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CHAMBERS' CATALOGUE, 1897 *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes: - -This book catalogue for W. & R. Chambers, Limited, was extracted from -Mary Louisa Molesworth, _Hoodie_, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London and -Edinburgh, 1897. - -Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_), and text -enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=). - -Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. - - * * * * * - - - - -BOOKS SUITABLE FOR PRIZES AND PRESENTATION. - - - - -Price 5s. - - -=MEG LANGHOLME=, or the Day after To-morrow. By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author -of _Philippa_, _Olivia_, _Blanche_, _Carrots_, _Imogen_, &c. With eight -Illustrations by W. Rainey. =5/= - - Mrs Molesworth with her usual charm of manner, and easy natural - grace, traces the development of Meg Langholme from early girlhood - to young womanhood, with her friends and companions in the home of - Bray Weald, where she is like an adopted daughter, until mysterious - warnings bode the disaster of her life; for certain reasons she is - kidnapped and concealed until cleverly rescued, and happily married - to a lifelong friend then home from India. - -=VINCE THE REBEL=, or the Sanctuary in the Bog. By GEORGE MANVILLE -FENN, author of _The Black Tor_, _Roy Royland_, _Diamond Dyke_, _The -Rajah of Dah_, _Real Gold_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C. -Groome. =5/= - - Relates the troubles at Mere Abbey, a fine South-of-England mansion, - surrounded by bogs and woodlands, during the reign of James II. of - England, and how Vince the Rebel lay in hiding here after Sedgemoor, - and escaped the soldiers sent in pursuit. The free and healthy - country life enjoyed by Walter Heron and his cousin Vince, along with - Sol Bogg, the man-servant, who aids in all the fishing, hunting, and - woodland adventures, form a fascinating and enjoyable narrative for - readers of all ages. - -=WILD KITTY.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Catalina_, &c. With eight -Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =5/= - - Mrs Meade again gives a picture of school-girl life, in which many - varied characters play a part, the most interesting and original - being Kitty Malone from Castle Malone in Ireland, who earns - the nickname of Wild Kitty because of her love of mischief and - unconventional manners. Mrs Meade is herself a native of Ireland and - quite at home in sketching such a character, and she does not fail - to weave a fascinating narrative, and one which she herself believes - will rank amongst her best efforts. - -=PHILIPPA.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Olivia_, _Blanche_, _Robin -Redbreast_, _Carrots_, _Imogen_, &c. With eight Illustrations by J. -Finnemore. =5/= - - ‘Very clever, very fantastic, and very enjoyable.’--_Spectator._ - - ‘One of Mrs Molesworth’s best stories for girls.’--_The Queen._ - - ‘Fully maintains her charm of style and narration.’--_Leeds Mercury._ - -=THE GIRL AT THE DOWER HOUSE, AND AFTERWARD.= By AGNES GIBERNE, -author of _Sun, Moon, and Stars_; _A Lady of England_, &c. With eight -Illustrations by J. Finnemore. =5/= - - ‘An absorbing story.’--_Daily Free Press._ - - ‘A charming love-tale.’--_Westminster Review._ - -=CATALINA=: Art Student. By L. T. MEADE, author of _Betty_, _Four on an -Island_, _Wilton Chase_, &c. With eight Illustrations, by W. Boucher. -=5/= - - ‘The story is managed with great skills.’--_Daily Free Press._ - - ‘Unquestionably one of Mrs Meade’s best books.’--_Evening News._ - - ‘Very brightly told.’--_Punch._ - -=THE BLACK TOR=: A Tale of the Reign of James I. By GEORGE MANVILLE -FENN, author of _Roy Royland_, _Diamond Dyke_, _The Rajah of Dah_, -_Real Gold_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =5/= - - ‘A capital story ... full of incident and adventure.’--_The Standard._ - - ‘There is a fine manly tone about the book, which makes it - particularly appropriate for youth.’--_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._ - -[Illustration: All my senses were now concentrating into the one -maddening desire to reach shelter and safety. _From_ MEG LANGHOLME, _by -Mrs Molesworth; price 5s._ PAGE 222.] - -=ROY ROYLAND=, or the Young Castellan. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With -eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. =5/= - - ‘Fascinating from beginning to end ... is told with much spirit and - go.’--_Birmingham Gazette._ - -=THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE COAST.= By DAVID LAWSON JOHNSTONE. With -twenty-one Illustrations by W. Boucher. Large crown 8vo, antique cloth -gilt. =5/= - - ‘There is fascination for every healthily-minded boy in the very name - of the Buccaneers.... Mr D. Lawson Johnstone’s new story of adventure - is already sure of a warm welcome.’--_Manchester Guardian._ - -=GIRLS NEW AND OLD.= By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by J. -Williamson. =5/= - - ‘A sound as well as entertaining romance.’--_Yorkshire Daily Post._ - - ‘It is a fine, bright, wholesome book, well bound and - illustrated.’--_Saturday Review._ - -=DON.= By the author of _Laddie_, &c. With eight Illustrations by J. -Finnemore. Large crown 8vo, antique cloth gilt. =5/= - - ‘A fresh and happy story ... told with great spirit ... it is as pure - as spring air.’--_Glasgow Herald._ - -=OLIVIA.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. -=5/= - - ‘A beautiful story, an ideal gift-book for girls.’--_British Weekly._ - -=BETTY=: a School Girl. By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by -Everard Hopkins. =5/= - - ‘This is an admirable tale of school-girl life: her history involves - an excellent moral skilfully conveyed.’--_Glasgow Herald._ - -=WESTERN STORIES.= By WILLIAM ATKINSON. With Frontispiece. =5/= - - ‘These stories touch a very high point of excellence. They are - natural, vivid, and thoroughly interesting.’--_Speaker._ - -=BLANCHE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Robin Redbreast_, _The -Next-Door House_, &c. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =5/= - - ‘Eminently healthy ... pretty and interesting, free from - sentimentality.’