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THE WELL-TIMED SERIES.

Suitable for Presents and School Prizes, and especially adapted for Young People. Each Volume beautifully illustrated, well printed, efficiently edited, and handsomely bound in extra cloth, gilt sides, back and edges.

Price 35. 6d. Each.

I THE WONDERS OF THE

WORLD, IN Earth, Sea, and
SKY, AS RELATED ΤΟ HIS
YOUNG FRIENDS. By Uncle
John.

2 FIFTY CELEBRATED MEN;
THEIR LIVES AND TRIALS, AND
THE DEEDS THAT MADE THEM
FAMOUS.

3 FIFTY CELEbrated WomeN; THEIR VIRTUES AND FAILINGS, AND THE LESSONS OF THEIR LIVES.

4 THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, of York, Mariner. By Daniel Defoe. With a Biographical Sketch of the Author. 5 THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON. By Thomas Day. Illustrated with 100 Engravings by Dalziel Brothers.

6 A Boy's Life Aboard SHIP, AS IT IS TOLD BY HIMSELF. Full of Adventure and Daring Deeds.

7 LIFE IN A WHALER; or, Perils and Adventures in the Tropical Seas. By Sailor Charley.

8 GREAT INVENTORS;

THE

SOURCES OF THEIR USEFUL-
NESS, AND THE RESULTS OF
THEIR EFFORTS.

9 HOUSEHOLD STORIES. Collected by the Brothers Grimm; to which is added "The Caravan ;" an Eastern Tale. By William Hauff,

10 THE MARVELS OF NATURE; or, Outlines of Creation. By Elisha Noyce. With 400 Engravings by Dalziel Brothers. II EVENINGS AT HOME; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened. Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons.

12 THE BOY'S BOOK OF INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION. By Elisha Noyce. With 365 Engravings by Dalziel Brothers.

13 FERN LEAVES FROM FANNY'S PORTFOLIO. First and Second Series, complete.

14 BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS (from this World to that which is to come). A New Edition, with a Memoir. Illustrated with 100 Engravings by the Brothers Dalziel.

15 FAMOUS BOYS, AND How THEY BECAME FAMOUS MEN. By the Author of "Clever Boys."

16 THE TRIUMPHS OF PERSEVERANCE AND ENTERPRISE. BY Thomas Cooper.

17 BOY'S BOOK OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE. By Meredith

Jones.

18 EDGAR'S CRUSADES AND CRU

SADERS.

19 FANNY FERN'S NEW STORIES FOR CHILDREN. By the Author of "Fern Leaves."

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WELL-TIMED SERIES. (Continued.)

20 CLIFFETHORPE; or, The Pro-
gress of Character. By HARRIET
POWER, Author of "Beatrice
Langton,"
""Worse than Death,"
&c., &c.

21 LESSONS AT HOME.
22 THE LONG HOLIDAYS; or,
Learning Without Lessons. By
H. A. FORD. Illustrated by C.
A. DOYLE.

23 THE FOUR HOMES. From the
French of Madame de Gasparin.
Illustrated by HORACE PETHE-

RICK.

24 ROSES AND THORNS: or, Five Tales of the Start in Life. With Illustrations.

VOLUMES IN POPULAR PREACHERS OF THE ANCIENT CHURCH: Their Lives, their Manners, and their Work. By the Rev. WILLIAM WILSON, M.A. HINTS ON THE CULTURE OF CHARACTER. With Passages from the Writings of Eminent Divines. By the BISHOP OF DURHAM, and others. SCRIPTURE STORIES FOR YOUNG. By Rev. FREDK. CAlder, M.A. Illustrat. by D. H. FRISTON. LINKS IN THE CHAIN; or, Popular Chapters on the Curiosities of Animal Life. By GEORGE KEARLEY. With Illustrations by F. W. KEYL. WHERE DO WE GET IT, AND

THE

HOW IT IS MADE. A Familiar
Account of the Modes of Supplying
our Every-Day Wants. By GEORGE
DODD. Illustrated by W. HARVEY.

25 BOOK OF CHILDREN'S HYMNS
AND RHYMES. Collected by
the Daughter of a Clergyman.
26 THE CARTERETS; or, Country
Pleasures. By E. A. R. Illus-
trated by THOMAS B. DALZIEL.
27 THE STORY OF HERBERT
LOVELL; or, Handsome is who
Handsome does. By the Rev.
F. W. B. BOUVERIE. With Il-
lustrations by C. A. DOYLE.
28 BLANCHE CLEVELAND; or,
The Sunshine of Youth. By
A.E.W. Illustrated by HUARD.
29 THE PIETY OF DAILY LIFE.
By JANE C. SIMPSON, Author of
"Linda," ""Woman's History,"
&c. Illustrated by E. GUICHARD.

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CHILD'S (The) POPULAR FAIRY TALES.
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OLD NURSERY TALES AND FAMOUS HISTORIES. With 8 Coloured Illustrations by the Brothers DALZIEL.

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GOOD OLD STORIES. With 7 Coloured Illustrations by the

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Now Ready, extra cloth, full gilt side and back, gilt edges, price 5s. BOY'S OWN SEA STORIES; or, ADVENTURES OF A SAILOR IN THE NAVY, THE MERCHANT SERVICE, AND ON A WHALING CRUISE.

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MUSINGS ABOUT MEN. From the Writings of the Good and the
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Minds,"
""What Men have Said about Women," &c., &c.

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THE YOUNG ENGLISHWOMAN.

A Magazine of Fiction and Entertaining Literature, Music, Poetry, Fine Arts, Fashions, and Useful and Ornamental Needlework. Vol. I. With a Portfolio containing Fourteen Supplements for the Work-table, Six Coloured Fashion Plates, a First-class Engraving, and Two Beautiful Pictures printed in Colours.

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THE BOY'S OWN VOLUME, Vols. I. to XII. A Book of Fact, Fiction, History, and Adventure. Edited by S. O. BEETON. 24 Separate Plates, and beautifully Illustrated, each Volume.

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MUSINGS ABOUT MEN. From the Writings of the Good and the
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Minds,"
""What Men have Said about Women," &c., &c.

"Every man is a volume if you know how to read him."

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