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INDIA AND THE EAST-continued.

WESTERN INDIA BEFORE AND DURING THE MUTINIES. Pictures drawn from Life. By Major-Gen. Sir George Le Grand Jacob, K.C.S.I., C.B. In I vol.

"The most important contribution to the history of Western India during the Mutinies which has yet, in a popular form been made public."-Athenæum.

EDUCATIONAL COURSE OF

Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

"Few men more competent than himself to speak authoritatively concerning Indian affairs."-Standard.

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FOR INDIA. Edited by J. S. Laurie, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-
at-Law; formerly H.M. Inspector of Schools, England; Assistant Royal
Commissioner, Ireland; Special Commissioner, African Settlements;
Director of Public Instruction, Ceylon.

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EXCHANGE TABLES OF STERLING AND INDIAN RUPEE CURRENCY, UPON A NEW AND EXTENDED SYSTEM, embracing Values from One Farthing to One Hundred Thousand Pounds, and at rates progressing, in Sixteenths of a Penny, from Is. 9d. to 25. 3d. per Rupee. By Donald Fraser, Accountant to the British Indian Steam Navigation Co., Limited. Royal 8vo. IOS. 6d.

"The calculations must have entailed great labour on the author, but the work is one which we fancy must become a standard one in all business houses which

have dealings with any country where the rupee and the English pound are standard coins of currency."-Inverness Courier.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG AND FOR LENDING LIBRARIES.

LAYS OF MANY LANDS. By a Knight Errant. Illustrated. Crown 8vo.

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SEEKING HIS FORTUNE, AND OTHER STORIES. Crown 8vo. Four Illustrations. Price 3s. 6d.

CONTENTS.-Seeking his Fortune.-Oluf and Stephanoff.-What's in a Name?— Contrast.-Onesta.

A series of instructive and interesting stories for children of both sexes, each one enforcing, indirectly, a good moral lesson.

DADDY'S PET. By Mrs. Ellen Ross (Nelsie Brook).

8vo, uniform with "Lost Gip." 6 Illustrations.

Square crown

A pathetic story of lowly life, showing the good influence of home and of child-life upon an uncultivated but true-hearted navvy.

THREE WORKS BY MARTHA FARQUHARSON.

Each Story is independent and complete in itself. They are published in uniform size and price, and are elegantly bound and illustrated.

I. ELSIE DINSMORE. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.

II. ELSIE'S GIRLHOOD. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. III. ELSIE'S HOLIDAYS AT ROSELANDS.

Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The Stories by this author have a very high reputation in America, and of all her books these are the most popular and' widely circulated. These are the only English editions sanctioned by the author, who has a direct interest in this English Edition.

LOST GIP. By Hesba Stretton, Author of "Little Meg," "Alone in London." Square crown 8vo. Six Illustrations. Price Is. 6d.

*** A HANDSOMELY BOUND EDITION, WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS, PRICE HALF-A-CROWN.

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"An exquisitely touching little story."

"Full of tender touches."-Noncon- -Church Herald.

THE KING'S SERVANTS.

AT

By Hesba Stretton, Author of "Lost Gip." Square crown 8vo, uniform with "Lost Gip." 8 Illustrations. Price Is. 6d.

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A Series of Stories of Military and Naval Adventure, related by an old Retired Officer of the Army.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG, ETC.-continued.

FANTASTIC STORIES. Translated from the German of Richard Leander, by Paulina B. Granville. Crown 8vo. Eight full-page

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These are translations of some of the best of Richard Leander's well-known stories for children. The illustrations to this work are of singular beauty and finish.

THE AFRICAN CRUISER. A Midshipman's Adventures on the West Coast. A Book for Boys. By S. Whitchurch Sadler, R. N. Three Illustrations. Crown 8vo.

3s. 6d.

A book of real adventures among slavers on the West Coast of Africa. One chief recommendation is the faithfulness of the local colouring.

THE LITTLE WONDER-HORN.
Series of "Stories told to a Child."
3s. 6d.

"Full of fresh and vigorous fancy: it is
worthy of the author of some of the best of
our modern verse.'
"-Standard.

By Jean Ingelow. A Second
Fifteen Illustrations. Cloth, gilt.

"We like all the contents of the 'Little Wonder-Horn' very much."—Athenæum. "We recommend it with confidence."— Pall Mall Gazette.

Second Edition.

BRAVE MEN'S FOOTSTEPS. A Book of Example and Anecdote for Young People. By the Editor of "Men who have Risen." With Four Illustrations. By C. Doyle. 3s. 6d.

"The little volume is precisely of the stamp to win the favour of those who, in choosing a gift for a boy, would consult his moral development as well as his temporary pleasure."-Daily Telegraph.

