The Very Last Dahoman “Custom.”
The Very Last Dahoman “Custom.”
A day or two after these processions, the king appeared on the first platform: there were four of these platforms, two large and two small. His father never had more than two, but he endeavours to excel him in everything, and to do as much again as he did. If his father gave one sheep as a present, he gives two. The sides of all these platforms were covered with crimson and other coloured cloths, with curious devices, and figures of alligators, elephants, and snakes; the large ones are in the form of a square, with a neat building of considerable size, also covered over, running along the whole extent of one side. The ascent was by a rough ladder covered over, and the platform itself was neatly floored with dried grass, and perfectly level. Dispersed all over this were chiefs under theking’s umbrellas, sitting down, and at the further end from the entrance the king stood, surrounded by a chosen few of his Amazons. In the centre of this side of the platform was a round tower, about thirty feet high, covered with cloths, bearing similar devices as the other parts. This is a new idea of the king’s, and from the top of this tower the victims are thrown to the people below. When the king is ready, he commences by throwing cowries to the people in bundles, as well as separately. The scramble begins, and the noise occasioned by the men fighting to catch these is very great. Thousands are assembled with nothing on but a waist-clout, and a small bag for the cowries. Sometimes they fight bycompanies, one company against the other, according to the king’s fancy; and the leaders are mounted on the shoulders of their people. After the cowries, cloths are thrown, occasioning the greatest excitement. While this lasts, the king gives them to understand that if any man is killed, nothing will be done to the man who is the cause of it, as all is supposed to be fair fighting with hands, no weapons being allowed. Then the chiefs are called, and cowries and cloths are given to them. The king begins by throwing away everything himself; then his Amazons take it up for a short time, when the king renews the game and finishes the sport, changing his position from one place to another along the front part of the platform. When all that the king intends throwing away for the day is expended, a short pause ensues, and, by and by, are seen inside the platform the poles with live fowls (all cocks) at the end of them, in procession towards the round tower. Three men mount to the top, and receive, one by one, all these poles, which are precipitated on the people beneath. A large hole has been prepared, and a rough block of wood ready, upon which the necks of the victims are laid, and their heads chopped off, the blood from the body being allowed to fall into the hole. After the fowls come the goats, then the bull, and, lastly, the men, who are tumbled down in the same way. All the blood is mixed together in the hole, and remains exposed with the block till night. The bodies of the men are dragged along by the feet, and maltreated on the way, by being beaten with sticks, hands in some cases cut off, and large pieces cut out of their bodies, which are held up. They are then taken to a deep pit and thrown in. The heads alone are preserved by being boiled, so that the skull may be seen in a state of great perfection. The heads of the human victims killed are first placed in baskets and exposed for a short time. This was carried on for two days. Mr. Wilmot would not witness the slaying of these men on the first day, as he was very close to them, and did not think it right to sanction by his presence such sacrifices. He therefore got up and went into a tent, and when all was over returned to his seat. One of the victims was saved:—
“While sitting in the tent a messenger arrived, saying, ‘The king calls you.’ I went and stood under the platform where he was. Tens of thousands of people were assembled; not a word, not a whisper was heard. I saw one of the victims ready for slaughter on the platform, held by a narrow strip of white cloth under his arms. His face was expressive of the deepest alarm, and much of its blackness had disappeared;there was a whiteness about it most extraordinary. The king said, ‘You have come here as my friend, have witnessed all my customs, have shared goodnaturedly in the distribution of my cowries and cloths; I love you as my friend, and you have shown that an Englishman, like you, can have sympathy with the black man. I now give you your share of the victims, and present you with this man, who from henceforth belongs to you, to do as you like with him, to educate him, take him to England, or anything else you choose.’ The poor fellow was then lowered down, and the white band placed in my hands. The expression of joy in his countenance cannot be described: it said, ‘The bitterness of death, and such a death, is passed, and I cannot comprehend my position.’ Not a sound escaped from his lips, but the eye told what the heart felt; and even the king himself participated in his joy. The chiefs and people cheered me as I passed through them with the late intended victim behind me.”
And now let us describe the burial of a Dahoman king; would it were of the last king of this accursed nation of fanatics and murderers:
On the death of a king, a description of cenotaph, surrounded by iron rails, is erected in the centre of this catacomb. On the top of this they place an earthen coffin, cemented together by the blood of one hundred of the captives taken in the last wars, who are sacrificed on the occasion of the king’s death that they may attend on their sovereign in the next world. The corpse of the king is then deposited in this coffin, with the head resting on the skulls of other conquered kings, and as many relics of royalty, such as the skulls and bones, as can be placed beneath the cenotaph are put there as trophies of the deceased sovereign. When all is arranged, the doors of this subterraneous catacomb are thrown open, and eighty of the female dancers connected with the court, together with fifty soldiers of the royal guard, are compelled to enter. All these are supplied with provisions, and are destined to accompany their sovereign to the land of shades—in other words, they are offered as a living sacrifice to the manes of their departed king; and, strange as it may appear, there is always a sufficient number of volunteers of both sexes who consider it an honour thus to immolate themselves.
