Stories of Noble Lives.

The Story of Audubon, The Na-
turalist. Royal 18mo, cloth extra.
Price ls.

The Story of Benvenuto Cellini,
The Italian Goldsmith. Royal
18mo, cloth extra. Price Is.

The Story of Galileo, The Astro-
nomer of Pisa. Royal 18mo,
cloth extra. Price 1s.

The Story of the Herschels—A
Family of Astronomers. Royal
18mo, cloth extra. Price 1s.

The Story of John Howard, The
Prison Reformer. Royal I8mo,
cloth extra. Price 1s.

The Story of Palissy, The Potter.
Royal 18mo, cloth extra. Is.

The Story of Scoresby, The Arctic
Navigator. Royal 18mo, cloth
extra. Price ls.

The Story of John Smeaton and
the Eddystone Lighthouse. Royal
i8mo, cloth extra. Price 1s.

It is scarcely possible to provide the
young with reading more beneficial and
stimulating in character than that which
is afforded by the lives of great and good
men. The biographies of this series are
pleasantly written, and contain a large
store of useful information. The books
are produced in @ style rendering then.
particularly suitable for rewards or
prizes.

The Rocket; or, The Story of the
Stephensons, Father and Son.
By H. C. Kyicur. Ilustrated.
Royal 18mo, cloth extra. 1s.

“4 capital little biography of « life
all boys should be familiar with.”—S. S.
CHRONICLE.

“The edition before us contains an
additional chapter, in which the author
speaks of the recent Stephenson cententry,
and the devclopment of the great work
originated by the man who was once a
poor lad."—P racticaL THACHER.

 

 

The Search for Franklin. With
Engravings from Designs by the
Artist of the Expedition. Royal
18mo, cloth extra. Price Is.

“ Our boys cannot do better than read
this narrative. It will nerve them, we
trust, to decds of high moral daring.” —
SUNSILINE.

' No Gains Without Pains ; or, The

Story of Samuel Budgett, the

Successful Merchant. By H. C.

Kyizenr. Royal 18mo, cloth ex-

tra. Price ls.

David Livingstone. The Story

of his Life and Travels. With
numerous Illustrations. Large
foolscap Svo, cloth extra. Is.

Peter the Great. By Jonn Lo-
pirrop Moriey. With numerous
Illustrations from the ‘‘ History
of Peter the Great,” by Professor
Bruckyer of Dorpat. Large
foolscap Svo, cloth extra, 1s.

Life and Travel in Tartary,
Thibet, and China. Being a
Narrative of the Abbé Huc’s
Travels in the Far East. By M.

Jonug. With numerous Engrav-
ings. Royal 18mo. Price ls.

The information is varied and full of
lively incidents, and much useful know-
ledge is compressed into its pages.

Stories of Invention, told by In-
ventors and their Friends. By
Epwarp E. Hate. With numer-
ous Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth
extra. Price 2s. 6d.

“Te have seldom met with @ book
which has given us greater pleasure. It
is full of incidents and anecdotes, which
are selected and well told. There are no
dull pages.’ —SWorD AND TROWEL.

Triumphs of Invention and_Dis-
covery. By J. Haminron Fyre.
TUustrated. Post 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Rise and progress described of the art
of printing, the electri telegraph, manu-
factures of cotton, silk, iron, cte.

 

 

 

 

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