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NEW BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

REV. H. C. ADAMS.

Who did it? or, Holmwood Priory: a Schoolboy's Tale. By the Rev. H. C. ADAMS, Author of "Hair Breadth Escapes," "College Days at Oxford," &c. Crown 8vo., with Eight Illustrations by A. W. COOPER.

price 5s.

This story of Schoolboy Life will be pronounced the best that H. C. Adams has written. The secret of the story is well preserved, and the interest is kept up all through. It abounds in

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situations of breathless excitement, and in laughable and amusing incidents, suitable for the older boys and young men.

G. A. HENTY.

In Times of Peril; a Story of India. By G. A. HENTY. Author of "The Young Franc Tireurs," "The Young Buglers," "Out on the Pampas," &c. Crown 8vo., with Sixteen full-page Illustrations. Cloth elegant, price 5s.

A story of the Indian Mutiny for the older boys and young men. Full of breathless interest and exciting

situations. Like all Mr. Henty's stories, it is replete with historical teaching and incident.

M. E. TUPPER.

Little Loving Heart's Poem Book.

By

MARGARET ELENORA TUPPER. With Forty Illustrations and
Frontispiece by T. PYм. Crown quarto. Uniform with "The
Bird and Insects' Post Office." Parti-coloured cloth. Price 6s.

This is a collection of charming poems for children, carefully graduated, so as to be a source of pleasure

to the boy or girl during many years of its childhood, beginning from four or five years old.

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NEW BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

Belle's Pink Boots.

By JOANNA H. MATTHEWS.

With Sixteen Coloured IllusQuarto, cloth elegant, bevelled

Author of the "Bessie Books."
trations by IDA WAUGH.
boards, gilt edges, price 6s.

A story for the younger girls; full of interest and good teaching, and useful lessons for life's journey.

Holly Berries.

By AMY E. BLANCHARD.

With

Original Illustrations by IDA WAUGH. Price 55. in handsome quarto, with illuminated cover; or 7s. 6d. cloth elegant, bevelled boards, gilt edges.

The elegant Christmas gift-book for children will be the colour book of the season. Every page will be printed in colours from wood blocks, and the book will be one of the handsomest and cheapest of the kind that has been offered to the public, while it is as artistic in character as anything that has yet appeared; it is as full of natural incidents of child-life as the renowned Struw-welpeter, and its

attractive character, without and within, will render it the most popular book that will be offered this year. It portrays child-life in all its phases; its pleasures, its trials, its humour, and absurdities. They are full of life and spirit, and as studies of childlife are as true to life as they are pretty. The rhymes by Miss Amy E. Blanchard are quite as taking as the pictures.

Flotsam and Jetsam; or, Do your Duty, and Never Mind the Consequences. By H. WOTHEM. Edited by YOTTY OSBORN, Author of "Jamie's Trust; or the Motherless Bairn." Crown 8vo., with Frontispiece by A. H. COLLINS. Cloth elegant, price 3s. 6d.

This is a very pretty little story, suitable for boys of 10 to 12 years of age.

The Boy's Own Toy Maker; a Practical Illustrated Guide to the Useful Employment of Leisure Hours. By E. LANDELLS. New, revised, and enlarged edition. With upwards of 200 Illustrations, cloth 2s. 6d.

PREFACE TO THE Taking advantage of the opportunity afforded by the preparation of a new edition, the whole book has been subjected to further careful revision, the article on Golfing has been cor rected, and a glossary of the technical terms used in the game is now given for the first time. The papers on Angling and Boats have been revised

REVISED EDITION.

and practically rewritten by Mr. J. Harrington Keene, the author of "The Practical Fisherman," and Mr. Jas. E. Walton, the author of

Model Yachts" respectively; and in order to provide instructive amusement for leisure hours, an article on Scientific Toys, by Thomas Dunman, has been added.

NEW BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

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THE BOY'S OWN FAVOURITE LIBRARY.