The entrance of the catacomb having remained open for three days, to receive the deluded votaries, the prime minister covers the coffin with a black velvet pall, and then divides, between himself, the grandees, and the surviving women, the various presents of jewels and clothes made by the new king to the shade of the departed.
During eighteen moons, or months, the heir acts as regent, governing with two of his ministers in the name of the deceased king. At the expiration of the above period, he convenes the whole court at the palace of Ahome, whence they proceed to the subterraneous tomb, when the coffin is opened, and the skull of the deceased king is taken out. The regent, taking it in his left hand, and holding a hatchet in his right, for the first time proclaims aloud the fact, of which the people are supposed to be ignorant, that the king is dead, and that he has hitherto governed only in his name. The company present, on hearing this, fall prostrate, covering themselves with earth in token of profound grief, which, however, does not continue long; for, laying aside the skull and hatchet, the regent draws a sword from its scabbard, and proclaims himself their king. The people immediately make a loud noise with their rude instruments of music, and dancing and other manifestations of mirth follow.
On this occasion all the grandees of the principal white men, who conduct thesarames, or factories, present valuable gifts. This is what is termed the “great custom,” to distinguish it from the six months’ custom. Even on this festive occasion some hundreds are immolated that they may convey to the deceased king the tidings of his successor’s coronation. The blood of the victims being mixed with clay; a kind of large pot, something in the shape of an oven, and perforated with holes, is formed. Into this the skull and bones of the deceased king are put, and it is filled up with silk and other articles. On a certain day he goes to pay a visit to his father’s skull, to which he makes an offering, by pouring in, through the holes, brandy, zumbi, and cowries, the current medium of exchange in the kingdom. The latter are presented in order that the deceased may pay his way in the next world, and not disgrace his successor by getting into debt.
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1.The Adventures of Captain Hatteras.Containing The English at the North Pole, and The Ice Desert. With Six Coloured Pictures.
2.Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.First and Second Series, complete. With Six Coloured Pictures.
3.The Wonderful Travels.Containing A Journey into the Interior of the Earth, and Five Weeks in a Balloon. With Six Coloured Pictures.
4.The Moon Voyage.Containing From the Earth to the Moon, and Round the Moon. With Five Coloured Pictures.
Beeton’s Erckmann-Chatrian Library.Illustrated, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 3s.6d.each. For Listsee“Books at 2s.6d.”
Andersen’s Popular Tales for Children.With many full-page and other Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s.6d.
Andersen’s Stories for the Young.With many full-page and other Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s.6d.
The Animal Picture Book for Kind Little People.With large Coloured Pictures. Folio, cloth, plain, 3s.6d.
Aunt Fanny’s Nursery Tales and Rhymes.With full-page Illustrations printed in Colours. 4to, cloth gilt, 3s.6d.
Aunt Fanny’s Pretty Picture Book.With full-page Illustrations printed in Colours. 4to, cloth gilt, 3s.6d.
The Book of Animals.With Nine Coloured Illustrations byHarrison Weir(printed byLeightonBrothers) and other Engravings. Folio, cloth plain, 3s.6d.
Ann and Jane Taylor’s Poetry for Children.Containing the Original Poems, Hymns for Infant Minds, and Rhymes for the Nursery. With many Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s.6d.
Sacred Stories for Sunday Hours; or, Scripture Narratives from the Old Testament. With Coloured Pictures. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s.6d.
The Children’s Forget-me-Not.A Book of Pictures and Stories for the Young. Royal 4to, cloth gilt, 3s.6d.
Webster’s Universal Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the English Language.Condensed fromNoah Webster’sLarge Work, with numerous Synonyms, carefully discriminated byChauncey A. Goodrich, D.D., Professor In Yale College. To which are added,Walker’s Keyto the Pronunciation of Classical and Scriptural Proper Names, a Vocabulary of Modern Geographical Names, Phrases and Quotations from the Ancient and Modern Languages, Abbreviations used in Writing, Printing, &c. 664 pages. Demy 8vo, cloth, 3s.6d.
Getting On in the World; or, Hints on Success in Life. ByWilliam Mathews. Series I. and II., complete. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s.6d.
Beeton’s Public Speaker.Containing the Remarkable Speeches of the World’s Greatest Orators. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s.6d.
