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A Catalogue of Books for YoungPeople, Published by Seeley & Co.Ltd., 38 Great Russell St., LondonSome of the ContentsThe Library of Romance13The Library of Adventure13The Heroes of the World Library8The Olive Library10The Pink Library11The Prince’s Library12The Scarlet Library14The Wonder Library16Sunday Echoes2Stories by Professor Church3Stories by Mrs. Marshall9Stories by Miss Beatrice Marshall9Books by Miss Giberne7The Publishers will be pleased to send post free their complete Catalogue or their Illustrated Miniature Catalogue on receipt of a post-cardCATALOGUE OF BOOKSArranged alphabetically under the names of Authors and SeriesAGUILAR, GRACE.The Days of Bruce.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. (Scarlet Library.)ANDERSEN, HANS.Fairy Tales.With Illustrations. 2s. and 3s. 6d. (Scarlet and Prince’s Libraries.)ALCOTT, L. M.Little Women and Good Wives.With Illustrations. 2s. (Scarlet Library.) Also Little Women, Extra crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.; and Good Wives, Extra Crown, 1s. 6d.Amadis of Gaul.SeeKnight-Errant.Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.With Illustrations. 2s. (Scarlet Library.)BALLANTYNE, R. M.The Dog Crusoe and His Master.With Illustrations byH. M. Brock, R.I.Extra crown 8vo, 2s.BERTHET, E.The Wild Man of the Woods.With Illustrations. 1s. 6d.BLAKE, M. M.The Siege of Norwich Castle.With Illustrations, 5s.BRAMSTON, M.The Wild Lass of Estmere,and other Stories. Cr. 8vo, 3s. 6d.BROCK, Mrs. CAREY.The Bird’s Nest,and other Songs for Children, 1s.Dame Wynton’s Home.A Story Illustrative of the Lord’s Prayer. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.Home Memories.Crown 8vo, 5s.My Father’s Hand,and other Stories. Crown 8vo, 2s.Sunday Echoes in Weekday Hours.A Series of Illustrative Tales, Seven Vols. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. each.I.The Collects.II.The Church Catechism.III.Journeyings of the Israelites.IV.Scripture Characters.V.The Epistles and Gospels.VI.The Parables.VII.The Miracles.Working and Waiting.Crown 8vo, 5s.BROWN, LINNET.The Kidnapping of Ettie,and other Tales. With Sixteen Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.BUNYAN, JOHN.The Pilgrim’s Progress.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. (Scarlet Library.)CARTER, Miss J. R. M.Diana Polwarth, Royalist.A Story of the Life of a Girl in Commonwealth Days. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.CHARLESWORTH, Miss.England’s Yeomen.Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.Oliver of the Mill.With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.Ministering Children.1.With Sixteen Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.2.Olive Library. Cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.3.Scarlet Library. Cloth, 2s.4.With Four Illustrations. Cloth, 1s. 6d.Ministering Children: A Sequel.With Illustrations. Cloth, 1s. 6d. Also with Eight Illustrations. Cloth 2s. and 2s. 6d.The Old Looking-Glass.Crown 8vo, 1s.The Broken Looking-Glass.Crown 8vo, 1s.The Old Looking-Glass and the Broken Looking-Glass;or, Mrs. Dorothy Cope’s Recollections of Service. In one volume. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.Sunday Afternoons in the Nursery.With Illustrations. 2s. 6d.CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE.The Romance of the Ship.With Thirty-three Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.CHURCH, Rev. ALFRED J., formerly Professor of Latin in University College, London.“Professor Church’s skill, his overflowing knowledge, and above all, that cultured simplicity of style, in respect of which he has absolutely no rival among contemporary writers for boys, enable him to overcome all obstacles.”—Spectator.Extra crown 8vo, 5/-each.The Children’s Æneid.Told for Little Children. With Twelve Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.The Children’s Iliad.Told for Little Children. With Twelve Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.The Children’s Odyssey.Told for Little Children. With Twelve Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.The Crown of Pine.A Story of Corinth and the Isthmian Games. With Illustration in Colour byGeorge Morrow. Ex. cr. 8vo, 5s.The Count of the Saxon Shore.A Tale of the Departure of the Romans from Britain. With Sixteen Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Faery Queen and her Knights.Stories from Spencer. With Eight Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.Stories of Charlemagne and the Twelve Peers of France.With Eight Illustrations in Colour. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Crusaders.A Story of the War for the Holy Sepulchre. With Eight Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.Stories from the Greek Tragedians.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Greek Story.With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour. Crown 8vo, 5s.Stories from the Greek Comedians.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Hammer.A Story of Maccabean Times. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Story of the Persian War,from Herodotus. With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Heroes of Chivalry and Romance.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Stories of the East,from Herodotus. Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Helmet and Spear.Stories from the Wars of the Greeks and Romans. With Eight Illustrations byG. Morrow. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Story of the Iliad.With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s. Also Thin Paper Edition, cloth, 2s. nett; leather, 3s. nett.Cheap Edition, 6d. nett; also cloth, 1s.Roman Life in the Days of Cicero.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Stories from Homer.With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Stories from Livy.With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Story of the Odyssey.With Coloured Illustrations. 5s. Also Thin Paper Edition, cloth, 2s. nett; leather, 3s. nett. Cheap Edition, 6d. nett. Also cloth, 1s.Stories from Virgil.With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s. Cheap edition, sewed, 6d. nett.With the King at Oxford.A Story of the Great Rebellion. With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Crown 8vo, 3/6 each.The Fall of Athens.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.The Burning of Rome.A Story of Nero’s Days. With Sixteen Illustrations. Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.The Last Days of Jerusalem,from Josephus. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. Also a Cheap Edition, Sewed, 6d.Stories from English History.With many Illustrations. Cheaper Edition. Revised. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.Extra crown 8vo, 2/6 each.To the Lions.A Tale of the Early Christians. With Coloured Frontispiece and other Illustrations, 2s. 6d.Heroes of Eastern Romance.With Coloured Frontispiece and Eight other Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.The Chantry Priest.With Illustrations.Three Greek Children.Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.Crown 8vo, 1/6 each.A Greek Gulliver.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.Heroes and Kings.Stories from the Greek. Illustrated. Small 4to, 1s. 6d.The Stories of the Iliad and the Æneid.With Illustrations. 16mo, sewed, 1s.; cloth, 1s. 6d. Also without Illustrations, cloth, 1s.To the Lions.A Tale of the Early Christians. