LANDELLS' INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING WORKS.

The Boy's own Toy Maker.

Sixth Edi

A Practical Illustrated Guide to the useful employment of Leisure
Hours. By E. LANDELLS. With Two Hundred Cuts.
tion. Royal 16mo, price 2s. 6d., cloth.

"A new and valuable form of endless amusement."-Nonconformist.

"We recommend it to all who have children to be instructed and amused."-Economist.

The Girl's Own Toy Maker,

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And Book of Recreation.

By E. and A. LANDELLS. Third Edition.

With 200 Illustrations. Royal 16mo. price 2s. 6d. cloth.

A perfect magazine of information."-Illustrated News of the World.

Home Pastime;

Or, The Child's Own Toy Maker. With practical instructions. By E. LANDELLS. New and Cheaper Edition, price 3s. 6d. complete, with the Cards, and Descriptive Letterpress.

* By this novel and ingenious "Pastime," Twelve beautiful Models can be made by Children from the Cards, by attending to the Plain and Simple Instructions in the Book.

"As a delightful exercise of ingenuity, and a most sensible mode of passing a winter's evening, we commend the Child's own Toy Maker."-Illustrated News.

"Should be in every house blessed with the presence of children."-The Field.

The Illustrated Paper Model Maker;

Containing Twelve Pictorial Subjects, with Descriptive Letter-press and Diagrams for the construction of the Models. By E. LAndells. Price 2s. in a neat Envelope.

"A most excellent mode of educating both eye and hand in the knowledge of form."English Churchman.

Fairy Land;

THE LATE THOMAS HOOD.

Or, Recreation for the Rising Generation, in Prose and Verse. By THOMAS and JANE HOOD. Illustrated by T. HOOD, Jun. Super royal 16mo; price 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. 6d. coloured gilt edges. "These tales are charming. Before it goes into the Nursery, we recommend all grown up people should study' Fairy Land'-Blackwood.""

The Headlong Career and Woful Ending of Preco

CIOUS PIGGY. Written for his Children, by the late THOMAS HOOD.
With a Preface by his Daughter; and Illustrated by his Son. Third
Edition. Post 4to, fancy boards, price 2s. 6d., coloured.

"The Illustrations are intensely humourous."-The Critic.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "TRIUMPHS OF STEAM," ETC.

Meadow Lea;

Or, the Gipsy Children; a Story founded on fact. By the Author of "The Triumphs of Steam," "Our Eastern Empire," etc. With Illustrations by JOHN GILBERT. Fcap. 8vo. price 4s. 6d. cloth; 5s. gilt edges. The Triumphs of Steam;

Or, Stories from the Lives of Watt, Arkwright, and Stephenson. With
Illustrations by J. GILBERT. Dedicated by permission to Robert
Stephenson, Esq., M.P. Second edition. Royal 16mo, price 3s. 6d.
cloth; 4s. 6d., coloured, gilt edges.

"A most delicious volume of examples."--Art Journal.

Our Eastern Empire;

Or, Stories from the History of British India. Second Edition, with Continuation to the Proclamation of Queen Victoria. With Four Illustrations. Royal 16mo. cloth 3s. 6d.; 4s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges. "These stories are charming, and convey a general view of the progress of our Empire in the East. The tales are told with admirable clearness."-Athenæum.

Might not Right;

Or, Stories of the Discovery and Conquest of America. Illustrated by J. Gilbert. Royal 16mo. price 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. 6d.

coloured, gilt edges.

"With the fortunes of Columbus, Cortes, and Pizarro, for the staple of these stories, the writer has succeeded in producing a very interesting volume."-Illustrated News.

Tuppy;

Or the Autobiography of a Donkey. By the Author of "The Triumphs of Steam," etc., etc. Illustrated by HARRISON WEIR. Super Royal 16mo. price 2s. 6d. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges.

"A very intelligent donkey, worthy of the distinction conferred upon him by the artist." -Art Journal.

1. The History of a Quartern Loaf.

in Rhymes and Pictures. By WILLIAM NEWMAN. 12 Illustrations. Price 6d. plain, 1s. coloured. 2s. 6d. on linen, and bound in cloth. Uniform in size and price,

2. The History of a Cup of Tea.

3. The History of a Scuttle of Coals. 4. The History of a Lump of Sugar.

5. The History of a Bale of Cotton.

6. The History of a Golden Sovereign.

***Nos. 1 to 3 and 4 to 6, may be had bound in Two Volumes. Cloth, price 2s. each, plain; 3s. 6d. coloured.

Distant Homes;

Or, the Graham Family in New Zealand. By Mrs. I. E. AYLMER. With Illustrations by J. JACKSON. Super Royal 16mo. price 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges.

"English children will be delighted with the history of the Graham Family, and be enabled to form pleasant and truthful conceptions of the 'Distant Homes' inhabited by their kindred."-Athenæum.

Neptune's Heroes: or The Sea Kings of England;

from Hawkins to Franklin. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. Illustrated by MORGAN. Fcap. 8vo; price 5s. cloth; 5s. 6d. gilt edges.

