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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.

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THE HALF-CASTE: an Old Governess’s Story, and other Tales. By the author of John Halifax, Gentleman. 2/

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‘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.

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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/

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EMINENT ENGINEERS. Lives of Watt, Stephenson, Telford, and Brindley. 2/

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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/

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GREAT WARRIORS: Nelson, Wellington, Napoleon. 2/

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HEROIC LIVES: Livingstone, Stanley, General Gordon, Lord Dundonald. 2/

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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/

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FIVE VICTIMS: a School-room Story. By M. Bramston, author of Boys and Girls, Uncle Ivan, &c. With Frontispiece by H. A. Bone. 2/

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SOME BRAVE BOYS AND GIRLS. By Edith C. Kenyon, author of The Little Knight, Wilfrid Clifford, &c. 2/

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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.

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