Religious and Moral Gift Books.The Christian Life Series.Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, handsome binding, 3s.6d.each.1.The Christian Year.Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year. ByJohn Keble.2.Life Thoughts.ByHenry Ward Beecher. Red border lines.3.The Christian Life.Bible Helps and Counsels for Every Day throughout the Year. Red border lines.4.Religion and Science.A Series of Sunday Lectures on the Relation of Natural and Revealed Religion; or, The Truths Revealed in Nature and Scripture. ByJoseph le Conte.5.The Perfect Life.ByWilliam E. Channing.6.Sacred Heroes and Martyrs.ByJ. T. Headley. Revised and Edited byJ. W. Kirton.BOOKS AT THREE SHILLINGS.Golden Childhood for Christmas, 1875.Beautiful Pictures, Pretty Stories, Songs for the Little Ones, Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes, with Music for the Piano. With a set of Paper Patterns for a Complete Dolly’s Outfit. Imperial 16mo, boards, 3s.Merry Sunbeams: The “Golden Childhood” Annual for Christmas, 1876. With Charming Pictures, Pretty Stories, Fairy Tales, Children’s Songs with Music, &c. Imperial 16mo, boards, 3s.Golden Childhood.1877 Volume. Much Enlarged and Improved. Imperial 16mo, picture boards, 3s.The Child’s Famous Picture Book.With many Illustrations. Folio, cloth gilt or wrapper boards, 3s.BOOKS AT TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE.The Young Ladies’ Library.Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s.6d.each.1.Sunshine and Rain; or, Blanche Cleveland. By A. E. W. With Eight full-page Illustrations.2.Roses and Thorns; or, Five Tales of the Start in Life.3.Bible Narratives; or, Scripture Stories. By the Rev.Frederick Calder, M.A. Illustrated.4.Pleasure and Profit; or, Lessons at Home. With Eight Illustrations.5.Country Pleasures; or, The Carterets. By A. E. R. With Eight full-page Illustrations.6.Stories of Courage and Principle; or, Fit to be a Duchess. By Mrs.Gillespie Smyth. 8 full-page Illustrations.7.Who are the Happy Ones?or, Home Sketches. By the Author of “Quiet Thoughts for Quiet Hours,” &c. With Eight full-page Illustrations.8.The Progress of Character; or, Cliffethorpe. ByH. Power. With Eight full-page Illustrations.9.What can She Do?By the Rev.E. P. Roe, Author of “From Jest to Earnest,” &c.
Religious and Moral Gift Books.
The Christian Life Series.
Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, handsome binding, 3s.6d.each.
1.The Christian Year.Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year. ByJohn Keble.
2.Life Thoughts.ByHenry Ward Beecher. Red border lines.
3.The Christian Life.Bible Helps and Counsels for Every Day throughout the Year. Red border lines.
4.Religion and Science.A Series of Sunday Lectures on the Relation of Natural and Revealed Religion; or, The Truths Revealed in Nature and Scripture. ByJoseph le Conte.
5.The Perfect Life.ByWilliam E. Channing.
6.Sacred Heroes and Martyrs.ByJ. T. Headley. Revised and Edited byJ. W. Kirton.
BOOKS AT THREE SHILLINGS.
Golden Childhood for Christmas, 1875.Beautiful Pictures, Pretty Stories, Songs for the Little Ones, Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes, with Music for the Piano. With a set of Paper Patterns for a Complete Dolly’s Outfit. Imperial 16mo, boards, 3s.
Merry Sunbeams: The “Golden Childhood” Annual for Christmas, 1876. With Charming Pictures, Pretty Stories, Fairy Tales, Children’s Songs with Music, &c. Imperial 16mo, boards, 3s.
Golden Childhood.1877 Volume. Much Enlarged and Improved. Imperial 16mo, picture boards, 3s.
The Child’s Famous Picture Book.With many Illustrations. Folio, cloth gilt or wrapper boards, 3s.
BOOKS AT TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE.
The Young Ladies’ Library.
Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s.6d.each.
1.Sunshine and Rain; or, Blanche Cleveland. By A. E. W. With Eight full-page Illustrations.
2.Roses and Thorns; or, Five Tales of the Start in Life.
3.Bible Narratives; or, Scripture Stories. By the Rev.Frederick Calder, M.A. Illustrated.
4.Pleasure and Profit; or, Lessons at Home. With Eight Illustrations.
5.Country Pleasures; or, The Carterets. By A. E. R. With Eight full-page Illustrations.
6.Stories of Courage and Principle; or, Fit to be a Duchess. By Mrs.Gillespie Smyth. 8 full-page Illustrations.
7.Who are the Happy Ones?or, Home Sketches. By the Author of “Quiet Thoughts for Quiet Hours,” &c. With Eight full-page Illustrations.
8.The Progress of Character; or, Cliffethorpe. ByH. Power. With Eight full-page Illustrations.