Under this Title we are issuing, in one uniform series, a number of the best known and most popular books for boys, written by their favourite authors, such as W. H. G. Kingston, G. A. Henty, Rev. H. C. Adams, Jules Verne, E. Marryat Norris, W. H. Dalton, A. Elwes, and others.

The books are well printed in crown octavo size on good paper, and strongly and elegantly bound. They are published at 3s. 6d. per volume, and will be found the cheapest and best library for boys' reading. Each volume will contain from 350 to 500 pages of solid reading, and they will all be well illustrated. It is proposed to publish One Volume a fortnight.

They will, by the purity and healthiness of their tone, commend themselves to Parents, Guardians, and Schoolmasters, and all who have the charge of youth, while to the boys themselves they will prove the best attractive investment for their pocket money that has been put before them.

It is proposed to issue the following volumes before the end of the year 1881 :

Mark Seaworth. By W. H. G. KINGSTON. Just

out.

Hurricane Hurry. By W. H. G. KINGSTON. Just

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Early Start in Life. By E. MARRYAT NORRIS.

Others will be added from time to time.

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NEW BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG,

Goody Two Shoes. A Fac-simile Reprint of the Original Edition of "The History of Little Goody Two Shoes, otherwise called Mrs. Margery Two Shoes; with the means by which she acquired her Learning and Wisdom, and in consequence thereof her Estates; set forth at large for the benefit of those

Who from a state of rags and care,'
And having shoes but half-a-pair,
Their fortune and their fame would fix,

And gallop in a coach and six.

See the Original MS. in the Vatican at Rome, and the Cuts by
Michael Angelo; illustrated with the Comments of our great
Modern Critics."

This reprint, which will be a facsimile of the original edition, will be printed on hand-made paper, and will be published at 2s. 6d, with an intro

The Guests at Home.

duction by Charles Welsh, giving some account of the book, and some speculation as to its authorship.

A Sequel to "The Guests

of Flowers," and uniform with that book. By Mrs. MEETKERKE. Fcap. 4to., price 2s. 6d., cloth elegant.

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By the same Author, uniform in size, style, and price with this volume,

The Guests of Flowers: a Botanical Sketch. With Prefatory Letter to Dr. THEODOre Kerner.

"A good little book. The relations between insects and flowers are pleasantly and clearly told."-ATHE

NÆUM.

"This charmingly got-up brochure is intended as a botanical sketch for children, very cleverly and ably setting forth the relations between insects and

flowers. It will form an admirable gift-book for young folks."-SCIENCE Gossip.

"Children may gather useful know ledge from The Guests of Flowers.'. A pleasant botanical sketch of the formation of plants, and their insect enemies and friends."-GRAPHIC.

NEW BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

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Bryan and Katie. By ANNETTE LYSTER, Author of "Those Unlucky Twins." With Ten Illustrations by HARRY FURNISS. Crown 8vo., cloth gilt, price 2s. 6d.

Bryan and Katie are the hero and heroine of that very successful book, "Those Unlucky Twins!" Although the two books are entirely independent of each other in the new one; the later

career of these two amusing children is traced. It is suited as a gift-book for either boy or girl. It is full of humour and pathos, and enforces some of the important lessons of life.

We Four. By Mrs. REGINALD BRAY. Author of "Ten of Them," "Silver Linings," &c. With Eighteen Illustrations by NELLY ERICHSEN. Crown 8vo., cloth gilt, price 2s. 6d.

A capital book for girls or boys, from 8 to 12 or 14; full of lively fun. It relates the doings of a family of mischievous children, and although it is very laughable, whenever the child

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ren's mischief leads them into wrongdoing, it is made to bring about its own punishment in a way that is very natural and very impressive.

and the Treat She

Gave. A Story in Words of one Syllable. By Mrs. GELLIE, (M.E.B.), Author of "The Three Wishes," &c. Crown 8vo., price 2s. 6d., with Illustrations by A. H. COLLINS and Mrs. DAWSON.

A bright and cheerful story of holiday doings for the very little ones;

told in familiar words of one syllable.

Only a Cat's Tale. By E. M. B. Super royal

16mo., with attractive cover printed in colours upon cloth, price 2s.

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