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Title: W. & R. Chambers' Catalogue. - 1897
Books for Prizes and Presentation
Author: W. & R. Chambers
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Transcriber’s Notes:
This book catalogue for W. & R. Chambers, Limited, was extracted from
Mary Louisa Molesworth, _Hoodie_, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London and
Edinburgh, 1897.
Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_), and text
enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=).
Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end.
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BOOKS SUITABLE FOR PRIZES AND PRESENTATION.
Price 5s.
=MEG LANGHOLME=, or the Day after To-morrow. By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author
of _Philippa_, _Olivia_, _Blanche_, _Carrots_, _Imogen_, &c. With eight
Illustrations by W. Rainey. =5/=
Mrs Molesworth with her usual charm of manner, and easy natural
grace, traces the development of Meg Langholme from early girlhood
to young womanhood, with her friends and companions in the home of
Bray Weald, where she is like an adopted daughter, until mysterious
warnings bode the disaster of her life; for certain reasons she is
kidnapped and concealed until cleverly rescued, and happily married
to a lifelong friend then home from India.
=VINCE THE REBEL=, or the Sanctuary in the Bog. By GEORGE MANVILLE
FENN, author of _The Black Tor_, _Roy Royland_, _Diamond Dyke_, _The
Rajah of Dah_, _Real Gold_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C.
Groome. =5/=
Relates the troubles at Mere Abbey, a fine South-of-England mansion,
surrounded by bogs and woodlands, during the reign of James II. of
England, and how Vince the Rebel lay in hiding here after Sedgemoor,
and escaped the soldiers sent in pursuit. The free and healthy
country life enjoyed by Walter Heron and his cousin Vince, along with
Sol Bogg, the man-servant, who aids in all the fishing, hunting, and
woodland adventures, form a fascinating and enjoyable narrative for
readers of all ages.
=WILD KITTY.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Catalina_, &c. With eight
Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =5/=
Mrs Meade again gives a picture of school-girl life, in which many
varied characters play a part, the most interesting and original
being Kitty Malone from Castle Malone in Ireland, who earns
the nickname of Wild Kitty because of her love of mischief and
unconventional manners. Mrs Meade is herself a native of Ireland and
quite at home in sketching such a character, and she does not fail
to weave a fascinating narrative, and one which she herself believes
will rank amongst her best efforts.
=PHILIPPA.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Olivia_, _Blanche_, _Robin
Redbreast_, _Carrots_, _Imogen_, &c. With eight Illustrations by J.
Finnemore. =5/=
‘Very clever, very fantastic, and very enjoyable.’--_Spectator._
‘One of Mrs Molesworth’s best stories for girls.’--_The Queen._
‘Fully maintains her charm of style and narration.’--_Leeds Mercury._
=THE GIRL AT THE DOWER HOUSE, AND AFTERWARD.= By AGNES GIBERNE,
author of _Sun, Moon, and Stars_; _A Lady of England_, &c. With eight
Illustrations by J. Finnemore. =5/=
‘An absorbing story.’--_Daily Free Press._
‘A charming love-tale.’--_Westminster Review._
=CATALINA=: Art Student. By L. T. MEADE, author of _Betty_, _Four on an
Island_, _Wilton Chase_, &c. With eight Illustrations, by W. Boucher.
=5/=
‘The story is managed with great skills.’--_Daily Free Press._
‘Unquestionably one of Mrs Meade’s best books.’--_Evening News._
‘Very brightly told.’--_Punch._
=THE BLACK TOR=: A Tale of the Reign of James I. By GEORGE MANVILLE
FENN, author of _Roy Royland_, _Diamond Dyke_, _The Rajah of Dah_,
_Real Gold_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =5/=
‘A capital story ... full of incident and adventure.’--_The Standard._
‘There is a fine manly tone about the book, which makes it
particularly appropriate for youth.’--_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._
[Illustration: All my senses were now concentrating into the one
maddening desire to reach shelter and safety. _From_ MEG LANGHOLME, _by
Mrs Molesworth; price 5s._ PAGE 222.]
