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BIRTHDAY, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GIFTS.

Emblems of Christian Life.

Illustratated by W. HARRY ROGERS, in One Hundred Original Designs, from the writings of the Fathers, Old English Poets, etc. Printed by

Whittingham, with Borders and Initials in Red. Square 8vo, price 10s. 6d. cloth, elegant; 21s, morocco antique.

Dedicated by Permission to H.R.H. The Princess Royal. In Royal 4to, Elegantly bound in cloth, gilt edges. Price Two Guineas.

The Year: its Leaves and Blossoms;

Illustrated by HENRY STILKE, in Thirteen Beautiful Chromo-Lithographic Plates, with Verses from the Poets.

"A charming Gift Book, and sure to be heartily welcomed."-Art Union.

STANESBY'S ILLUMINATED GIFT BOOKS.
Every page richly printed in Gold and Colours.

The Bridal Souvenir;

New Edition, with a Portrait of the Princess Royal. Elegantly bound in white morocco, price 21s.

"A splendid specimen of decorative art, and well suited for a bridal gift."

The Birth-Day Souvenir;

A Book of Thoughts on Life and Immortality. Small 4to, price 12s. 6d. illuminated cloth; 18s. morocco antique.

Light for the Path of Life;

from the Holy Scriptures.

Small 4to, price 12s. cloth clegant,

158. calf, gilt edges; 18s. morocco antique.

The Wisdom of Solomon;

From the Book of Proverbs. Small 4to, price 14s. cloth elegant;

18s. calf; 21s. morocco antique.

"The borders are of surprising richness and variety."--Morning Post.

The Floral Gift.

Small 4to, price 14s. cloth elegant; 21s. morocco extra.

"Every page has a border printed in Gold and Colours, in which our chief floral favourites are admirably depicted."-Gentlemun's Magazine.

Shakespeare's Household Words;

With a Photographic Portrait taken from the Monument at Stratfordon-Avon. Price 9s. cloth elegant; 14s. morocco antique.

"An exquisite little gem, fit to be the Christmas offering to Titania or Queen Mab.”— The Critic.

Aphorisms of the Wise and Good.

With a Photographic Portrait of Milton. Price 9s. cloth, clegant; 14s. Turkey morocco antique.

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**A Companion to Shakespeare's Household Words.

NEW AND POPULAR WORKS.

IN ELEGANT CLOTH BINDINGS.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF PATRAÑAS.

Household Stories from the Land of Hofer;

Or, Popular Myths of Tirol, including the Rose Garden of King Laryn. With Illustrations by T. GREEN. Post 8vo., price 5s., gilt edges, 58. 6d.

NEW WORK BY G. A. HENTY.

Out on the Pampas ;

Or, the Young Settlers. By G. A. HENTY, Author of "The March to Magdala," &c. With Illustrations by ZWECKER. Post 8vo., price 5s., gilt edges, 5s. 6d.

TRIMMER'S ROBINS IN ONE SYLLABLE.

The History of the Robins;

By Mrs. TRIMMER. In Words of One Syllable. Edited by the Rev. CHARLES SWETE, M.A. With Illustrations by H. WEIR. Super-royal 16mo., price 3s. 6d.

NEW WORK BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S DAUGHTER.

Adrift on the Sea;

Or, The Children's Escape. By EMILIA MARRYAT NORRIS. With
Illustrations. Super-royal 16mo., price 2s. 6d. plain, 3s. 6d. coloured.
NEW WORK BY BARBARA HUTTON.

Tales of the Saracens ;

By BARBARA HUTTON. With Illustrations by EDWARD H. CORBould.
Post 8vo., price 5s., gilt edges 5s. 6d.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

Tales of the White Cockade.

Illustrations by LAWSON. Post 8vo., price 5s. cl., gilt edges, 5s. 6d. "A most pleasant and well written narrative of the Stuarts in their exile."-Times. "A history that is as romantic as any novel."-Saturday Review.

Heroes of the Crusades.

Illustrated by PRIOLO. Post 8vo., Price 5s., gilt edges, 5s. 6d.

Castles, and their Heroes.

With Illustrations. Post 8vo, price 4s. 6d. ; gilt edges, 58.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF CERTY AND MAY.

Sunny Days;

Or, a Month at the Great Stowe. With Illustrations by WALTER CRANE. Super-royal, 16mo., price 2s. 6d. plain, 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges.

NEW WORK BY HOOD'S DAUGHTER.

The Whispers of a Shell;

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NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF TINY STORIES.

Odd Stories about Animals;

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Told in Short and Easy Words. By the Author of "Tiny Stories,"
Neptune," "Tuppv." &c. With Eight Illustrations by HARRISON
WEIR. Super royal 16mo., price 2s. 6d. plain, 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt
edges.

Muriel's Dreamland;

A Fairy Tale. By Mrs. J. W. BROWN. M.S.F.A. With Photographic
Illustrations by the Authoress and her Daughter. Small 4to, price 6s.

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A Story for School Girls. Post 8vo., price 2s. 6d.

NEW WORK ON GEOMETRY.

The Essentials of Geometry, Plane and Solid;
For Students preparing for examination, Cadets in Naval and Military
Schools, Technical Classes, &c. By J. R. MORELL, formerly one of
Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. (Preparing).

