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"Mr. Gordon Browne is, to my thinking, incomparably the most artistic, spirited, and brilliant of our illustrators of books for boys, and one of the most humorous also, as his illustrations of 'Gulliver' amply testify."โTruth.
NEW EDITION OF THE UNIVERSE.
The Universe: Or the Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little. A Sketch of Contrasts in Creation, and Marvels revealed and explained by Natural Science. By F. A. Pouchet, m.d. With 272 Engravings on wood, of which 55 are full-page size, and a Coloured Frontispiece. Tenth Edition, medium 8vo, cloth elegant, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.; also morocco antique, 16s.
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"This book is as interesting as the most exciting romance, and a great deal more likely to be remembered to good purpose."โStandard.
"Scarcely any book in French or in English is so likely to stimulate in the young an interest in the physical phenomena."โFortnightly Review.
BY GEORGE MAC DONALD.At the Back of the North Wind. By George Mac Donald, LL.D. With 75 Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.
"In At the Back of the North Wind we stand with one foot in fairyland and one on common earth. The story is thoroughly original, full of fancy and pathos, and underlaid with earnest but not too obtrusive teaching."โThe Times.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood. By George Mac Donald, LL.D. With 36 Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. New Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.
"The sympathy with boy-nature in Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood is perfect. It is a beautiful picture of childhood, teaching by its impressions and suggestions all noble things."โBritish Quarterly Review.
The Princess and the Goblin. By George Mac Donald, LL.D. With 30 Illustrations by Arthur Hughes, and 2 full-page Pictures by H. Petherick. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"Little of what is written for children has the lightness of touch and play of fancy which are characteristic of George Mac Donald's fairy tales. Mr. Arthur Hughes's illustrations are all that illustrations should be."โManchester Guardian.
"A model of what a child's book ought to beโinteresting, instructive, and poetical. We cordially recommend it as one of the very best gift-books we have yet come across."โElgin Courant.
The Princess and Curdie. By George Mac Donald, LL.D. With 8 full-page Illustrations by James Allen. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
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Girl Neighbours: Or, The Old Fashion and the New. By Sarah Tytler. With 8 full-page Illustrations by C. T. Garland. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s.
"One of the most effective and quietly humorous of Miss Sarah Tytler's stories.... Very healthy, very agreeable, and very well written."โSpectator.
BY MARY C. ROWSELL.Thorndyke Manor: A Tale of Jacobite Times. By Mary C. Rowsell. With 6 full-page Illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
Thorndyke Manor is an old house, near the mouth of the Thames, which is convenient, on account of its secret vaults and situation, as the base of operations in a Jacobite conspiracy. In consequence its owner, a kindly, quiet, book-loving squire, who lives happily with his sister, bright Mistress Amoril, finds himself suddenly involved by a treacherous steward in the closest meshes of the plot. He is conveyed to the Tower, but all difficulties are ultimately overcome, and his innocence is triumphantly proved by his sister.
Traitor or Patriot? A Tale of the Rye-House Plot. By Mary C. Rowsell. With 6 full-page Pictures. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
"A romantic love episode, whose true characters are lifelike beings, not dry sticks as in many historical tales."โGraphic.
BY ALICE CORKRAN.Meg's Friend. By Alice Corkran. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Robert Fowler. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"Another of Miss Corkran's charming books for girls, narrated in that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one of the first amongst writers for young people."โThe Spectator.
Margery Merton's Girlhood. By Alice Corkran. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
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Down the Snow Stairs: Or, From Good-night to Good-morning. By Alice Corkran. With 60 character Illustrations by Gordon Browne. New Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 3s. 6d.
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BY JOHN C. HUTCHESON.Afloat at Last: A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea. By John C. Hutcheson. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. H. Overend. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
Mr. Hutcheson's reputation for the realistic treatment of life at sea will be fully sustained by the present volumeโthe narrative of a boy's experiences on board ship during his first voyage. From the stowing of the vessel in the Thames to her recovery from the Pratas Reef on which she is stranded, everything is described with the accuracy of perfect practical knowledge of ships and sailors; and the incidents of the story range from the broad humours of the fo'c's'le to the perils of flight from and fight with the pirates of the China Seas. The captain, the mate, the Irish boatswain, the Portuguese steward, and the Chinese cook, are fresh and cleverly-drawn characters, and the reader throughout has the sense that he is on a real voyage with living men.
The White Squall: A Story of the Sargasso Sea. By John C. Hutcheson. With 6 full-page Illustrations by John Schรถnberg. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
"Few writers have made such rapid improvement in the course of a few years as has the author of this capital story.... Boys will find it difficult to lay down the book till they have got to the end."โStandard.
"The sketches of tropical life are so good as sometimes to remind us of Tom Cringle and the Cruise of the Midge."โTimes.