9.What can She Do?By the Rev.E. P. Roe, Author of “From Jest to Earnest,” &c.
Entertaining Presentation Volumes.BOOKS AT TWO-AND-SIXPENCE—continued.Beeton’s Erckmann-Chatrian Library.Handsomely bound in cloth gilt, plain edges, 2s.6d.Those volumes marked thus (*) are beautifully Illustrated.*1.Madame Therese.2.The Conscript.3.The Great Invasion of France.4.The Blockade.*5.The States-General, 1789.*6.The Country in Danger, 1792.7.Waterloo.*8.The Illustrious Dr. Matheus.*9.Stories of the Rhine.*10.Friend Fritz.*11.The Alsacian Schoolmaster.*12.The Polish Jew.13.Master Daniel Rock.14.War.*15.Year One of the Republic, 1793.*16.Citizen Buonaparte, 1794–1815.*17.Confessions of a Clarionet Player.*18.The Campaign in Kabylia.*19.The Man Wolf.*20.The Wild Huntsman.Beeton’s Library of Humour.Post 8vo, cloth, price 2s.6d.each.1.The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress. ByMark Twain.2.Bret Harte.Complete Tales.3.Out of the Hurly-Burly.ByMax Adeler. With 400 humorous Illustrations byA. B. Frost.4.Artemus Ward: His Book, andAmong the Mormons.5.Hood’s Whims and Oddities.Illustrated.7.Lowell’s Biglow PapersandSaxe’s Poems.8.Back Log Studies, andMy Summer in a Garden. ByC. D. Warner.9.Riddles and Charades.10.American Drolleries.Containing The Jumping Frog and Screamers. ByMark Twain.11.Artemus Ward’s Letters to Punch, andMark Twain’s Practical Jokes.12.Funny Stories, and Humorous Poems.ByMark TwainandO. W. Holmes.13.Josh Billings’ Sayings, andMajor Jack Downing.18.Elbow Room.By the Author of “Out of the Hurly-Burly.” Humorously Illustrated byA. B. Frost.19.Helen’s Babies, andOther People’s Children. ByJohn Habberton. With 16 full-page Illustrations.20.Grown Up Babies, and Other People.ByJohn Habberton. Illustrated.
Entertaining Presentation Volumes.
BOOKS AT TWO-AND-SIXPENCE—continued.
Beeton’s Erckmann-Chatrian Library.
Handsomely bound in cloth gilt, plain edges, 2s.6d.Those volumes marked thus (*) are beautifully Illustrated.
Beeton’s Library of Humour.
Post 8vo, cloth, price 2s.6d.each.
1.The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress. ByMark Twain.
2.Bret Harte.Complete Tales.
3.Out of the Hurly-Burly.ByMax Adeler. With 400 humorous Illustrations byA. B. Frost.
4.Artemus Ward: His Book, andAmong the Mormons.
5.Hood’s Whims and Oddities.Illustrated.
7.Lowell’s Biglow PapersandSaxe’s Poems.
8.Back Log Studies, andMy Summer in a Garden. ByC. D. Warner.
9.Riddles and Charades.
10.American Drolleries.Containing The Jumping Frog and Screamers. ByMark Twain.
11.Artemus Ward’s Letters to Punch, andMark Twain’s Practical Jokes.
12.Funny Stories, and Humorous Poems.ByMark TwainandO. W. Holmes.
13.Josh Billings’ Sayings, andMajor Jack Downing.
18.Elbow Room.By the Author of “Out of the Hurly-Burly.” Humorously Illustrated byA. B. Frost.
19.Helen’s Babies, andOther People’s Children. ByJohn Habberton. With 16 full-page Illustrations.
20.Grown Up Babies, and Other People.ByJohn Habberton. Illustrated.
