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BY G. A. HENTY.

FACING DEATH:

Or the Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines.
By G. A. Henry, author of “By Sheer Pluck,” “ With Clive
in India,” &c. With 8 full-page Ilustrations by Gorpon
Brownz in black and tint. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 5s.

“Facing Death” is a story with a purpose. It is intended to show that
a lad who makes up his mind firmly and resolutely that he will rise in life,
and who is prepared to face toil and ridicule and hardship to carry out his
determination, is sure to succeed. The hero of the story, though only a
colliery lad, is a character that boys will delight in. He isa typical British
boy, dogged, earnest, generous, and though ‘‘ shamefaced ” to a degree, is
ready to face death in the discharge of duty. His is a character for imita-
tion by boys in every station, who will assuredly be intensely interested in
the narrative.

“The tale is well written and well illustrated, and there is much reality in the
characters.” —A thenceum.

“Tf any father, godfather, clergyman, or schoolmaster is on the look-out for a good
book to give as a present this season to a boy who is worth his salt, this is the book
we would recommend.” —Standard, :

 

BY PROFESSOR POUCHET.

THE UNIVERSE:

Or Tne InFINITELY GREAT AND THE InFiniTELY Litriz. A
Sketch of Contrasts in Creation, and Marvels revealed and
explained by Natural Science. By F. A. Poucuer, mp.
Illustrated by 273 Engravings on wood, of which 56 are
full-page size. 8th Edition, medium 8vo, cloth elegant, gilt
edges, 7s. 6d.; also full morocco, blind tooled, 16s.

The object of this Work is to inspire and extend a taste for natural
science. It isnotalearned treatise, but a simple study. The title adopted
indicates that the author has gathered from creation at large, often con-
trasting the smallest of its productions with the mightiest.

“We can honestly commend this work, which is admirably, as it is copiously
illustrated.”—Times.

“ As interesting as the most exciting romance, and a great deal more likely to be
remembered to good purpose.”—Standard.

“Scarcely any book in French or in English is so likely to stimulate in the young
an interest in the physical phenomena.”—Fortnightly Review.

“The volume, and it is a splendid one, will serve as a good pioneer to more
exact studies.”—Saturday Review.

“Among the most attractive of the treatises on science there is not one more
suggestive and impressive than Pouchet’s Universe. The work brings so forcibly
before the thoughtful reader the infinite variety of the universe that he must be
dull indeed who is not awed by the impressive lesson.”—Knowledge.