--_Queen._ - -[Illustration: Sol sat staring straight at Wat with his mouth open. -_From_ VINCE THE REBEL, _by G. Manville Fenn; price 5s._ PAGE 167.] - -=DIAMOND DYKE=, or the Lone Farm on the Veldt: a Story of South African -Adventure. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _The Rajah of Dah_, -_Dingo Boys_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. =5/= - - ‘There is not a dull page in the book.’--_Aberdeen Free Press._ - -=REAL GOLD=: a Story of Adventure. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With eight -Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =5/= - - ‘In the author’s best style, and brimful of life and adventure.... - Equal to any of the tales of adventure Mr Fenn has yet - written.’--_Standard._ - -=POMONA.= By the author of _Laddie_, _Rose and Lavender_, _Zoe_, _Baby -John_, &c. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =5/= - - ‘A bright, healthy story for girls.’--_Bookseller._ - -=DOMESTIC ANNALS OF SCOTLAND=, from the Reformation to the Rebellion -of 1745. By ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D. Abridged from the original octavo -edition in three volumes. =5/= - -=ALL ROUND THE YEAR.= A Monthly Garland by THOMAS MILLER, author of -_English Country Life_, &c. And Key to the Calendar. With Twelve -Allegorical Designs by John Leighton, F.S.A., and other Illustrations. -=5/= - - - - -Price 3s. 6d. - - -=HUNTED THROUGH FIJI=, or ’Twixt Convict and Cannibal. By REGINALD -HORSLEY, author of _The Yellow God_, _The Blue Balloon_, &c. With six -Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =3/6= - - Dr Horsley is here at his best in following the fortunes of three - young lads pursued by convicts and natives through Fiji in the - cannibal days. The pages are crowded with adventures and hairbreadth - escapes, sufficient to carry any reader from beginning to close - without abatement of interest. - -=HOODIE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With seventeen Illustrations by Lewis -Baumer. =3/6= - - The story, very simply and naturally told, is of a rather naughty - little girl who at first has a mistaken idea that she is out of - favour with everybody, but who gets brought to a better mind by an - illness. The little heroine displays great character. - -=THE ‘ROVER’S’ QUEST=: a Story of Foam, Fire, and Fight. By HUGH ST -LEGER, author of _Sou’wester and Sword_, &c. With six Illustrations by -J. Ayton Symington. =3/6= - - A tough yarn, which relates how Noel Hamilton is picked up from a - boat in the Channel by a passing merchant ship and carried into - eastern seas, where he encounters all the horrors of a mutiny, a - sea-quake, and shipwreck, his loneliness on a barren island being - shared by two fine old salts named Sam Port and Eli Grouse. How they - are rescued by the _Rover_, out on a strange quest, and how this - quest is accomplished, form the thread of an interesting narrative of - sea life. - -=A DAUGHTER OF THE KLEPHTS=, or A Girl of Modern Greece. By ISABELLA -FYVIE MAYO (Edward Garrett), author of _Occupations of a Retired -Life_, _By Still Waters_, &c. Crown 8vo, art linen, gilt. With six -Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6= - - ‘A well-written, sensible piece of work, likely to please educated - and thoughtful girls.’--_The Globe._ - - ‘The book is interesting as a dramatic representation of incidents - both tragical and heroic.’--_Inverness Courier._ - - ‘The numerous characters in the story are vivid portraitures, the - very humblest has nothing of the puppet in him or her, and the story - from the first page to the last is highly interesting, realistic, and - natural.’--_Scotsman._ - -=YOUNG DENYS=: a Story of the Days of Napoleon. By ELEANOR C. PRICE, -author of _In the Lion’s Mouth_, _Miss Latimer of Bryans_, _The Little -One_, _A Lost Battle_, &c. With six Illustrations by G. Nicolet. =3/6= - - ‘An interesting tale of the great Napoleon.’--_Punch._ - - ‘Children of any age can enjoy its quiet vigour and character - sketches.’--_Spectator._ - -=A SOLDIER OF THE LEGION=: a Romance. By DAVID LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author -of _The Brotherhood of the Coast_, _The Rebel Commodore_, &c. With -seventeen Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6= - - ‘A spirited romance of adventure ... which follows the career of a - young Englishman in the Carlist wars.’--_Scotsman._ - - ‘Distinguished alike for accuracy in detail and for vivid - imagination.’--_The Standard._ - -=SWEPT OUT TO SEA.= By DAVID KER, author of _Prisoner among Pirates_, -_Cossack and Czar_, _Vanished_, _The Wizard King_, &c. With six -Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =3/6= - - ‘A fine stirring story of adventure on sea and land.... The - local colour of the West Indies is laid on delicately and - truthfully.’--_Birmingham Gazette._ - - ‘Crowded with adventure and excitement.’--_Black and White._ - -=TWO BOY TRAMPS.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, author of _Bert Lloyd’s -Boyhood_, _Fergus Mactavish_, &c. With six Illustrations by H. Sandham. -=3/6= - - ‘An uncommonly good tale.’--_School Board Chronicle._ - - ‘There is plenty of incident, and the interest is throughout well - kept up.’--_Spectator._ - -=THE BLUE BALLOON=: a Tale of the Shenandoah Valley. By REGINALD -HORSLEY. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= - - ‘We have seldom read a finer tale. It is a kind of - masterpiece.’--_Methodist Times._ - -=THE WIZARD KING=: a Story of the Last Moslem Invasion of Europe. By -DAVID KER. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= - - ‘This volume ought to find an army of admiring readers.’--_Liverpool - Mercury._ - -=THE REBEL COMMODORE= (Paul Jones); being Memoirs of the Earlier -Adventures of Sir Ascott Dalrymple. By D. LAWSON JOHNSTONE. With six -Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6= - - ‘It is a good story, full of hairbreadth escapes and perilous - adventures.’--_To-day._ - -[Illustration: ‘My land, William, I’ve got the drop on you.’ _From_ -HUNTED THROUGH FIJI, _by Reginald Horsley: price 3s. 6d._] - -=ROBIN REDBREAST.