Frank Bennet. BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG-continued. A Tale of the Stocking-Loom and of the Lace-Frame in 1811. By Mrs. C. ORLEBAR. Fcap. 8vo, cloth neat, price is. 6d. Nuts for Boys to Crack. By Rev. JOHN TODD, D.D., Pittsfield, Mass. 2nd Edition. Foolscap 8vo., cloth neat, price 2s. 6d. Pleasant Talks about Jesus: Half-Hours with the Children. By JOHN COLWELL. cloth, price 2s. 6d. Crown 8vo., "The contents are very good indeed, and will be very helpful to mothers who are striving to bring up their children in the love of God and of Christ."-Church Bells. "We have been delighted with this volume of addresses to children. It is beautiful in thought, simple in language, lively in style, full of sympathy with children, and the important truths it contains are made plain by illustrations, interesting and to the point. Mothers would find in it a most hopeful Sunday friend, and Sundayschool teachers obtain many useful hints.”Christian. Kilkee. By ELIZA KERR, Author of the "Golden City," "Slieve Bloom," &c. 16mo., cloth gilt, price 2s. "It is a well-told story of Irish life, full of pathetic interest. Miss Kerr is a good writer for children; her books are attractive, healthy in tone, and on the whole well-written."Christian Miscellany. "The book is full of picturesque incident and picturesque pieces. It should find a place in every parochial and Sunday-school library."Church Review. The River Singers. By WILLIAM ROBSON. cloth, gilt, price Is. Fcap. 8vo., "One of those fascinating stories of London life which are always read with delight and profit; it is full of the Gospel."-Christian. "A pleasant story, simply and touchingly told."-National Church. "Very touchingly and interestingly told.”— Christian World. "A simple, touching little story, in which the troubles of a poor child are skilfully portrayed." -Rock. "This is a very well written story, and gives us a pleasant glimpse of Christian work in the East End of London."-Ecclesiastical Gazette. "It is a story which is sure to be found attractive, and can be cordially recommended."-John Bull. The Successful Merchant. Sketches of the Life of Mr. Samuel Budgett, late of Kingswood Hill. By WILLIAM ARTHUR. Author's Uniform Edition. Crown 8vo., cloth, price 6s. Bound for Presentation or School Prizes, half calf, gilt, price 8s.; calf, or morocco extra, price IIS. Fifty Years a Queen: A Memoir of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Sixty-four pages, crown 4to., in illuminated wrapper, with Vignettes of H. M. Queen Victoria, and 26 illustrations. Price Is. AT FOURPENCE EACH. Twenty pages 4to, Beautifully illustrated in Pictorial Cover. The Dog: Its instincts and usefulness. The Piper of Hamelin; and other 23, OLD BAILEY, LONDON; AND DERBY. The Work Table. A Manual of Wood Carving. Containing upwards of 130 Original and Selected Designs for the Guidance of Amateurs, and imparting all necessary information to Beginners in this Useful Art. By W. BEMROSE; with Introduction by the late LLEWELLYN JEWITT, F.S.A., &c., &c., &c. Seventeenth Edition, Enlarged. Illustrated. Crown 4to., Cloth, price 5s. A List of Full-sized Working Drawings for Furniture, &c., post free on application. "Wood Carving is one of the mechanical arts practised in the present day by amateurs of both sexes, and it is chiefly to assist these that Mr. Bemrose's Manual is intended; its plan is brief but comprehensive. The first plate exhibits the different kinds of tools necessary to the operation, and their uses are explained in the letterpress. This plate is followed by several others, consisting of Mouldings, Panels, Tablets, Pilasters, Picture-frames, Furniture, both Domestic and Ecclesiastical, each plate being accompanied by text describing the process of carving the objects. The examples are well selected and engraved with much accuracy and delicacy. -Art Journal, Fret Cutting and Perforated Carving. With Practical Instructions. By Wм. BEMROSE, Author of "Manual of Wood Carving." With Fifty-four designs, suitable for every description of useful and ornamental Articles of Furniture and Ornament. Fourteenth Edition. Illustrated. Demy 4to. Cloth, price 5s. New Designs in Fret Cutting are being continually brought out. A complete list of those already published will be forwarded on application. "Worthy of the former work, 'Manual of Wood Carving,' by which our author is so favourably known. Amateurs likely to employ their time in fret cutting and perforated carving, will here find suitable directions for the practice of this graceful yet useful art, laid down by one thoroughly master of its details. The illustrations are inimitable and the book is a marvel of cheapness.