO STORIES OF THE ANTIPODES.

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BY JAMES BONWICK,

Author of "Curious Facts of Old Colonial Days," &c.
Crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 5s.

"Many of his readers may be inclined to follow his advice, and with out doubt to all intending emigrants the work will be found of great service, for not only is it well written, but every line bears the impress of having been written by an experienced and observant colonist.' Morning Advertiser.

"The characters of the story are capitally conceived and are full of those touches which give them a natural appearance."-Public Opinion. "Certainly attractive, and to those who have made up their mind to emigrate The Tasmanian Lily' will prove an interesting and useful book."-Hour.

IKE HOWE, THE BUSHRANGER OF VAN
DIEMEN'S LAND. By JAMES BONWICK, Author of

"The Tasmanian Lily," &c. Crown 8vo. With a Frontis-
piece. Price 5s.

*** Mr. Bonwick's wide Australasian knowledge has enabled him to produce a vivid and life-like historical story of the early days of the country.

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

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