= By MRS MOLESWORTH, author of _Imogen_, _Next-Door -House_, _The Cuckoo Clock_, &c. With six original Illustrations by -Robert Barnes. =3/6= - - ‘It is a long time since we read a story for girls more simple, - natural, or interesting.’--_Publishers’ Circular._ - -=THE WHITE KAID OF THE ATLAS.= By J. MACLAREN COBBAN. With six -Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= - - ‘A well-told tale of adventure and daring in Morocco, in which the - late and the present Sultan both figure.... A very pleasant book to - read.’--_Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review._ - -=THE YELLOW GOD=: a Tale of some Strange Adventures. By REGINALD -HORSLEY. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= - - ‘Admirably designed, and set forth with life-like force.... A - first-rate book for boys.’--_Saturday Review._ - -=PRISONER AMONG PIRATES.= By DAVID KER, author of _Cossack and Czar_, -_The Wild Horseman of the Pampas_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S. -Stacey. =3/6= - - ‘A singularly good story, calculated to encourage what is noble and - manly in boys.’--_Athenæum._ - -=JOSIAH MASON: A BIOGRAPHY.= With Sketches of the History of the Steel -Pen and Electroplating Trades. By JOHN THACKRAY BUNCE. With Portrait -and Illustrations. =3/6= - -=FOUR ON AN ISLAND=: a Story of Adventure. By L. T. MEADE, author of -_Daddy’s Boy_, _Scamp and I_, _Wilton Chase_, &c. With six original -Illustrations by W. Rainey. =3/6= - - ‘This is a very bright description of modern Crusoes.’--_Graphic._ - -=IN THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN PLUME=: a Tale of Adventure. By DAVID -LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author of _The Paradise of the North_, _The Mountain -Kingdom_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= - - ‘Most thrilling, and excellently worked out.’--_Graphic._ - -=THE DINGO BOYS=; or the Squatters of Wallaby Range. By GEORGE MANVILLE -FENN, author of _The Rajah of Dah_, _In the King’s Name_, &c. With six -original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= - -=THE CHILDREN OF WILTON CHASE.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Four on an -Island_, _Scamp and I_, &c. With six Illustrations by Everard Hopkins. -=3/6= - - ‘Both entertaining and instructive.’--_Spectator._ - -=THE PARADISE OF THE NORTH=: a Story of Discovery and Adventure around -the Pole. By D. LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author of _Richard Tregellas_, _The -Mountain Kingdom_, &c. With fifteen Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6= - - ‘Marked by a Verne-like fertility of fancy.’--_Saturday Review._ - -=THE RAJAH OF DAH.= By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _In the King’s -Name_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= - - - - -Price 2s. 6d. - - -=ANIMAL STORIES.= Selected and edited by ROBERT COCHRANE, editor of -_Great Thinkers and Workers_, _Romance of Industry and Invention_, &c. -Profusely Illustrated. =2/6= - - A selection of varied true stories of animal life, illustrating - sagacity, instinct, the almost human traits of monkeys, speaking - powers of parrots, the usefulness and cleverness of many dogs, - horses, elephants, and hairbreadth escapes from lions, tigers, - bears, and snakes. The examples are drawn from a wide field, and the - narratives are brightly written. - -=ELSIE’S MAGICIAN.= By FRED WHISHAW, author of _Boris the Bear Hunter_, -_A Tsar’s Gratitude_, &c. With ten Illustrations by Lewis Baumer. =2/6= - - A pretty story told with real humour and vivacity of how a little - London girl managed to provide for her mother a much-needed holiday - abroad, and brought together a father and daughter who had been - alienated for many years to the sorrow and misfortune of both. - -=THE ROMANCE OF COMMERCE.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, LL.B., B.A. With -fifteen Illustrations. =2/6= - - ‘Sure to fascinate young lads fond of tales of adventure and - daring.’--_Evening News._ - -=ABIGAIL TEMPLETON=; or Brave Efforts. A Story of To-day. By -EMMA MARSHALL, author of _Under Salisbury Spire_, &c. With four -Illustrations by J. Finnemore. =2/6= - - ‘A bright and happy narrative.... Told with great - spirit.’--_Birmingham Gazette._ - -=THE ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY AND INVENTION.= Selected by ROBERT COCHRANE, -editor of _Great Thinkers and Workers_, _Beneficent and Useful Lives_, -_Adventure and Adventurers_, _Recent Travel and Adventure_, _Good -and Great Women_, _Heroic Lives_, &c. With 34 process and woodcut -Illustrations. =2/6= - - ‘It is hard to say which chapter is the best, for each seems more - interesting than the last.’--_The Queen._ - - ‘A most interesting and inspiring book.’--_Colliery Guardian._ - - ‘We can recommend this work as at once instructive and - interesting.’--_New Age._ - -=THROUGH THICK AND THIN=: The Story of a School Campaign. By ANDREW -HOME, author of _From Fag to Monitor_, _Disturbers of the Peace_, &c. -With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. =2/6= - - ‘This is just the kind of book for boys to rave over; it does not - cram moral axioms down their throats, the characters act them - instead.’--_Glasgow Daily Mail._ - -=PLAYMATES=: A Story for Boys and Girls. By L. T. MEADE. With six -Illustrations by G. Nicolet. =2/6= - - ‘The charm of Mrs Meade’s stories for children is well sustained in - this pretty and instructive tale.’--_Liverpool Mercury._ - -=OUTSKERRY=: The Story of an Island. By HELEN WATERS. With four -Illustrations by R. Burns. =2/6= - - ‘The diversion provided is varied beyond expectation (and indeed - belief). We read of an “Arabian Night’s Entertainment,” but here is - enough for an Arctic night.’--_The Times._ - -[Illustration: ‘There’ll be more than one dead corpse amongst you afore -you can say knife, mark me!’ _From_ THE ‘ROVER’S’ QUEST, _by Hugh St -Leger; price 3s. 6d._ Page 91.] - -=WHITE TURRETS.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Carrots_, _Olivia_, &c. -With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. =2/6= - - ‘A charming story.... A capital antidote to the unrest that inspires - young folks that seek for some great thing to do, while the great - thing for them is at their hand and at their home.’