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.CODY, Rev. H. A.On Trail and Rapid.By Dog-sled and Canoe. A Story of Bishop Bompas’s Life among the Red Indians and Esquimo. Told for Boys and Girls. With Twenty-six Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.COOLIDGE, SUSAN.What Katy did at Home and at School.With Four Illustrations in Colour byH. M. Brock, R.I.Crown 8vo, 2s.; also in leather, 3s. 6d. nett.COUPIN, H., D.Sc., and J. LEA, M.A.The Romance of Animal Arts and Crafts.With Twenty-five Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.COWPER, F.Caedwalla:or, The Saxons in the Isle of Wight. With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. (Prince’s Library.)The Island of the English.A Story of Napoleon’s Days. With Illustrations byGeorge Morrow. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.The Captain of the Wight.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.CRAIK, Mrs.John Halifax.Illustrated. Extra cr. 8vo, 2s. (Scarlet Liby.)DAVIDSON, N. J., B.A.A Knight-Errant and his Doughty Deeds.The Story of Amadis of Gaul. With Eight Coloured Illustrations byH. M. Brock, R.I. Square Extra Crown 8vo, 5s.DAWSON, Rev. Canon E. C.Heroines of Missionary Adventure.With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.Lion-Hearted.Bishop Hannington’s Life Retold for Boys and Girls. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. (Olive Library), and 1s. 6d. (Pink Library).In the Days of the Dragons.Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.DEFOE, DANIEL.Robinson Crusoe.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. and 3s. 6d. (Scarlet and Olive Libraries.)ELLIOTT, Miss.Copsley Annals Preserved in Proverbs.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.Mrs. Blackett.Her Story. Fcap. 8vo, 1s.ELLIOT, Prof. G. F. SCOTT, M.A., B.Sc., F.R.G.S., F.L.S.The Romance of Plant Life.Describing the curious and interesting in the Plant World. With 34 Illustrations. Ex. crown 8vo, 5s.“Popularly written by a man of great scientific accomplishments.”—The Outlook.The Romance of Savage Life.With Forty-five Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.The Romance of Early British Life:From the Earliest Times to the Coming of the Danes. With 30 Illustrations. Ex. crown 8vo, 5s.EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN.A Pair of Originals.With Coloured Frontispiece and Eight other Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.FIELD, Rev. CLAUD, M.A.Heroes of Missionary Enterprise.With many Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.GARDINER, LINDA.Sylvia in Flowerland.With 16 Illustrations Cr. 8vo, 3s. 6d.GAYE, SELINA.Coming;or, The Golden Year. A Tale. Third Edition. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Great World’s Farm.Some Account of Nature’s Crops and How they are Grown. With a Preface by ProfessorBoulger, and Sixteen Illustrations. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 5s.GIBERNE, AGNES.The Romance of the Mighty Deep.With Illustrations. 5s.“Most fascinating.”—Daily News.Among the Stars;or, Wonderful Things in the Sky. With Coloured Illustrations. Eighth Thousand. Crown 8vo, 5s.Duties and Duties.Crown 8vo, 5s.The Curate’s Home.Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.The Ocean of Air.Meteorology for Beginners. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Starry Skies.First Lessons on Astronomy. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.Sun, Moon, and Stars.Astronomy for Beginners. With a Preface by ProfessorPritchard. With Coloured Illustrations. Twenty-sixth Thousand. Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo, 5s.The World’s Foundations.Geology for Beginners. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.GIBSON, CHARLES R., F.R.S.E.The Romance of Modern Electricity.Describing in non-technical language what is known about electricity and many of its interesting applications. With Forty-one Illustrations. Ex. crown 8vo, 5s.“Admirable … clear, concise.”—The Graphic.The Romance of Modern Photography.The Discovery and its Application. With many Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.The Romance of Modern Manufacture.A Popular Account of the Marvels of Machinery. With Twenty-four Illustrations and Sixteen Diagrams. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.How Telegraphs and Telephones Work.Explained in non-technical language. With many Diagrams. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.GILLIAT, EDWARD, M.A. Formerly Master at Harrow School.Forest Outlaws.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Heroes of Modern Crusades.With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.In Lincoln Green.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5s.The King’s Reeve.Illustrated bySydney Hall. 3s. 6d.Wolf’s Head.With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.The Romance of Modern Sieges.With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 3s.Heroes of the Elizabethan Age.With Sixteen Full-page Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.GOLDEN RECITER, THE.SeeReciter, The Golden.GREW, EDWIN S., M.A. (Oxon.).The Romance of Modern Geology.A popular account in non-technical language. With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. and 3s. 6d. (Scarlet and Prince’s Libraries.)HEROES OF THE WORLD LIBRARYEach Volume lavishly Illustrated. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.Heroes of Missionary Enterprise.By Rev.Claud Field, M.A.Heroes of Pioneering.By Rev.Edgar Sanderson, M.A., Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge.Heroines of Missionary Adventure.By Rev.Canon Dawson, M.A.Heroes of Modern Crusades.By Rev.Edward Gilliat.Heroes of Modern India.By Rev.E. Gilliat.Heroes of the Elizabethan Age.By Rev.E. Gilliat.HUGHES, THOMAS.Tom Brown’s Schooldays.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. and 2s. 6d. (Scarlet and Olive Libraries.)HYRST, H. W. G.Adventures in the Great Deserts.With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.Adventures in the Great Forests.With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.Adventures among Wild Beasts.With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.Adventures in the Arctic Regions.With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.Adventures among Red Indians.With Sixteen Full-page Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.KINGSLEY, CHARLES.Westward Ho! With Illustrations.Extra crown 8vo, 2s. & 2s. 6d. (Scarlet and Olive Libraries.)KNIGHT-ERRANT AND HIS DOUGHTY DEEDS.The story of Amadis of Gaul.Edited byN. J. Davidson, B.A.With Eight Coloured Illustrations byH. M. Brock, R.I.Square extra crown 8vo, 5s.LAMB, CHARLES and MARY.Tales from Shakespeare.With Illustrations. Ex. crown 8vo, 2s. (Scarlet Library.)LAMBERT, Rev. JOHN, M.A., D.D.The Romance of Missionary Heroism.True Stories of the Intrepid Bravery and Stirring Adventures of Missionaries in all Parts of the World. With Thirty-nine Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.Missionary Heroes in Asia.Illustrated. Cr. 8vo, 1s. 6d.Missionary Heroes in Africa.Illustrated. Cr. 8vo, 1s. 6d.Missionary Heroes in Oceania.Illustrated. Cr. 8vo, 1s. 6d.LEA, JOHN, M.A. (Oxon.)The Romance of Animal Arts and Crafts.SeeCoupin.The Romance of Bird Life.With Twenty-six Illustrations. 5s.LEYLAND, J.For the Honour of the Flag.A Story of our Sea Fights with the Dutch. With Illustrations byLancelot Speed. Crown 8vo, 5s.MACPHERSON, HECTOR, Jun.The Romance of Modern Astronomy.With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.MARSHALL, BEATRICE.His Most Dear Ladye.A Story of the Days of the Countess of Pembroke, Sir Philip Sidney’s Sister. Illustrated. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.The Siege of York.A Story of the Days of Thomas, Lord Fairfax. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.An Old London Nosegay.Gathered from the Day-Book of Mistress Lovejoy Young. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Old Blackfriars.In the Days of Van Dyck. A Story. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Queen’s Knight-Errant.A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh. With Eight Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.MARRYAT, Captain.Masterman Ready.With Illustrations byH. M. Brock, R.I. 2s. (Scarlet Library.)MARSHALL, EMMA.“Mrs. Marshall’s imaginative pictures of the England of other days are in reality prose poems.”—Literature.Crown 8vo, 5/-In Colston’s Days.A Story of Old Bristol. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.In Four Reigns.The Recollections of Althea Allingham, 1785-1842. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.In the Choir of Westminster Abbey.A Story of Henry Purcell’s Days. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.In the East Country with Sir Thomas Browne, Knight.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.In the Service of Rachel, Lady Russell.A Story of 1682-94. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.A Haunt of Ancient Peace.Memories of Mr. Nicholas Ferrar’s House at Little Gidding. With Illustrations byT. Hamilton Crawford. Crown 8vo, 5s.Kensington Palace.In the Days of Mary II. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Master of the Musicians.A Story of Handel’s Day. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.The Parson’s Daughter,and How she was Painted by Mr. Romney. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Penshurst Castle.In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Cheap Edition.Demy 8vo, 6d.Winchester Meads.In the Days of Bishop Ken. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Cheap Edition.Demy 8vo, 6d.Under Salisbury Spire.In the Days of George Herbert. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Cheap Edition.6d.Under the Dome of St. Paul’s.In the Days of Sir Christopher Wren. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Under the Mendips.A Tale of the Times of Hannah More. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Constantia Carew.Crown 8vo, 5s.Crown 8vo, 3/6Castle Meadow.A Story of Norwich a Hundred Years Ago.Edward’s Wife.An Escape from the Tower.Joanna’s Inheritance.Life’s Aftermath.Now-a-days.On the Banks of the Ouse.The White King’s Daughter.Winifrede’s Journal.Extra Crown 8vo, 2/6The Old Gateway.Millicent Legh.Violet Douglas.Helen’s Diary.Crown 8vo, 1/6Brothers and Sisters.Up & Down the Pantiles.1/-The First Light on the Eddystone.THE OLIVE LIBRARYSTORIES BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORSExtra Crown 8vo. With Coloured and other Illustrations, 2s. 6d. each.CHARLESWORTH, Miss.Ministering Children.A Sequel to Ministering Children.England’s Yeomen.Oliver of the Mill.CHURCH, Prof. A. J.The Chantry Priest.Heroes of Eastern Romance.A Young Macedonian.Three Greek Children.To the Lions.A Tale of the Early Christians.DAWSON, Rev. E. C.Lion-Hearted.The Story of Bishop Hannington’s Life told for Boys and Girls.EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN.A Pair of Originals.HUGHES, T.Tom Brown’s Schooldays.KINGSLEY, CHAS.Westward Ho!MARSHALL, Mrs.The Old Gateway.Violet Douglas.Helen’s Diary.Millicent Legh.STOWE, Mrs. BEECHER.Uncle Tom’s Cabin.WILBERFORCE, Bishop.Agathos, The Rocky Island,and other Sunday Stories.PHILIP, JAMES C., D.Sc., Ph.D.The Romance of Modern Chemistry.With Twenty-nine Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.THE PINK LIBRARYSTORIES BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORSCrown 8vo. With many Illustrations. 1s. 6d.CHURCH, Prof. A. J.To the Lions.The Greek Gulliver.MARSHALL, Mrs.Brothers and Sisters.Brook Silvertone.CHARLESWORTH, Miss.Ministering Children.The Sequel to Ministering Children.The Old and the Broken Looking-Glass.DAWSON, Rev. E. C.Lion-Hearted.LAMBERT, Rev. J. G.Missionary Heroes in Asia.Missionary Heroes in Oceania.Missionary Heroes in Africa.WILBERFORCE, Bishop.Agathos and The Rocky Island.ALCOTT, L. M.Little Women.Good Wives.BERTHET, E.The Wild Man of the Woods.SEELEY, E.The World before the Flood.ANDERSEN, HANS.Fairy Tales and Stories.GRIMM, The Brothers.Fairy Tales and Stories.BY VARIOUS AUTHORSThe Life of a Bear.The Life of an Elephant.Only a Dog.THE PRINCE’S LIBRARYWith Coloured Frontispiece and other Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.Andersen’s Fairy Tales.Caedwalla.ByFrank Cowper.Grimm’s Fairy Tales.The Wolf’s Head.By Rev.E. Gilliat.The Last of the White Coats.ByG. I. Whitham.Diana Polwarth, Royalist.ByJ. R. M. Carter.The Fall of Athens.By ProfessorA. J. Church.The King’s Reeve.By the Rev.E. Gilliat.The Cabin on the Beach.ByM. E. Winchester.The Captain of the Wight.ByFrank Cowper.Robinson Crusoe.ByDaniel Defoe.RECITER, THE GOLDEN.A volume of Recitations & Readings in Prose & Verse selected from the works ofRudyard Kipling,R. L. Stevenson,Conan Doyle,Maurice Hewlett,Christina Rossetti,Thomas Hardy,Austin Dobson,A. W. Pinero, &c., &c. With an Introduction byCairns James, Professor of Elocution at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. Extra crown 8vo, 704 pp. 3s. 6d. Also Thin Paper Edition for the Pocket, with gilt edges. Small crown 8vo, 5s.“An admirable collection in prose and verse.”—The Spectator.RECITER, THE GOLDEN HUMOROUS.Edited, and with an Introduction by Cairns James, Professor of Elocution at the Royal College of Music. Recitations and Readings selected from the writings ofF. Anstey,J. M. Barrie,S. R. Crockett,Major Drury,Jerome K. Jerome,Barry Pain,A. W. Pinero,Owen Seaman,G. B. Shaw, &c. Over 700 pages, extra crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. Also a Thin Paper Edition, with gilt edges, small crown 8vo, 5s.ROBINSON, Commander C. N.For the Honour of the Flag.A Story of our Sea Fights with the Dutch. With Illustrations byLancelot Speed. Crown 8vo, 5s.SANDERSON, Rev. E.Heroes of Pioneering.True Stories of the Intrepid Bravery and Stirring Adventures of Pioneers in all Parts of the World. With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.THE LIBRARY OF ADVENTUREWith many Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo, 5s. each.“Delightful books of adventure, beautifully printed and tastefully got up.”—Educational Times.Adventures in the Arctic Regions.ByH. W. G. Hyrst.Adventures among Wild Beasts.ByH. W. G. Hyrst.Adventures on the High Seas.ByR. Stead, B.A.Adventures in the Great Deserts.ByH. W. G. Hyrst.Adventures on the Great Rivers.ByRichard Stead.Adventures in the Great Forests.ByH. W. G. Hyrst. With Sixteen illustrations.Adventures on the High Mountains.ByR. Stead. With Sixteen Illustrations.Adventures among Red Indians.ByH. W. G. Hyrst. With Sixteen Full-page Illustrations.THE LIBRARY OF ROMANCEFully Illustrated. Bound in blue, scarlet, and gold.Extra Crown 8vo, 5s. each.“Splendid volumes.”—The Outlook.“Gift books whose value it would be difficult to overestimate.”