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A Classified Catalogue of Selected Works Published by George Bell and Sons

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

Reading edition

Andersen (Hans Christian). Fairy Tales and Sketches. Translated by C. C. Peachey, H. Ward, A. Plesner, &c. With numerous Illustrations by Otto Speckter and others. 7th thousand. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

—— Tales for Children. With 48 full-page Illustrations by Wehnert, and 57 small Engravings on Wood by W. Thomas. 13th thousand. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

—— Danish Legends and Fairy Tales. Translated from the Original by Caroline Peachey. With a Short Life of the Author, and 120 Wood Engravings, chiefly by Foreign Artists. Small post 8vo. 5s.

Edgeworth’s Stories for Children. With 8 Illustrations by L. Speed. Small post 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Grimm’s Gammer Grethel; or, German Fairy Tales and Popular Stories, containing 42 Fairy Tales. Translated by Edgar Taylor. With numerous Woodcuts after George Cruikshank and Ludwig Grimm. 3s. 6d.

—— Tales. With the Notes of the Original. Translated by Mrs. A. Hunt. With Introduction by Andrew Lang, M.A. 2 vols. 3s. 6d. each.

Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. With Introductory Remarks by Rev. J. Sherman. With 8 full-page Illustrations. Small post 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The Wide, Wide World. A Story. By Elizabeth Wetherell. Sm. post 8vo. 3s. 6d.

CAPT. MARRYAT’S BOOKS FOR BOYS.

Uniform Illustrated Edition. Small post 8vo. 3s. 6d. each.

Poor Jack.

The Mission; or, Scenes in Africa.

The Pirate, and Three Cutters.

Peter Simple.

The Settlers in Canada.

The Privateersman.

Masterman Ready.

Midshipman Easy.

MRS. GATTY’S BOOKS.

Parables from Nature. Illustrated Edition. With Notes on the Natural History, and numerous full-page Illustrations by W. Holman Hunt, E. Burne Jones, J. Tenniel, J. Wolf, and other eminent artists. Complete edition with short Memoir by J. H. Ewing. Fcap. 4to. 10s. 6d. Uniform Edition. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. each. Pocket Volume Edition. 2 vols. Imp. 32mo. 5s. Cheap Edition. Illustrated. 2 vols. Fcap. 4to. paper covers, 1s. each; or bound in 1 vol. cloth, 3s.

The Fairy Godmothers, and other Tales. 7th edition. 2s. 6d.

Worlds not Realised, and Proverbs Illustrated. 3rd edition. 3s. 6d.

Domestic Pictures and Tales. With 6 Illustrations. 3s. 6d.

Aunt Judy’s Tales. Illustr. by Clara S. Lane. 9th edition. 3s. 6d.

The Hundredth Birthday, and other Tales. With Illustrations by Phiz. New edition, revised. 3s. 6d.

MRS. EWING’S BOOKS.

Uniform Edition, in 9 vols.

We and The World. A Story for Boys. By the late Juliana Horatio Ewing. With 7 Illustrations by W. L. Jones. 4th edition. 3s.

A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, Some Passages in the Life of an Only Son. With 12 Illustrations by H. Allingham. 16th edition. 3s.

Mrs. Overtheway’s Remembrances. Illustrated with 9 fine full-page Engravings by Pasquier, and Frontispiece by Wolf. 5th edition. 3s.

Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls. With 10 Illustrations by Mrs. Allingham. 8th edition. 3s.

Jan of the Windmill: a Story of the Plains. With 11 Illustrations by Mrs. Allingham. 5th edition. 3s.

A Great Emergency. A very Ill-tempered Family—Our Field—Madame Liberality. With 4 Illustrations. 3rd edition. 3s.

Melchior’s Dream. The Blackbird’s Nest—Friedrich’s Ballad—A Bit of Green—Monsieur the Viscount’s Friend—The Yew Lane Ghosts—A Bad Habit—A Happy Family. With 8 Illustrations by Gordon Browne. 7th edition. 3s.

Lob-Lie-by-the-Fire, or the Luck of Lingborough; and other Tales. With 3 Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 4th edition. Imp. 16mo. 3s. 6d.

The Brownies. The Land of Lost Toys—Three Christmas-trees—An Idyl of the Wood—Christmas Crackers—Amelia and the Dwarfs—Timothy’s Shoes—Benjy in Beastland. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. 7th edition. Imp. 16mo. 3s. 6d.

THE SHILLING SERIES.

Fcap. 4to. double columns, Illustrated, 1s. each.

Mrs. Ewing’s Melchior’s Bream, and other Tales.

—— A Flat Iron for a Farthing.

—— Six to Sixteen.

—— We and the World.

—— Mrs. Overtheway’s Remembrances.

—— Jan of the Windmill.

—— A Great Emergency, and other Tales.

—— The Brownies, and other Tales.

Mrs. Gatty’s Parables from Nature. Two Series, each 1s.

Miss Procter’s Legends and Lyrics. Two Series, each 1s.

Hector. A Story for Young People. With 12 Illustrations by W. J. Hennessey. By Flora Shaw, Author of ‘Castle Blair.’

Andersen’s Tales. Translated by Caroline Peachey.

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