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Little Roebuck (The), from the German. Illustrated by Losson.
Fancy boards (2s. coloured).

Live Toys; OR, ANECDOTES OF OUR FOUR-LEGGED AND OTHER PETS.
By EMMA DAVENPORT. Illustrated by HARRISON WEIR.
Long Evenings; or, STORIES FOR MY LITTLE FRIENDS. BY EMILIA
MARRYATT. Illustrated by JOHN ABSOLON.

Poetry and Nature. SHORT POEMS AND TRIMMER'S INTRODUCTION.
Tales for Boys. HARRY'S HOLIDAY, AND NEVER WRONG.

Tales for Girls. Mrs. LEICESTER'S SCHOOL, and RIGHT AND WRONG. The Three Wishes. By M. E. B. Royal 16mo.

Trimmer's (Mrs.) New Testament Lessons. With 40 Engravings. Wrecked, Not Lost; or THE PILOT AND HIS COMPANIONS. By the Hon. Mrs. DUNDAS.

THE FAVOURITE LIBRARY.

One Shilling each, cloth elegant, or, the set in neat Box, 15s. A Series of Works for the Young; each Volume with an Illustration by a well-known Artist.

1. The Eskdale Herd Boy. BY LADY STODDART.

2. Mrs. Leicester's School. BY CHARLES and MARY LAMB.

3. The History of The Robins.

BY MRS. TRIMMER.

4. Memoir of Bob, The Spotted Terrier.

5. Keeper's Travels in Search of His Master.

6. The Scottish Orphans. BY LADY STODDART.

7. Never Wrone; or, the Young Disputant; & It was only in Fun.

8. The Life and Perambulations of a Mouse.

9. Easy Introduction to Knowledge of Nature. BY MRS. TRIMMER. 10. Right and Wrong. By the Author of "ALWAYS HAPPY." 11. Harry's Holiday. BY JEFFERYS TAYLOR.

12. Short Poems and Hymns for Children.

The above may be had, Two Volumes bound in One, at 1s. 6d. each.

Also One Shilling each in various bindings. Johnny Miller; OR TRUTH AND PERSEVERANCE.

Price 1s.

By FELIX WEISS,

Hand Shadows, to be thrown upon the Wall. By HENRY BURSILL.
First and Second Series, each containing Sixteen Original
Designs. New Edition. 4to, price 1s. plain, 1s. 6d. coloured.
"Uncommonly clever-some wonderful effects are produced."-The Press.

Nine Lives of a Cat (The): a Tale of Wonder. Written and Illustrated by C. H. BENNETT. Twenty-four Coloured Engravings, sewed, price ls.

"Rich in the quaint humour and fancy that a man of genius knows how to spare for the enlivenment of children."-Examiner.

Primrose Pilgrimage (The): a Woodland Story. By M. BETHAM EDWARDS. Illustrated by MACQUOID. Price 1s.

"One of the best books of children's verse that has appeared since the early days of Mary Howitt.' ."-Nonconformist.

Short and Simple Prayers, with Hymns, for the use of Children. Sixteenth Thousand. Price 1s.

DURABLE NURSERY BOOKS.

Mounted on cloth with coloured plates, One Shilling each.

1. ALPHABET OF GOODY TWO

SHOES.

2. CINDERELLA.

3 COCK ROBIN.

4. COURTSHIP OF JENNY WREN. 5. DAME TROT AND HER CAT.

6. HISTORY OF AN APPLE PIE 7. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.

8. LITTLE RHYMES FOR LITTLE FOLKS.

9. MOTHER HUBBARD.

10. MONKEY'S FROLIC.

11. PUSS IN BOOTS.

12. OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG. 13. TOMMY TRIP'S MUSEUM OF BIRDS.

The Cowslip. 1s. plain; 1s. 6d. | The Daisy. 1s. plain; 1s. 6d.

coloured.

coloured.

The Australian Babes in the Wood: a True Story told in Rhyme for the Young. Price 1s. boards, 1s. 6d. cloth, gilt edges.

Price Sixpence each, Plain; One Shilling, coloured.

1. British Animals. 1st Series.

2. British Animals. 2nd Series.

3. British Birds.

4. Foreign Animals. 1st Series. 5. Foreign Animals. 2nd Series. 6. Foreign Birds.

7. The Farm and its Scenes.

8. The diverting history of John Gilpin.

Illustrated by HARRISON
WEIR.

9. The Peacock at home, and Butterfly's Ball.

10. History of Joseph.

11. History of Moses.

12. Life of our Saviour.

13. Miracles of Christ.

Illustrated by JOHN
GILBERT.

His name was Hero. By the Author of "The Four Seasons." Frontispiece by SIR W. CALCOTT, R.A.

Super Royal 16mo.

price 1s. sewed.

By the Same Author.

How I became a Governess. 3rd Edit. 2s. cloth; 2s. 6d., gilt edges.

My Pretty Puss. With Frontispiece. Price 6d.

The Grateful Sparrow: a True Story.

Fifth Edition, price 6d. The Adventures of a Butterfly. From the French of P. J. STAHL. Seven Engravings. Price 8d.

The Hare that Found his Way Home. From the French of P. J. STAHL. Second Edition. Price 6d.

WORKS FOR DISTRIBUTION.

A Woman's Secret; or, How TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. Thirty-third Thousand. 18mo, price 6d.

By the same Author, uniform in size and price.

Woman's Work; or, How SHE CAN HELP THE SICK. 19th Thousand. A Chapter of Accidents; or, THE MOTHER'S ASSISTANT IN CASES OF BURNS, SCALDS, CUTS, &c. Ninth Thousand.

Pay to-day, Trust to-morrow; illustrating the Evils of the Tally System. 7th Thousand.