Hand-book of Foliage and Foreground Drawing;

By GEORGE BARNARD, Author of Landscape Painting in Water
Colours, &c. New and enlarged Edition, with 60 page-illustrations.
Crown 8vo., price 7s. 6d.

DRAWING FOR THE MILLION.

Gilbert's Series of Practical Drawing Books;

in 17 Numbers, price 2d., with 16 Examples to each, and space for copying.

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NEW WORK BY MRS. BRAY.

The Good St. Louis and His Times.

By MRS. BRAY, author of "The Life of Stothard," "Romance of the Tamar and Tavy," &c., with Portrait. Post 8vo., Price 7s. 6d. "Mrs. Bray is quite at home in her subject-she has furnished a valuable and interesting record of Louis' reign, abounding in anecdote, and full of the romance of Eastern warfare."-Spectator.

"The style of the narrative is bright and picturesque, and the facts derived from careful study of the best authorities."-The Guardian.

"We have here one of the most saintly, and yet most secularly interesting of mediæval kings admirably supplied in these pages."-The Times.

"An excellent book, carefully written."-Athenæum.

Patrañas;

Or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional, by the Author of "Household Stories from the Land of Hofer," &c. Illustrations by EDWARD H. CORBOULD. Post 8vo., price 5s., gilt edges, 5s. 6d.

"These Patrañas contain great beauty as well as much that is new and curious."Literary Churchman.

"Delightfully chivalrous, quaint and truly Spanish."-Monthly Packet. "Told in a lovely and graphic manner."-Times.

"Calculated to please the young, and interest the scholar."-Notes and Queries.

Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse.

With 24 beautiful Illustrations from Drawings by HARRISON WEIR. Printed on Toned Paper. Small 4to., price 6s., or bevelled boards, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.

***A Companion Volume to the Illustrated Edition of the Robins. "True to the name. They are well got up, tastefully bound, and above all things illustrated by the graceful pencil of our old friend Harrison Weir."-Times.

The drawings are wonderfully graphic and appropriate." The Queen.

NEW EDITION.

Approach to the Holy Altar;

By BISHOP KEN, from his "Manual of Prayer." and "Practice of Divine Love." Beautifully printed in Red and Black. Royal 32mo., price 1s. 6d. cloth, red edges.

*** May be had in Calf and Morocco bindings.

The Fifteen O's, and other Prayers;

Printed by WILLIAM CAXTON, and reproduced in Photo-Lithography, by special permission of the Trustees of the British Museum, from the only known copy, purchased of the late Mr. PICKERING for £250. Small quarto, price 10s. 6d., bound in parchment.

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ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE CHILDREN'S FAVOURITE.

Trimmer's History of the Robins.

Written for the Instruction of Children on their treatment of Animals.
With 24 beautiful Engravings from Drawings by HARRISON Weir.
Price 6s. cloth extra, 7s. 6d. cloth elegant, gilt edges.

"The delicious story of Dicksy, Flopsy, and Pecksy, who have forgotten it? It is as fresh to-day as it was half a century ago."-Art Journal.

"The illustrations by Harrison Weir will tend to raise it even higher in the estimation of others beside the inmates of the nursery."-The Times.

John Deane of Nottingham;

His Adventures and Exploits. A Tale of the Time of William of
Orange. By W. H. G. KINGSTON, author of "Peter the Whaler," &c.
With Illustrations. Post 8vo., price 5s., gilt edges, 5s. 6d.

"Full of exciting adventures, capitally told."-Literary Churchman.

Theodora.

A Tale for Girls. By EMILIA MARRYAT NORRIS. With Illustrations by George Hay. Post 8vo., price 4s. 6d., gilt edges 5s.

"The characters are well drawn, and the interest unflagging."-Art Journal.

From Peasant to Prince;

Or, the Life of ALEXANDER PRINCE MENSCHIKOFF. Freely translated from the Russian by Madame PIETZKER. With Illustrations. Fcap. Svo., price 2s. 6d., gilt edges, 3s.

"A charming Russian tale, tracing the steps of Menschikoff from the time of his being a poor lad, to his exaltation under Peter the Great."-Daily Review.

Millicent and Her Cousins.

By the Hon. AUGUSTA BETHELL, Author of "Helen in Switzerland," etc. With Illustrations by R. PATERSON. Post 8vo., price 3s. 6d., gilt edges, 4s.

"A capital book for girls. Bright, sparkling, and full of life, yet never transgressing the limits of good taste and probability."-Guardian.

Rosamond Fane;

Or, the Prisoners of St. James. By MARY and CATHARINE LEE. Illustrations by R. DUDLEY. Post 8vo., price 3s. 6d., gilt edges, 4s. The eventful story of Charles the First's children very well told."-Athenæum.

Lucy's Campaign;

A Story of Adventure.

By MARY and CATHERINE LEE. With Illustrations by GEORGE HAY. Fcap. 8vo, price 3s. cloth elegant; 3s. 6d. gilt edges.

"The adventures 'Lucy' goes through are detailed in a remarkably agreeable manner." -The Queen.

Amy's Wish, and What Came of it.

A Fairy Tale, by Mrs. G. TYLEE. Illustrations by WIEGAND. Superroyal 16mo. price 2s. 6d. plain, 3s. 6d. coloured plates, gilt edges.

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