=ROY ROYLAND=, or the Young Castellan. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With
eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. =5/=
‘Fascinating from beginning to end ... is told with much spirit and
go.’--_Birmingham Gazette._
=THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE COAST.= By DAVID LAWSON JOHNSTONE. With
twenty-one Illustrations by W. Boucher. Large crown 8vo, antique cloth
gilt. =5/=
‘There is fascination for every healthily-minded boy in the very name
of the Buccaneers.... Mr D. Lawson Johnstone’s new story of adventure
is already sure of a warm welcome.’--_Manchester Guardian._
=GIRLS NEW AND OLD.= By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by J.
Williamson. =5/=
‘A sound as well as entertaining romance.’--_Yorkshire Daily Post._
‘It is a fine, bright, wholesome book, well bound and
illustrated.’--_Saturday Review._
=DON.= By the author of _Laddie_, &c. With eight Illustrations by J.
Finnemore. Large crown 8vo, antique cloth gilt. =5/=
‘A fresh and happy story ... told with great spirit ... it is as pure
as spring air.’--_Glasgow Herald._
=OLIVIA.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes.
=5/=
‘A beautiful story, an ideal gift-book for girls.’--_British Weekly._
=BETTY=: a School Girl. By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by
Everard Hopkins. =5/=
‘This is an admirable tale of school-girl life: her history involves
an excellent moral skilfully conveyed.’--_Glasgow Herald._
=WESTERN STORIES.= By WILLIAM ATKINSON. With Frontispiece. =5/=
‘These stories touch a very high point of excellence. They are
natural, vivid, and thoroughly interesting.’--_Speaker._
=BLANCHE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Robin Redbreast_, _The
Next-Door House_, &c. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =5/=
‘Eminently healthy ... pretty and interesting, free from
sentimentality.’--_Queen._
[Illustration: Sol sat staring straight at Wat with his mouth open.
_From_ VINCE THE REBEL, _by G. Manville Fenn; price 5s._ PAGE 167.]
=DIAMOND DYKE=, or the Lone Farm on the Veldt: a Story of South African
Adventure. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _The Rajah of Dah_,
_Dingo Boys_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. =5/=
‘There is not a dull page in the book.’--_Aberdeen Free Press._
=REAL GOLD=: a Story of Adventure. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With eight
Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =5/=
‘In the author’s best style, and brimful of life and adventure....
Equal to any of the tales of adventure Mr Fenn has yet
written.’--_Standard._
=POMONA.= By the author of _Laddie_, _Rose and Lavender_, _Zoe_, _Baby
John_, &c. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =5/=
‘A bright, healthy story for girls.’--_Bookseller._
=DOMESTIC ANNALS OF SCOTLAND=, from the Reformation to the Rebellion
of 1745. By ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D. Abridged from the original octavo
edition in three volumes. =5/=
=ALL ROUND THE YEAR.= A Monthly Garland by THOMAS MILLER, author of
_English Country Life_, &c. And Key to the Calendar. With Twelve
Allegorical Designs by John Leighton, F.S.A., and other Illustrations.
=5/=
Price 3s. 6d.
=HUNTED THROUGH FIJI=, or ’Twixt Convict and Cannibal. By REGINALD
HORSLEY, author of _The Yellow God_, _The Blue Balloon_, &c. With six
Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =3/6=
Dr Horsley is here at his best in following the fortunes of three
young lads pursued by convicts and natives through Fiji in the
cannibal days. The pages are crowded with adventures and hairbreadth
escapes, sufficient to carry any reader from beginning to close
without abatement of interest.
=HOODIE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With seventeen Illustrations by Lewis
Baumer. =3/6=
The story, very simply and naturally told, is of a rather naughty
little girl who at first has a mistaken idea that she is out of
favour with everybody, but who gets brought to a better mind by an
illness. The little heroine displays great character.
