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THE LIFE MILITANT: Plain Sermons for Cottage Homes. By ELLELL. One vol., crown 8vo., price 6s.

HOFER: A Drama. By CATHERINE SWANWICK. Demy 8vo., cloth, gilt edges, price 3s. 6d.

LITTLE MARGARET'S RIDE TO THE
ISLE OF WIGHT; or the Wonderful Rocking Horse. By
Mrs. FREDERICK BROWN. With Illustrations by her sister,
HELEN S. TATHAM. Crown quarto.
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THE CHURCHMAN'S DAILY REMEMBRANCER. With Poetical Selections for the Christian Year, with Calendar and Table of Lessons of the English Church, for the use of both Clergy and Laity. Cloth elegant, price 2s.; or with Photographs, cloth elegant, 4s.

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It is founded entirely on the Calendar of the Prayer-book of the Church of England, and has been arranged not only for the preservation of personal memorials both of present and absent, as well as of lost friends, but to serve as a record of all other events which it may be desirable to chronicle. A small and carefully selected collection of Prayers and Meditations will be found at the end of the Volume, which will be printed in a small but clear type, in red and black, at the Clarendon Press, Oxford.

HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE RE-
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Vicar of All Saints', Lambeth, &c., &c., &c. One Volume, post
octavo, 440 pp., 10s. 6d. cloth.

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GLOSSARY OF BIOLOGICAL, ANATOMICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TERMS, for Teachers and Students in Schools and Classes connected with the Science and Art Department, and other Examining bodies. By THOMAS DUNMAN, Physiology Lecturer at the Birkbeck Institution and the Working Men's College. Crown 8vo., cloth 2s. 6d. "Will be serviceable to the persons for whose aid it is designed."—

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CHILD LIFE IN JAPAN, and Japanese Child Stories. By M. CHAPLIN AYRTON (Bachelier-ès-Lettres, et Bachelier-ès-Sciences, Faris, Civis Academiæ Edinensis, and Elève de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris). With Seven fullpage Illustrations, drawn and engraved by Japanese artists, and many smaller ones. Quarto, Cloth elegant, price 10s. 6d. "People who give it away are likely to be tempted to buy a new copy to keep."-Saturday Review.

"A genuine success.

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CONFIRMATION; or Called, and Chosen, and Faithful. By the Author of "The Gospel in the Church's Seasons" series. With a Preface by The Very Reverend the DEAN OF CHESTER. Fcap. 8vo., Cloth, 1s.

A cheaper edition for distribution, price Id.

STORIES FOR DAUGHTERS AT HOME.

MY SISTER'S KEEPER: A Story for Girls. In one vol. By LAURA M. LANE, Author of "Gentleman Verschoyle," &c. With a Preface by Mrs. TOWNSEND, Presi

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A NAUTICAL NOVEL.

THE SECRET OF THE SANDS; or, The Water Lily and her Crew. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD. Two vols., Crown 8vo., cloth, gilt tops, price 12s.

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New Novel by the Author of "Left Alone."

TRIED BY FIRE.

By FRANCIS CARR, Author of

"Left Alone," 66
'Not Lancelot Nor Another," &c. Three vols.,
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NEEDLEWORK, Schedule III., Exemplified and Illustrated. Intended for the use of Young Teachers and of the Upper Standards in Elementary Schools. By Mrs. E. A. CURTIS, a former Head Mistress of the Home and Colonial Training School. Small Crown 8vo., cloth limp, with 30 Illustrations, price ls.

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ART.

OF ANTIQUE From the celebrated collections in the Vatican, the Louvre, and the British Museum. By STEPHEN THOMPSON, Author of "Old English Homes," "Old Masters," &c. Twenty-five Examples in Permanent Photography. Super-Royal Quarto. Elegantly bound, price Two Guineas.

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Bishop Ken's Approach to the Holy Altar. With an Address to Young Communicants. Limp Cloth, 8d.; superior cloth, red edges, 1s.; French morocco, limp, 1s. 6d. ; calf or morocco limp, 3s. 6d.; Russia limp, 4s. 6d. Russian circuit, 6s. With Photographs 2s. extra. New and Cheaper Edition.

Clergymen wishing to introduce this Manual can have specimen copy, Iwith prices for quantities, post free for six stamps, on application. An Illuminated Certificate of Confirmation and First Communion. Price 2d.

A New "In Memoriam" Card. Beautifully printed in silver or gold. Price 2d.

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above cards.

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Short and Simple Prayers, with Hymns for the Use Children. By the Author of "Mamma's Bible Stories," "Fanny and her Mamma," "Scripture Histories for Children," etc. Sixteenth Thousand. Price 1s.

Book of Remembrance (The) FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR. With blank space for recording Birthdays, Weddings, &c., &c. Beautifully printed in red and black. Imp. 32mo, 2s. 6d. gilt edges. "A charming little memorial of love and friendship, and happily executed as conceived. For a Birthday or other Anniversary nothing could be prettier or more appropriate."-Bookseller. "Beautifully got up "Leeds Mercury.

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Emblems of Christian Life. Illustrated by W. HARRY ROGERS, in One Hundred Original Designs, from the Writings of the Fathers, Old English Poets, &c. Printed by Whittingham, with Borders and Initials in Red. Square 8vo. price 10s. 6d. cloth elegant, gilt edges; 21s. Turkey morocco antique.

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