or drawing-room, where the common toys of the nursery are usually deemed of an inappropriate character. Each Drawing-room Toy consists of a very large number of Cardboard Figures, all tastefully coloured, together with a beautifully-tinted landscape scene to form the background. The figures have to be placed in the most appropriate position, so as to form the subject to be represented; when so arranged, the whole will form a most effective tableau, of a sufficiently ornamental character as not to be any disfigurement to the drawing-room. The subjects chosen are all of a most interesting nature and the greater number of them are accompanied by a little book, containing the most agreeable information concerning each subject. THE VINEYARD; illustrating the Cultivation of the Vine; with Letterpress Description. Price 68. THE VINTAGE; illustrating the Gathering of the Grapes and Making of Wine; with Letterpress Description. Price 68. THE CARAVAN TO MECCA (The Halt in the Desert); with Description. Price 68. THE TOURNAMENT; with Description. Price 68. THE FARM; with Description. Price 6s. THE CATTLE FAIR IN HUNGARY; with Description. Price 78. Second Series, with Text. Price 8s. THE MENAGERIE; with Letterpress Description. Price 6s. THE DAIRY AND POULTRY-YARD; with Description. Price 6s. THE EQUESTRIAN CIRCUS. Price 68. SCENES IN THE CRIMEA. Price 78. THE TEA PLANTATION. Price 68. THE SPANISH BULL-FIGHT. LIFE IN VENICE. Price 68. Price 68. THE LEIPSIC FAIR; with Description. Price 4s. 6d. THE MARKET-PLACE AT NUREMBERG; with Description. Price 78. THE GERMAN HUNTING PARTY IN THE MIDDLE AGES; with Description. Price 7s. 6d. SCENES IN THE CRIMEA; Large Size; representing the Incidents and Military Movements during the Recent Campaign, and showing the Relative Positions of the Contending Armies. Price (with Plan), 30s. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH KINDER GARTEN, (CHILDREN'S GARDEN), FOR THE USE OF MOTHERS, NURSERY GOVERNESSES, AND INFANT TEACHERS; CONTAINING An Exposition of Froëbel's System of Infant Training, AND A GREAT VARIETY OF INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING GAMES, AND INDUSTRIAL AND GYMNASTIC EXERCISES, With three Lithographic Plates-several hundred illustrative diagrams-specimens of plaiting and cutting Paper, &c., with testimonials from the Society of Arts, and Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools Crown Quarto, price 7s. 6d. cloth. J. S. HODSON, 22, Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn; LIST OF TOYS USED IN THE ABOVE SYSTEM. s. d. 2 0 1 FIRST GIFT (Box containing 6 coloured worsted Balls, &c.) . FIFTH GIFT (an extension of the Third Gift) containing a cube in wood divided SIXTH GIFT (a similar extension of the Fourth Gift) PASTEBOARD PLAITING BOX (containing pieces of pasteboard cut into triangles and quadrangles) . DITTO (large size) . STICKWORK (Box containing sticks) 4 1 1 0 8 PLAITING STICKS (9 inches long) PEAS WORK (Box containing peas, sticks, and models) PAPER PLAITING (Box containing paper, needle, &c., for plaiting) The first six articles are also kept in polished boxes of a superior description at the following prices GLOBE MAKERS TO THE QUEEN, 3, FLEET STREET, TEMPLE BAR, LONDON. Fig. 1. MICROSCOPES. Achromatic Microscope with double rackwork £20 to 30 0 0 * The higher priced Object Glasses are of the largest angular aperture, and of first rate excellence. The lower priced are recommended and admirably adapted for general use, producing a clearly defined image, but they are of less angular aperture. Compound Microscope, with seven powers, rackwork motion, condenser for opaque objects, stage forceps, tweezers, objects, &c., in mahogany case, magnifies 22,500 times 2 15 0 * |