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    A Catalogue of Books for the Young
    A Catalogue of Books for the Young
    A Catalogue of Books for the Young
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    A Catalogue of Books for the Young

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      A Catalogue of Books for the Young - Various Various

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      Title: A Catalogue of Books for the Young

      Author: Various

      Release Date: May 27, 2012 [EBook #39818]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG ***

      Produced by Chris Curnow, Hazel Batey and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS for the YOUNG,

      OF ALL AGES,

      SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS AND SCHOOL PRIZES,

      Arranged according to Prices,

      From Half-a-Guinea to Sixpence Each

      ,

      With a List of their Educational Works.

      PUBLISHED BY

      Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh,

      (SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS).

      WEST CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON.

      E. F. DUTTON AND CO., NEW YORK.

      A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

      ARRANGED ACCORDING TO PRICES.

      10/6

      Ten Shillings and Sixpence each, cloth elegant.

      Child Life in Japan. By the late Mrs. Chaplin Ayrton. With Illustrations drawn and engraved by Japanese artists.

      7/6

      Seven Shillings and Sixpence each, cloth elegant. Illustrated.

      Alice's Wonderland Birthday Book. By E. Stanley Leathes and C. E. W. Holmes. A Reprint of the Edition of 1792.

      The Looking-Glass for the Mind. With Cuts by Bewick. An Introduction by Charles Welsh.

      Our Sketching Tour. By Two of the Artists.

      The Young Buglers. By G. A. Henty.

      6/6

      4to cloth, with Illustrations, price 6s. 6d. each.

      Grandpapa's Verses and Pictures. By R. H. Moore.

      6/

      KINGSTON'S SERIES OF SIX SHILLING BOOKS.

      Eleven Volumes. Each containing from 450 to 550 pages, well Illustrated by the Best Artists. Imperial 16mo, cloth elegant, gilt edges.

      The Three Midshipmen. With 24 Illustrations by G. Thomas Portch, &c. Eleventh Thousand.

      The Three Lieutenants; or, Naval life in the Nineteenth Century.

      The Three Commanders; or, Active Service Afloat in Modern Times.

      The Three Admirals, and the Adventures of their Young Followers.

      Hurricane Hurry; or, The Adventures of a Naval Officer during the American War of Independence.

      The Missing Ship; or, Notes from the Log of the Ouzel Galley.

      Paddy Finn: The Adventures of an Irish Midshipman Ashore and Afloat.

      True Blue; or, The Life and Adventures of a British Seaman of the Old School.

      Will Weatherhelm; or, The Yarn of an Old Sailor about his Early Life and Adventures.

      Won from the Waves; or, The Story of Maiden May, with Sixteen full-page Illustrations.

      Middy and Ensign; or, The Jungle Station: A Tale of the Malay Peninsula. By G. Manville Fenn, with Seventeen Illustrations by H. Petherick.

      6/-

      Six Shillings each, cloth elegant, with Illustrations.

      Children in Norway; or Holiday on the Ekeberg.

      Flyaway Fairies and Baby Blossoms. By L. Clarkson.

      Garden, The: coloured illustrations.

      Golden Threads from an Ancient Loom. By Lydia Hands.

      Journey to the Centre of the Earth. By Jules Verne.

      Mabel in Rhymeland. By Edward Holland, C.C.S. Illustrated by A. Chasemore.

      The Bird and Insects' Post Office. By Robert Bloomfield. (Or paper boards, chromo sides, 3s. 6d.)

      Little Loving Heart's Poem Book. By M. E. Tupper.

      5/-

      Five Shillings each, cloth elegant. Illustrated by eminent Artists.

      Belle's Pink Boots. By Joanna H. Matthews. Gilt edges.

      Belton Scholarship (The): a Chapter from the Life of George Denton. By Bernard Heldmann, with Eight full-page Illustrations.

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