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Sagas from the Far East, or KALMOUK AND MONGOLIAN TALES, With Historical Preface and Explanatory Notes by the Author of "Patrañas," etc. Post 8vo, price 9s.

"The mere lover of good stories, and the historical and ethnological enquirer will be equally pleased with the wonderful narratives."-Daily News.

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. From the French of JULES VERNE. With 52 page Illustrations by RIOU. New Edition. Post 8vo, price 6s.

"A perfect treasure-house of adventures."-Art Journal.

"The startling story is bold, with a captivating air of reality, and the illustrations by Riou enter thoroughly into the spirit of the text."-Daily Telegraph.

The Modern Sphinx. A Collection of ENIGMAS, CHARADES, REBUSES, DOUBLE AND TRIPLE ACROSTICS, ANAGRAMS, LOGOGRIPHS, METAGRAMS, VERBAL PUZZLES, CONUNDRUMS, etc. Fcap. 8vo, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.

"A charming book for the long winter nights. It includes all the best and excludes all that offends."-Bookseller.

Swift and Sure, or, THE CAREER OF TWO BROTHERS. BY ALFRED ELWES, Author of "Paul Blake," etc. With Illustrations by JOHN LAWSON. Post 8vo, price 5s.; gilt edges, 5s. 6d.

"A clever, well-written book."-British Quarterly.

"The story is imbued with a fine healthy, moral tone."-Daily Review.

Snowed Up; or, THE HUT IN THE FOREST. BY EMILIA MARRYAT NORRIS. With Illustrations by D. H. FRISTON. Super Royal 16mo, price 2s. 6d.; coloured, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.

"Children will read the story with breathless intent."-The Queen.

Christian Elliott; or, MRS. DANVER'S PRIZE. By T. H. COMYN.
With Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, price 1s. 6d.

"Full of quiet and tender feeling."-Daily Review.
"A useful story."-Monthly Packet.

The Illustrated Paper Model Maker. Containing 12 subjects with
practical Diagrams, for their construction. By E. LANDELLS,
Author of "The Boy's and Girl's Toy Maker," etc. New Edition.
Coloured wrapper, price 2s.

Spring Time; or, Words in Season. A Book for Girls. By SIDNEY COX. Third Edition. Small Post 8vo, price 4s.

Adventures of Kwei, the Chinese Girl. By the Author of "Little Lisette," "Clement's Trial and Victory," etc.

Fcap. 8vo, price 2s. 6d.; gilt edges, 3s.

Illustrations.

Father Time's Story Book for the Little Ones. By KATHLEEN KNOX, Author of "Fairy Gifts." With Illustrations by H. W. PETHERICK. Fcap. 8vo, price 2s. 6d.; gilt edges, 3s.

"Charmingly and impressively told.”—Art Journal.

Berries and Blossoms: a Verse Book for Young People. By T. WESTWOOD, Author of "The Quest of the Sangerall." Second Edition. Imperial 16mo, price 3s. 6d.

Grandmamma's Relics, AND HER STORIES ABOUT THEM. By Mrs. BOWEN, Author of "Jack the Conqueror," "Robin's Christmas Eve," etc. With Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, price 1s. 6d.

"Agreeable and instructive stories.”—Art Journal.

The Young Franc-Tireurs,

AND THEIR ADVENTURES IN THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. By G. A. HENTY, Special Correspondent of the Standard. With Illustrations by R. T. LANDELS, Artist to the Illustrated London News. Second Edition. Post 8vo, price 5s.; gilt edges, 5s. 6d.

"Abounds with thrilling adventures and hair breadth escapes, and when once begun will be eagerly read to its close."-Daily Review.

By the same Author.

Out on the Pampas, or THE YOUNG SETTLERS. With Illustrations by ZWECKER. Post 8vo, price 5s.; gilt edges, 5s. 6d.

"Just the book boys like, and they will find, as we did, that it is not easy to lay it down till all the young Settler's troubles and adventures have come to an end."-Graphic.

How to Make Dolls' Furniture AND TO FURNISH A DOLL'S HOUSE. With 70 Illustrations. Small 4to, price 2s.

"This capital little book will find delightful occupation for many holiday hours."-Nonconformist.

"All ingenious children will be enchanted with the work."-Monthly

Packet.

The Oak Staircase, or THE STORIES OF LORD AND LADY DESMOND: a Narrative of the Times of James II. By MARY and CATHERINE LEE, Authors of "Rosamond Fane," etc. With Illustrations by T. H. COLLINS. Post 8vo, price 4s. 6d.; gilt edges, 5s.

"Deserves a special commendation. It is a charmingly life-like and graceful story of the days just before the Revolution."-Guardian.