Nursery Work; or, HANNAH BAKER'S FIRST PLACE. Fifth Thousand. The Cook and the Doctor; or, CHEAP RECIPES AND USEFUL REMEDIES. Selected from the three first books. Price 2d. Home Difficulties. A Few Words on the Servant Question. 4d. Family Prayers for Cottage Homes, with Passages from the Scriptures. New Edition. Price 2d.

Educational Works.

HISTORY.

Britannia: a Collection of the Principal Passages in Latin Authors that refer to this Island, with Vocabulary and Notes. By T. S. CAYZER. Illustrated with a Map and 29 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6d.

True Stories from Ancient History, chronologically arranged from the Creation of the World to the Death of Charlemagne. Twelfth Edition. 12mo, 5s. cloth.

Mrs. Trimmer's Concise History of England, revised and brought down to the present Time. By Mrs. MILNER. With Portraits of the Sovereigns. 5s. cloth.

Rhymes of Royalty: the History of England in Verse, from the Norman Conquest to the reign of VICTORIA; with a summary of the leading events in each reign. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. cloth.

GEOGRAPHY.
Re-issue of

Pictorial Geography, for the Instruction of Young Children. Price 1s. 6d.; mounted on rollers 3s. 6d.

"A pretty and picturesque wall chart. . . It forms an excellent introduction to the study of maps."-School Board Chronicle.

"A very good picture map."- Educational Record.

"Admirably suited for teaching the meaning of common geographical terms."-School Guardian.

The First Book of Geography; specially adapted as a Text Book for Beginners. By HUGO REID. Fourth Edition, revised.

18mo, 1s. sewed. Gaultier's Familiar Geography. With a concise Treatise on the Artificial Sphere, and two coloured Maps, illustrative of the principal Geographical Terms. Sixteenth Edition. 16mo, 3s. cloth.

Butler's Outline Maps, and Key, or GEOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL EXERCISES; with a Set of Coloured Outline Maps, designed for the use of Young Persons. By the late WILLIAM BUTLER. Enlarged by the Author's Son, J. O. BUTLER. Thirty-sixth Edition. Revised 4s.

Tabular views of the Geography and Sacred History of Palestine, AND OF THE TRAVELS OF ST. PAUL. Intended for Pupil Teachers, and others engaged in Class Teaching. By A. T. WHITE. Oblong 8vo, price ls. sewed.

GRAMMAR, &c.

A Compendious Grammar, AND PHILOLOGICAL HAND-BOOK OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, for the use of Schools and Candidates for the Army and Civil Service Examinations. By JOHN GEORGE COLQUHOUN, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Fcap. 8vo. Cloth 2s. 6d. Darnell, G. Grammar made Intelligible to Children. New and Revised Edition. Price 1s. cloth.

Darnell, T. Parsing Simplified: an Introduction and Companion to all Grammars; consisting of Short and Easy Rules, with Parsing Lessons to each. Fourth Edition. Price 1s. cloth. Lovechilds, Mrs. 9d. cloth.

The Child's Grammar. 50th Edition.

18mo,

A Word to the Wise, or HINTS ON THE CURRENT IMPROPRIETIES OF EXPRESSION IN WRITING AND SPEAKING. By PARRY GWYNNE. Thirteenth Thousand. 18mo, price 6d. sewed; or 1s. cloth, gilt edges.

"All who wish to mind their p's and q's should consult this little volume." Gentleman's Magazine. Harry Hawkins's H-Book; showing how he learned to aspirate his H's. Frontispiece by H. WEIR. Third Edition. Superroyal 16mo, price 6d.

The Prince of Wales's Primer. With 340 Illustrations by J. GILBERT. New Edition, price 6d.

Darnell's Short and Certain Road to Reading. Price 6d. cloth.
The Modern British Plutarch, or LIVES OF MEN DISTINGUISHED
IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FOR THEIR TALENTS,
VIRTUES, AND ACHIEVEMENTS. By W. C. TAYLOR, LL.D. 12mo.
Second Thousand. 4s. 6d.; or 5s. gilt edges.

Every-Day Things, or USEFUL KNOWLEDGE RESPECTING THE PRIN-
CIPAL ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES IN
COMMON USE. Second Edition, revised. 18mo, 1s. 6d. cloth.
"A little encyclopædia of useful knowledge."-Evangelical Magazine.

ARITHMETIC AND ALGEBRA.

Arithmetic made Intelligible to Children.

Price

Darnell, G. 1s. 6d. cloth. Cayzer, T. S. One Thousand Arithmetical Tests, or THE EXAMINER'S ASSISTANT. Specially adapted, by a novel arrangement of the subject, for Examination Purposes, but also suited for general use in Schools. By T. S. CAYZER, Head Master of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol. Seventh Edition, with a complete set of Examples and Models of Work. Price 1s. 6d. Answers 1s. 6d.

Key with Solutions of all the Examples in the One Thousand Arithmetical Tests. By THOMAS S. CAYZER. Price 4s. 6d. cloth. The Answers only, price 1s. 6d. cloth.

One Thousand Algebraical Tests; on the same plan. Third Edition. 8vo, price 2s. 6d. cloth.

**Answers to the Algebraical Tests, price 2s. 6d. cloth.

Theory and Practice of the Metric System of Weights and Measures. By Professor LEONE LEVI, F.S.A., F.S.S. Third Edition. Sewed 1s.

The Essentials of Geometry, Plane and Solid, as taught in Germany and France. By J. R. MORELL. Numerous Diagrams. 2s., cloth.

Artizan Cookery and How to Teach it. By a Pupil of the National Training School for Cookery, South Kensington. Sewed, price 6d.

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