HANDSOME GIFT-BOOKS FOR Young Men and Maidens.
Reading edition
Girl's Own Indoor Book. Edited by Charles Peters. 528 pages, 8-1/2 × 6-1/2. With over one hundred and fifty illustrations. 8s. cloth, gilt edges.
Containing practical helps to Girls in all matters relating to their material comfort and moral well-being. By the Author of "How to be Happy though Married," Dora de Blaquiere, Dora Hope, Marie Karger, Lady Macfarren, Lady Lindsay, Ernst Pauer, Sir John Stainer, the Hon. Victoria Grosvenor, John C. Staples, Canon Fleming, "Medicus," Ruth Lamb, Sophia Caulfeild, and many others.
Indoor Games and Recreations. A popular Encyclopædia for Boys. Edited by G. A. Hutchison. Including chapters by J. N. Maskelyne, Lieut.-Col. Cuthell, Dr. Gordon Stables, r.n., Rev. A. N. Malan, m. a., C. Stansfield-Hicks, Dr. Stradling, and others. "Boy's Own Bookshelf." Vol. VIII. With many Engravings. Quarto. 8s. cloth boards, gilt edges. A splendid Gift-Book or Prize for Boys. 528 pages, 8-1/2 × 6-1/2.
The Handy Natural History. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, author of "Homes without Hands," etc., etc. 368 pages, 8 × 6-1/2 With 224 Engravings. 8s. cloth boards, gilt edges.
"A delightful book, and will make a very handsome and enviable high-class prize or present."—School Board Chronicle.
"A handsome volume, in which the author, a well-known naturalist, tells his readers in simple, untechnical language the habits and nature of birds, beasts, and reptiles. Mr. Wood's style is excellently adapted for attracting the interest and insuring the attention of even ordinarily careless readers."—Mail.