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SELECTED LIST OF

WARD, LOCK & CO.'S NEW AND POPULAR BOOKS

FOR FAMILY READING AND REFERENce. Mostly in attractive cloth gilt bindings, with Illustrations, forming admirable Presentation Volumes for School Prizes, &c.

BOOKS AT THREE-AND-SIXPENCE.

The Home Treasure Library.

Handsomely printed and bound, with Coloured Plates and other Illustrations, crown 8vo, handsome cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. each.

1. Shiloh; or, Without and Within. By Mrs. W. M. L. JAY.

With Four Coloured Illustrations.

2. The Prince of the House of David. By Rev. J. H. INGRAHAM. With Three Coloured Illustrations.

3. Miss Edgeworth's Moral Tales. Four Coloured Illustrations. 4. Miss Edgeworth's Popular Tales. Four Coloured Illustrations. 5. The Throne of David. By Rev. J. H. INGRAHAM. Illustrated. 6. The Pillar of Fire. By Rev. J. H. INGRAHAM. Illustrated. 7. Anna Lee: The Maiden, Wife, and Mother. By T. S. ARthur. 8. The Wide, Wide World, By ELIZABETH WETHERELL,

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Author of "Melbourne House. Four Coloured Illustrations.

9. Queechy. By the same. Four Coloured Illustrations.

10. Melbourne House. By the same. Four Coloured Illustrations. II. Sceptres and Crowns, and The Flag of Truce.

By the 12. The Fairchild Family. Mrs. SHERWOOD. Coloured Illustrations. 13. Stepping Heavenward, and Aunt Jane's Hero. By Mrs. E. PRENTISS. Four Coloured Illustrations.

Author of "Queechy," &c. Three Coloured Illustrations.

14. Mabel Vaughan. By the Author of "The Lamplighter." Three Coloured Illustrations.

15. Dunallan. By GRACE Kennedy.

Three Coloured Illustrations.

16. Father Clement. By the same. Three Coloured Illustrations. 17. Holden with the Cords. By the Author of "Shiloh."

Coloured Illustrations.

18. Uncle Tom's Cabin. By Mrs. H. BEECHER STOWE. With a Sketch of the Life of the Rev. JOSIAH HENSON, generally known as "Uncle Tom." With Three Coloured Plates and many Illustrations. 19. Barriers Burned Away. By Rev. E. P. ROE. With Three

Coloured Illustrations.

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Popular Poetical and Standard Books:

BOOKS AT THREE-AND-SIXPENCE-continued.

Moxon's Popular Poets.

Edited by WILLIAM MIChael rossETTI.

Crown 8vo, with Eight Illustrations, in elegant cloth gilt, gilt edges, or in New Binding, with imitation porcelain centre-piece, 35. 6d. each.

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Beeton's Every Day Handbooks.

Crown 8vo, half-bound, cloth, 35. 6d. each.

1. Beeton's Every Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book. Comprising Instructions for Mistresses and Servants, and a Collection of Practical Recipes. With 104 Coloured Plates, showing the Modern Mode of sending Dishes to Table.

2. Beeton's Dictionary of Every Day Gardening. A Popular Encyclopædia of the Theory and Practice of Horticulture. With Coloured Plates, made after original Water-Colour Drawings, copied from Nature. 3. The Manners of Polite Society; or, Etiquette for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Families.

The World Library of Standard Books.

Including many of the acknowledged Masterpieces of Historical and Critical Literature, made mor accessible than hitherto to the general reader by publication at a moderate rate.

Crown 8vo, cloth, halt-bund, or cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. each.

2. Hallam's Europe during the Middle Ages. By HENRY HALLAM, Author of "Constitutional History of England."

5. Smith's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. By ADAM SMITH, LL.D., F.R.A.S.

8. Hume's Essays, Literary, Moral, and Political.

HUME, the Historian. 558 pages.

By DAVID

9. Montaigne's Essays. Containing all the Essays of MICHAEL the Seigneur de MONTAIGNE, Translated by CHARLES COTton, Esq. 684 pages.