=THE ‘ROVER’S’ QUEST=: a Story of Foam, Fire, and Fight. By HUGH ST
LEGER, author of _Sou’wester and Sword_, &c. With six Illustrations by
J. Ayton Symington. =3/6=
A tough yarn, which relates how Noel Hamilton is picked up from a
boat in the Channel by a passing merchant ship and carried into
eastern seas, where he encounters all the horrors of a mutiny, a
sea-quake, and shipwreck, his loneliness on a barren island being
shared by two fine old salts named Sam Port and Eli Grouse. How they
are rescued by the _Rover_, out on a strange quest, and how this
quest is accomplished, form the thread of an interesting narrative of
sea life.
=A DAUGHTER OF THE KLEPHTS=, or A Girl of Modern Greece. By ISABELLA
FYVIE MAYO (Edward Garrett), author of _Occupations of a Retired
Life_, _By Still Waters_, &c. Crown 8vo, art linen, gilt. With six
Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6=
‘A well-written, sensible piece of work, likely to please educated
and thoughtful girls.’--_The Globe._
‘The book is interesting as a dramatic representation of incidents
both tragical and heroic.’--_Inverness Courier._
‘The numerous characters in the story are vivid portraitures, the
very humblest has nothing of the puppet in him or her, and the story
from the first page to the last is highly interesting, realistic, and
natural.’--_Scotsman._
=YOUNG DENYS=: a Story of the Days of Napoleon. By ELEANOR C. PRICE,
author of _In the Lion’s Mouth_, _Miss Latimer of Bryans_, _The Little
One_, _A Lost Battle_, &c. With six Illustrations by G. Nicolet. =3/6=
‘An interesting tale of the great Napoleon.’--_Punch._
‘Children of any age can enjoy its quiet vigour and character
sketches.’--_Spectator._
=A SOLDIER OF THE LEGION=: a Romance. By DAVID LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author
of _The Brotherhood of the Coast_, _The Rebel Commodore_, &c. With
seventeen Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6=
‘A spirited romance of adventure ... which follows the career of a
young Englishman in the Carlist wars.’--_Scotsman._
‘Distinguished alike for accuracy in detail and for vivid
imagination.’--_The Standard._
=SWEPT OUT TO SEA.= By DAVID KER, author of _Prisoner among Pirates_,
_Cossack and Czar_, _Vanished_, _The Wizard King_, &c. With six
Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =3/6=
‘A fine stirring story of adventure on sea and land.... The
local colour of the West Indies is laid on delicately and
truthfully.’--_Birmingham Gazette._
‘Crowded with adventure and excitement.’--_Black and White._
=TWO BOY TRAMPS.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, author of _Bert Lloyd’s
Boyhood_, _Fergus Mactavish_, &c. With six Illustrations by H. Sandham.
=3/6=
‘An uncommonly good tale.’--_School Board Chronicle._
‘There is plenty of incident, and the interest is throughout well
kept up.’--_Spectator._
=THE BLUE BALLOON=: a Tale of the Shenandoah Valley. By REGINALD
HORSLEY. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=
‘We have seldom read a finer tale. It is a kind of
masterpiece.’--_Methodist Times._
=THE WIZARD KING=: a Story of the Last Moslem Invasion of Europe. By
DAVID KER. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=
‘This volume ought to find an army of admiring readers.’--_Liverpool
Mercury._
=THE REBEL COMMODORE= (Paul Jones); being Memoirs of the Earlier
Adventures of Sir Ascott Dalrymple. By D. LAWSON JOHNSTONE. With six
Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6=
‘It is a good story, full of hairbreadth escapes and perilous
adventures.’--_To-day._
[Illustration: ‘My land, William, I’ve got the drop on you.’ _From_
HUNTED THROUGH FIJI, _by Reginald Horsley: price 3s. 6d._]
=ROBIN REDBREAST.= By MRS MOLESWORTH, author of _Imogen_, _Next-Door
House_, _The Cuckoo Clock_, &c. With six original Illustrations by
Robert Barnes. =3/6=
‘It is a long time since we read a story for girls more simple,
natural, or interesting.’--_Publishers’ Circular._
=THE WHITE KAID OF THE ATLAS.= By J. MACLAREN COBBAN. With six
Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=
‘A well-told tale of adventure and daring in Morocco, in which the
late and the present Sultan both figure.... A very pleasant book to
read.’--_Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review._
=THE YELLOW GOD=: a Tale of some Strange Adventures. By REGINALD
HORSLEY. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=
‘Admirably designed, and set forth with life-like force.... A
first-rate book for boys.’--_Saturday Review._
=PRISONER AMONG PIRATES.= By DAVID KER, author of _Cossack and Czar_,
_The Wild Horseman of the Pampas_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S.
