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Fit to be a Duchess;

WITH OTHER STORIES OF COURAGE AND PRINCIPLE. By Mrs. GILLESPIE SMYTH, Author of "Selwyn;""Life and Times of Olympia Morata;" "Probation;" "Tales of the Moors," &c. With Illustrations by Corbould and Absolon, printed on toned paper. Crown 8vo, cloth, full gilt, price 58.

Every Boy's Stories:

A CHOICE COLLECTION OF STANDARD TALES, RHYMES, AND ALLEGORIES.

In One thick Volume, with 12 full-page Illustrations, cloth extra, price 5s.

In small crown 8vo, cloth, full gilt, price 58., with Illustrations by Coleman and

Palmer, printed on toned paper,

In small crown 8vo, price 38. 6d.,

Friendly Hands and Kindly Words:

STORIES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LAW OF KINDNESS, THE POWER OF PERSEVERANCE, AND THE ADVANTAGES OF LITTLE HELPS. With Eight Illustrations.

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Mornings with Mama; or, Scripture Dialogues for Young Persons

FROM TEN TO EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

BY MRS. GILLESPIE SMYTH,

Author of "Selwyn," "The Life and Times of Qlympia Morata," "Probation," etc. Third edition, revised. Three Volumes, fcap. 8vo, cloth, full gilt, price 5s. each.

* Various eminent Clergymen encouraged the preparation of these favourite Dialogues; and the late Dr. Chalmers (to whom, by permission, the volumes were originally dedicated) made daily use of them in his own family.

The Old Testament Series.

VOL. I. EARLIER LIVES AND NARRATIVES.
,, II. LATER HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

The New Testament.

THE GOSPEL SERIES.

**Each Volume is illustrated by eight full-page highly-finished Engravings on wood by Dalziel (printed on toned paper), chiefly from choice compositions of the Old Masters, including Raphael, Poussin, Claude Lorraine, Rubens, Salvator Rosa, Vanloo, and Jouvenet, etc. etc.

Studies of Christian Character.

BY BITHA FOX,

Author of "Pictures of Heroes," "The Yews," etc.

With Illustrations by James Godwin, printed on toned paper. Crown 8vo, cloth, full gilt, price 68.

CONTENTS.-The Lamp in the Cell.-Signal Fires.-Watchers for the Dawn.-The Friendships of the Reformation.-The Artists of the Reformation.-The Cobbler-Poet of Nuremburg.-"The Tenth Muse."-The Red Silk Banner.-The Fair Pietist.

Men who were Earnest :

THE SPRINGS OF THEIR ACTION AND INFLUENCE. A Series of Biographical Studies. With Eight Illustrations by Frederick Borders, printed on toned paper. Crown 8vo, cloth, full gilt, price 58.

The Brave Old English Confessors.

With Illustrations by L. Huard, printed on toned paper. Crown 8vo, cloth, full gilt, price 58.

CONTENTS.-John Wycliffe: his Life, his Work, and his Creed.-William Tyndale, with some Incidents in the Lives of the Early Reformers.-Cranmer and his Times. -Nicholas Ridley, the calm and resolute Confessor.-The Life and Doings of Master Hugh Latimer.-Bunyan, the Dreamer in Bedford Jail.-Thomas Ellwood, the Autobiography of a Genial-hearted Scholar.-The Story of James Nayler.-Andrew Marvell, the Witty Patriot.-John Roberts: Rural Life Two Centuries ago.-The Trials and Aspirations of Richard Baxter.

The Art of Doing our Best,

AS SEEN IN THE LIVES AND STORIES OF SOME
THOROUGH WORKERS.

Br HALWIN CALDWELL.

With 8 illustrations by John Absolon, H. K. Browne, and the Brothers Dalziel, on toned paper. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, full gilt, price 5s.

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The "Golden Rule" Story Books.

ILLUSTRATED.

THis interesting and attractive series of Stories for Young People is primarily intended, as the title imports, to inculcate in an unobtrusive manner the "Golden Rule." The old proverb saith truly, "Precepts may lead, but examples draw." It will be found that these Stories bear upon the cardinal elements of characterquietly and naturally showing the necessity for their culture-bringing out in a pleasant genial manner the teachings of experience, and the true aims of life.