--_Scotsman._ - -=HUGH MELVILLE’S QUEST=: a Boy’s Adventures in the Days of the Armada. -By F. M. HOLMES. With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. =2/6= - - ‘A refreshing, stirring story ... and one sure to delight young boys - and young girls too.’--_Spectator._ - -=ELOCUTION=, a Book for Reciters and Readers. Edited by R. C. H. -MORISON. =2/6= - - ‘No elocutionist’s library can be said to be complete without this - neatly bound volume of 500 pages.... An introduction on the art of - elocution is a gem of conciseness and intellectual teaching.’--_Era._ - - ‘One of the best books of its kind in the English - language.’--_Glasgow Citizen._ - -=VANISHED=, or the Strange Adventures of Arthur Hawkesleigh. By DAVID -KER. Illustrated by W. Boucher. =2/6= - - ‘It must be ranked high amongst its kind.’--_Spectator._ - - ‘A quite entrancing tale of adventure.’--_Athenæum._ - -=THISTLE AND ROSE.= By AMY WALTON. Illustrated by Robert Barnes. =2/6= - - ‘Is as desirable a present to make to a girl as any one could - wish.’--_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._ - -=ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS=; being True Tales of Daring, Peril, and -Heroism. With Illustrations. =2/6= - - ‘The narratives are as fascinating as fiction.’--_British Weekly._ - -=BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY=: a Story of Three Homes. By AMY WALTON, author -of _White Lilac_, _A Pair of Clogs_, &c. With four Illustrations by -Robert Barnes. =2/6= - -=OUT OF REACH=: a Story. By ESMÈ STUART, author of _Through the Flood_, -_A Little Brown Girl_, &c. With four Illustrations by Robert Barnes. -=2/6= - - ‘The story is a very good one, and the book can be recommended for - girls’ reading.’--_Standard._ - -=IMOGEN=, or Only Eighteen. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With four Illustrations -by H. A. Bone. =2/6= - - ‘The book is an extremely clever one.’--_Daily Chronicle._ - - ‘A readable and very pretty story.’--_Black and White._ - -=THE LOST TRADER=, or the Mystery of the _Lombardy_. By HENRY FRITH, -author of _The Cruise of the ‘Wasp,’_ _The Log of the ‘Bombastes,’_ &c. -With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. =2/6= - - ‘Mr Frith writes good sea-stories, and this is the best of them that - we have read.’--_Academy._ - -=BASIL WOOLLCOMBE, MIDSHIPMAN.= By ARTHUR LEE KNIGHT, author of _The -Adventures of a Midshipmite_, &c. With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey, -and other Illustrations. =2/6= - -=THE NEXT-DOOR HOUSE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With six Illustrations by W. -Hatherell. =2/6= - - ‘I venture to predict for it as loving a welcome as that received by - the inimitable _Carrots_.’--_Manchester Courier._ - -=COSSACK AND CZAR.= By DAVID KER, author of _The Boy Slave in Bokhara_, -_The Wild Horseman of the Pampas_, &c. With original Illustrations by -W. S. Stacey. =2/6= - - ‘There is not an uninteresting line in it.’--_Spectator._ - -=THROUGH THE FLOOD=, the Story of an Out-of-the-way Place. By ESMÈ -STUART. With Illustrations. =2/6= - - ‘A bright story of two girls, and shows how goodness rather than - beauty in a face can heal old strifes.’--_Friendly Leaves._ - -=WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.= By Mrs O’REILLY, author of _Joan and Jerry_, -_Phœbe’s Fortunes_, &c. With four Illustrations by H. A. Bone. =2/6= - - ‘A delightfully natural and attractive story.’--_Journal of - Education._ - -=ROSE AND LAVENDER.= By the author of _Laddie_, _Miss Toosey’s -Mission_, &c. With four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. =2/6= - - ‘A brightly-written tale, the characters in which, taken from humble - life, are sketched with lifelike naturalness.’--_Manchester Examiner._ - -=JOAN AND JERRY.= By Mrs O’REILLY, author of _Sussex Stories_, &c. With -four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. =2/6= - - ‘An unusually satisfactory story for girls.’--_Manchester Guardian._ - -=THE YOUNG RANCHMEN=, or Perils of Pioneering in the Wild West. By -CHARLES R. KENYON. With four original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey, -and other Illustrations. =2/6= - -=MEMOIR OF WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS.= With Autobiographic -Reminiscences of William Chambers, and Supplemental Chapter. 15th -edition. With Portraits and Illustrations. 2/6 - -=POPULAR RHYMES OF SCOTLAND.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. =2/6= - -=TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. _New Edition._ With -Illustrations. 2/6 - -=GOOD AND GREAT WOMEN=: a Book for Girls. Comprises brief lives of -Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Mrs -Beecher-Stowe, Jenny Lind, Charlotte Brontë, Mrs Hemans, Dorothy -Pattison. Numerous Illustrations. =2/6= - - ‘A brightly written volume, full to the brim of interesting and - instructive matter; and either as reader, reward, or library book, is - equally suitable.’--_Teachers’ Aid._ - -=LIVES OF LEADING NATURALISTS.= By H. ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, Professor of -Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. Illustrated. =2/6= - - ‘Popular and interesting by the skilful manner in which notices of - the lives of distinguished naturalists, from John Ray and Francis - Willoughby to Charles Darwin, are interwoven with the methodical - exposition of the progress of the science to which they are - devoted.’--_Scotsman._ - -=HISTORY OF THE REBELLION OF 1745-6.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. _New -Edition_, with Index and Illustrations. 2/6 - - ‘There is not to be found anywhere a better account of the events of - ’45 than that given here.’--_Newcastle Chronicle._ - -=BENEFICENT AND USEFUL LIVES.= Comprising Lord Shaftesbury, George -Peabody, Andrew Carnegie, Walter Besant, Samuel Morley, Sir James -Y. Simpson, Dr Arnold of Rugby, &c. By R. COCHRANE. With numerous -Illustrations. =2/6= - - ‘Nothing could be better than the author’s selection of facts setting - forth the beneficent lives of those generous men in the narrow - compass which the capacity of the volume allows.’