Stacey. =3/6=
‘A singularly good story, calculated to encourage what is noble and
manly in boys.’--_Athenæum._
=JOSIAH MASON: A BIOGRAPHY.= With Sketches of the History of the Steel
Pen and Electroplating Trades. By JOHN THACKRAY BUNCE. With Portrait
and Illustrations. =3/6=
=FOUR ON AN ISLAND=: a Story of Adventure. By L. T. MEADE, author of
_Daddy’s Boy_, _Scamp and I_, _Wilton Chase_, &c. With six original
Illustrations by W. Rainey. =3/6=
‘This is a very bright description of modern Crusoes.’--_Graphic._
=IN THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN PLUME=: a Tale of Adventure. By DAVID
LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author of _The Paradise of the North_, _The Mountain
Kingdom_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=
‘Most thrilling, and excellently worked out.’--_Graphic._
=THE DINGO BOYS=; or the Squatters of Wallaby Range. By GEORGE MANVILLE
FENN, author of _The Rajah of Dah_, _In the King’s Name_, &c. With six
original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=
=THE CHILDREN OF WILTON CHASE.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Four on an
Island_, _Scamp and I_, &c. With six Illustrations by Everard Hopkins.
=3/6=
‘Both entertaining and instructive.’--_Spectator._
=THE PARADISE OF THE NORTH=: a Story of Discovery and Adventure around
the Pole. By D. LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author of _Richard Tregellas_, _The
Mountain Kingdom_, &c. With fifteen Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6=
‘Marked by a Verne-like fertility of fancy.’--_Saturday Review._
=THE RAJAH OF DAH.= By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _In the King’s
Name_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=
Price 2s. 6d.
=ANIMAL STORIES.= Selected and edited by ROBERT COCHRANE, editor of
_Great Thinkers and Workers_, _Romance of Industry and Invention_, &c.
Profusely Illustrated. =2/6=
A selection of varied true stories of animal life, illustrating
sagacity, instinct, the almost human traits of monkeys, speaking
powers of parrots, the usefulness and cleverness of many dogs,
horses, elephants, and hairbreadth escapes from lions, tigers,
bears, and snakes. The examples are drawn from a wide field, and the
narratives are brightly written.
=ELSIE’S MAGICIAN.= By FRED WHISHAW, author of _Boris the Bear Hunter_,
_A Tsar’s Gratitude_, &c. With ten Illustrations by Lewis Baumer. =2/6=
A pretty story told with real humour and vivacity of how a little
London girl managed to provide for her mother a much-needed holiday
abroad, and brought together a father and daughter who had been
alienated for many years to the sorrow and misfortune of both.
=THE ROMANCE OF COMMERCE.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, LL.B., B.A. With
fifteen Illustrations. =2/6=
‘Sure to fascinate young lads fond of tales of adventure and
daring.’--_Evening News._
=ABIGAIL TEMPLETON=; or Brave Efforts. A Story of To-day. By
EMMA MARSHALL, author of _Under Salisbury Spire_, &c. With four
Illustrations by J. Finnemore. =2/6=
‘A bright and happy narrative.... Told with great
spirit.’--_Birmingham Gazette._
=THE ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY AND INVENTION.= Selected by ROBERT COCHRANE,
editor of _Great Thinkers and Workers_, _Beneficent and Useful Lives_,
_Adventure and Adventurers_, _Recent Travel and Adventure_, _Good
and Great Women_, _Heroic Lives_, &c. With 34 process and woodcut
Illustrations. =2/6=
‘It is hard to say which chapter is the best, for each seems more
interesting than the last.’--_The Queen._
‘A most interesting and inspiring book.’--_Colliery Guardian._
‘We can recommend this work as at once instructive and
interesting.’--_New Age._
=THROUGH THICK AND THIN=: The Story of a School Campaign. By ANDREW
HOME, author of _From Fag to Monitor_, _Disturbers of the Peace_, &c.