II. Aikin's (Lucy) Court and Times of Queen Elizabeth.

12. Burke's (Edmund) Choice Pieces. Speech on the Law of Libel-Reflections on Revolution in France-On the Sublime and Beautiful -Abridgment of English History.

16. Locke on Toleration. 400 pages.

23. Macaulay: Reviews, Essays, and Poems.

24. Sydney Smith's Essays: Social and Political.

25. Lord Bacon: The Proficience and Advancement of Learning, the New Atlantis, Historical Sketches, with his Essays, Civil and Moral.

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BOOKS AT THREE-AND-SIXPENCE-continued.

The Boys' Favourite Library.

Post 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 35. 6d. each, Illustrated.

1. The Wonders of the World, in Earth, Sea, and Sky. As related to his Young Friends by UNCLE JOHN.

. Fifty Celebrated Men; Their Lives and Trials, and the Deeds that made them Famous. Illustrated with numerous Wood Engravings. 3. The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. By DANIEL DEFOE. With a Biographical Sketch of the Author. Embellished with a great number of Engravings on Wood.

4. The History of Sandford and Merton. By THOMAS DAY. Illustrated with 100 Engravings by the Brothers DALZIEL.

5. A Boy's Life Aboard Ship, as it is Told by Himself. Full of Adventure and Daring Deeds.

6. Life in a Whaler; or, Perils and Adventures in the Tropical Seas. By SAILOR CHARLEY.

7. Great Inventors: The Sources of their Usefulness, and the Results of their Efforts. Embellished with numerous Engravings.

8. Household Stories.

Collected by the Brothers GRIMM.

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which is added "The Caravan," an Eastern Tale, by WILLIAM Hauff. Profusely Illust. with Wood Engravings from Designs by Eminent Artists. 9. The Marvels of Nature; or, Outlines of Creation. By ELISHA NOYCE. With 400 Engravings by the Brothers DALZIEL.

By ELISHA NOYCE. With 365 Engravings by the Brothers Dalziel. II. Famous Boys, and How they Became Famous Men. By the Author of "Clever Boys." Numerous Engravings. New Edition. 12. The Triumphs of Perseverance and Enterprise. By THOMAS COOPER. Fully Illustrated. New Edition.

10. The Boy's Book of Industrial Information.

13. Edgar's Crusades and Crusaders. With numerous Illustrations. New Edition.

14. The Merchant's Clerk; or, Mark Wilton. A Book for Young Men. By the Rev. C. B. TAYLER, M.A.

15. Sailor Hero; or, The Frigate and the Lugger. By Captain F. C. ARMSTRONG. With Illustrations.

16. Cruise of the Daring: A Tale of the Sea. By Captain F. C. ARMSTRONG. With Illustrations.

17. Pyrotechny; or, The Art of Making Fireworks at little Cost, and with complete Safety and Cleanliness. With 124 Illustrations of Forms and Diagrams for Manufacture and Exhibition.

18. Mont Blanc, A Boy's Ascent of. By ALBERT SMITH. Illustrated. With Memoir of the Author by EDMUND YATES.

19. Poe's Tales of Mystery, Imagination, and Humour. By

EDGAR ALLAN POE.

21. Boy's Book of Modern Travel and Adventure. 22. The Young Marooners. By F. R. GOULDING.

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Illustrated. Illustrated.

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Presentation Volumes for Girls.

BOOKS AT THREE-AND-SIXPENCE-continued.

The Girls' Favourite Library.

Price 35. 6d. each, Illustrated.

These are all books which have gained a reputation for combining deep interest and amusement with pleasantly conveyed instruction. They are really "favourites"; books which Girls will read and preserve as indispensable to the Library of the School or the Home.

1. Fifty Celebrated Women: Their Virtues and Failings, and the Lessons of their Lives. Illustrated with numerous Engravings on Wood. 2. Evenings at Home; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened. Consisting of a variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons. By Dr. AIKEN and Mrs. BARBAULd.

3. Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio. First and Second Series, Complete. Beautifully Illustrated with page and other Engravings.

4. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (from this World to that which is to Come). A New Edition, with a Memoir. Illustrated with 100 Engravings by the Brothers DALZIEL.

