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GRACE AGUILAR'S WORKS

NEW EDITIONS, ILLUSTRATED,

FOR PRESENTATION.

4. THE VALE OF CEDARS; or, the Martyr. Crown 8vo., Illustrated, cloth gilt, 5s.

5. THE DAYS OF BRUCE. A Story from Scottish History. Crown 8vo., Illustrated, cloth gilt, 6s.

6. HOME SCENES AND HEART STUDIES. Crown 8vo., Illustrated, cloth gilt, price 5s.

7. THE WOMEN OF ISRAEL. Characters and Sketches from the Holy Scriptures. Illustrated, crown 8vo., cloth gilt, 6s.

CRITICISMS ON GRACE AGUILAR'S WORKS.

VALE OF CEDARS.-"The authoress of this most fascinating volume has selected for her field one of the most remarkable eras in modern history-the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. The tale turns on the extraordinary extent to which concealed Judaism had gained footing at that period in Spain. It is marked by much power of description, and by a woman's delicacy of touch, and it will add to its writer's well-earned reputation."-Eclectic Review.

DAYS OF BRUCE.-"The tale is well told, the interest warmly sustained throughout, and the delineation of temale character is marked by a delicate sense of moral beauty. It is a work that may be confided to the hands of a daughter by her parent."-Court Journal.

"It is a volume which may be considered as solid history, but is nevertheless entertaining as the most charming novel ever produced by genius. Sir Walter Scott's name as an author would not have been disgraced by it had it appeared on the titlepage instead of Grace Aguilar."-Bucks. Chronicle.

HOME SCENES.-"Grace Aguilar knew the female heart better than any writer of our day, and in every fiction from her pen we trace the same masterly analysis and development of the motives and feelings of woman's nature."―Critic. WOMEN OF ISRAEL.-"A work that is sufficient of itself to create and rown a reputation."-Mrs. S. C. Hall.

GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, LONDON.

Large Crown 8vo., cloth, gilt edges. Illustrated. Price, 5s.

SELF AND SELF-SACRIFICE

OR NELLY'S STORY,
BY ANNA LISLE.

"A very beautiful story, with characters well drawn, scenery vividly described, and interest admirably sustained. The tendency of the volume is not only unexceptionable, but excellent in a Christian point of view. We have seldom seen

a book in which the best and highest aim is so manifest without the attractiveness of the tale being at all lessened."-Eclectic Review.

"The story is so delightful, and the whole spirit of the book so pure, that it compels our admiration."-Daily News.

"Since Currer Bell' we have read nothing more genuine nor more touching. Nelly's Story' has power to carry the reader right through with it, and can hardly fail to impress a moral of inestimable importance."-Carlisle Journal.

Large crown 8vo., cloth, gilt edges, with Frontispiece. Price 5s.

WINNIE TRAVERS

BY ANNA LISLE.

"The author of 'Winnie Travers' knows human nature; she illustrates her views in strongly marked character, and never loses sight of a sound moral.”— Queen.

"A pleasant story of English home life. There is a lively succession of incidents, and the characters are drawn vigorously and effectively."-John Bull.

"Of the class of fictional literature which is supposed to be peculiarly suitable to young girls' Winnie Travers' is a decidedly superior example, The tale is well told; it abounds in interesting incidents; the characters are drawn with spirit, and consistently developed, and a useful lesson is unobtrusively inculcated. While the tone of the book is unmistakably religious, this element does not predominate unduly.”—Scotsman.

Large crown Svo., cloth, gilt edges. Illustrated. Price 5s.

QUICKSANDS

BY ANNA LISLE.

It is a thorough woman's book. We can fairly say that we have seldom met with a graver or more striking warning against the consequences of over eagerness about worldly position and advantages, more forcibly and, at the same time, gracefully conveyed."-Literary Gazette.

"Contains a great deal of quiet and powerful writing. Marty, the maid of Mrs. Grey, might pass for a creation of Dickens. The moral of Quicksands' is at once comprehensive and striking."—Weekly Mail.

GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, Paternoster Row, London.

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges. Price 5s.

AMONG THE WELSH HILLS

By M. C. HALIFAX.

***

"A thoroughly pure, and extremely well conceived and well written story." Altogether we do not often meet with a story which we could more confidently recommend than this one."-Literary World.

"We wish our readers to take up the book for themselves, convinced that they will not lay it down again until they have finished it.*** The interest is well sustained throughout, and we feel sure the book deserves to be popular."— English Churchman.

The prologue is exceptionally vigorous and dramatic, while the relative positions of the hero and heroine are so cleverly arranged as to make the whole combination a very skilful piece of work."**-London.

"It has a very dramatic prologue, a fair story, and certain touches of nature, and may be read with more pleasure than is usually awakened by the average novel. One is tempted to wish and earnestly, that at least half the novels sent out year by year were as good and as amusing."-Academy.