As a general rule, the Story Books are equally suitable for Boys and Girls. By the help of the titles given, it will be easy for Parents, Teachers, and Friends, quick to mark the dispositions and habits of the young, so to choose, if need be, as to bring a good Story to bear upon a weak point or a fault-to instruct, to inspire, or to warn. It may be Industry and Sobriety; Firmness and Suavity; Patience, Selfdenial, and Cheerfulness; Order, Punctuality, and Contentment; Filial Obedience; Respect for Experience, or Reverence for Age; all these, and many other of the nicer essentials to a fine character and a noble life, are distinctly traced in the "Golden Rule" Story Books. Printed in clear bold type; every book illustrated by Wood Engravings; and published in

Packets of Four Books, One Shilling per Packet.
Elegant Cloth Cases of Twelve Books, 48. per Case.
With top flap, and full gilt side.

"These are books to make girls lay aside their dolls, and boys forget their hoops for hours together. A bright-eyed child called from play an hour or two ago to receive one or two of them, has scarcely looked up since, and replies to the question, whether she has read 'every word' of them, by saying, 'Yes, every word, except the good little bit at the end.' And 'the good little bit at the end' is not always present, and it is never needed. The story tells its own moral, and conveys its own lessons."-Baptist Magazine.

"We have here twenty-four small books for small people, at the smallest of prices; each volume containing from forty to fifty pages of small but clear letterpress, several illustrations, good paper, good writing, and all for the charge of threepence! * We will only say that such a windfall of books is not often shaken from a Christmas-tree."-Athenæum.

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"Paterfamilias need be at no loss for Story Books for his children so long as those of 'Golden Rule' remain in print. A better selection of Tales for the Young we are unacquainted with. They are equally suitable for boys or girls, are life-like, strictly moral, and a proper sense of religion is manifest throughout. They are well printed on good paper and in bold type, and are illustrated with well-executed wood engravings."-Mair's Register.

"Altogether form a pretty as well as useful present."-Scotsman.

"These are excellent little works for children. A vein of sound morality runs through them, and they will supply a large fund of entertainment to the juvenile mind. We should like to hear of the attention of our Sabbath Schools having been turned in this direction for reward books. It would be difficult to find so much substance for so little money anywhere else."-Methodist Magazine.

London: JAMES HOGG & SONS, 9, St. Bride's Avenue, Fleet Street, E.C.

Contents of the "Golden Rule" Story Books.

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Men who have Risen:

A Book for Boys. With Eight Illustrations by C. A. Doyle.

The Rise of the Peel Family.
The Beginning of the Rothschilds.
Stephenson, the Railway Pioneer.
Davy, the Chemist.
Oberlin, the Pastor.
Franklin, the Navigator.
Astor, the Millionaire.

CONTENTS.

Hutton, the Bookseller.

Linnæus, the Naturalist.
Smeaton, the Engineer.
Wilson, the Ornithologist.
Eldon, the Judge.

Wilhelm, the Knife-Grinder.

The Story of Hugh Miller's Early Days.

Women of Worth:

A Book for Girls. With Eight Illustrations by William Dickes.

Pictures of Heroes, and Lessons from their Lives.

With Eight fine Illustrations.

CONTENTS.

An Imperial Convert; or, The Youth and Manhood of Constantine.

The Moslem's Dream.

King Alfred; or, a Thousand Years ago.
Barbarossa, the "Red Beard" of the
Rhine.

Brother John of Vicenza.

Northern Lights.
The Snow King.

Scenes in the Life of William the Silent.
The Polish Wizard.

Innsbrück and its Echoes; or, The Res

cue, the Run, the Bribe, and the Ruin,

The Busy Hives around us:

A VARIETY OF TRIPS AND VISITS TO THE MINE, THE WORKSHOP, AND THE FACTORY.

With popular Notes on Materials, Processes, and Machines. With Illustrations by Harvey, etc.

Merchant Princes.

Cotton Lords.

CONTENTS.

A "Superfine Article;" a Glance at the
West of England Woollen Trade.

A Descent into the Arley Mine.
Railway Colonies.

Her Majesty's Printers.

Life among the Spitalfields Weavers.

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