—Standard.The Romance of the Ship.The story of its origin and evolution. ByE. Keble Chatterton. With Thirty-three Illustrations.The Romance of Modern Astronomy.ByHector Macpherson, Jun. With Twenty-four Illustrations.The Romance of Modern Chemistry.By J. C. Philip, D.Sc., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, South Kensington.The Romance of Modern Manufacture.ByC. R. Gibson, F.R.S.E.The Romance of Early British Life.From the Earliest Times to the Coming of the Danes. By Prof.G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc. With 30 Illustrations.The Romance of Modern Geology.ByE. S. Grew, M.A. (Oxon.).The Romance of Bird Life.ByJohn Lea, M.A.The Romance of Modern Photography.Its Discovery and its Application. ByC. R. Gibson, A.I.E.E. With 63 Illustrations.The Romance of Modern Sieges.By the Rev.E. Gilliat. With 24 Illustrations.The Romance of Savage Life.By ProfessorG. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc., &c. With 45 Illustrations.The Romance of the World’s Fisheries.BySidney Wright. With 24 Illustrations.The Romance of Animal Arts & Crafts.ByH. Coupin, D.Sc., andJ. Lea, M.A. With 24 Illustrations.“Extremely fascinating.”—Liverpool Courier.The Romance of Early Exploration.ByA. Williams, B.A., F.R.G.S. With 16 Illustrations.“We cannot imagine a book that a boy would appreciate more than this.”—Daily Telegraph.The Romance of Missionary Heroism.ByJohn C. Lambert, B.A., D.D. With 39 Illustrations.“About 350 pages of the most thrilling missionary lives ever collected in one volume.”—Methodist Times.The Romance of Plant Life.By Prof.G. F. Scott Elliot, B.A. (Cantab.), B.Sc. (Edin.). With 34 Illustrations.“Besides being entertaining, instructive and educative.”—Liverpool Courier.The Romance of Polar Exploration.ByG. Firth Scott. With 24 Illustrations. “Thrillingly interesting.”—Liverpool Courier.The Romance of Insect Life.ByEdmund Selous.The Romance of Modern Mechanism.ByA. Williams.“Genuinely fascinating. Mr. Williams is an old favourite.”—L’pool Courier.The Romance of Modern Electricity.ByCharles R. Gibson, F.R.S.E.“Admirable … clear and concise.”—The Graphic.The Romance of the Animal World.ByEdmund Selous.“A very fascinating book.”—Graphic.The Romance of Modern Exploration.ByA. Williams.“A mine of information and stirring incident.”—Scotsman.The Romance of Modern Invention.ByA. Williams.“An ideal gift book for boys, fascinatingly interesting.”—Queen.The Romance of Modern Engineering.ByA. Williams.“An absorbing work with its graphic descriptions.”—Standard.The Romance of Modern Locomotion.ByA. Williams.“Crisply written, brimful of incident not less than instruction. Should be as welcome as a Ballantyne story or a Mayne Reid romance.”—Glasgow Herald.The Romance of Modern Mining.ByA. Williams.“Boys will revel in this volume.”—City Press.The Romance of the Mighty Deep.ByAgnes Giberne.“Most fascinating.”—Daily News.SCARLET LIBRARY, THE ILLUSTRATED.Large crown 8vo, cloth, gilt. With Eight original Illustrations byH. M. Brock,Lancelot Speed, and other leading Artists. Price 2s. per volume.The Pilgrim’s Progress.ByJohn Bunyan.The Wide, Wide World.BySusan Warner.Uncle Tom’s Cabin.ByH. Beecher Stowe.Ben Hur.By GeneralLew Wallace.Westward Ho!ByCharles Kingsley.John Halifax.By Mrs.Craik.Robinson Crusoe.ByDaniel Defoe.Little Women and Good Wives.ByL. M. Alcott.The History of Henry Esmond.ByW. M. Thackeray.The Swiss Family Robinson.Grimm’s Fairy Tales.A New Translation.Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination.Don Quixote.ByCervantes.Gulliver’s Travels.ByJonathan Swift.The Days of Bruce.ByGrace Aguilar.Tom Brown’s Schooldays.ByThomas Hughes.Tales from Shakespeare.ByCharles Lamb.Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales.The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.The Scalp Hunters.ByCaptain Mayne Reid.Ministering Children.By MissCharlesworth.Ministering Children. A Sequel.The Dog Crusoe.ByR. M. Ballantyne.Masterman Ready.By CaptainMarryat.What Katy did at Home and at School.BySusan Coolidge.SCOTT, G. FIRTH.The Romance of Polar Exploration.Illustrated. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.“Thrillingly interesting, excellently illustrated.”—Liverpool Courier.SEELEY, A.This Great Globe.First Lessons in Geography, 1s. 6d.SEELEY, M.The World before the Flood.Stories from the Best Book. With Illustrations byG. P. Jacomb Hood. Crown 8vo, 1s. and 1s. 6d.SELOUS, E.The Romance of the Animal World.Illustrated. Ex. crown 8vo, 5s.“A very fascinating book.”—Graphic.The Romance of Insect Life.Illustrated. Ex. cr. 8vo, 5s.“Mr. Selous, the well-known naturalist, writes in purely informal style.”—The Globe.WARD, E.Fresh from the Fens.With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, 3s. 6d.WICKS, M.To Mars via the Moon.An Astronomical Story. With Eight Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.WILBERFORCE, Bishop S.Agathos.With Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6d.; cloth, 1s.Agathos, The Rocky Island,and other Sunday Stories. With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d., 2s. 6d.The Rocky Island and other Similitudes.With Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6d.; cloth, 1s.WINCHESTER, M. E.Adrift in a Great City.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5s.City Violet.Crown 8vo, 5s.The Cabin on the Beach.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.A Nest of Skylarks.A Nest of Sparrows.Crown 8vo, 5s.Under the Shield.Crown 8vo, 5s.A Wayside Snowdrop.Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.Chirps for the Chicks.WILLIAMS, ARCHIBALD, B.A (Oxon.), F.R.G.S.The Romance of Early Exploration.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5s.“A companion volume to ‘The Romance of Modern Exploration,’ and if possible, more full of Romance.”—Evening Standard.The Romance of Modern Exploration.With 26 Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.“A mine of information and stirring incident.”—Scotsman.The Romance of Modern Mechanism.With 25 Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.“Mr. Williams is an old favourite; a genuinely fascinating book.”—Liverpool Courier.The Romance of Modern Invention.With 24 Illustrations.“An ideal gift book for boys, fascinatingly interesting.”—Queen.The Romance of Modern Engineering.Illustrated.“An absorbing work with its graphic descriptions.”—Standard.The Romance of Modern Locomotion.Illustrated.“Crisply written and brimful of incident.”—Glasgow Herald.The Romance of Modern Mining.With 24 Illustrations.“Boys will revel in this volume.”—City Press.WHITHAM, G. I.The Last of the White Coats.A Story of Cavaliers and Roundheads. Illustrated in colour byOscar Wilson. Ex. crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.THE WONDER LIBRARYWith Eight Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo. Price 2s.The Wonders of Animal Ingenuity.ByH. Coupin, D.Sc., andJohn Lea, M.A, Author of “The Romance of Bird Life,” &c. &c.The Wonders of Mechanical Ingenuity.ByArchibald Williams, B.A., F.R.G.S., Author of “The Romance of Engineering.”The Wonders of Asiatic Exploration.ByArchibald Williams, B.A., F.R.G.S., Author of “The Romance of Early Exploration.”The Wonders of the Plant World.ByG. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc., &c., Author of “The Romance of Early British Life.”The Wonders of Modern Railways.ByArchibald Williams, B.A., F.R.G.S., Author of “The Romance of Modern Locomotion.”The Wonders of the Insect World.ByE. Selous, Author of “The Romance of the Animal World.”WRIGHT, SIDNEY.The Romance of the World’s Fisheries.With many Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
A Catalogue of Books for YoungPeople, Published by Seeley & Co.Ltd., 38 Great Russell St., London
Some of the Contents
The Publishers will be pleased to send post free their complete Catalogue or their Illustrated Miniature Catalogue on receipt of a post-card
CATALOGUE OF BOOKS
Arranged alphabetically under the names of Authors and Series
AGUILAR, GRACE.