Large crown 8vo., cloth, gilt edges. Illustrated. Price 5s.

FOOTSTEPS TO
TO FAME

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Author of "The Gentle Life," "Out and About," etc.

Heroes.

CONTENTS: The Uses of Fame. Great Thinkers. Rulers of Mankind. Leaders of Men. Lovers of their Country. Votaries of Science.- Ploughers of the Deep. Pioneers of Science. Great Workers. Lovers of Nature. Searchers of the Skies. Watchers on the Shore. Patriots. Benefactors of their Kind. Workers and Thinkers.

"Written not only to instruct and amuse, but also with the ing good and honest principles. Its style is terse and elegant. extensive reading, and the advice given is always kindly, mostly shrewd and clever."-Illustrated London News.

purpose of inculcatThe book betokens often noble, and

Crown 8vo., cloth, gilt edges. Illustrated. Price 3s. 6d.

OUT

AND ABOUT,

A Boy's Adventures. Written for Adventurous Boys.

BY HAIN FRISWELL.

"This is a capital book for boys, abounding in adventure and interest."Court Journal.

"It is written simply, racily, and truthfully, and though teeming with adventure, it never verges upon improbability."-Morning Chronicle.

GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, Paternoster Row, London.

Large Crown 8vo., cloth gilt and gilt edges. Illustrated with eight full page tint engravings, executed by a new and beautiful process. Price 58. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS,

A NARRATIVE OF 1757.

BY JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.

GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, Paternoster Row, London. Be careful to order Groombridge's Edition, as it is the only one issued in this style.

Large Crown 8vo., cloth gilt and gilt edges. Illustrated with eight full page tint engravings, executed by a new and beautiful process. Price 5a

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"Shakspere has neither equal or second, but amoug the writers who have approached nearest to the manner of the great master, we have no hesitation in placing Jane Austen, a woman of whom England is justly proud.-Macaulay's Essays.

GROOMBRIDGE & SONS,

Paternoster Row, London.

•* Be careful to order Groombridge's Edition, as it is the only one issued in this style.

Crown 8vo., cloth gilt and gilt edges. Illustrated with Coloured
Plates and numerous Wood Engravings. Price 38. 6d.
THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON;

BEING THE ADVENTURES OF A FAMILY SHIPWRECKED
ON A DESERT ISLAND.

"We never met the child yet whom this story did not fascinate."-Spectator.
GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, Paternoster Row, London.
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this style.

Large Crown 8vo., cloth gilt and gilt edges. Illustrated with twelve beautifully Coloured Plates, by A. F. Lydon. Price 38. 6d. THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE

BY DANIEL DE FOE.

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Paternoster Row, London.

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Large Crown 8vo., cloth gilt and gilt edges. Illustrated with twelve beautifully Coloured Plates, by A. F. Lydon. Price 38. 6d. BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME. GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, Paternoster Row, London. Be careful to order Groombridge's Edition, as it is the only one issued in this style.

Small Post 8vo., cloth gilt, gilt edges. Frontispiece. Price 2s. 6d.

AUNTIE MARIAN'S SCHOOL-FELLOWS

BY

MARY GARDINER.

A series of interesting sketches of School recollections, especially suitable as reading for girls.

Crown 8vo., handsomely bound, cloth gilt. Illustrated. Price 6s.

ROYAL CHILDREN

The Childhood and School-room hours of Royal Children.
BY JULIA LUARD.

CONTENTS: "The Little Queen," or Richard the Second's Childwife: The Girl-Widow. The House of Lancaster. "King-Baby" and the Baby King. The House of York: or, the Infant Marriage : The Sanctuary Prince-The Children's Wedding. The House of Tudor: The Twelfth-day Queen; or, One Step from the Throne to the Grave. The House of Stuart: The Sisters; or, Family Life in the Seventeenth Century-Mary of Orange--Elizabeth Stuart; or, The Child Student-The Lonely Captive-The Queen's Pet; or, The Beggar Princess. The House of Hanover.

"An admirable book. The volume is most interesting; indeed, we do not know one of its class superior to it."-Standard.

"There is a bright cheerful heartiness with which she goes into all the minutia of the child-lives which she narrates, which is sure to make the book a favourite." -Literary Churchman.

"A more truly interesting book than this, or one more fitted to combine instruction with amusement, could scarcely have been prepared."-Bell's Messenger. "We can recommend the volume as most attractive."-Clerical Journal.

Fcap. 8vo. cloth gilt, gilt edges.

engravings.

Illustrated with numerous wood
Price 2s. 6d.

THE GIFT OF LIFE:

A BOOK FOR THE YOUNG.

Intended to present to their minds some of the beneficent purposes of God in life and creation.

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This book is intended to assist Parents and Teachers in giving to their children a conception of the Creator as the Giver of Life.

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