--_School Board - Chronicle._ - -=GREAT THINKERS AND WORKERS=; being the Lives of Thomas Carlyle, -Lord Armstrong, Lord Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Sir Titus Salt, -W. M. Thackeray, Sir Henry Bessemer, John Ruskin, James Nasmyth, -Charles Kingsley, Builders of the Forth Bridge, &c. With numerous -Illustrations. =2/6= - - ‘One of the most fitting presents for a thoughtful boy that we have - come across.’--_Review of Reviews._ - -=RECENT TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.= Comprising Stanley and the Congo, -Lieutenant Greely, Joseph Thomson, Livingstone, Lady Brassey, Vambéry, -Burton, &c. Illustrated. Cloth. =2/6= - - ‘It is wonderful how much that is of absorbing interest has been - packed into this small volume.’--_Scotsman._ - -=LITERARY CELEBRITIES=; being brief biographies of Wordsworth, -Campbell, Moore, Jeffrey, and Macaulay. Illustrated. =2/6= - -=SONGS OF SCOTLAND= prior to Burns, with the Tunes, edited by ROBERT -CHAMBERS, LL.D. With Illustrations. =2/6= - - This volume embodies the whole of the pre-Burnsian songs of Scotland - that possess merit and are presentable, along with the music; each - accompanied by its own history. - -=GREAT HISTORIC EVENTS.= The Conquest of India, Indian Mutiny, French -Revolution, the Crusades, the Conquest of Mexico, Napoleon’s Russian -Campaign. Illustrated. =2/6= - -=HISTORICAL CELEBRITIES.= Comprising lives of Oliver Cromwell, -Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Duke of Wellington. Illustrated. 2/6 - - ‘The story of their life-work is told in such a way as to teach - important historical, as well as personal, lessons bearing upon the - political history of this country.’--_Schoolmaster._ - -=STORIES OF REMARKABLE PERSONS.= The Herschels, Mary Somerville, Sir -Walter Scott, A. T. Stewart, &c. By WILLIAM CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/6= - - Embraces about two dozen lives, and the biographical sketches are - freely interspersed with anecdotes, so as to make it popular and - stimulating reading for both young and old. - -=STORIES OF OLD FAMILIES.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/6= - - The Setons--Lady Jean Gordon--Countess of Nithsdale--Lady Grisell - Baillie--Grisell Cochrane--the Keiths--Lady Grange--Lady Jane - Douglas--Story of Wedderburn--Story of Erskine--Countess of - Eglintoun--Lady Forbes--the Dalrymples--Montrose--Buccleuch - Family--Argyll Family, &c. - -=YOUTH’S COMPANION AND COUNSELLOR.= By WILLIAM CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/6= - -=TALES FOR TRAVELLERS.= Selected from Chambers’s _Papers for the -People_. 2 volumes, each =2/6= - - Containing twelve tales by the author of _John Halifax, Gentleman_, - George Cupples, and other well-known writers. - - - - -Price 2s. - - -=BUNYAN’S PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.= With Index; and Prefatory Memoir by Rev. -JOHN BROWN, D.D., Bedford. Illustrated by J. D. Watson. =2/= - - A careful reprint, giving the best text of Bunyan’s masterpiece, with - a useful index for ready reference. - -=BRUCE’S TRAVELS.= Travels of James Bruce through part of Africa, -Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the -Nile. Illustrated. =2/= - - ‘An ideal volume for a school prize.’--_Publishers’ Circular._ - - ‘The record of his journey in this volume is full of fascination and - freshness. Few travellers have followed in Bruce’s footsteps; none - have seen with a clearer eye or left more vivid impressions of what - he saw.’--_Aberdeen Free Press._ - - ‘A healthier or more entertaining book it would be impossible to - place in the hands of any youth. When we look to the 358 pages of - clear letterpress, the capital illustrations, and the pretty binding, - the book seems a marvel of cheapness.’--_Perthshire Courier._ - -=THE HALF-CASTE=: an Old Governess’s Story, and other Tales. By the -author of _John Halifax, Gentleman_. =2/= - - ‘Cannot but edify, while it must of necessity gratify and please the - fortunate reader.’--_Liverpool Mercury._ - - ‘The volume contains six short stories, which may be unhesitatingly - recommended to such as relish fiction that is free from all - morbidness, and is at the same time interesting.’--_Publishers’ - Circular._ - -=THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF MUNGO PARK IN AFRICA.= With Illustrations, -Introduction, and concluding chapter on the Present Position of Affairs -in the Niger Territory. =2/= - - ‘Few books of travel have acquired so speedy and extensive a - reputation as this of Park’s.’--THOMAS CARLYLE. - - ‘A notable work well worthy of recommendation.’--_Birmingham Gazette._ - -=TWO ROYAL LIVES=: Queen Victoria, William I., German Emperor. =2/= - -=FOUR GREAT PHILANTHROPISTS=: Lord Shaftesbury, George Peabody, John -Howard, J. F. Oberlin. Illustrated. =2/= - - Shows the good accomplished through the agency of the lives and - labours of a noble Earl, a millionaire, a prison reformer, and the - humble pastor of the remote Ban de la Roche. - -=TWO GREAT AUTHORS.= Lives of Scott and Carlyle. =2/= - - ‘Youthful readers will find these accounts of the boyhood - and youth of two of the three Scotch literary giants full of - interest.’--_Schoolmaster._ - -=EMINENT ENGINEERS.= Lives of Watt, Stephenson, Telford, and Brindley. -=2/= - - ‘All young persons should read it, for it is in an excellent sense - educational. It were devoutly to be wished that young people would - take delight in such biographies.’--_Indian Engineer._ - -=TALES OF THE GREAT AND BRAVE.= By MARGARET FRASER TYTLER. =2/= - - A collection of interesting biographies and anecdotes of great - men and women of history, in the style of Scott’s _Tales of a - Grandfather_, written by a niece of the historian of Scotland. - -=THROUGH STORM AND STRESS.= By J. S. FLETCHER. With Frontispiece by W. -S. Stacey. =2/= - - ‘Full of excitement and incident.’--_Dundee Advertiser._ - -=GREAT WARRIORS=: Nelson, Wellington, Napoleon. =2/= - - ‘One of the most instructive books published this - season.’--_Liverpool Mercury._ - -=HEROIC LIVES=: Livingstone, Stanley, General Gordon, Lord Dundonald. -=2/= - - ‘It would be difficult to name four other lives in which we find - more enterprise, adventure, achievement.... The book is sure to - please.’