The Wreck of the Nancy Bell: Or Cast Away on Kerguelen Land. By John C. Hutcheson. Illustrated by 6 full-page Pictures. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"A full circumstantial narrative such as boys delight in. The ship so sadly destined to wreck on Kerguelen Land is manned by a very lifelike party, passengers and crew. The life in the Antarctic Iceland is well treated."โAthenรฆum.
Picked Up at Sea: Or the Gold Miners of Minturne Creek. By John C. Hutcheson. With 6 full-page Pictures. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"The author's success with this book is so marked that it may well encourage him to further efforts. The description of mining life in the Far-west is true and accurate."โStandard.
Sir Walter's Ward: A Tale of the Crusades. By William Everard. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Walter Paget. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"This book will prove a very acceptable present either to boys or girls. Both alike will take an interest in the career of Dodo, in spite of his unheroic name, and follow him through his numerous and exciting adventures."โAcademy.
Stories Of Old Renown: Tales of Knights and Heroes. By Ascott R. Hope. With 100 Illustrations by Gordon Browne. New Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
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BY CAROLINE AUSTIN.Cousin Geoffrey and I. By Caroline Austin. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
The only daughter of a country gentleman finds herself unprovided for at her father's death, and for some time lives as a dependant upon the kinsman who has inherited the property. Life is kept from being entirely unbearable to her by her young cousin Geoffrey, who at length meets with a serious accident for which she is held responsible. She is then passed on to other relatives, who prove even more objectionable, and at length, in despair, she runs away and makes a brave attempt to earn her own livelihood. Being a splendid rider, she succeeds in doing this, until the startling event which brings her cousin Geoffrey and herself together again, and solves the problem of the missing will.
Hugh Herbert's Inheritance. By Caroline Austin. With 6 full-page Illustrations by C. T. Garland. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
"Will please by its simplicity, its tenderness, and its healthy interesting motive. It is admirably written."โScotsman.
"Well and gracefully written, full of interest, and excellent in tone."โSchool Guardian.
BY E. S. BROOKS.Storied Holidays: A Cycle of Red-letter Days. By E. S. Brooks. With 12 full-page Illustrations by Howard Pyle. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
"It is a downright good book for a senior boy, and is eminently readable from first to last."โSchoolmaster.
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Chivalric Days: Stories of Courtesy and Courage in the Olden Times. By E. S. Brooks. With 20 Illustrations by Gordon Browne and other Artists. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"We have seldom come across a prettier collection of tales. These charming stories of boys and girls of olden days are no mere fictitious or imaginary sketches, but are real and actual records of their sayings and doings. The illustrations are in Gordon Browne's happiest style."โLiterary World.
Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, their Achievements, and their Times. By E. S. Brooks. With 12 full-page Illustrations by R. B. Birch and John Schรถnberg. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"A wholesome book, manly in tone, its character sketches enlivened by brisk dialogue. We advise schoolmasters to put it on their list of prizes."โKnowledge.
BY MRS. E. R. PITMAN.Garnered Sheaves. A Tale for Boys. By Mrs. E. R. Pitman. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"This is a story of the best sort ... a noble-looking book, illustrating faith in God, and commending to young minds all that is pure and true."โRev. C. H. Spurgeon's Sword and Trowel.
Life's Daily Ministry: A Story of Everyday Service for others. By Mrs. E. R. Pitman. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"Shows exquisite touches of a master hand. She has not only made a close study of human nature in all its phases, but she has acquired the artist's skill in depicting in graphic outline the characteristics of the beautiful and the good in life."โChristian Union.
My Governess Life: Or Earning my Living. By Mrs. E. R. Pitman. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
"Full of sound teaching and bright examples of character."โSunday-school Chronicle.
BY MRS. R. H. READ.Silver Mill: A Tale of the Don Valley. By Mrs. R. H. Read. With 6 full-page Illustrations by John Schรถnberg. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
"A good girl's story-book. The plot is interesting, and the heroine, Ruth, a lady by birth, though brought up in a humble station, well deserves the more elevated position in which the end of the book leaves her. The pictures are very spirited."โSaturday Review.
Dora: Or a Girl without a Home. By Mrs. R. H. Read. With 6 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.
"It is no slight thing, in an age of rubbish, to get a story so pure and healthy as this."โThe Academy.
BY ELIZABETH J. LYSAGHT.Brother and Sister: Or the Trials of the Moore Family. By Elizabeth J. Lysaght. With 6 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
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Laugh and Learn: A Home-book of Instruction and Amusement for the Little Ones. By Jennett Humphreys. Charmingly Illustrated. Square crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.
Laugh and Learn, a most comprehensive book for the nursery, supplies, what has long been wanted, a means whereby the mother or the governess may, in a series of pleasing lessons, commence and carry on systematic home instruction of the little ones. The various chapters of the Learn section carry the child through the "three R's" to easy stories
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