By the same Author.

Rosamond Fane, or THE PRISONERS OF ST. JAMES. Illustrations by R. DUDLEY. Second Edition. price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s. "The eventful story of Charles the First's children very well told."— Athenæum.

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, 5s. 6d. "We thank the author of 'Patrañas' for another rich treat."-Art Journal.

"A collection of charming legends, all of them interesting, and some of them exquisitely beautiful."-Scotsman.

By the same Author.

Patrañas, or SPANISH STORIES, LEGENDARY AND TRADITIONAL. Illustrations by EDWARD H. CORBOULD. Post 8vo, price 5s.; gilt edges, 5s. 6d.

"These Patranas 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.

Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse. With 24 beautiful Illustrations from Drawings by HARRISON WEIR. Small 4to, price 6s.; bevelled boards, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.

"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."-The Times.

"The drawings are wonderfully graphic and appropriate."-The Queen. 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, Flapsy, and Pecksy, who can 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 besides the inmates of the nursery."-The Times.

BOOKS FOR EVERY CHILD.

Bound in Elegant Covers, Royal 4to, price 3s. 6d. each plain; 7s. 6d. coloured; 10s. 6d. mounted on cloth and coloured.

The Attractive Picture Book. A New Gift Book from the Old Corner, containing numerous Illustrations by eminent Artists. Super Royal 4to.

The Favourite Picture Book. A Gallery of Delights, designed for the Amusement and Instruction of the Young. With several Hundred Illustrations from Drawings by J. ABSOLON, H. K. BROWNE (Phiz), J. GILBERT, T. LANDSEER, J. LEECH, J. S. PROUT, H. WEIR, &c.

WORKS BY JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A.

Notabilia, or CURIOUS AND AMUSING FACTS ABOUT MANY THINGS. Explained and Illustrated by JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A. Post 8vo, price 6s.

"There is a world of wisdom in this book-every page tells of something that readers and thinkers will desire to know."-Art Journal.

Ancestral Stories and Traditions of Great Families. Illustrative of English History. With Frontispiece. Post 8vo, price 7s. 6d. "An interesting and well written book of many curious legends and historical facts."-Literary Churchman.

Nooks and Corners of English Life. Past and Present. With Illustrations. Second Edition. Post 8vo, price 6s.; gilt edges, 6s. 6d.

"A book which ought to find place in one of the nooks and 'corners' of every library."-The Reliquary.

Strange Stories of the Animal World. A Book of Curious Contributions to Natural History. Illustrations by ZWECKER.

Second Edition. Post 8vo, gilt edges, price 6s.

"Among all the books of the season that will be studied with profit and pleasure, there is not one more meritorious in aim, or more successful in execution."-Athenæum.

Six Shillings each, cloth elegant, with Illustrations. Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse. With 24 beautiful Illustrations from Drawings by HARRISON WEIR. Printed on Toned Paper. Small 4to (bevelled boards, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.) History of the Robins. By Mrs. TRIMMER, Written for the instruction of Children on their treatment of animals. With 24 beautiful Engravings from Drawings by HARRISON WEIR. Small 4to (bevelled boards, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.)

Kingston's (W.H.G.) Three Lieutenants; OR NAVAL LIFE IN THE NINTEENTH CENTURY. Illustrations by FRISTON.

Hurricane Hurry, or THE ADVENTURES OF A NAVAL OFFICER DURING THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. Illustrations.

Three Midshipmen (The). New Edition, with

24 Illustrations by G. THOMAS, PORTCH, etc.

Ice Maiden AND OTHER STORIES.

By HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.

39 Illustrations by ZWECKER. (Gilt edges.)

Journey to the Centre of the Earth. From the French of JULES VERNE. Author of "Five Weeks in a Balloon," etc. With 53 Illustrations. Crown 8vo.

Memorable Battles in English History; WHERE FOUGHT, WHY FOUGHT, AND THEIR RESULTS. With Lives of the Commanders. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. Post 8vo.

"Of the care and honesty of the author's labour the book gives abundant proof."-Athenæum.

Strange Stories of the Animal World. By JOHN TIMBS.

Five Shillings each, Small Post 8vo, cloth elegant; 5s. 6d., gilt edges, with Illustrations by Zwecker, Corbould, Lawson, Priolo, and other eminent Artists.

Adventures of Hans Sterk, THE SOUTH AFRICAN HUNTER AND
PIONEER. BY COLONEL DRAYSON, Author of "Tales of the
Outspan,"
""The Gentleman Cadet," etc.

"From first to last, it is full of life and variety, and will also give boys some knowledge of the people of South Africa and their mode of life."Noncon ormist.

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