--_Leeds Mercury._ - -=THE REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF WALTER TRELAWNEY=, Parish ’Prentice of -Plymouth, in the year of the Great Armada. Re-told by J. S. FLETCHER, -author of _Through Storm and Stress_, &c. With Frontispiece by W. S. -Stacey. =2/= - - ‘A wonderfully vivid story of the year of the Great Armada; far more - effective than the unwholesome trash which so often does duty for - boys’ books nowadays.’--_Idler._ - -=FIVE VICTIMS=: a School-room Story. By M. BRAMSTON, author of _Boys -and Girls_, _Uncle Ivan_, &c. With Frontispiece by H. A. Bone. =2/= - - ‘A delightful book for children. Miss Bramston has told her simple - story extremely well.’--_Associates’ Journal._ - -=SOME BRAVE BOYS AND GIRLS.= By EDITH C. KENYON, author of _The Little -Knight_, _Wilfrid Clifford_, &c. =2/= - - ‘A capital book: will be read with delight by both boys and - girls.’--_Manchester Examiner._ - -=ELIZABETH=, or Cloud and Sunshine. By HENLEY I. ARDEN, author of -_Leather Mill Farm_, _Aunt Bell_, &c. With Frontispiece by Herbert A. -Bone. =2/= - - ‘This is a charming story, and in every way suitable as a gift-book - or prize for girls.’--_Schoolmaster._ - -=HEROES OF ROMANTIC ADVENTURE=, being Biographical Sketches of Lord -Clive, founder of British supremacy in India; Captain John Smith, -founder of the colony of Virginia; the Good Knight Bayard; and -Garibaldi, the Italian patriot. Illustrated. =2/= - -=FAMOUS MEN.= Illustrated. =2/= - - Biographical Sketches of Lord Dundonald, George Stephenson, Lord - Nelson, Louis Napoleon, Captain Cook, George Washington, Sir Walter - Scott, Peter the Great, &c. - -=LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.= Illustrated. =2/= - - ‘A fine example of attractive biographical writing.... A short - address, “The Way to Wealth,” should be read by every young man in - the kingdom.’--_Teachers’ Aid._ - -=EMINENT WOMEN=, and Tales for Girls. Illustrated. =2/= - - ‘The lives include those of Grace Darling, Joan of Arc, Flora - Macdonald, Helen Gray, Madame Roland, and others.’--_Teachers’ Aid._ - -=TALES FROM CHAMBERS’S JOURNAL.= 4 vols., each =2/= - - Comprise interesting short stories by James Payn, Hugh Conway, D. - Christie Murray, Walter Thornbury, G. Manville Fenn, Dutton Cook, J. - B. Harwood, and other popular writers. - -=BIOGRAPHY, EXEMPLARY AND INSTRUCTIVE.= Edited by W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. -=2/= - - The Editor gives in this volume a selection of biographies of those - who, while exemplary in their private lives, became the benefactors - of their species by the still more exemplary efforts of their - intellect. - -=OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS=--the Dog, Cat, Horse, and Elephant. With numerous -Illustrations. =2/= - -=AILIE GILROY.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/= - - ‘The life of a poor Scotch lassie ... a book that will - be highly esteemed for its goodness as well as for its - attractiveness.’--_Teachers’ Aid._ - -=ESSAYS, FAMILIAR AND HUMOROUS.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D. 2 vols., -each =2/= - - Contains some of the finest essays, tales, and social sketches of - the author of _Traditions of Edinburgh_, reprinted from _Chambers’s - Journal_. - -=MARITIME DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE.= Illustrated. =2/= - - Columbus--Balboa--Richard Falconer--North-east Passage--South - Sea Marauders--Alexander Selkirk--Crossing the Line--Genuine - Crusoes--Castaway--Scene with a Pirate, &c. - -=SHIPWRECKS AND TALES OF THE SEA.= Illustrated. =2/= - - ‘A collection of narratives of many famous shipwrecks, with other - tales of the sea.... The tales of fortitude under difficulties, - and in times of extreme peril, as well as the records of - adherence to duty, contained in this volume, cannot but be of - service.’--_Practical Teacher._ - -=SKETCHES, LIGHT AND DESCRIPTIVE.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/= - - A selection from contributions to _Chambers’s Journal_, ranging over - a period of thirty years. - -=MISCELLANY OF INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING TRACTS.= Each =2/= - - These Tracts comprise Tales, Poetry, Ballads, Remarkable Episodes - in History, Papers on Social Economy, Domestic Management, Science, - Travel, &c. The articles contain wholesome and attractive reading for - Mechanics’, Parish, School, and Cottage Libraries. - - _s._ _d._ - 20 Vols. cloth 20 0 - 10 Vols. cloth 20 0 - 10 Vols. cloth, gilt edges 25 0 - 10 Vols, half-calf 45 0 - 160 Nos. each 0 1 - Which may be had separately. - - - - -Price 1s. 6d. - - - With Illustrations. - -=SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON.= Their Life and Adventures on a Desert Island. -=1/6= - -=SKETCHES OF ANIMAL LIFE AND HABITS.= By ANDREW WILSON, Ph.D., &c =1/6= - - A popular natural history text-book, and a guide to the use of the - observing powers. Compiled with a view of affording the young and the - general reader trustworthy ideas of the animal world. - -=RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY MEN.= =1/6= - - ‘A readable and entertaining book.’--_Manchester Guardian._ - -=EXPERIENCES OF A BARRISTER.= =1/6= - - Eleven tales embracing experiences of a barrister and attorney. - -=BEGUMBAGH=, a Tale of the Indian Mutiny. =1/6= - - A thrilling tale by GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. - -=THE BUFFALO HUNTERS=, and other Tales. =1/6= - - Fourteen short stories reprinted from _Chambers’s Journal_. - -=TALES OF THE COASTGUARD=, and other Stories. =1/6= - - Fifteen interesting stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. - -=THE CONSCRIPT=, and other Tales. =1/6= - - Twenty-two short stories specially adapted for perusal by the young. - -=THE DETECTIVE OFFICER=, by ‘WATERS;’ and other Tales. =1/6= - - Nine entertaining detective stories, with three others. - -=FIRESIDE TALES AND SKETCHES.