The Days of Bruce.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. (Scarlet Library.)
ANDERSEN, HANS.
Fairy Tales.With Illustrations. 2s. and 3s. 6d. (Scarlet and Prince’s Libraries.)
ALCOTT, L. M.
Little Women and Good Wives.With Illustrations. 2s. (Scarlet Library.) Also Little Women, Extra crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.; and Good Wives, Extra Crown, 1s. 6d.
Amadis of Gaul.SeeKnight-Errant.
Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.With Illustrations. 2s. (Scarlet Library.)
BALLANTYNE, R. M.
The Dog Crusoe and His Master.With Illustrations byH. M. Brock, R.I.Extra crown 8vo, 2s.
BERTHET, E.
The Wild Man of the Woods.With Illustrations. 1s. 6d.
BLAKE, M. M.
The Siege of Norwich Castle.With Illustrations, 5s.
BRAMSTON, M.
The Wild Lass of Estmere,and other Stories. Cr. 8vo, 3s. 6d.
BROCK, Mrs. CAREY.
The Bird’s Nest,and other Songs for Children, 1s.
Dame Wynton’s Home.A Story Illustrative of the Lord’s Prayer. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.
Home Memories.Crown 8vo, 5s.
My Father’s Hand,and other Stories. Crown 8vo, 2s.
Sunday Echoes in Weekday Hours.A Series of Illustrative Tales, Seven Vols. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. each.
Working and Waiting.Crown 8vo, 5s.
BROWN, LINNET.
The Kidnapping of Ettie,and other Tales. With Sixteen Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
BUNYAN, JOHN.
The Pilgrim’s Progress.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. (Scarlet Library.)
CARTER, Miss J. R. M.
Diana Polwarth, Royalist.A Story of the Life of a Girl in Commonwealth Days. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
CHARLESWORTH, Miss.
England’s Yeomen.Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
Oliver of the Mill.With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
Ministering Children.
Ministering Children: A Sequel.With Illustrations. Cloth, 1s. 6d. Also with Eight Illustrations. Cloth 2s. and 2s. 6d.
The Old Looking-Glass.Crown 8vo, 1s.
The Broken Looking-Glass.Crown 8vo, 1s.
The Old Looking-Glass and the Broken Looking-Glass;or, Mrs. Dorothy Cope’s Recollections of Service. In one volume. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.
Sunday Afternoons in the Nursery.With Illustrations. 2s. 6d.
CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE.
The Romance of the Ship.With Thirty-three Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
CHURCH, Rev. ALFRED J., formerly Professor of Latin in University College, London.
“Professor Church’s skill, his overflowing knowledge, and above all, that cultured simplicity of style, in respect of which he has absolutely no rival among contemporary writers for boys, enable him to overcome all obstacles.”—Spectator.
Extra crown 8vo, 5/-each.
The Children’s Æneid.Told for Little Children. With Twelve Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
The Children’s Iliad.Told for Little Children. With Twelve Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
The Children’s Odyssey.Told for Little Children. With Twelve Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
The Crown of Pine.A Story of Corinth and the Isthmian Games. With Illustration in Colour byGeorge Morrow. Ex. cr. 8vo, 5s.
The Count of the Saxon Shore.A Tale of the Departure of the Romans from Britain. With Sixteen Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Faery Queen and her Knights.Stories from Spencer. With Eight Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
Stories of Charlemagne and the Twelve Peers of France.With Eight Illustrations in Colour. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Crusaders.A Story of the War for the Holy Sepulchre. With Eight Illustrations in Colour. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
Stories from the Greek Tragedians.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Greek Story.With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Stories from the Greek Comedians.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Hammer.A Story of Maccabean Times. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Story of the Persian War,from Herodotus. With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Heroes of Chivalry and Romance.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Stories of the East,from Herodotus. Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Helmet and Spear.Stories from the Wars of the Greeks and Romans. With Eight Illustrations byG. Morrow. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Story of the Iliad.With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s. Also Thin Paper Edition, cloth, 2s. nett; leather, 3s. nett.Cheap Edition, 6d. nett; also cloth, 1s.
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Stories from Homer.With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Stories from Livy.With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Story of the Odyssey.With Coloured Illustrations. 5s. Also Thin Paper Edition, cloth, 2s. nett; leather, 3s. nett. Cheap Edition, 6d. nett. Also cloth, 1s.
Stories from Virgil.With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s. Cheap edition, sewed, 6d. nett.
With the King at Oxford.A Story of the Great Rebellion. With Coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Crown 8vo, 3/6 each.
The Fall of Athens.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
The Burning of Rome.A Story of Nero’s Days. With Sixteen Illustrations. Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
The Last Days of Jerusalem,from Josephus. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. Also a Cheap Edition, Sewed, 6d.
Stories from English History.With many Illustrations. Cheaper Edition. Revised. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
Extra crown 8vo, 2/6 each.
To the Lions.A Tale of the Early Christians. With Coloured Frontispiece and other Illustrations, 2s. 6d.
Heroes of Eastern Romance.With Coloured Frontispiece and Eight other Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
The Chantry Priest.With Illustrations.
Three Greek Children.Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
Crown 8vo, 1/6 each.
A Greek Gulliver.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.
Heroes and Kings.Stories from the Greek. Illustrated. Small 4to, 1s. 6d.
The Stories of the Iliad and the Æneid.With Illustrations. 16mo, sewed, 1s.; cloth, 1s. 6d. Also without Illustrations, cloth, 1s.
To the Lions.A Tale of the Early Christians. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.
CODY, Rev. H. A.
On Trail and Rapid.By Dog-sled and Canoe. A Story of Bishop Bompas’s Life among the Red Indians and Esquimo. Told for Boys and Girls. With Twenty-six Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
COOLIDGE, SUSAN.