5. Orange Blossoms.

A Book for all who have worn, are wearing, or are likely to wear them. Edited by T. S. ARTHUR. With Illustrations. 6. Julamerk; or, The Converted Jewess. By the Author of

"Naomi." With numerous Illustrations.

7. Martyrs of Carthage; or, The Christian Converts. A Tale of the Times of Old.

8. Margaret Catchpole, the Suffolk Girl. By the Rev. R. COBBOLD. 9. Modern Accomplishments; or, The March of Intellect. By

CATHERINE SINCLAIR.

10. Mary Bunyan, the Dreamer's Blind Daughter. By SALLIE

ROCHESTER FORD.

11. Aunt Jane's Hero, and Stepping Heavenward.

PRENTISS, Author of "The Flower of the Family."

By E.

12. Faith Gartney's Girlhood, and A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. By the Author of "The Gayworthys."

13. Little Women, and Good Wives. Being Stories for Girls. By

Miss L. M. ALCOTT.

14. The Lamplighter; or, An Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs. By Miss CUMMING. Illustrated.

15. Queechy. By the Author of "The Wide, Wide World."

16. The Wide, Wide World. By Miss WETHERELL. Illustrated. 17. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. By Mrs. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. Illustrated.

18. Maternal Counsels to a Daughter. By Mrs. PULLAN. 19. Mothers of Scripture. Showing their Influence on their Sons. 20. The School-Girl in France. By Miss MCCRINDELL.

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Gift Books for Young People.

BOOKS AT THREE-AND-SIXPENCE-continued.

Jules Verne's Stories.

Crown 8vo, elegant cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. each. DOUBLE VOLUMES.

1. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras. Containing The Eng. lish at the North Pole, and The Ice Desert. With Six Coloured Pictures. 2. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. First and Second Series, complete. With Six Coloured Pictures.

3. The Wonderful Travels. Containing A Journey into the Interior of the Earth, and Five Weeks in a Balloon. With Six Coloured Pictures. 4. The Moon Voyage. Containing From the Earth to the Moon, and Round the Moon. With Five Coloured Pictures.

Beeton's Erckmann-Chatrian Library. Illustrated, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 35. 6d. .ach. For List see "Books at 2s. 6d."

Andersen's Popular Tales for Children. With many full-page and other Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

Andersen's Stories for the Young. With many full-page and other Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

The Animal Picture Book for Kind Little People. With large Coloured Pictures. Folio, cloth, plain, 3s. 6d.

Aunt Fanny's Nursery Tales and Rhymes. With full-page Illustrations printed in Colours. 4to, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. Aunt Fanny's Pretty Picture Book. printed in Colours. 4to, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. The Book of Animals.

With full-page Illustrations

With Nine Coloured Illustrations by HARRISON WEIR (printed by LEIGHTON Brothers) and other Engravings. Folio, cloth plain, 3s. 6d.

Ann and Jane Taylor's Poetry for Children.

Containing the

Original Poems, Hymns for Infant Minds, and Rhymes for the Nursery. With many Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 35. 6d.

Sacred Stories for Sunday Hours; or, Scripture Narratives from the Old Testament. With Coloured Pictures. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. The Children's Forget-me-Not. A Book of Pictures and Stories for the Young. Royal 4to, cloth gilt, 35. 6d.

Webster's Universal Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the English Language. Condensed from NOAH WEBSTER'S Large Work, with numerous Synonyms, carefully discriminated by CHAUNCEY A. GOODRICH, D.D., Professor in Yale College. To which are added, WALKER'S Key to the Pronunciation of Classical and Scriptural Proper Names, a Vocabulary of Modern Geographical Names, Phrases and Quotations from the Ancient and Modern Languages, Abbreviations used in Writing, Printing, &c. 664 pages. Demy 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Getting On in the World; or, Hints on Success in Life. By WILLIAM MATHEWS. Series I. and II., complete. Crown Svo, cloth gilt, 35. 6d. Beeton's Public Speaker. Containing the Remarkable Speeches of the World's Greatest Orators. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

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