= =1/6= - - Contains eighteen tales and sketches by R. Chambers, LL.D., and - others by P. B. St John, A. M. Sargeant, &c. - -=THE GOLD-SEEKERS=, and other Tales. =1/6= - - Seventeen interesting tales from _Chambers’s Journal_. - -=THE HOPE OF LEASCOMBE=, and other Stories. =1/6= - - The principal tale inculcates the lesson that we cannot have - everything our own way, and that passion and impulse are not reliable - counsellors. - -=THE ITALIAN’S CHILD=, and other Tales. =1/6= - - Fifteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. - -=JURY-ROOM TALES.= =1/6= - - Entertaining stories by James Payn, G. M. Fenn, and others. - -=KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =1/6= - - ‘Illustrates, by means of a series of anecdotes, the intelligence, - gentleness, and docility of the brute creation.’--_Sunday Times._ - -=THE MIDNIGHT JOURNEY.= By LEITCH RITCHIE; and other Tales. =1/6= - - Sixteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. - -=OLDEN STORIES.= =1/6= - - Sixteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. - -[Illustration: Patience was sitting idly crooning a monotonous wailing -sound to which she put no words. _From_ A DAUGHTER OF THE KLEPHTS, _by -Mrs Isabella Fyvie Mayo; price 3s. 6d._ P. 148] - -=THE RIVAL CLERKS=, and other Tales. =1/6= - - The first tale shows how dishonesty and roguery are punished, and - virtue triumphs in the end. - -=ROBINSON CRUSOE.= By DANIEL DEFOE. =1/6= - - A handy edition, profusely illustrated. - -=PARLOUR TALES AND STORIES.= =1/6= - - Seventeen short tales from the old series of _Chambers’s Journal_, by - Anna Maria Sargeant, Mrs Crowe, Percy B. St John, Leitch Ritchie, &c. - -=THE SQUIRE’S DAUGHTER=, and other Tales. =1/6= - - Fifteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. - -=TALES FOR HOME READING.= =1/6= - - Sixteen short stories from the old series of _Chambers’s Journal_, - by A. M. Sargeant, Frances Brown, Percy B. St John, Mrs Crowe, and - others. - -=TALES FOR YOUNG AND OLD.= =1/6= - - Fourteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_, by Mrs Crowe, Miss - Sargeant, Percy B. St John, &c. - -=TALES OF ADVENTURE.= =1/6= - - Twenty-one tales, comprising wonderful escapes from wolves and bears, - American Indians, and pirates; life on a desert island; extraordinary - swimming adventures, &c. - -=TALES OF THE SEA.= =1/6= - - Five thrilling sea tales, by G. Manville Fenn, J. B. Harwood, and - others. - -=TALES AND STORIES TO SHORTEN THE WAY.= =1/6= - - Fifteen interesting tales from _Chambers’s Journal_. - -=TALES FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY.= =1/6= - - Twenty-two tales and sketches, by R. CHAMBERS, LL.D., and other - writers. - -=HOME-NURSING.= By RACHEL A. NEUMAN. Paper, =1/=; cloth, =1/6= - - A work intended to help the inexperienced and those who in a sudden - emergency are called upon to do the work of home-nursing. - - - - -Price 1s. - - -=COOKERY FOR YOUNG HOUSEWIVES.= By ANNIE M. GRIGGS. =1/= - - A book of practical utility, showing how tasteful and nutritious - dishes may be prepared at little expense. - - - - -NEW SERIES OF CHAMBERS’S LIBRARY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. - - - ILLUSTRATED. - - Price 1s. - - ‘Excellent popular biographies.’--_British Weekly._ - - POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES. - -=WALLACE AND BRUCE=: Heroes of Scotland. By MARY COCHRANE, L.L.A. -Illustrated. =1/= - - This little book gives the main outlines of the lives of the - founders of Scottish political freedom. In its preparation the best - authorities have been consulted, and here is given in small bulk the - results of research only to be found in larger volumes more difficult - of access. - -=WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE=: the Story of his Life and Times. By EVAN J. -CUTHBERTSON. With Portrait and numerous Illustrations. =1/= - - Gives in brief and compact form what history, tradition, and research - are able to tell us of the life-story of the world’s greatest - dramatist. An attempt is made to picture the England he lived in, the - scenes among which he moved, the people he associated with, and the - customs that bound him. - -=QUEEN VICTORIA=: the Story of her Life and Reign. =1/= - - ‘A sympathetic and popular sketch of the life and rule of our Queen - up to the present day.’--_Manchester Guardian._ - -=LORD SHAFTESBURY AND GEORGE PEABODY.= Being the Story of Two Great -Public Benefactors. With Portraits. =1/= - - ‘Cheap, interesting, and readable biographies.’--_Methodist Times._ - - ‘May be recommended to young readers as being as inspiring as it is - interesting.’--_Scotsman._ - -=WILLIAM I., GERMAN EMPEROR, AND HIS SUCCESSORS.= By MARY COCHRANE, -L.L.A. Illustrated. =1/= - - ‘Must take a prominent place among compilations on the same - subject.... Compact and comprehensive.’--_Daily Chronicle._ - -=THOMAS CARLYLE=: the Story of his Life and Writings. =1/= - - ‘We don’t know where to find a better biography of any man at the - price.’--_Methodist Times._ - -=THOMAS ALVA EDISON=: the Story of his Life and Inventions. By E. C. -KENYON. =1/= - - ‘It will repay any one who is interested in Edison’s various works to - read this little book.’--_Inventions._ - -=THE STORY OF WATT AND STEPHENSON.= =1/= - - ‘As a gift-book for boys this is simply first-rate.’--_Schoolmaster._ - -=THE STORY OF NELSON AND WELLINGTON.= =1/= - - ‘This book is cheap, artistic, and instructive. It should be in the - library of every home and school.’--_Schoolmaster._ - -=GENERAL GORDON AND LORD DUNDONALD=: the Story of Two Heroic Lives. =1/= - -=THOMAS TELFORD AND JAMES BRINDLEY.= =1/= - - ‘This is a capital book for boys of active and inquiring - mind.’--_Saturday Review._ - -=LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY=: the Story of the opening up of the Dark -Continent. =1/= - -=COLUMBUS AND COOK=: the Story of their Lives, Voyages, and -Discoveries. =1/= - - ‘Models of compact biography.’--_Christian World._ - - ‘Is a fascinating and historical account of daring - adventure.’--_Bristol Mercury._ - -=THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D. -Revised, with additions, including the AUTOBIOGRAPHY. =1/= - - Besides the AUTOBIOGRAPHY, many interesting and characteristic - anecdotes of the boyhood of Scott, which challenge the attention of - the young reader, have been added; while the whole has been revised - and brought up to date. - -=THE STORY OF HOWARD AND OBERLIN.