With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. =2/6=
‘This is just the kind of book for boys to rave over; it does not
cram moral axioms down their throats, the characters act them
instead.’--_Glasgow Daily Mail._
=PLAYMATES=: A Story for Boys and Girls. By L. T. MEADE. With six
Illustrations by G. Nicolet. =2/6=
‘The charm of Mrs Meade’s stories for children is well sustained in
this pretty and instructive tale.’--_Liverpool Mercury._
=OUTSKERRY=: The Story of an Island. By HELEN WATERS. With four
Illustrations by R. Burns. =2/6=
‘The diversion provided is varied beyond expectation (and indeed
belief). We read of an “Arabian Night’s Entertainment,” but here is
enough for an Arctic night.’--_The Times._
[Illustration: ‘There’ll be more than one dead corpse amongst you afore
you can say knife, mark me!’ _From_ THE ‘ROVER’S’ QUEST, _by Hugh St
Leger; price 3s. 6d._ Page 91.]
=WHITE TURRETS.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Carrots_, _Olivia_, &c.
With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. =2/6=
‘A charming story.... A capital antidote to the unrest that inspires
young folks that seek for some great thing to do, while the great
thing for them is at their hand and at their home.’--_Scotsman._
=HUGH MELVILLE’S QUEST=: a Boy’s Adventures in the Days of the Armada.
By F. M. HOLMES. With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. =2/6=
‘A refreshing, stirring story ... and one sure to delight young boys
and young girls too.’--_Spectator._
=ELOCUTION=, a Book for Reciters and Readers. Edited by R. C. H.
MORISON. =2/6=
‘No elocutionist’s library can be said to be complete without this
neatly bound volume of 500 pages.... An introduction on the art of
elocution is a gem of conciseness and intellectual teaching.’--_Era._
‘One of the best books of its kind in the English
language.’--_Glasgow Citizen._
=VANISHED=, or the Strange Adventures of Arthur Hawkesleigh. By DAVID
KER. Illustrated by W. Boucher. =2/6=
‘It must be ranked high amongst its kind.’--_Spectator._
‘A quite entrancing tale of adventure.’--_Athenæum._
=THISTLE AND ROSE.= By AMY WALTON. Illustrated by Robert Barnes. =2/6=
‘Is as desirable a present to make to a girl as any one could
wish.’--_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._
=ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS=; being True Tales of Daring, Peril, and
Heroism. With Illustrations. =2/6=
‘The narratives are as fascinating as fiction.’--_British Weekly._
=BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY=: a Story of Three Homes. By AMY WALTON, author
of _White Lilac_, _A Pair of Clogs_, &c. With four Illustrations by
Robert Barnes. =2/6=
=OUT OF REACH=: a Story. By ESMÈ STUART, author of _Through the Flood_,
_A Little Brown Girl_, &c. With four Illustrations by Robert Barnes.
=2/6=
‘The story is a very good one, and the book can be recommended for
girls’ reading.’--_Standard._
=IMOGEN=, or Only Eighteen. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With four Illustrations
by H. A. Bone. =2/6=
‘The book is an extremely clever one.’--_Daily Chronicle._
‘A readable and very pretty story.’--_Black and White._
=THE LOST TRADER=, or the Mystery of the _Lombardy_. By HENRY FRITH,
author of _The Cruise of the ‘Wasp,’_ _The Log of the ‘Bombastes,’_ &c.