Good Tone Books.BOOKS AT TWO-AND-SIXPENCE—continued.The Good Tone Library.Post 8vo, elegantly bound, cloth gilt, price 2s.6d.each.1.The Prince of the House of David.By Rev.J. H. Ingraham. New Edition, with Coloured Frontispiece.2.The Wide, Wide World.By MissWetherell, Author of “Queechy,” &c. New Edition, Coloured Frontispiece.3.Queechy.By MissWetherell, Author of “The Wide, Wide World.” New Edition. Coloured Frontispiece.4.Melbourne House.By MissWetherell, Author of “Queechy,” &c. New Edition. With Coloured Frontispiece.The Children’s Forget-me-Not.A Book of Pictures and Stories for the Young. Royal 4to, boards, handsome floral design, 2s.6d.Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progressfrom this World to that which is to Come. With a Memoir of the Author byH. W. Dulcken, Ph.D. 100 page and other Illustrations byThomas Dalziel, engraved by the BrothersDalziel. Cloth, bevelled boards, gilt, 2s.6d.Christian Year (The).Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year. ByJohn Keble.Webster’s Improved Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language.Condensed and Adapted to English Orthography and Usage, with Additions from various Accredited Sources, byCharles Robson. To which are added, Accentuated Lists of Scriptural, Classical, and Geographical Proper Names. Fcap. 4to, cloth, 2s.6d.Webster’s Dictionary of Quotations: A Book of Ready Reference to all the Familiar Words and Phrases in the English Language. With a copious Index. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s.6d.The Good Shepherd: or, The Story of Jesus and His Apostles, for the Young. With Coloured Pictures. Imperial 16mo, cloth gilt, 2s.6d.Charles Lamb’s Elia and Eliana.New Edition, with Portraits. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 2s.6d.The Language and Poetry of Flowers.With a Complete Vocabulary, Quotations, Meanings, Flower Language, and a Collection of Poems illustrating the Nature, Beauty, Sentiments, Teachings, and Associations of the Floral World, &c. Coloured Pictures and other Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, red edges, 2s.6d.Ward, Lock, & Co.’s 2s. 6d. Novels.In neat cloth gilt binding, 2s.6d.each.1.The Scottish Chiefs.By MissJane Porter.2.Never Again.ByW. S. Mayo.3.Margaret Catchpole.By Rev.R. Cobbold.4.The Improvisatore.ByHans Christian Andersen.5.Arthur Bonnicastle.ByJ. G. Holland.6.Margaret.BySylvester Judd.7.Evelina.By MadameD’Arblay.8.Gambler’s Wife.By Mrs.Grey.9.Kiddle-a-Wink; or, The Three Guests. By the Author of “Olive Varcoe,” &c.10.The Berber.ByW. S. Mayo.11.Barriers Burnt Away.By Rev.E. P. Roe.
Good Tone Books.
BOOKS AT TWO-AND-SIXPENCE—continued.
The Good Tone Library.
Post 8vo, elegantly bound, cloth gilt, price 2s.6d.each.
1.The Prince of the House of David.By Rev.J. H. Ingraham. New Edition, with Coloured Frontispiece.
2.The Wide, Wide World.By MissWetherell, Author of “Queechy,” &c. New Edition, Coloured Frontispiece.
3.Queechy.By MissWetherell, Author of “The Wide, Wide World.” New Edition. Coloured Frontispiece.
4.Melbourne House.By MissWetherell, Author of “Queechy,” &c. New Edition. With Coloured Frontispiece.
The Children’s Forget-me-Not.A Book of Pictures and Stories for the Young. Royal 4to, boards, handsome floral design, 2s.6d.
Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progressfrom this World to that which is to Come. With a Memoir of the Author byH. W. Dulcken, Ph.D. 100 page and other Illustrations byThomas Dalziel, engraved by the BrothersDalziel. Cloth, bevelled boards, gilt, 2s.6d.
Christian Year (The).Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year. ByJohn Keble.
Webster’s Improved Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language.Condensed and Adapted to English Orthography and Usage, with Additions from various Accredited Sources, byCharles Robson. To which are added, Accentuated Lists of Scriptural, Classical, and Geographical Proper Names. Fcap. 4to, cloth, 2s.6d.
Webster’s Dictionary of Quotations: A Book of Ready Reference to all the Familiar Words and Phrases in the English Language. With a copious Index. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s.6d.
The Good Shepherd: or, The Story of Jesus and His Apostles, for the Young. With Coloured Pictures. Imperial 16mo, cloth gilt, 2s.6d.
Charles Lamb’s Elia and Eliana.New Edition, with Portraits. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 2s.6d.
The Language and Poetry of Flowers.With a Complete Vocabulary, Quotations, Meanings, Flower Language, and a Collection of Poems illustrating the Nature, Beauty, Sentiments, Teachings, and Associations of the Floral World, &c. Coloured Pictures and other Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, red edges, 2s.6d.
Ward, Lock, & Co.’s 2s. 6d. Novels.
In neat cloth gilt binding, 2s.6d.each.
1.The Scottish Chiefs.By MissJane Porter.
2.Never Again.ByW. S. Mayo.
3.Margaret Catchpole.By Rev.R. Cobbold.
4.The Improvisatore.ByHans Christian Andersen.
5.Arthur Bonnicastle.ByJ. G. Holland.
6.Margaret.BySylvester Judd.
7.Evelina.By MadameD’Arblay.
8.Gambler’s Wife.By Mrs.Grey.
9.Kiddle-a-Wink; or, The Three Guests. By the Author of “Olive Varcoe,” &c.
10.The Berber.ByW. S. Mayo.
11.Barriers Burnt Away.By Rev.E. P. Roe.