What Katy did at Home and at School.With Four Illustrations in Colour byH. M. Brock, R.I.Crown 8vo, 2s.; also in leather, 3s. 6d. nett.
COUPIN, H., D.Sc., and J. LEA, M.A.
The Romance of Animal Arts and Crafts.With Twenty-five Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
COWPER, F.
Caedwalla:or, The Saxons in the Isle of Wight. With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. (Prince’s Library.)
The Island of the English.A Story of Napoleon’s Days. With Illustrations byGeorge Morrow. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
The Captain of the Wight.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
CRAIK, Mrs.
John Halifax.Illustrated. Extra cr. 8vo, 2s. (Scarlet Liby.)
DAVIDSON, N. J., B.A.
A Knight-Errant and his Doughty Deeds.The Story of Amadis of Gaul. With Eight Coloured Illustrations byH. M. Brock, R.I. Square Extra Crown 8vo, 5s.
DAWSON, Rev. Canon E. C.
Heroines of Missionary Adventure.With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
Lion-Hearted.Bishop Hannington’s Life Retold for Boys and Girls. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. (Olive Library), and 1s. 6d. (Pink Library).
In the Days of the Dragons.Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.
DEFOE, DANIEL.
Robinson Crusoe.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. and 3s. 6d. (Scarlet and Olive Libraries.)
ELLIOTT, Miss.
Copsley Annals Preserved in Proverbs.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
Mrs. Blackett.Her Story. Fcap. 8vo, 1s.
ELLIOT, Prof. G. F. SCOTT, M.A., B.Sc., F.R.G.S., F.L.S.
The Romance of Plant Life.Describing the curious and interesting in the Plant World. With 34 Illustrations. Ex. crown 8vo, 5s.
“Popularly written by a man of great scientific accomplishments.”—The Outlook.
The Romance of Savage Life.With Forty-five Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
The Romance of Early British Life:From the Earliest Times to the Coming of the Danes. With 30 Illustrations. Ex. crown 8vo, 5s.
EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN.
A Pair of Originals.With Coloured Frontispiece and Eight other Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
FIELD, Rev. CLAUD, M.A.
Heroes of Missionary Enterprise.With many Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
GARDINER, LINDA.
Sylvia in Flowerland.With 16 Illustrations Cr. 8vo, 3s. 6d.
GAYE, SELINA.
Coming;or, The Golden Year. A Tale. Third Edition. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Great World’s Farm.Some Account of Nature’s Crops and How they are Grown. With a Preface by ProfessorBoulger, and Sixteen Illustrations. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 5s.
GIBERNE, AGNES.
The Romance of the Mighty Deep.With Illustrations. 5s.
“Most fascinating.”—Daily News.
Among the Stars;or, Wonderful Things in the Sky. With Coloured Illustrations. Eighth Thousand. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Duties and Duties.Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Curate’s Home.Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
The Ocean of Air.Meteorology for Beginners. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Starry Skies.First Lessons on Astronomy. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.
Sun, Moon, and Stars.Astronomy for Beginners. With a Preface by ProfessorPritchard. With Coloured Illustrations. Twenty-sixth Thousand. Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The World’s Foundations.Geology for Beginners. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
GIBSON, CHARLES R., F.R.S.E.
The Romance of Modern Electricity.Describing in non-technical language what is known about electricity and many of its interesting applications. With Forty-one Illustrations. Ex. crown 8vo, 5s.
“Admirable … clear, concise.”—The Graphic.
The Romance of Modern Photography.The Discovery and its Application. With many Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
The Romance of Modern Manufacture.A Popular Account of the Marvels of Machinery. With Twenty-four Illustrations and Sixteen Diagrams. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
How Telegraphs and Telephones Work.Explained in non-technical language. With many Diagrams. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d.
GILLIAT, EDWARD, M.A. Formerly Master at Harrow School.
Forest Outlaws.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Heroes of Modern Crusades.With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
In Lincoln Green.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The King’s Reeve.Illustrated bySydney Hall. 3s. 6d.
Wolf’s Head.With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
The Romance of Modern Sieges.With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 3s.
Heroes of the Elizabethan Age.With Sixteen Full-page Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
GOLDEN RECITER, THE.SeeReciter, The Golden.
GREW, EDWIN S., M.A. (Oxon.).
The Romance of Modern Geology.A popular account in non-technical language. With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. and 3s. 6d. (Scarlet and Prince’s Libraries.)
HEROES OF THE WORLD LIBRARY
Each Volume lavishly Illustrated. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
Heroes of Missionary Enterprise.By Rev.Claud Field, M.A.
Heroes of Pioneering.By Rev.Edgar Sanderson, M.A., Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge.
Heroines of Missionary Adventure.By Rev.Canon Dawson, M.A.
Heroes of Modern Crusades.By Rev.Edward Gilliat.
Heroes of Modern India.By Rev.E. Gilliat.
Heroes of the Elizabethan Age.By Rev.E. Gilliat.
HUGHES, THOMAS.
Tom Brown’s Schooldays.With Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. and 2s. 6d. (Scarlet and Olive Libraries.)
HYRST, H. W. G.
Adventures in the Great Deserts.With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
Adventures in the Great Forests.With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
Adventures among Wild Beasts.With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
Adventures in the Arctic Regions.With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
Adventures among Red Indians.With Sixteen Full-page Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
KINGSLEY, CHARLES.
Westward Ho! With Illustrations.Extra crown 8vo, 2s. & 2s. 6d. (Scarlet and Olive Libraries.)
KNIGHT-ERRANT AND HIS DOUGHTY DEEDS.
The story of Amadis of Gaul.Edited byN. J. Davidson, B.A.With Eight Coloured Illustrations byH. M. Brock, R.I.Square extra crown 8vo, 5s.
LAMB, CHARLES and MARY.
Tales from Shakespeare.With Illustrations. Ex. crown 8vo, 2s. (Scarlet Library.)
LAMBERT, Rev. JOHN, M.A., D.D.
The Romance of Missionary Heroism.True Stories of the Intrepid Bravery and Stirring Adventures of Missionaries in all Parts of the World. With Thirty-nine Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
Missionary Heroes in Asia.Illustrated. Cr. 8vo, 1s. 6d.
Missionary Heroes in Africa.Illustrated. Cr. 8vo, 1s. 6d.
Missionary Heroes in Oceania.Illustrated. Cr. 8vo, 1s. 6d.
LEA, JOHN, M.A. (Oxon.)
The Romance of Animal Arts and Crafts.SeeCoupin.
The Romance of Bird Life.With Twenty-six Illustrations. 5s.
LEYLAND, J.
For the Honour of the Flag.A Story of our Sea Fights with the Dutch. With Illustrations byLancelot Speed. Crown 8vo, 5s.
MACPHERSON, HECTOR, Jun.
The Romance of Modern Astronomy.With Twenty-four Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
MARSHALL, BEATRICE.