= =1/= - - The book is equally divided between the lives of Howard the prison - reformer, and Oberlin the pastor and philanthropist, who worked such - a wonderful reformation amongst the dwellers in a valley of the - Vosges Mountains. - -=THE STORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.= =1/= - - A brief and graphic life of the first Napoleon, set in a history of - his own times: the battle of Waterloo, as of special interest to - English readers, being fully narrated. - -=PERSEVERANCE AND SUCCESS=: the Life of William Hutton. =1/= - -=STORY OF A LONG AND BUSY LIFE.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =1/= - - - - -STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. - - -=WONDERFUL STORIES FOR CHILDREN.= By HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. -Translated by Mary Howitt. Illustrated. =1/= - - One of the first forms in which these ever-delightful stories of Hans - Andersen were given to the British public. - -=A FAIRY GRANDMOTHER=; or, Madge Ridd, a Little London Waif. By L. E. -TIDDEMAN, author of _A Humble Heroine_. =1/= - - A realistic story of a London waif, who runs off from a drunken - mother, and who after many adventures is adopted by a good old lady - in the country, who proves herself a fairy grandmother indeed. - -=THE CHILDREN OF MELBY HALL.= By M. and J. M’KEAN. Illustrated. =1/= - - These talks and stories of plant and animal life afford simple - lessons on the importance of ‘Eyes and No Eyes,’ and show what an - immense interest the study of natural history, even in its simplest - forms, will produce in the minds of young folks. - -=MARK WESTCROFT, CORDWAINER=: a Village Story. By F. SCARLETT POTTER. -=1/= - -=A HUMBLE HEROINE.= By L. E. TIDDEMAN. =1/= - -=BABY JOHN.= By the author of _Laddie_, _Tip-Cat_, _Rose and Lavender_, -&c. With Frontispiece by H. A. Bone. =1/= - - ‘Told with quite an unusual amount of pathos.’--_Spectator._ - -=THE GREEN CASKET=; =LEO’S POST-OFFICE=; =BRAVE LITTLE DENIS=. By Mrs -MOLESWORTH. =1/= - - Three charming stories by the author of the _Cuckoo Clock_, each - teaching an important moral lesson. - -=JOHN’S ADVENTURES=: a Tale of Old England. By THOMAS MILLER, author of -_Boy’s Country Book_, &c. =1/= - -=THE BEWITCHED LAMP.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With Frontispiece by Robert -Barnes. =1/= - -=ERNEST’S GOLDEN THREAD.= =1/= - -=LITTLE MARY=, and other Stories. By L. T. MEADE. =1/= - -=THE LITTLE KNIGHT.= By EDITH C. KENYON. =1/= - - ‘Has an admirable moral.... Natural, amusing, pathetic.’--_Manchester - Guardian._ - -=WILFRID CLIFFORD=, or The Little Knight Again. By EDITH C. KENYON. -With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey. =1/= - -=ZOE.= By the author of _Tip-Cat_, _Laddie_, &c. =1/= - - ‘A charming and touching study of child life.’--_Scotsman._ - -=UNCLE SAM’S MONEY-BOX.= By Mrs S. C. Hall. =1/= - -=THEIR HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS.= By EDNA LYALL, author of _Donovan_, &c. =1/= - -=FIRESIDE AMUSEMENTS=; a Book of Indoor Games. =1/= - - ‘A thoroughly useful work, which should be welcomed by all who have - the organisation of children’s parties.’--_Review of Reviews._ - -=THE STEADFAST GABRIEL=: a Tale of Wichnor Wood. By MARY HOWITT. =1/= - -=GRANDMAMMA’S POCKETS.= By Mrs S. C. HALL. =1/= - -=THE SWAN’S EGG.= By Mrs S. C. HALL. =1/= - -=MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY=, and =LIFE OF A SAILOR BOY=. =1/= - -=DUTY AND AFFECTION=, or the Drummer-boy. =1/= - - A thrilling narrative of the wars of the first Napoleon. - -=FAMOUS POETRY.= Being a collection of the best English verse. -Illustrated. =1/= - - - - -Price 9d. - - - Cloth, Illustrated. - -=YOUNG KING ARTHUR.= - -=THE LITTLE CAPTIVE KING.= - -=FOUND ON THE BATTLEFIELD.= - -=ALICE ERROL=, and other Tales. - -=THE WHISPERER.= By Mrs S. C. HALL. - -=TRUE HEROISM=, and other Stories. - -=PICCIOLA=, and other Tales. - -=TWELFTH NIGHT KING.= - -=JOE FULWOOD’S TRUST.= - -=PAUL ARNOLD.= - -=CLEVER BOYS.= - -=THE LITTLE ROBINSON.= - -=MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY.= - -=MY BIRTHDAY BOOK.= - - - - -Price 6d. - - - Cloth, with Illustrations. - - ‘For good literature at a cheap rate, commend us to a little series - published by W. & R. Chambers, which consists of a number of readable - stories by good writers.’--_Review of Reviews._ - - ‘One contains three little stories from the pen of Mrs Molesworth, - one of the most charming of writers for the little ones; and the - name of L. T. Meade is a guarantee of good reading of a kind which - children are sure to enjoy.’--_School Board Chronicle._ - -=CASSIE, and LITTLE MARY.= By L. T. MEADE. - -=A LONELY PUPPY=, and =THE TAMBOURINE GIRL=. By L. T. MEADE. - -=LEO’S POST-OFFICE=, and =BRAVE LITTLE DENIS=. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. - -=GERALD AND DOT.= By Mrs FAIRBAIRN. - -=KITTY AND HARRY.= By EMMA GELLIBRAND, author of _J. Cole_. - -=DICKORY DOCK.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Scamp and I_, &c. - -=FRED STAMFORD’S START IN LIFE.= By Mrs FAIRBAIRN. - -=NESTA=; or Fragments of a Little Life. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. - -=NIGHT-HAWKS.= By the Hon. EVA KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN. - -=A FARTHINGFUL.= By L. T. MEADE. - -=POOR MISS CAROLINA.= By L. T. MEADE. - -=THE GOLDEN LADY.= By L. T. MEADE. - -=MALCOLM AND DORIS=; or Learning to Help. By DAVINA WATERSON. - -=WILLIE NICHOLLS=; or False Shame and True Shame. - -=SELF-DENIAL.= By Miss EDGEWORTH. - -_W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London and Edinburgh._ - - * * * * * - -Transcriber’s Notes: - -Captions for illustrations have been made consistent. - -Punctuation has been made consistent. - -Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in -the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have -been corrected. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of W. & R. Chambers' Catalogue. - 1897, by -W. & R. Chambers - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK W. & R. 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