BOOKS FOR BOYS.

Beeton's Boys' Own Library.

The best set of Volumes for Prizes, Rewards, or Gifts to English Lads. They have all been prepared by Mr. Beeton with a view to their fitness in manly tone and handsome appearance for Presents for Youth, amongst whom they enjoy an unrivalled degree of popularity, which never flags.

Coloured Plates and Illustrations, price 5s. cloth; or cloth gilt, gilt edges, 6s. 1. Stories of the Wars. TILLOTSON. From the Rise of the Dutch Republic to the Death of Oliver Cromwell.

2. A Boy's Adventures in the Barons' Wars; or, How I won My Spurs. J. G. EDGAR.

3. Cressy and Poictiers. J. G. EDGAR.

4. Runnymede and Lincoln Fair. J. G. EDGAR.

5. Wild Sports of the World. J. GREENWOOD.

6. Curiosities of Savage Life. By the Author of "Wild Sports

of the World."

7. Hubert Ellis.

8. Don Quixote. CERVANTES. 300 Illustrations.

9. Gulliver's Travels. By Dean SWIFT.

10. Robinson Crusoe. By DANIEL DEFOE.

II. Silas the Conjurer.

12. Savage Habits and Customs.

Sports of the World."

13. Reuben Davidger. J. GREENWOOD.

By the Author of "Wild

14. Brave British Soldiers and the Victoria Cross.

15. Zoological Recreations. By W. J. BRODERIP, F.R.S.

16. Wild Animals in Freedom and Captivity.

18. The World's Explorers. Including Livingstone's Discoveries

and Stanley's Search.

19. The Man among the Monkeys; or, Ninety Days in Apeland. Illustrated by G. Doré.

20. Golden America. By JOHN TILLOTSON.

NEW BOOKS FOR BOYS.

Ice_World_Adventures; or, Voyages and Travels in the Arctic Regions. From the Earliest Period to the English Expedition of 1875. BY JAMES MASON. With 48 full-page and other Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s. Lion Hunting; or, Adventures and Exploits in India, Africa, and America. By JULES GERARD. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 5s.

Antony Waymouth; or, The Gentlemen Adventurers. By W. H. KINGSTON. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

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Beeton's Boys' Prize Library.

NEW PRESENTATION VOLUMES FOR BOYS. 1,088 pages, 8vo, with numerous Engravings, full-page and in the text, cloth gilt, price 5s.; gilt edges, 6s.

3. BEETON'S BRAVE TALES, BOLD BALLADS, AND TRAVELS BY SEA AND LAND. Containing: Historical StoriesHubert Ellis-Ingonyama-Highland Regiments as they Once Were-King of Trumps-Scientific Papers-Silas the Conjurer-Sports and PastimesVictoria Cross Gallery-The Zoological Gardens, &c.

Cloth, plain edges, 5s.; gilt edges, 6s.

4. BEETON'S TALES OF CHIVALRY, SCHOOL STORIES, MECHANICS AT HOME, AND EXPLOITS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY. A Book for Boys. Illustrated by separate Plates and numerous Woodcuts inserted in the Text.

Cloth, plain edges, 5s.; gilt edges, 6s.

5. BEETON'S HERO SOLDIERS, SAILORS, & EXPLORERS, Gymnastics, Telegraphy, Fire Arms, &c. 1,088 pages, with 50 full-page

Engravings on toned paper, and numerous Woodcuts.

Cloth, plain edges, 5s.; gilt edges, 6s.

6. BEETON'S FAMOUS VOYAGES, BRIGAND ADVENTURES, TALES OF THE BATTLE-FIELD, &c. Illustrated by sepa. rate Plates and numerous Woodcuts inserted in the Text.

Just Ready, Uniform with the above, cloth, plain edges, 5s.; gilt edges, 6s. 7. BEETON'S VICTORIOUS ENGLISH SEA STORIES, TALES OF ENTERPRISE, and SCHOOL LIFE. Illustrated by separate Plates and numerous Woodcuts inserted in the Text.

The Doung Ladies' Library.

With Illustrations. Handsomely bound in cloth gilt, price 2s. 6d.