-John Bull. "This is a sequel by W. Bemrose to his two popular books on wood carving and frescutting. The present, like its predecessors, is written for amateurs, but trained workmen would find in it not a few useful hints, as well as a collection of beautiful designs. Buhl-work and marquetry have not hitherto been com sidered within the province of amateurs, nor have they been classed amongst amusement and pastimes; but so concise and sufficient, and apparently so easy of execution, are M. Bemrose's instructions, that we should not be surprised to find these beautiful arts becom popular. The illustrations are both numerouS and beautiful."—Public Opinion. "Very considerable excellence and very gratifying results can be achieved without any excessive amount of application, and by the exercise of even moderate ability and ordinary perseverance. The tools required are few and inexpensive, and the materials are plain and cheap. A special recommendation of the art is that nothing seems better for an amateur to work on than the old card-tables, work boxes, cabinets, and so on, which are to be found in most houses, usually the worse for wear and service; yet these are precisely the very best subjects for the amateur Buhl-workers to operate on, as by the exercise of a little skill and labour he may cover them with very beautiful and elegant decorations, and convert them inta most charming additions to the furnishing of a room."-Belfast Northern Whig. Bemrose's Guide to Fret Sawing. Being an Illustrated Price List of over One Hundred and Thirty Sheets of Fret Cutting Designs, showing each design in miniature; also a List of Machines, Tools, Saws, &c. Post free for two stamps. 23, OLD BAILEY, LONDON; AND DERBY. THE WORK TABLE.-continued. Sixteen Designs for Sofa and By MRS. WARREN. Price Is. Plainly Illustrated and Described by Thirty-six Lithographed Designs of various Useful and Ornamental Objects; by W. BEMROSE. Sixth Edition. Price Sixpence. "The decoration of churches and dwellinghouses at Christmas-time has always been popular; but from the scarcity of bright flowers at this time of the year, it has long been the custom to substitute rosettes, stars, crosses, &c., on coloured paper. The difficulty hitherto has been to get the paper strips of uniform width. This is now accomplished by machinery; and very charmingly pretty designs may be produced when the designs are properly set on cardboard. To facilitate the Decorator, Mr. W. Bemrose has produced a couple of handy little books, containing all the necessary directions, with diagrams showing exactly how the paper slips are to be folded, cut, tinted, varnished and mounted. The diagrams are so plain that with a little practice any young lady may make a room look bright, cheerful, and seasonable."-Lithographer. Bemrose's Star Rosette Papers. Cut mathematically correct to nine different widths. In Silver and Gold, at Is. per packet; in Cream (to imitate ivory), Violet, Light and Dark Brown, Ebony, Red, Primrose, Orange, Cedar, Light and Dark Blues, &c., at 6d. per packet. "The quality of the paper submitted to our notice appears to be exactly of the required substance and manufacture requisite for successful effect when plaited."-Queen. Card Board Foundations. FOR PAPER ROSETTE WORK, in great variety. A descriptive Price List on application. Or PAPER MOSAIC and How to Make "Messrs. BEMROSE & Sons, ef Derby who have produced many interesting and useful works, send to us a little book of models and structions, with a specimen of an art they term 'Mosaicon.' I consists ir maying various coloured papers in frame-work o wood, forms being given to the paper by means of their being curled or bent into shapes to represent flowers, geometric, or other designs. It would be difficult to devise a pleasure s rue, it far surpasses in exercise of ingenuity and in art teaching all the more