Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Part 17

THE BAIRNS' ANNUAL (for 1888-9) of Old-Fas.h.i.+oned Tales. Edited by ALICE CORKRAN. Ill.u.s.trated with nearly one hundred original wooden blocks and a coloured Frontispiece. Contents:-The Story of Punch and Judy: The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood: The b.u.t.terfly's Ball and the Gra.s.shopper's Feast: Little Red Riding Hood: Hop o' my Thumb: Cinderella and her Little Gla.s.s Slipper: Gaffer Gray: a Christmas Ditty: The Apple-Pie Alphabet: Dr. Watts's Cradle Hymn: Peter Piper's Practical Principles: A Merry New Song: The Rudiments of Grammar: The Froward Child Properly Corrected: Tom Thumb. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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A delightful _melange_ of the old-fas.h.i.+oned fairy tales that delighted our grand-parents when bairns.

MEN, MAIDENS & MANNERS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. By JOHN ASHTON. With thirty-four contemporary ill.u.s.trations. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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IN THE PRESS.]

HIEROGLYPHIC BIBLE. Being a careful selection of the most interesting and important pa.s.sages in the Old and New Testaments. Ill.u.s.trated with hundreds of Engravings on Wood. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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A facsimile, crowded with the original quaint ill.u.s.trations, of an edition of the Holy Scriptures which amused and instructed our great grand-fathers and great grand-mothers when little boys and girls.

A LOVER'S LITANIES. By ERIC MACKAY, Author of "Love Letters of a Violinist" and "Gladys the Singer." LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, London, E.C.

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THE BAGLIONI: A Tragedy. By FAIRFAX L. CARTWRIGHT. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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PEOPLE WE MEET. By CHARLES F. RIDEAL. Ill.u.s.trated by HARRY PARKES.

LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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A limited edition of 250 only, proof copies signed and numbered.

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THE DAWN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1st January, 1901. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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"Displays an exhaustive knowledge of the diplomatical relations between the different countries of Europe and of history in general."-_Morning Post._

A SEASON IN EGYPT. By W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE. Ill.u.s.trated. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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A BOOK OF JOUSTS. Edited by JAMES M. LOWRY, Author of "The Keys at Home," &c. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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"... exceedingly clever humorous verses ... we have not often seen a brighter little volume of its kind."-_Manchester Examiner._

FIFTY-FIVE GUINEAS REWARD. A Sensational Story. By FRED. C. MILFORD, Author of "Lost! A Day." Fifth Edition. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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THE GRIEVANCES BETWEEN AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, being the Report of the Conferences of the Incorporated Society of Authors held in Willis's Rooms, in March, 1887 with Additional Matter and Summary. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. By CHARLES LAMB. With an Introduction by ANDREW LANG. Ill.u.s.trated with eight beautiful steel plates engraved in facsimile from the original edition. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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A charming book of equal interest to children and their elders.

One hundred signed copies only, containing a set of earliest open-letter proofs of the eight ill.u.s.trations in red, and a duplicate set in brown.

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No. 1.-DAME WIGGINS OF LEE.

No. 2.-THE GAPING WIDE-MOUTHED WADDLING FROG.

No. 3.-DEBORAH DENT AND HER DONKEY.

Hand-coloured Ill.u.s.trations. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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Reprints of the coloured picture books-ill.u.s.trated from the original blocks, hand-coloured-used by our grand-mothers when young. The costumes of adults and of children at their games, &c., are very quaint and amusing. DAME WIGGINS OF LEE has met with the strong approval of Mr.

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MODERN MEN. By A MODERN MAID. CONTENTS: The Decay of Courtesy, Our Partners, Our Fellow Boarders, Husbands and Brothers, The Vanity of Men, Men and Money Matters, Objectionable Lovers, &c., &c. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.

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