His Most Dear Ladye.A Story of the Days of the Countess of Pembroke, Sir Philip Sidney’s Sister. Illustrated. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
The Siege of York.A Story of the Days of Thomas, Lord Fairfax. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
An Old London Nosegay.Gathered from the Day-Book of Mistress Lovejoy Young. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Old Blackfriars.In the Days of Van Dyck. A Story. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Queen’s Knight-Errant.A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh. With Eight Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
MARRYAT, Captain.
Masterman Ready.With Illustrations byH. M. Brock, R.I. 2s. (Scarlet Library.)
MARSHALL, EMMA.
“Mrs. Marshall’s imaginative pictures of the England of other days are in reality prose poems.”—Literature.
Crown 8vo, 5/-
In Colston’s Days.A Story of Old Bristol. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
In Four Reigns.The Recollections of Althea Allingham, 1785-1842. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
In the Choir of Westminster Abbey.A Story of Henry Purcell’s Days. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
In the East Country with Sir Thomas Browne, Knight.With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
In the Service of Rachel, Lady Russell.A Story of 1682-94. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
A Haunt of Ancient Peace.Memories of Mr. Nicholas Ferrar’s House at Little Gidding. With Illustrations byT. Hamilton Crawford. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Kensington Palace.In the Days of Mary II. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Master of the Musicians.A Story of Handel’s Day. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Parson’s Daughter,and How she was Painted by Mr. Romney. With Eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Penshurst Castle.In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Cheap Edition.Demy 8vo, 6d.
Winchester Meads.In the Days of Bishop Ken. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Cheap Edition.Demy 8vo, 6d.
Under Salisbury Spire.In the Days of George Herbert. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.Cheap Edition.6d.
Under the Dome of St. Paul’s.In the Days of Sir Christopher Wren. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Under the Mendips.A Tale of the Times of Hannah More. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 5s.
Constantia Carew.Crown 8vo, 5s.
Crown 8vo, 3/6
Castle Meadow.A Story of Norwich a Hundred Years Ago.
Edward’s Wife.
An Escape from the Tower.
Joanna’s Inheritance.
Life’s Aftermath.
Now-a-days.
On the Banks of the Ouse.
The White King’s Daughter.
Winifrede’s Journal.
Extra Crown 8vo, 2/6
The Old Gateway.
Millicent Legh.
Violet Douglas.
Helen’s Diary.
Crown 8vo, 1/6
Brothers and Sisters.
Up & Down the Pantiles.
1/-
The First Light on the Eddystone.
THE OLIVE LIBRARY
STORIES BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS
Extra Crown 8vo. With Coloured and other Illustrations, 2s. 6d. each.
CHARLESWORTH, Miss.
Ministering Children.
A Sequel to Ministering Children.
England’s Yeomen.
Oliver of the Mill.
CHURCH, Prof. A. J.
The Chantry Priest.
Heroes of Eastern Romance.
A Young Macedonian.
Three Greek Children.
To the Lions.A Tale of the Early Christians.
DAWSON, Rev. E. C.
Lion-Hearted.The Story of Bishop Hannington’s Life told for Boys and Girls.
EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN.
A Pair of Originals.
HUGHES, T.
Tom Brown’s Schooldays.
KINGSLEY, CHAS.
Westward Ho!
MARSHALL, Mrs.
The Old Gateway.
Violet Douglas.
Helen’s Diary.
Millicent Legh.
STOWE, Mrs. BEECHER.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
WILBERFORCE, Bishop.
Agathos, The Rocky Island,and other Sunday Stories.
PHILIP, JAMES C., D.Sc., Ph.D.
The Romance of Modern Chemistry.With Twenty-nine Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
THE PINK LIBRARY
STORIES BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS
Crown 8vo. With many Illustrations. 1s. 6d.
CHURCH, Prof. A. J.
To the Lions.
The Greek Gulliver.
MARSHALL, Mrs.
Brothers and Sisters.
Brook Silvertone.
CHARLESWORTH, Miss.
Ministering Children.
The Sequel to Ministering Children.
The Old and the Broken Looking-Glass.
DAWSON, Rev. E. C.
Lion-Hearted.
LAMBERT, Rev. J. G.
Missionary Heroes in Asia.
Missionary Heroes in Oceania.
Missionary Heroes in Africa.
WILBERFORCE, Bishop.
Agathos and The Rocky Island.
ALCOTT, L. M.
Little Women.
Good Wives.
BERTHET, E.
The Wild Man of the Woods.
SEELEY, E.
The World before the Flood.
ANDERSEN, HANS.
Fairy Tales and Stories.
GRIMM, The Brothers.
Fairy Tales and Stories.
BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
The Life of a Bear.
The Life of an Elephant.
Only a Dog.
THE PRINCE’S LIBRARY
With Coloured Frontispiece and other Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.
Andersen’s Fairy Tales.
Caedwalla.ByFrank Cowper.
Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
The Wolf’s Head.By Rev.E. Gilliat.
The Last of the White Coats.ByG. I. Whitham.
Diana Polwarth, Royalist.ByJ. R. M. Carter.
The Fall of Athens.By ProfessorA. J. Church.
The King’s Reeve.By the Rev.E. Gilliat.
The Cabin on the Beach.ByM. E. Winchester.
The Captain of the Wight.ByFrank Cowper.
Robinson Crusoe.ByDaniel Defoe.
RECITER, THE GOLDEN.A volume of Recitations & Readings in Prose & Verse selected from the works ofRudyard Kipling,R. L. Stevenson,Conan Doyle,Maurice Hewlett,Christina Rossetti,Thomas Hardy,Austin Dobson,A. W. Pinero, &c., &c. With an Introduction byCairns James, Professor of Elocution at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. Extra crown 8vo, 704 pp. 3s. 6d. Also Thin Paper Edition for the Pocket, with gilt edges. Small crown 8vo, 5s.
“An admirable collection in prose and verse.”—The Spectator.
RECITER, THE GOLDEN HUMOROUS.Edited, and with an Introduction by Cairns James, Professor of Elocution at the Royal College of Music. Recitations and Readings selected from the writings ofF. Anstey,J. M. Barrie,S. R. Crockett,Major Drury,Jerome K. Jerome,Barry Pain,A. W. Pinero,Owen Seaman,G. B. Shaw, &c. Over 700 pages, extra crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. Also a Thin Paper Edition, with gilt edges, small crown 8vo, 5s.
ROBINSON, Commander C. N.
For the Honour of the Flag.A Story of our Sea Fights with the Dutch. With Illustrations byLancelot Speed. Crown 8vo, 5s.
SANDERSON, Rev. E.
Heroes of Pioneering.True Stories of the Intrepid Bravery and Stirring Adventures of Pioneers in all Parts of the World. With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
THE LIBRARY OF ADVENTURE
With many Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo, 5s. each.
“Delightful books of adventure, beautifully printed and tastefully got up.”—Educational Times.
Adventures in the Arctic Regions.ByH. W. G. Hyrst.