Useful Works and Children’s Present Books.BOOKS AT TWO-AND-SIXPENCE—continued.Beeton’s “All About It” Books.Now Ready, handsomely bound, price 2s.6d.each.1.All about Cookery: Being a Dictionary of Every-day Cookery. By Mrs.Isabella Beeton.2.All about Everything: Being a Dictionary of Practical Recipes and Every-day Information. An entirely New Domestic Cyclopædia, arranged in Alphabetical Order, and usefully Illustrated.3.All about Gardening: Being a Dictionary of Practical Gardening.4.All about Country Life: A Dictionary of Rural Avocations, and of Knowledge necessary to the Management of the Farm, &c.5.All about Hard Words: Being a Dictionary of Every-day Difficulties in Reading, Writing, &c. &c.BOOKS AT TWO SHILLINGS.The Little Pet Series.Imperial 16mo, half cloth, picture boards, 2s.; or neat cloth, 2s.6d.1.Our Little Pet’s Own Picture Book.160 Illustrations.2.New Comical Nursery Rhymes and Storiesto make Children Laugh. With numerous Engravings.3.Pretty Little Lessons for Pretty Little Children.With 250 Illustrations.4.Easy Tales and Pleasant Stories for our Young Friends.With upwards of 200 Engravings.5.Bible Sketches from the Old and New Testaments, adapted for Juvenile Reading. With about 80 Illustrations.6.Sacred Readings for Young Children.Selected from the Old Testament. With about 60 Illustrations.8.The Child’s Own Book of Pictures, Tales, and Poetry.With numerous Illustrations.9.Favourite Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Favourites.With about 200 Illustrations.10.Merry Rhymes and Stories for Merry Little Learners.With about 90 humorous Illustrations.11.Little Fanny’s Nursery Picture Book.Super-royal 16mo. With Coloured Illustrations.The Children’s Picture Annual.The Story of a United Family, with their Travels and Adventures at Home and Abroad. ByMercie Sunshine. With numerous Illustrations. Imperial 16mo, cloth gilt, 2s.
Useful Works and Children’s Present Books.
BOOKS AT TWO-AND-SIXPENCE—continued.
Beeton’s “All About It” Books.
Now Ready, handsomely bound, price 2s.6d.each.
1.All about Cookery: Being a Dictionary of Every-day Cookery. By Mrs.Isabella Beeton.
2.All about Everything: Being a Dictionary of Practical Recipes and Every-day Information. An entirely New Domestic Cyclopædia, arranged in Alphabetical Order, and usefully Illustrated.
3.All about Gardening: Being a Dictionary of Practical Gardening.
4.All about Country Life: A Dictionary of Rural Avocations, and of Knowledge necessary to the Management of the Farm, &c.
5.All about Hard Words: Being a Dictionary of Every-day Difficulties in Reading, Writing, &c. &c.
BOOKS AT TWO SHILLINGS.
The Little Pet Series.
Imperial 16mo, half cloth, picture boards, 2s.; or neat cloth, 2s.6d.
1.Our Little Pet’s Own Picture Book.160 Illustrations.
2.New Comical Nursery Rhymes and Storiesto make Children Laugh. With numerous Engravings.
3.Pretty Little Lessons for Pretty Little Children.With 250 Illustrations.
4.Easy Tales and Pleasant Stories for our Young Friends.With upwards of 200 Engravings.
5.Bible Sketches from the Old and New Testaments, adapted for Juvenile Reading. With about 80 Illustrations.
6.Sacred Readings for Young Children.Selected from the Old Testament. With about 60 Illustrations.
8.The Child’s Own Book of Pictures, Tales, and Poetry.With numerous Illustrations.
9.Favourite Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Favourites.With about 200 Illustrations.
10.Merry Rhymes and Stories for Merry Little Learners.With about 90 humorous Illustrations.
11.Little Fanny’s Nursery Picture Book.Super-royal 16mo. With Coloured Illustrations.
The Children’s Picture Annual.The Story of a United Family, with their Travels and Adventures at Home and Abroad. ByMercie Sunshine. With numerous Illustrations. Imperial 16mo, cloth gilt, 2s.
