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Nooks and Corners of English Life. Past and Present. With Illustrations. Second Edition. Post 8vo, price 6s.; gilt edges, 68. 6d.

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

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Kingston's (W.H.G.) Three Lieutenants; or, NAVAL LIFE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (bevelled boards, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.)

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

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

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Strange Stories of the Animal World. By JOHN TIMBS.

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Adventures of Hans Sterk, THE SOUTH AFRICAN HUNTER AND
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Outspan,"
""The Gentleman Cadet," etc.

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Early Start in Life (The). By EMILIA MARRYAT NORRIS.

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Tales of the Saracens. By BARBARA HUTTON.

Tales of the White Cockade. By BARBARA HUTTON.

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Will Weatherhelm, or, THE YARN OF AN OLD SAILOR
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Neptune's Heroes, or THE SEA KINGS OF ENGLAND, FROM HAWKINS TO FRANKLIN. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS.

"We trust Old England may ever have writers as ready and able to interpret to her children the noble lives of her greatest men."-Athenæum.

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Little Gipsy (The). By ELIE SAUVAGE.

Translated by ANNA BLACKWELL. Profusely illustrated by ERNEST FRÖLICH. Small 4to, price 5s.; extra cloth, gilt edges, 6s.

Merry Songs for Little Voices. Words by Mrs. BRODERIP. Music by THOMAS MURBY. With 40 Illustrations. Fcap. 4to, price 5s. Stories from the Old and New Testaments. By the Rev. B. H. DRAPER. With 48 Engravings. Fifth edition, price 5s.

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Alda Graham; and her Brother Phillip. By EMILIA MARRYAT NORRIS.

Book of Cats (The): a Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies. By CHARLES H. Ross.

Casimir, the Little Exile. By CAROLINE PEACHEY.

Castles, and their Heroes. By BARBARA HUTTON.

Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse. With 24 beautiful Illustrations from Drawings by HARRISON WEIR. Small 4to.

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Blind Man's Holiday, or SHORT TALES FOR THE NURSERY. By the Author of "Mia and Charlie."

Broderip (Mrs.) Crosspatch, the Cricket, and the Counterpane: a Patchwork of Story and Song.

My Grandmother's Budget oF STORIES AND VERSES.
Tales of the Toys. TOLD BY THEMSELVES.

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Early Days of English Princes. By Mrs. RUSSELL GRAY. New and enlarged edition.

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