Third Edition.

"A readable and instructive volume."Examiner.

"No more welcome book for the schoolboy could be imagined."-Birmingham Daily Gazette.

STORIES IN PRECIOUS STONES. By Helen Zimmern. With Six Illustrations. Crown 8vo.

55.

"A pretty little book which fanciful young persons will appreciate, and which will remind its readers of many a legend, and many an imaginary virtue attached to the gems they are so fond of wearing."-Post.

"A series of pretty tales which are half fantastic, half natural, and pleasantly quaint, as befits stories intended for the young."-Daily Telegraph.

Second Edition.

GUTTA-PERCHA WILLIE, THE WORKING GENIUS, By George Macdonald. With Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

"An amusing and instructive book."Yorkshire Post.

"One of those charming books for which the author is so well known."-Edinburgh Daily Review.

"The cleverest child we know assures us she has read this story through five times. Mr. Macdonald will, we are convinced, accept that verdict upon his little work as final."-Spectator.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG, ETC.-continued.

THE TRAVELLING MENAGERIE. By Charles Camden, Author of "Hoity Toity." Illustrated by J. Mahoney. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.

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PLUCKY FELLOWS. A Book for Boys. By Stephen J. Mac Kenna. With Six Illustrations. Crown 8vo.

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Price 3s. 6d.

throughout in a manly straightforward manner that is sure to win the hearts of the children for whom it is intended."-London Society.

THE GREAT DUTCH ADMIRALS. By Jacob de Liefde. Crown 8vo.

Illustrated. Price 5s.

"A really good book."-Standard.
"May be recommended as a wholesome
present for boys. They will find in it nu-
merous tales of adventure."-Athenæum.

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New Edition.

THE DESERT PASTOR, JEAN JAROUSSEAU.

Translated from

the French of Eugene Pelletan. By Colonel E. P. De L'Hoste. In fcap. 8vo, with an Engraved Frontispiece. Price 3s. 6d.

"There is a poetical simplicity and pic-
turesqueness; the noblest heroism; unpre-
tentious religion; pure love, and the
spectacle of a household brought up in the
fear of the Lord.
"-Illustrated

London News.

"This charming specimen of Eugène Pelletan's tender grace, humour, and hightoned morality."-Notes and Queries.

"A touching record of the struggles in the cause of religious liberty of a real man."-Graphic.

THE DESERTED SHIP. A Real Story of the Atlantic. By Cupples Howe, Master Mariner. Illustrated by Townley Green. 3s. 6d.

"Curious adventures with bears, seals, and other Arctic animals, and with scarcely more human Esquimaux, form the mass of

Crown 8vo.

material with which the story deals, and will much interest boys who have a spice of romance in their composition."-Courant.

HOITY TOITY, THE GOOD LITTLE FELLOW. By Charles Camden. Illustrated. Crown 8vo.

"Young folks may gather a good deal of wisdom from the story, which is written in an amusing and attractive style."Courant.

"Relates very pleasantly the history of

3s. 6d.

a charming little fellow who meddles always with a kindly disposition with other people's affairs and helps them to do right. There are many shrewd lessons to be picked up in this clever little story."-Public Opinion.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

POETRY.

LYRICS OF LOVE FROM SHAKESPEARE TO TENNYSON. Selected and arranged by W. Davenport Adams. Fcap. 8vo, price 3s. 6d.

"He has the prettiest love-songs for maids.”—Shakespeare. DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO THE POET LAUREATE.

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT'S POEMS. Red-line Edition. Handsomely bound. With Illustrations and Portrait of the Author. Price 7s. 6d. A Cheaper Edition is also published. Price 3s. 6d.

These are the only complete English Editions sanctioned by the Author. ENGLISH SONNETS. Collected and Arranged by John Dennis. Small crown 8vo. Elegantly bound, price 3s. 6d.

HOME-SONGS FOR QUIET HOURS. By the Rev. Canon R. H. Baynes, Editor of "English Lyrics" and "Lyra Anglicana.”

Handsomely printed and bound, price 3s. 6d.

THE DISCIPLES. A New Poem. By Harriet Eleanor Hamilton King. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

The present work was commenced at the express instance of the great Italian patriot, Mazzini, and commemorates some of his associates and fellow-workers-men who looked up to him as their master and SONGS FOR MUSIC. By Four Friends. Square crown 8vo.

teacher. The author enjoyed the privilege of Mazzini's friendship, and the first part of this work was on its way to him when tidings reached this country that he had passed away.

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5 Vols.

THE POETICAL AND PROSE WORKS OF ROBERT BUCHANAN. A Collected Edition, in

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65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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