recent idie enjoyments of home life, perhaps even those or the needle-certainly those of the knittingneedle. We have not sought to explain-in truth, explanation in a brief space would be impossible; but a card Messrs Bemrose for Information is all taa io required "-Art Journal. "This is a new art, whereby beautiful articles resembling Mosaic, may be made from paper of various hues. It appears extremely simple to earn, and, when once acquired, the worker may soon become an adept at it. The instruction are clear and concise, while the models are quite art treasures is themselves. By means of this new process any old box-cigar boxes are especially good-can be transformed, with very little expense and trouble, into beautiful and useful ornaments for the toilet table or drawing room. Its properties are very lasting, and, with a little taste, the work can be made to resemble a casket of jewels. We feel sure that when it gets more widely known it will become very popular with ladies who desire to enhance the appearance of their homes with elegant ornaments at a trifling cost."-Sheffield Post. Mosaicon Materials. Paper and Cards, Gold and Various Colours. Sixpence per packet, or in boxes at 5s. and 10s. Lists on applica tion. BEMROSE'S ORIGINAL FRET WORK DESIGNS. Part 1. Price 2s. BEMROSE'S COPYRIGHT WOOD CARVING DESIGNS. FOR THE USE OF AMATEURS AND OTHERS. A large variety of Furniture Designs in full-sized working drawings, with sections The series includes Panels, Drawer Fronts, Pilasters, Mouldings, Tablets, Pods, Friezes, &c. List on application. Price 6d. each Sheet. Special Designs made to order. 23, OLD BAILEY, LONDON; AND DERBY. THE Courational. JUBILEE SERIES. A New Set of Elementary School Books. THE JUBILEE READERS. PRIMERS: Lower Primer, 32 PF., paper, 1d; cloth. 21d Upper Primer, 48 pp. paper, 20.; cloth, od. The Infants Aid; or, hang Made Easy. 64 pp., cloth, 4d FEATURES,--Going up by power sounds from letters to words-Reading both by and sound -"The Infant's Aid,"--giving the power and sound of every word of cr syllable in the English Language -The Set of Primers in the form of Object Lessoni, an filustration (specially prepared) at the top of each page. READER (Standard I.), 112 pp., cloth boards, 8d. 6d. 10d READER (Standard II.), 112 pp., cloth boards, READER (Standard III), 160 pp., cloth boards, READER (Standard IV.), 176 pp., cloth boards, 18 Od. READER (Standards V. & VI, 384 pp., cloth boards, 2s. 6d FEATURES Novel matter--Prose and Poetical Pieces showing transposition-Lear all arranged to teach useful information, and a proper Step by Step system through out in the introduction of words and sentences. THE JUBILEE ARITHMETIC. STANDARD I., 24 pp., paper, 1d.; cloth limp, 2d. STANDARD II., 32 pp., paper, 1d; cloth limp, 2 d. STANDARD III, 32 pp., paper, 1d.; cloth limp, 2td. STANDARD IV., 48 pp., paper, 2d.; cloth limp, 3a. STANDARD V., 64 pp., paper, 3d.; cloth limp, 4d. STANDARD VL, 64 pp., paper, 3d.; cloth limp, 4d. STANDARD VII., 48 pp., paper, 2d.; cloth limp, 3d. Answers to Standards I, II, III, 22 pp., cloth limp, 6d. Standards IV., V., VI., VII., 66 pp., cloth limp, ls. FEATURES "Careful Graduation-Very Numerous Examples. " Mental Exercises, preparatory to each new step, and particularly to the next higher Standard-Miscel Questions at the end of each book in the form of Test Cards, including as much as possible, Inspector's Questions. THE JUBILEE GRAMMAR. ENGLISH STANDARD I., 8 pp., eight illustrations, paper cover, id. GRAMMAR (Standard II.), 24 pp., paper, 1d.; cloth, 2d. GRAMMAR (Standard III.), 32 pp., paper, 14d.; cloth, 21d. GRAMMAR (Standard IV.), 48 pp., paper, 2d. ; cloth, 3d. GRAMMAR (Standard V.), 64 pp., paper, 3d.; cloth, 4d. GRAMMAR (Standard VI.), 96 pp., GRAMMAR (Standard VII.), ditto, FEATURES Parsing carefully attended to-Analysis and Construction of Sentences Illustrated in all Standards-Alternative Pieces of Poetry for Repetition thoroughly explained-Etymology and Word Building for the higher Standards as required by the Code Examples and Exercises largely taken from the Repetition pieces Each Book framed to meet, not merely the Grammar requirements of the Code, but all those under the head of "ENGLISH." Other Works will be announced shortly. cloth, 6d. Teachers are respectfully invited to send for Specimen Pages. 