Books for Young Men and Women.BOOKS AT TWO SHILLINGS--continuedThe Friendly Counsel Series.Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s.; those marked thus (*) extra cloth gilt, bevelled boards, gilt edges, 2s.6d.*1.Timothy Titcomb’s Letters addressed to Young People, Single and Married.*2.Beecher’s (Henry Ward) Lectures to Young Men.*3.Getting On in the World; or, Hints on Success in Life. ByWilliam Mathews, LL.D. First Series.*4.Cobbett’s Advice to Young Men, and incidentally to Young Women.5.Christians in Council.Author of “Stepping Heavenward.”6.How to Make a Living.ByGeorge Cary Eggleston.7.The Art of Prolonging Life.Translated from the celebrated work byHufeland.*8.Foster’s Decision of Character, and other Essays.With Life of the Author.*9.Getting On in the World.Second Series. ByWilliam Mathews, LL.D.*10.How to Excel in Business; or, The Clerk’s Instructor. ByJames Mason.*11.Todd’s Student’s Manual.The Rose Library.Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 2s.1.The Autobiography of a £5 Note.By Mrs.J. B. Webb.2.Zenon, the Roman Martyr.By the Rev.R. Cobbold, Author of “Margaret Catchpole.”3.The Pilgrims of New England.By Mrs.J. B. Webb.4.Mary Ann Wellington.By the Author of “Margaret Catchpole.”5.The History of the Fairchild Family.By Mrs.Sherwood.6.Sceptres and Crowns.By Author of “The Wide, Wide World.”7.Nidworth, and his Three Magic Wands.ByE. Prentiss, Author of “Stepping Heavenward.”8.Freston Tower.A Tale of the Times of Cardinal Wolsey. By the Rev.R. Cobbold, Author of “Margaret Catchpole.”9.The Mysterious Marriage; or, Sir Edward Graham. ByCatherine Sinclair. (Sequel to “Holiday House.”)10.Jane Bouverie, and How She became an Old Maid. By Ditto.11.Modern Flirtations; or, A Month at Harrowgate. By Ditto.12.The Star and the Cloud.ByA. S. Roe.13.Nellie of Truro.A Tale from Life.14.The Nun.By Mrs.Sherwood.
Books for Young Men and Women.
BOOKS AT TWO SHILLINGS--continued
The Friendly Counsel Series.
Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s.; those marked thus (*) extra cloth gilt, bevelled boards, gilt edges, 2s.6d.
*1.Timothy Titcomb’s Letters addressed to Young People, Single and Married.
*2.Beecher’s (Henry Ward) Lectures to Young Men.
*3.Getting On in the World; or, Hints on Success in Life. ByWilliam Mathews, LL.D. First Series.
*4.Cobbett’s Advice to Young Men, and incidentally to Young Women.
5.Christians in Council.Author of “Stepping Heavenward.”
6.How to Make a Living.ByGeorge Cary Eggleston.
7.The Art of Prolonging Life.Translated from the celebrated work byHufeland.
*8.Foster’s Decision of Character, and other Essays.With Life of the Author.
*9.Getting On in the World.Second Series. ByWilliam Mathews, LL.D.
*10.How to Excel in Business; or, The Clerk’s Instructor. ByJames Mason.
*11.Todd’s Student’s Manual.
The Rose Library.
Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 2s.
1.The Autobiography of a £5 Note.By Mrs.J. B. Webb.
2.Zenon, the Roman Martyr.By the Rev.R. Cobbold, Author of “Margaret Catchpole.”
3.The Pilgrims of New England.By Mrs.J. B. Webb.
4.Mary Ann Wellington.By the Author of “Margaret Catchpole.”
5.The History of the Fairchild Family.By Mrs.Sherwood.
6.Sceptres and Crowns.By Author of “The Wide, Wide World.”
7.Nidworth, and his Three Magic Wands.ByE. Prentiss, Author of “Stepping Heavenward.”
8.Freston Tower.A Tale of the Times of Cardinal Wolsey. By the Rev.R. Cobbold, Author of “Margaret Catchpole.”
9.The Mysterious Marriage; or, Sir Edward Graham. ByCatherine Sinclair. (Sequel to “Holiday House.”)
10.Jane Bouverie, and How She became an Old Maid. By Ditto.
11.Modern Flirtations; or, A Month at Harrowgate. By Ditto.
12.The Star and the Cloud.ByA. S. Roe.
13.Nellie of Truro.A Tale from Life.
14.The Nun.By Mrs.Sherwood.
Stirring Stories and High-Class Fiction.BOOKS AT TWO SHILLINGS--continuedThe Youth’s Library of Wonders & AdventuresIncludingJules Verne’sStartling Stories, with Coloured Plates, cloth gilt, 2s.1.A Journey into the Interior of the Earth.ByJules Verne.2.The English at the North Pole.ByJules Verne.3.The Ice Desert.ByJules Verne.4.Five Weeks in a Balloon.ByJules Verne.5.The Mysterious Document.ByJules Verne.6.On the Track.ByJules Verne.7.Among the Cannibals.ByJules Verne.8.Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.ByJules Verne. Part I.9.—— Part II.10.Two Years Before the Mast.ByR. H. Dana.11.From the Earth to the Moon.ByJules Verne.12.Round the Moon.ByJules Verne.13.History of Sandford and Merton.ByThomas Day.14.Baron Munchausen (The Life, Travels, and Extraordinary Adventures of).By the Last of his Family.The Country House Library.of Fiction, Travel, Essay, Biography, &c.BY STANDARD LIVING AUTHORS. COPYRIGHT EDITIONS.Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s.1.The Mad Willoughbys, and other Tales.By Mrs.Lynn Linton, Author of “Patricia Kemball,” &c.2.False Beasts and True.ByFrancis Power Cobbe.3.The Blossoming of an Aloe.By Mrs.Cashel Hoey, Author of “Out of Court,” &c.4.Country House Essays.ByJohn Latouche, Author of “Travels in Portugal,” &c.5.No Sign, and other Tales. By Mrs.Cashel Hoey, Author of “The Blossoming of an Aloe.”6.Grace Tolmar.ByJohn Dangerfield.