Adventures among Wild Beasts.ByH. W. G. Hyrst.
Adventures on the High Seas.ByR. Stead, B.A.
Adventures in the Great Deserts.ByH. W. G. Hyrst.
Adventures on the Great Rivers.ByRichard Stead.
Adventures in the Great Forests.ByH. W. G. Hyrst. With Sixteen illustrations.
Adventures on the High Mountains.ByR. Stead. With Sixteen Illustrations.
Adventures among Red Indians.ByH. W. G. Hyrst. With Sixteen Full-page Illustrations.
THE LIBRARY OF ROMANCE
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The Romance of the Ship.The story of its origin and evolution. ByE. Keble Chatterton. With Thirty-three Illustrations.
The Romance of Modern Astronomy.ByHector Macpherson, Jun. With Twenty-four Illustrations.
The Romance of Modern Chemistry.By J. C. Philip, D.Sc., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, South Kensington.
The Romance of Modern Manufacture.ByC. R. Gibson, F.R.S.E.
The Romance of Early British Life.From the Earliest Times to the Coming of the Danes. By Prof.G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc. With 30 Illustrations.
The Romance of Modern Geology.ByE. S. Grew, M.A. (Oxon.).
The Romance of Bird Life.ByJohn Lea, M.A.
The Romance of Modern Photography.Its Discovery and its Application. ByC. R. Gibson, A.I.E.E. With 63 Illustrations.
The Romance of Modern Sieges.By the Rev.E. Gilliat. With 24 Illustrations.
The Romance of Savage Life.By ProfessorG. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc., &c. With 45 Illustrations.
The Romance of the World’s Fisheries.BySidney Wright. With 24 Illustrations.
The Romance of Animal Arts & Crafts.ByH. Coupin, D.Sc., andJ. Lea, M.A. With 24 Illustrations.
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The Romance of Early Exploration.ByA. Williams, B.A., F.R.G.S. With 16 Illustrations.
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The Romance of Missionary Heroism.ByJohn C. Lambert, B.A., D.D. With 39 Illustrations.
“About 350 pages of the most thrilling missionary lives ever collected in one volume.”—Methodist Times.
The Romance of Plant Life.By Prof.G. F. Scott Elliot, B.A. (Cantab.), B.Sc. (Edin.). With 34 Illustrations.
“Besides being entertaining, instructive and educative.”—Liverpool Courier.
The Romance of Polar Exploration.ByG. Firth Scott. With 24 Illustrations. “Thrillingly interesting.”—Liverpool Courier.
The Romance of Insect Life.ByEdmund Selous.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism.ByA. Williams.
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The Romance of Modern Electricity.ByCharles R. Gibson, F.R.S.E.
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The Romance of the Animal World.ByEdmund Selous.
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The Romance of Modern Exploration.ByA. Williams.
“A mine of information and stirring incident.”—Scotsman.
The Romance of Modern Invention.ByA. Williams.
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The Romance of Modern Engineering.ByA. Williams.
“An absorbing work with its graphic descriptions.”—Standard.
The Romance of Modern Locomotion.ByA. Williams.
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The Romance of Modern Mining.ByA. Williams.
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The Romance of the Mighty Deep.ByAgnes Giberne.
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The Pilgrim’s Progress.ByJohn Bunyan.
The Wide, Wide World.BySusan Warner.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin.ByH. Beecher Stowe.
Ben Hur.By GeneralLew Wallace.
Westward Ho!ByCharles Kingsley.
John Halifax.By Mrs.Craik.
Robinson Crusoe.ByDaniel Defoe.
Little Women and Good Wives.ByL. M. Alcott.
The History of Henry Esmond.ByW. M. Thackeray.
The Swiss Family Robinson.
Grimm’s Fairy Tales.A New Translation.
Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
Don Quixote.ByCervantes.
Gulliver’s Travels.ByJonathan Swift.
The Days of Bruce.ByGrace Aguilar.
Tom Brown’s Schooldays.ByThomas Hughes.
Tales from Shakespeare.ByCharles Lamb.
Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales.
The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.
The Scalp Hunters.ByCaptain Mayne Reid.
Ministering Children.By MissCharlesworth.
Ministering Children. A Sequel.
The Dog Crusoe.ByR. M. Ballantyne.
Masterman Ready.By CaptainMarryat.
What Katy did at Home and at School.BySusan Coolidge.
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The Romance of Polar Exploration.Illustrated. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
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SEELEY, A.
This Great Globe.First Lessons in Geography, 1s. 6d.
SEELEY, M.
The World before the Flood.Stories from the Best Book. With Illustrations byG. P. Jacomb Hood. Crown 8vo, 1s. and 1s. 6d.
SELOUS, E.
The Romance of the Animal World.Illustrated. Ex. crown 8vo, 5s.
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The Romance of Insect Life.Illustrated. Ex. cr. 8vo, 5s.
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WARD, E.
Fresh from the Fens.With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, 3s. 6d.
WICKS, M.
To Mars via the Moon.An Astronomical Story. With Eight Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
WILBERFORCE, Bishop S.
Agathos.With Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6d.; cloth, 1s.
Agathos, The Rocky Island,and other Sunday Stories. With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d., 2s. 6d.
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WINCHESTER, M. E.
Adrift in a Great City.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5s.
City Violet.Crown 8vo, 5s.
The Cabin on the Beach.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
A Nest of Skylarks.
A Nest of Sparrows.Crown 8vo, 5s.
Under the Shield.Crown 8vo, 5s.
A Wayside Snowdrop.Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
Chirps for the Chicks.
WILLIAMS, ARCHIBALD, B.A (Oxon.), F.R.G.S.
The Romance of Early Exploration.Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5s.
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The Romance of Modern Mechanism.With 25 Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.
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The Romance of Modern Invention.With 24 Illustrations.
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The Romance of Modern Engineering.Illustrated.
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The Romance of Modern Locomotion.Illustrated.
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The Romance of Modern Mining.With 24 Illustrations.
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WHITHAM, G. I.
The Last of the White Coats.A Story of Cavaliers and Roundheads. Illustrated in colour byOscar Wilson. Ex. crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
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The Wonders of Animal Ingenuity.ByH. Coupin, D.Sc., andJohn Lea, M.A, Author of “The Romance of Bird Life,” &c. &c.
The Wonders of Mechanical Ingenuity.ByArchibald Williams, B.A., F.R.G.S., Author of “The Romance of Engineering.”
The Wonders of Asiatic Exploration.ByArchibald Williams, B.A., F.R.G.S., Author of “The Romance of Early Exploration.”
The Wonders of the Plant World.ByG. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc., &c., Author of “The Romance of Early British Life.”
The Wonders of Modern Railways.ByArchibald Williams, B.A., F.R.G.S., Author of “The Romance of Modern Locomotion.”
The Wonders of the Insect World.ByE. Selous, Author of “The Romance of the Animal World.”
WRIGHT, SIDNEY.
The Romance of the World’s Fisheries.With many Illustrations. Extra crown 8vo, 5s.