I. Sunshine and Rain; or,
Blanche Cleveland. By A. E.W.

2. Roses and Thorns; or, Five
Tales of the Start in Life.

3. Bible Narratives; or, Scripture Stories. By the Rev. FREDERICK CALDER, M.A.

4. Pleasure and Profit; or, Lessons at Home. A Book for Boys and Girls.

5. Country Pleasures; or, The Carterets. By A. E. R.

6. Stories of Courage and Prin. ciple; or, Fit to be a Duchess. By Mrs. GILLESPIE SMYTH.

7. Who are the Happy Ones ? or, Home Sketches. By the Author of 'Quiet Thoughts for Quiet Hours," &c.

8. The Progress of Character; er, Cliffethorpe. By H. Power. 9. What can She Do? By Rev. E. P. ROE.

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S. O. Beeton's National Reference Books,

FOR THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The Cheapest and Best Reference Books in the World.

Each Volume complete in itself, and containing from 512 to 590 Columns. Price 1s. in strong cloth binding.

Beeton's British Gazetteer: A Topographical and Historical Guide to the United Kingdom. Compiled from the Latest and Best Authorities. It gives the most Recent Improvements in Cities and Towns; states all the Railway Stations in the Three Kingdoms, the nearest Post Towns and Money Order Offices. Beeton's British Biography: From the Earliest Times to the Acces. sion of George III.

Beeton's Modern Men and Women: A British Biography from the Accession of George III. to the Present Time.

Beeton's Bible Dictionary. A Cyclopædia of the Geography, Biography, Narratives, and Truths of Scripture.

Beeton's Classical Dictionary: A Cyclopædia of Greek and Roman Biography, Geography, Mythology, and Antiquities.

Beeton's Medical Dictionary. A Safe Guide for every Family, defining with perfect plainness the Symptoms and Treatment of all Ailments, Illnesses, and Diseases. 592 columns.

Beeton's Date Book. A British Chronology from the Earliest Records to the Present Day.

Beeton's Dictionary of Commerce. A Book of Reference. Containing an Account of the Natural Productions and Manufactures dealt with in the Commercial World; Explanations of the principal Terms used in, and modes of transacting Business at Home and Abroad.

Beeton's Modern European Celebrities. A Biography of Continental Men and Women of Note who have lived during the last Hundred Years, or are now living.

Beeton's Ready Reckoner.

A Business and Family Arithmetic. With all kinds of New Tables, and a variety of carefully digested Information, never before collected. Cloth, Is.

Beeton's Sixpenny Ready Reckoner. 96 pages.

Price One Shilling each.

Beeton's Guide Book to the Stock Exchange and Money Market.
With Hints to Investors and the Chances of Speculators.
Beeton's Investing Money with Safety and Profit.

Beeton's Complete Letter-Writer, for Ladies and Gentlemen. Containing: The most approved Love Letters-Applications for EmploymentReplies to Advertisements-Answers to Invitations-Requests to execute Commissions-and Letters respecting Domestic Affairs, Visits, and Education; also Brief Complimentary Notes-Forms for the Address, Commencement, and Conclusion of Letters, and useful Hints regarding Letter-Writing generally. 8vo, is. Beeton's Complete Letter-Writer for Ladies. 6d.

Beeton's Complete Letter-Writer for Gentlemen. 6d.

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Handsome Presentation Dolumes.

Now Ready, price ros. 6d., a New Volume by HENRY SOUTHGATE, Author of "Many Thoughts of Many Minds,' ," "Musings About Men," &c.

Noble Thoughts in Noble Language: A Collection of Wise and Virtuous Utterances, in Prose and Verse, from the Writings of the Known Great and the Great Unknown. With an Index of Authors. Compiled and Analytically Arranged by HENRY SOUTHGATE, Author of "Many Thoughts of Many Minds," "Musings About Men," "Woman," &c. &c.

This Volume will especially recommend itself to those who can appreciate and value the best thoughts of our best writers.

Price One Guinea, exquisitely bound, cloth gilt and gilt edges, the Best Books ever produced in Colours, and eminently fitted for Presents.

The Fields and the Woodlands, Illustrated by Painter and Poet. Consisting of Twenty-four Pictures, printed in the highest style of Chromographic art, by LEIGHTON Brothers. With Verses of character and beauty appropriate to the Pictures. Printed on thick toned paper.

Price One Guinea, uniform with the above. Pictorial Beauties of Nature. With Coloured Illustrations_by Famous Artists. This magnificient book forms a Companion Volume to "The Fields and the Woodlands," and the splendid collection of Twenty-four Pictures is unrivalled by anything ever brought together within the bounds of a single volume.

