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THE FAVOURITE LIBRARY.

A Series of Works for the Young.

Price 1s. cloth, each.

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 WRONG; or, THE YOUNG DISPUTANT; and “IT
WAS ONLY IN FUN."

8. THE LIFE AND PERAMBULATIONS OF A MOUSE.
9. EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE 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 Twelve Volumes may be had bound uniformly in a handsome cloth Box, price 15s.

Glimpses of Nature;

And Objects of Interest described during a Visit to the Isle of Wight. By Mrs. LOUDON. Second Edition. With Forty-one Illustrations. 3s. 6d. cloth.

"Full of information, conveyed in the most agreeable manner."-Literary Gazette.

Tales of School Life.

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Kit Bam, the British Sinbad;

Or, the Yarns of an Old Mariner. By MARY COWDEN CLARKE, illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Fcap. 8vo, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.

The Day of a Baby Boy;

A Story for a Young Child. By E. BERGER. With Illustrations by

JOHN ABSOLON. Third Edition.

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Visits to Beechwood Farm;

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Stories of Julian and his Playfellows.

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The Nine Lives of a Cat;

A Tale of Wonder. Written and Illustrated by C. H. BENNETT.
Twenty-four Coloured Engravings. Price 1s., sewed.

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Maud Summers the Sightless;

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London Cries and Public Edifices;

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The Silver Swan;

A Fairy Tale. By MADAME DE CHATELAIN. Illustrated by JOHN
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Always Happy;

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Anecdotes of Kings,

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Bible Illustrations;

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DRAPER. With Engravings. Fourth Edition. Revised by Dr. KITTO,
Editor of "The Pictorial Bible," etc. 3s. 6d. cloth.

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and a Description of the Ancient Customs, Sports, and Pastimes of the English. Embellished with Portraits of the Sovereigns of England in their proper Costumes, and 18 other Engravings. 3s. 6d. cloth.

Chit-chat;

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Conversations on the Life of Jesus Christ.

By a MOTHER. With 12 Engravings. 2s. 6d. plain; 3s. 6d. coloured. Cosmorama.

The Manners, Customs, and Costumes of all Nations of the World described. By J. ASPIN. With numerous Illustrations. 3s. 6d. plain; and 4s. 6d. coloured.

Easy Lessons;

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Facts to correct Fancies;

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Fruits of Enterprise;

Exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia. Fourteenth Edition, with six Engravings by BIRKET FOSTER. Price 3s. cloth. The Garden;

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How to be Happy;

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Infantine Knowledge.

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Key to Knowledge;

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The Ladder to Learning.

A Collection of Fables, arranged progressively in words of One, Two, and Three Syllables. Edited by Mrs. TRIMMER. With 79 Cuts. Nineteenth Edition. 2s. 6d. cloth.

Little Lessons for Little Learners.

Tenth Edition,

In Words of One Syllable. By MRS. BArwell.
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The Little Reader.

A Progressive Step to Knowledge. Fourth Edition with sixteen Plates.
Price 2s. 6d. cloth.

Mamma's Lessons.

For her Little Boys and Girls. Fifteenth Edition, with eight Engravings. Price 2s. 6d. plain; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges.

The Mine;

Or, Subterranean Wonders. An Account of the Operations of the
Miner and the Products of his Labours. By the late Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR.
Sixth Edition, with numerous additions by Mrs. LOUDON. 45 Woodcuts
and 16 Steel Engravings. 3s. 6d. cloth.

Rhoda;

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Stories of Edward and his little Friends.

With 12 Illustrations. Second Edition. 3s. 6d. plain; 4s. 6d. coloured. Stories from the Old and New Testaments,

On an improved plan. By the Rev. B. H. DRAPER. With 48 Engravings. Fifth Edition. 12mo, 5s. cloth.

DURABLE NURSERY BOOKS,

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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 Old Woman and her Pig.
12 Puss in Boots.

13 Tommy Trip's Museum of
Birds.

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Trimmer's (Mrs.) Old Testament Lessons.

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Trimmer's (Mrs.) New Testament Lessons.
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The Daisy,

With Thirty Wood Engravings. Price 18. cloth. (1s. 6d. coloured.) The Cowslip.

With Thirty Engravings. 1s. cloth. (1s. 6d. coloured.)

History of Prince Lee Boo.

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Dissections for Young Children;

In a neat box. Price 3s. 6d. each.

1. LIVES OF JOSEPH AND MOSES.

2. HISTORY OF OUR SAVIOUR.

3. MOTHER HUBBARD AND DOG.

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4. LIFE AND DEATH OF COCK ROBIN.

EDUCATIONAL WORKS.

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-fourth Edition, revised. 48.

The First Book of Geography;

Specially adapted as a Text Book for Beginners, and as a Guide to the Young Teacher. By HUGO REID, author of "Elements of Astronomy," etc. Fourth Edition, carefully revised. 18mo, 1s. sewed.

"One of the most sensible little books on the subject of Geography we have met with." -Educational Times.

Pictorial Geography.

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