23, OLD BAILEY, LONDON; AND DERBY. OPINIONS Of H. M. Inspectors of Schools, of Teachers and of the Press. WHAT H. M. INSPECTORS SAY: "I wish the Department would allow me a little more latitude in the recommendation of School Books, for I consider yours have come as a boon and a Jubilee blessing to the rising generation. What with the intelligent lines laid in your Lower Primer, and continued so thoroughly through the Upper, with the companion book, called the Infants' Aid, and the novel departure in Standard I. from all books of its kind, I reckon these early works have only to be seen by intelligent Teachers to be adopted. If your Infants' Aid were in common use, bad spelling would be a thing of the past, and the Code would be found an exact and just gauge.' "I am pleased to notice that the matter is fresher than in many Readers, and that the tone of the Books is thoroughly good." "They seem to be very well adapted to their purpose, and very well got up." "A well bound and carefully graduated series, admirably adapted for Elementary Schools." WHAT TEACHERS SAY: "Thanks for the specimen you kindly sent. I mean to introduce your whole series of Readers, which I consider the best I have seen. Meantime I have ordered through copies of your 'Infant's Aid' for all the boys in my First Standard. After a few days' trial I can see the great utility of this book. It was the very book I was looking out for-one that classifies our power sounds, and forms a key note to all our words. The Book has come at last, and no Teacher should be with out it."—A Lincolnshire Teacher. "I received copies of your Primers, Infants' Aid, and Readers I., II., and III., last week. I am really charmed with them all. From the way in which you lead up, by your ingenious key note in the Lower Primer, and your more extended one in the Infants' Aid, followed by the quaint and telling lessons in Standard I. Reader, I can see a plan in your works that never appeared in any of their predecessors. I do not consider the Code a whit too high now that we have such Books as yours, and I hope they will find their way into the majority of Schools in the kingdom, for they are bound to be a great boon to the rising generation."-A Scotch Teacher. "You have hit the mark. Any practical eye can soon see the grand design of your Primer, Infants' Aid, and early Readers. Any child who has been intelligently put through the Infants' Aid will possess a knowledge of the English language at an early stage, and will be able to spell in a systematic manner. I consider this small book a boon to the rising generation."-A Member of a School Board and a Head Master of a Grammar School. WHAT THE PRESS SAYS: "The Lower Primer is to some extent on the plan of learning to read by sight and sound, with an aim at word-making all through. The small Alphabet is given in a pretty tabulated framework at the beginning, followed by the Alphabet in capitals, and then the small and large Alphabets are repeated in the italic form. There is also a Table of the Figures. There are no unmeaning syllables in the early lessons, but exercises in words of two letters precede sentence making; and the easy sentence making is followed quickly by connected little reading lessons of the very simplest character, in harmony with the things which the infant mind is interested in. The woodcuts at the head of the pages are excellent and suitable, and are always illustrations of the lesson. One is a pretty portrait of the Queen as a little child. The plan is to talk to the child about the picture, then to get him to spell the key words at the head of the lesson, and then to read the passage. The pictures are not mere embellishments or entertainments for the children; they are part of a method of object lesson making capital in the teaching of the lesson. -The School Board Chronicle. "The Standard I. reader contains some really admirable lessons, every one of which teaches something useful. The lessons on 'Drawing a Goose,' 'Drawing a Pig,' &c. are quaint and novel, and in the hands of a good teacher are likely to popularise the lessons very much. There is, indeed, a freshness about the whole book which will at once commend itself to favourable notice."-Teacher's Aid. |