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W. & R. Chambers' Catalogue. - 1897

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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.

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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.

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