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John Percy Groves. BODLEIAN LIBRARY NOV83 OXFORD The Rights of Translation and Reproduction are reserved . 1 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Myself and Family - I pass.
John Percy Groves. BODLEIAN LIBRARY NOV83 OXFORD The Rights of Translation and Reproduction are reserved . 1 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Myself and Family - I pass.
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... CHAPTER II . I join the Royal Military College - Corporal O'Leary - A Friend in Need , ˇ CHAPTER III . Sandhurst , its Manners and Customs , . CHAPTER IV . My Comrades - A Day's Fishing - Pat Hughes ' Pike - A Catastrophe , PAGE I II 23 ...
... CHAPTER II . I join the Royal Military College - Corporal O'Leary - A Friend in Need , ˇ CHAPTER III . Sandhurst , its Manners and Customs , . CHAPTER IV . My Comrades - A Day's Fishing - Pat Hughes ' Pike - A Catastrophe , PAGE I II 23 ...
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... CHAPTER VII . In which I am made acquainted with a Chapter in the Family History ; and the inevitable Cupid makes his First Ap- pearance in these Pages , CHAPTER VIII . CorĄ oral O'Leary shows his Teeth - Jack Mackinlay - The Commercial ...
... CHAPTER VII . In which I am made acquainted with a Chapter in the Family History ; and the inevitable Cupid makes his First Ap- pearance in these Pages , CHAPTER VIII . CorĄ oral O'Leary shows his Teeth - Jack Mackinlay - The Commercial ...
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... CHAPTER XV . Joe Grummet's Yarn - Wild - Fowl Shooting , PAGE " 149 158 CHAPTER XVI . 167 . 176 Nellie Brown's Lovers - I lose my Servant , CHAPTER XVII , Pat Hughes ' Disappointment - Aldershot - Changes in the Regiment - Jack's ...
... CHAPTER XV . Joe Grummet's Yarn - Wild - Fowl Shooting , PAGE " 149 158 CHAPTER XVI . 167 . 176 Nellie Brown's Lovers - I lose my Servant , CHAPTER XVII , Pat Hughes ' Disappointment - Aldershot - Changes in the Regiment - Jack's ...
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... CHAPTER XXIV . General Idea of the Fresh Campaign - The Rondebosch Volun teer Cavalry , CHAPTER XXV . The Camp at Kambula - A Skirmish with the Zulus ,. CHAPTER XXVI . On Escort Duty - Surprised - Rescued , CHAPTER XXVII . Wounded - The ...
... CHAPTER XXIV . General Idea of the Fresh Campaign - The Rondebosch Volun teer Cavalry , CHAPTER XXV . The Camp at Kambula - A Skirmish with the Zulus ,. CHAPTER XXVI . On Escort Duty - Surprised - Rescued , CHAPTER XXVII . Wounded - The ...
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Page 27 - THE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD. 6. Life Underground; OR, DICK THE COLLIERY BOY. 7. Life on the Coast ; OR, THE LITTLE FISHER GIRL. 8. Adventures of Two Orphans in London. 9. Early Days on Board a Man-of-War. 10. Walter, the Foundling : A TALE OF OLDEN TIMES. 11. The Tenants of Sunnyside Farm. 12. Holmwood: OR, THE NEW ZEALAND SETTLER.
Page 13 - Lee (Mrs.) Anecdotes of the Habits and Instincts of Animals. „ Anecdotes of the Habits and Instincts of Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes. „ Adventures in Australia, or THE WANDERINGS OF CAPTAIN SPENCER IN THE BUSH AND THE WILDS.
Page 10 - Stories from the Old and New Testaments. By the Rev. BH DRAPER. With 48 Engravings. Trimmer's History of the Robins. Written for the Instruction of Children on their treatment of Animals. With 24 Illustrations by HARRISON WEIR.
Page 220 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 10 - Extraordinary Nursery Rhymes ; New, yet Old. Translated from the Original Jingle into Comic Verse by One who was once a Child. 60 Illustrations. Small 4to. Favourite Picture Book (The) and Nursery Companion. Compiled anew by UNCLE CHARLIE. With 450 Illustrations by ABSOLON, ANELAY, BENNETT, BROWNE (Pniz), Sm JOHN GILBERT, T.
Page 15 - Mamma's Lessons. For her Little Boys and Girls. Thirteenth Edition, with eight Engravings. Price 2s. 6rf. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges. The Mine; Or, Subterranean Wonders. An Account of the Operations of the Miner and the Products of his Labours; with a Description of the most important in all parts of the World.
Page 18 - Nautilus. The Log of the Voyage by Captain WILLIAM A. ANDREWS, with Introduction and Notes by Dr. MACAULAY, Editor of the Boy's Own Paper. Hilda and Her Doll. By EC PHILLIPS, Author of "Bunchy,
Page 133 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 24 - MEANWELL IN RHYME. Fully Illustrated, cloth. Hand Shadows, to be thrown upon the Wall. Novel and amusing figures formed by the hand. By HENRY BURSILL.
Page 25 - The Young Vocalist : a Collection of Twelve Songs, each with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte, selected from Mozart, Weber, Mendelssohn, Spohr, etc.