OUR SOLDIERS;

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This is a new edition of a work which was well reviewed and proved very popular when first published last year.

ANGELO; or, the Pine Forest in the Alps. By GERALDINE E. JEWSBURY. Illustrated by J. ABSOLON. Fourth Thousand.

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PLAYING AT SETTLERS; or, the Faggot House. By Mrs. R. LEE. Illustrated. Fourth Thousand. Previously published at 2/6. Mrs. Lee's books are always welcome among children, and this story of how some children organized a backwood's settlement in their father's grounds is a favourite with boys and girls alike.

FEATHERLAND; or, how the Birds lived at Greenlawn. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. Illustrated by

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Female Christian Names, AND THEIR TEACHINGS.

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