With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. =2/6=
‘Mr Frith writes good sea-stories, and this is the best of them that
we have read.’--_Academy._
=BASIL WOOLLCOMBE, MIDSHIPMAN.= By ARTHUR LEE KNIGHT, author of _The
Adventures of a Midshipmite_, &c. With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey,
and other Illustrations. =2/6=
=THE NEXT-DOOR HOUSE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With six Illustrations by W.
Hatherell. =2/6=
‘I venture to predict for it as loving a welcome as that received by
the inimitable _Carrots_.’--_Manchester Courier._
=COSSACK AND CZAR.= By DAVID KER, author of _The Boy Slave in Bokhara_,
_The Wild Horseman of the Pampas_, &c. With original Illustrations by
W. S. Stacey. =2/6=
‘There is not an uninteresting line in it.’--_Spectator._
=THROUGH THE FLOOD=, the Story of an Out-of-the-way Place. By ESMÈ
STUART. With Illustrations. =2/6=
‘A bright story of two girls, and shows how goodness rather than
beauty in a face can heal old strifes.’--_Friendly Leaves._
=WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.= By Mrs O’REILLY, author of _Joan and Jerry_,
_Phœbe’s Fortunes_, &c. With four Illustrations by H. A. Bone. =2/6=
‘A delightfully natural and attractive story.’--_Journal of
Education._
=ROSE AND LAVENDER.= By the author of _Laddie_, _Miss Toosey’s
Mission_, &c. With four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. =2/6=
‘A brightly-written tale, the characters in which, taken from humble
life, are sketched with lifelike naturalness.’--_Manchester Examiner._
=JOAN AND JERRY.= By Mrs O’REILLY, author of _Sussex Stories_, &c. With
four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. =2/6=
‘An unusually satisfactory story for girls.’--_Manchester Guardian._
=THE YOUNG RANCHMEN=, or Perils of Pioneering in the Wild West. By
CHARLES R. KENYON. With four original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey,
and other Illustrations. =2/6=
=MEMOIR OF WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS.= With Autobiographic
Reminiscences of William Chambers, and Supplemental Chapter. 15th
edition. With Portraits and Illustrations. 2/6
=POPULAR RHYMES OF SCOTLAND.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. =2/6=
=TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. _New Edition._ With
Illustrations. 2/6
=GOOD AND GREAT WOMEN=: a Book for Girls. Comprises brief lives of
Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Mrs
Beecher-Stowe, Jenny Lind, Charlotte Brontë, Mrs Hemans, Dorothy
Pattison. Numerous Illustrations. =2/6=
‘A brightly written volume, full to the brim of interesting and
instructive matter; and either as reader, reward, or library book, is
equally suitable.’--_Teachers’ Aid._
=LIVES OF LEADING NATURALISTS.= By H. ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, Professor of
Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. Illustrated. =2/6=
‘Popular and interesting by the skilful manner in which notices of
the lives of distinguished naturalists, from John Ray and Francis
Willoughby to Charles Darwin, are interwoven with the methodical
exposition of the progress of the science to which they are
devoted.’--_Scotsman._
=HISTORY OF THE REBELLION OF 1745-6.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. _New
Edition_, with Index and Illustrations. 2/6
‘There is not to be found anywhere a better account of the events of
’45 than that given here.’--_Newcastle Chronicle._
=BENEFICENT AND USEFUL LIVES.= Comprising Lord Shaftesbury, George
Peabody, Andrew Carnegie, Walter Besant, Samuel Morley, Sir James
Y. Simpson, Dr Arnold of Rugby, &c. By R. COCHRANE. With numerous
Illustrations. =2/6=
‘Nothing could be better than the author’s selection of facts setting
forth the beneficent lives of those generous men in the narrow
compass which the capacity of the volume allows.’--_School Board
Chronicle._
=GREAT THINKERS AND WORKERS=; being the Lives of Thomas Carlyle,
Lord Armstrong, Lord Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Sir Titus Salt,
W. M. Thackeray, Sir Henry Bessemer, John Ruskin, James Nasmyth,
Charles Kingsley, Builders of the Forth Bridge, &c. With numerous
Illustrations. =2/6=
‘One of the most fitting presents for a thoughtful boy that we have
come across.’--_Review of Reviews._
=RECENT TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.= Comprising Stanley and the Congo,
Lieutenant Greely, Joseph Thomson, Livingstone, Lady Brassey, Vambéry,
Burton, &c. Illustrated. Cloth. =2/6=
‘It is wonderful how much that is of absorbing interest has been
packed into this small volume.’--_Scotsman._
=LITERARY CELEBRITIES=; being brief biographies of Wordsworth,
Campbell, Moore, Jeffrey, and Macaulay. Illustrated. =2/6=
=SONGS OF SCOTLAND= prior to Burns, with the Tunes, edited by ROBERT
CHAMBERS, LL.D. With Illustrations. =2/6=
This volume embodies the whole of the pre-Burnsian songs of Scotland
that possess merit and are presentable, along with the music; each
accompanied by its own history.
