Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Part 8

THE SHEPHERD LORD; AND OTHER STORIES.

BY JULIA CORNER.

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"We cannot imagine a better book for children educated at home; it combines the fascination of romance with the truth of history, and will be eagerly devoured by the youth of both s.e.xes."--_Somerset County Herald._

THE CAPTIVE'S DAUGHTER; and other stories.

BY W. HEARD HILLYARD.

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"If one were asked to select a series of stories most suitable for presents to children, and affording real pleasure in their perusal to 'children of a larger growth,'

very few would hesitate to name this series as the very first and best of the cla.s.s."--_Coventry Herald._

THE ORPHANS OF ELFHOLM; and other stories.

BY FRANCES BROWNE.

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"A book to be prized by the young, for its several tales are well written and full of touching interest."--_City Press._

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG; and other stories.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "A TRAP TO CATCH A SUNBEAM."

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"The precept of moral courage which it inculcates, coupled with its excellent tone throughout, stamps it at once as being of the right sort."--_English Churchman._

NOT CLEVER; and other stories.

BY FRANCES M. WILBRAHAM.

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"Pure in tone, full of interest, well got up, and cheap."--_Hereford Times._

DEAR CHARLOTTE'S BOYS; and other stories.

BY EMILY TAYLOR.

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"We are glad to receive a volume of these pretty stories.

There is something refres.h.i.+ng in them, scarcely to be found in any other publication."--_City Press._

THE STORY OF NELSON; and other stories.

BY W. H. G. KINGSTON.

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"Mr. Kingston, with great skill, brings out the stirring events of the great Admiral's life from the lips of an old Greenwich pensioner. The story is told with all the enthusiasm of a true 'Salt,' and has the further merit of capital descriptive writing."--_Plymouth Journal._

BLIND URSULA; AND OTHER STORIES.

BY MRS. WEBB.

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"A domestic tale of humble life, which will well repay perusal. There is an excellent tone, moral and religious, throughout the narrative."--_Leeds Intelligencer._

SEA-Sh.e.l.l ISLAND; AND OTHER STORIES.

BY G. E. SARGENT.

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"An exceeding pretty story."--_Somersets.h.i.+re County Herald._

WHICH WAS THE BRAVEST? AND OTHER STORIES.

BY L. A. HALL.

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"A tale of the Christmas holidays on the banks of the Shannon, intended to show, by the conduct of a party of young people, that rashness and disobedience are no proofs of courage. It should be widely spread, for the spirit of the little book is excellent. The engravings are appropriate and pleasing."--_Plymouth Journal._

THE CLOCKMAKER OF LYONS; AND OTHER STORIES.

BY E. M. PIPER.

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"An interesting tale, forming one of Messrs. Groombridge's Series of Gift Books, and by no means the worst of the series."--_Cheltenham Journal._