"We trust Old England may ever have writers as ready and able to interpret to her children the noble lives of her greatest men."-Athenæum.

Hand Shadows,

To be thrown upon the Wall. By HENRY BURSILL. First and Second Series each containing Eighteen Original Designs. 4to price 2s. each plain; 2s. 6d. coloured.

"Uncommonly clever-some wonderful effects are produced."-The Press.

WORKS FOR DISTRIBUTION.

A Woman's Secret;

Or How to Make Home Happy. 26th Thousand.

18mo. price 6d.

By the same Author, uniform in size and price,

Woman's Work; or, How she can Help the Sick.

15th Thousand.

A Chapter of Accidents;

Or, the Mother's Assistant in cases of Burns, Scalds, Cuts, &c. 7th
Thousand.

Pay To-day, Trust To-morrow;

A Story illustrative of the Evils of the Tally System. 6th Thousand.

Nursery Work;

Or Hannah Baker's First Place. 4th Thousand.

Family Prayers for Cottage Homes;

With a Few Words on Prayer, and Select Scripture Passages. Feap. 8vo. price 4d. limp cloth.

classes.

These little works are admirably adapted for circulation among the working

W. H: G. KINGSTON'S BOOKS FOR BOYS.

With Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo. price 5s. each, cloth; 5s. 6d. gilt edges.

True Blue;

Or, the Life and Adventures of a British Seaman of the Old School. "There is about all Mr. Kingston's tales a spirit of hopefulness, honesty, and cheery good principle, which makes them most wholesome, as well as most interesting reading."— Era.

Will Weatherhelm;

Or, the Yarn of an Old Sailor about his Early Life and Adventures. "We tried the story on an audience of boys, who one and all declared it to be capital." -Athenæum.

Fred Markham in Russia;

Or, the Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar.

"Most admirably does this book unite a capital narrative, with the communication of valuable information respecting Russia."-Nonconformist.

Salt Water;

Or Neil D'Arcy's Sea Life and Adventures. With Eight Illustrations. "With the exception of Capt. Marryat, we know of no English author who will compare with Mr. Kingston as a writer of books of nautical adventure."-Illustrated News.

Manco, the Peruvian Chief;

With Illustrations by CARL SCHMOLZE.

"A capital book; the story being one of much interest, and presenting a good account of the history and institutions, the customs and manners, of the country."-Literary Gazette.

Mark Seaworth;

A Tale of the Indian Ocean. By the Author of "Peter the Whaler," etc. With Illustrations by J. ABSOLON. Second Edition.

"No more interesting, nor more safe book, can be put into the hands of youth; and to boys especially, Mark Seaworth' will be a treasure of delight."-Art Journal.

Peter the Whaler;

His early Life and Adventures in the Arctic Regions. Third Edition.
Illustrations by E. DUNCAN.

"A better present for a boy of an active turn of mind could not be found. The tone of the book is manly, healthful, and vigorous."-Weekly News.

"A book which the old may, but which the young must, read when they have once begun it."-Athenæum.

Old Nurse's Book of Rhymes, Jingles, and Dittics. Illustrated by C. H. BENNETT. With Ninety Engravings. New Edition. Fcap. 4to., price 3s. 6d. cloth, plain, or 6s. coloured.

"The illustrations are all so replete with fun and imagination, that we scarcely know who will be most pleased with the book, the good-natured grandfather who gives it, or the chubby grandchild who gets it, for a Christmas-Box."-Notes and Queries.

Home Amusements.

A Choice Collection of Riddles, Charades, Conundrums, Parlour
Games, and Forfeits. By PETER PUZZLEWELL, Esq., of Rebus Hall.
New Edition, with Frontispiece by PHIZ. 16mo, 2s. 6d. cloth.

Clara Hope;

Or, the Blade and the Ear. By MISS MILNER. With Frontispiece by Birket Foster. Fcap. 8vo. price 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. 6d. cloth elegant, gilt edges.

"A beautiful narrative, showing how bad habits may be eradicated, and evil tempers subdued."-British Mother's Journal.

The Adventures and Experiences of Biddy Dork

ING and of the FAT FROG. Edited by MRS. S. C. HALL. Illustrated by H. Weir. 2s. 6d. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges. "Most amusingly and wittily told."-Morning Herald.

Historical Acting Charades;

Or, Amusements for Winter Evenings, by the author of "Cat and Dog," etc. New Edition. Fcap. 8vo., price 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. gilt edges. "A rare book for Christmas parties, and of practical value."-Illustrated News.

The Story of Jack and the Giants:

With thirty-five Illustrations by RICHARD DOYLE. Beautifully printed. New and Cheaper Edition. Fcap. 4to. price 2s. 6d. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured, extra cloth, gilt edges.

"In Doyle's drawings we have wonderful conceptions, which will secure the book a place amongst the treasures of collectors, as well as excite the imaginations of children." -Illustrated Times.