In One handsome Volume, cloth gilt, 15s.; elegantly bound in bevelled boards, gilt edges, price 218.

Dalziel's Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments. With upwards of 200 Pictures drawn by J. E. MILLAIS, R.A., J. TENNIEL, J. D. WATSON, A. B. HOUGHTON, G. J. PINWELL, and T. DALZIEL, together with Initial Letters, Ornamental Borders, &c., engraved by the Brothers DALZIEL.

Beautifully bound in cloth gilt, price 75. 6d. ; in bevelled boards, gilt edges, price 10s. 6d. ; in morocco, price 215.

Dalziel's Illustrated Goldsmith. Comprising "The Vicar of Wakefield," ," "The Traveller," "The Deserted Village," "The Haunch of Venison," "The Captivity: an Oratorio." "Retaliation," "Miscellaneous Poems," "The Good-Natured Man," "She Stoops to Conquer," and a Sketch of the Life of Oliver Goldsmith by H. W. DULCKEN, Ph.D. With 100 Pictures, drawn by G. J. PINWELL, engraved by the Brothers DALZIEL.

Handsomely bound in cloth, gilt sides and edges, price 215. Old English Ballads. Illustrated with 50 Engravings from Drawings by JOHN GILBERT, Birket Foster, Frederick Tayler, Joseph Nash, George THOMAS, JOHN FRANKLIN, and other eminent Artists.

Fcap. 4to, cloth, gilt side, back, and edges, price 218. Christmas with the Poets. A Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses relating to the Festivals of Christmas, from the Anglo-Norman Period to the Present Time. Embellished with 53 Tinted Illustrations by BIRKET FOSTER. With Initial Letters and other Ornaments printed in Gold, and with Frontispiece in Colours.

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Price 215., cloth gilt.

Character Sketches, Development Drawings: Pictures of Wit and Humour, done in Permanent Lines for Posterity. By the late CHARLES H. BENNETT and ROBERT B. BROUGH.

By the testimony of all his contemporaries, the late C. H. Bennett was unequalled in his peculiar walk as a draughtsman. He certainly was unrivalled altogether in the thoughtfulness of his compositions. His early death was a great loss. As an author, Robert Brough shares, to the full, in the general opinion entertained of his friend and colleague in the work now first produced as a whole. He was a writer whose attainments were exceedingly great, and whose wit and humour have been universally acknowledged and enjoyed.

On toned paper, beautifully bound, gilt edges, price 155.

Poets' Wit and Humour. Selected by W. H. WILLS. With 100 Curious Engravings from Drawings by CHARLES BENNETT and George Thomas.

New Edition, richly bound, gilt edges, price 155. Sabbath Bells Chimed by the Poets. With Coloured Engravings by BIRKET FOSTER.

Appropriately bound, price 7s. 6d., cloth; bevelled boards, gilt edges, ros. 6d. The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come. By JOHN BUNYAN. With a Memoir of the Author by H. W. DULCKEN, Ph.D., and 100 Page and other Illustrations by THOMAS DALZIEL, engraved by the Brothers DALZIEL.

New Edition, price ros. 6d., appropriately bound. Pearls from the Poets. A Collection of Specimens of the Works of Celebrated Writers, with Biographical Notices. The Poems selected by H. W. DULCKEN, Ph.D., M.A., with a Preface by the late Rev. THOMAS DALE, M.A., Canon of St. Paul's.

Price 215.

A Beautiful Edition of the Holy Bible. With Illustrations selected from RAPHAEL'S Pictures in the Vatican, adapted by ROBERT DUDLEY. Superbly printed in Tints, with Gold Borders, in the highest style of Art. Magnificently bound in Relievo Leather, from a design by ŎWEN JONES, with gilt red edges.

Ditto ditto, in elegant cloth binding, leather back, price 10s. 6d.

Price One Guinea. New Edition.

The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe. With Illustrations after TENNIEL, Birket Foster, PICKERSGILL, &c., and Head and Tail Pieces by HARRY ROGERS.

Demy 8vo, price 7s. 6d., handsomely bound; half-calf, 10s. 6d. PALESTINE: Its Holy Sites and Sacred Story. Amply Illustrated with Maps and more than 300 Wood Engravings, executed by Eminent Artists.

The design of the work is to provide a Consecutive History of Palestine, from the time of Abram to that of the final Destruction of Jerusalem under Titus. It also furnishes, in immediate association with the events recorded, a Topographical Description of the Land.

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