=GREAT HISTORIC EVENTS.= The Conquest of India, Indian Mutiny, French
Revolution, the Crusades, the Conquest of Mexico, Napoleon’s Russian
Campaign. Illustrated. =2/6=
=HISTORICAL CELEBRITIES.= Comprising lives of Oliver Cromwell,
Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Duke of Wellington. Illustrated. 2/6
‘The story of their life-work is told in such a way as to teach
important historical, as well as personal, lessons bearing upon the
political history of this country.’--_Schoolmaster._
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The Editor gives in this volume a selection of biographies of those
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of their species by the still more exemplary efforts of their
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=AILIE GILROY.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/=
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Contains some of the finest essays, tales, and social sketches of
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=MARITIME DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE.= Illustrated. =2/=
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=MISCELLANY OF INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING TRACTS.= Each =2/=
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A popular natural history text-book, and a guide to the use of the
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=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_.
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The principal tale inculcates the lesson that we cannot have
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=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=
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=THE MIDNIGHT JOURNEY.= By LEITCH RITCHIE; and other Tales. =1/6=
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=OLDEN STORIES.= =1/6=
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=ALICE ERROL=, and other Tales.
=THE WHISPERER.= By Mrs S. C. HALL.
=TRUE HEROISM=, and other Stories.
=PICCIOLA=, and other Tales.
=TWELFTH NIGHT KING.=
=JOE FULWOOD’S TRUST.=
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=CLEVER BOYS.=
=THE LITTLE ROBINSON.=
=MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY.=
=MY BIRTHDAY BOOK.=
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stories by good writers.’--_Review of Reviews._
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=CASSIE, and LITTLE MARY.= By L. T. MEADE.
=A LONELY PUPPY=, and =THE TAMBOURINE GIRL=. By L. T. MEADE.
=LEO’S POST-OFFICE=, and =BRAVE LITTLE DENIS=. By Mrs MOLESWORTH.
=GERALD AND DOT.= By Mrs FAIRBAIRN.
=KITTY AND HARRY.= By EMMA GELLIBRAND, author of _J. Cole_.
=DICKORY DOCK.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Scamp and I_, &c.
=FRED STAMFORD’S START IN LIFE.= By Mrs FAIRBAIRN.
=NESTA=; or Fragments of a Little Life. By Mrs MOLESWORTH.
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=A FARTHINGFUL.= By L. T. MEADE.
=POOR MISS CAROLINA.= By L. T. MEADE.
=THE GOLDEN LADY.= By L. T. MEADE.
=MALCOLM AND DORIS=; or Learning to Help. By DAVINA WATERSON.
=WILLIE NICHOLLS=; or False Shame and True Shame.
=SELF-DENIAL.= By Miss EDGEWORTH.
_W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London and Edinburgh._
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Captions for illustrations have been made consistent.
Punctuation has been made consistent.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in
the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have
been corrected.
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