Stirring Stories and High-Class Fiction.
BOOKS AT TWO SHILLINGS--continued
The Youth’s Library of Wonders & Adventures
IncludingJules Verne’sStartling Stories, with Coloured Plates, cloth gilt, 2s.
1.A Journey into the Interior of the Earth.ByJules Verne.
2.The English at the North Pole.ByJules Verne.
3.The Ice Desert.ByJules Verne.
4.Five Weeks in a Balloon.ByJules Verne.
5.The Mysterious Document.ByJules Verne.
6.On the Track.ByJules Verne.
7.Among the Cannibals.ByJules Verne.
8.Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.ByJules Verne. Part I.
9.—— Part II.
10.Two Years Before the Mast.ByR. H. Dana.
11.From the Earth to the Moon.ByJules Verne.
12.Round the Moon.ByJules Verne.
13.History of Sandford and Merton.ByThomas Day.
14.Baron Munchausen (The Life, Travels, and Extraordinary Adventures of).By the Last of his Family.
The Country House Library.
of Fiction, Travel, Essay, Biography, &c.
BY STANDARD LIVING AUTHORS. COPYRIGHT EDITIONS.
Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s.
1.The Mad Willoughbys, and other Tales.By Mrs.Lynn Linton, Author of “Patricia Kemball,” &c.
2.False Beasts and True.ByFrancis Power Cobbe.
3.The Blossoming of an Aloe.By Mrs.Cashel Hoey, Author of “Out of Court,” &c.
4.Country House Essays.ByJohn Latouche, Author of “Travels in Portugal,” &c.
5.No Sign, and other Tales. By Mrs.Cashel Hoey, Author of “The Blossoming of an Aloe.”
6.Grace Tolmar.ByJohn Dangerfield.
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Beeton’s Englishwoman’s Cookery Book.255th Thousand. By Mrs.Isabella Beeton. Being a collection of Economical Recipes, taken from her “Household Management.” The Best Shilling Cookery. New Edition. Illustrated by a large number of appropriate and useful Engravings. With 4 Coloured Plates, post 8vo, half bound, cloth, 1s.6d.
Beeton’s Gardening Book.Containing full and Practical Instructions concerning Garden Operations, the Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen Garden, Pests of the Month, and a Monthly Calendar of work to be done in the Garden. With 4 Coloured Plates. Post 8vo, half bound, cloth, 1s.6d.
The Christian Year.Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year. ByJohn Keble. Small fcap. 8vo, cloth, gilt back and sides, red burnished edges, 1s.6d.
Now Ready, New Volume, Edited by the Author of “Buy your Own Cherries.”
Kirton’s Standard Temperance Reciter.An entirely New Volume of Readings and Recitations, for Band of Hope Meetings, Good Templar Gatherings, and General Reading. Containing many Original Pieces by the Editor,J. W. Kirton, Author of “Buy your Own Cherries.” Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, 1s.6d.
Also, shortly will be published, uniform with the above.
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BOOKS AT ONE SHILLING.
Beeton’s Pictorial Speller.The Cheapest Illustrated Spelling Book published. 196 pp. 430 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth plain, 1s.
Webster’s Pocket Pronouncing Dictionaryof the English Language. Condensed from the Original byNoah Webster. With accentuated Vocabularies of Classical, Scriptural, and Modern Geographical Names. Revised byWm. G. Webster, son of Noah Webster. Royal 16mo, cloth, 1s.
Webster’s Shilling Bookkeeping, in Single and Double Entry. Post 8vo, cloth plain, 1s.
The Language of Flowers.With numerous Engravings, and a Coloured Frontispiece. Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, 1s.
The Poetry of Flowers.An entirely New Selection of appropriate Poems, carefully edited. With Coloured Frontispiece and many Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, 1s.
The Christian Year.Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year. ByJohn Keble. Small fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, plain edges, 1s.
The Children’s Picture Annual: The Story of a United Family, with their Travels and Adventures at Home and Abroad. ByMercie Sunshine. With numerous Illustrations. Imperial 16mo, picture boards, 1s.