*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 52405 *** Transcriber’s Notes: This book catalogue for W. & R. Chambers, Limited, was extracted from Mary Louisa Molesworth, _Hoodie_, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London and Edinburgh, 1897. Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_), and text enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=). Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. * * * * * BOOKS SUITABLE FOR PRIZES AND PRESENTATION. Price 5s. =MEG LANGHOLME=, or the Day after To-morrow. By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Philippa_, _Olivia_, _Blanche_, _Carrots_, _Imogen_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. Rainey. =5/= Mrs Molesworth with her usual charm of manner, and easy natural grace, traces the development of Meg Langholme from early girlhood to young womanhood, with her friends and companions in the home of Bray Weald, where she is like an adopted daughter, until mysterious warnings bode the disaster of her life; for certain reasons she is kidnapped and concealed until cleverly rescued, and happily married to a lifelong friend then home from India. =VINCE THE REBEL=, or the Sanctuary in the Bog. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _The Black Tor_, _Roy Royland_, _Diamond Dyke_, _The Rajah of Dah_, _Real Gold_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. H. C. Groome. =5/= Relates the troubles at Mere Abbey, a fine South-of-England mansion, surrounded by bogs and woodlands, during the reign of James II. of England, and how Vince the Rebel lay in hiding here after Sedgemoor, and escaped the soldiers sent in pursuit. The free and healthy country life enjoyed by Walter Heron and his cousin Vince, along with Sol Bogg, the man-servant, who aids in all the fishing, hunting, and woodland adventures, form a fascinating and enjoyable narrative for readers of all ages. =WILD KITTY.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Catalina_, &c. With eight Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =5/= Mrs Meade again gives a picture of school-girl life, in which many varied characters play a part, the most interesting and original being Kitty Malone from Castle Malone in Ireland, who earns the nickname of Wild Kitty because of her love of mischief and unconventional manners. Mrs Meade is herself a native of Ireland and quite at home in sketching such a character, and she does not fail to weave a fascinating narrative, and one which she herself believes will rank amongst her best efforts. =PHILIPPA.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Olivia_, _Blanche_, _Robin Redbreast_, _Carrots_, _Imogen_, &c. With eight Illustrations by J. Finnemore. =5/= ‘Very clever, very fantastic, and very enjoyable.’--_Spectator._ ‘One of Mrs Molesworth’s best stories for girls.’--_The Queen._ ‘Fully maintains her charm of style and narration.’--_Leeds Mercury._ =THE GIRL AT THE DOWER HOUSE, AND AFTERWARD.= By AGNES GIBERNE, author of _Sun, Moon, and Stars_; _A Lady of England_, &c. With eight Illustrations by J. Finnemore. =5/= ‘An absorbing story.’--_Daily Free Press._ ‘A charming love-tale.’--_Westminster Review._ =CATALINA=: Art Student. By L. T. MEADE, author of _Betty_, _Four on an Island_, _Wilton Chase_, &c. With eight Illustrations, by W. Boucher. =5/= ‘The story is managed with great skills.’--_Daily Free Press._ ‘Unquestionably one of Mrs Meade’s best books.’--_Evening News._ ‘Very brightly told.’--_Punch._ =THE BLACK TOR=: A Tale of the Reign of James I. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _Roy Royland_, _Diamond Dyke_, _The Rajah of Dah_, _Real Gold_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =5/= ‘A capital story ... full of incident and adventure.’--_The Standard._ ‘There is a fine manly tone about the book, which makes it particularly appropriate for youth.’--_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._ [Illustration: All my senses were now concentrating into the one maddening desire to reach shelter and safety. _From_ MEG LANGHOLME, _by Mrs Molesworth; price 5s._ PAGE 222.] =ROY ROYLAND=, or the Young Castellan. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. =5/= ‘Fascinating from beginning to end ... is told with much spirit and go.’--_Birmingham Gazette._ =THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE COAST.= By DAVID LAWSON JOHNSTONE. With twenty-one Illustrations by W. Boucher. Large crown 8vo, antique cloth gilt. =5/= ‘There is fascination for every healthily-minded boy in the very name of the Buccaneers.... Mr D. Lawson Johnstone’s new story of adventure is already sure of a warm welcome.’--_Manchester Guardian._ =GIRLS NEW AND OLD.= By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by J. Williamson. =5/= ‘A sound as well as entertaining romance.’--_Yorkshire Daily Post._ ‘It is a fine, bright, wholesome book, well bound and illustrated.’--_Saturday Review._ =DON.= By the author of _Laddie_, &c. With eight Illustrations by J. Finnemore. Large crown 8vo, antique cloth gilt. =5/= ‘A fresh and happy story ... told with great spirit ... it is as pure as spring air.’--_Glasgow Herald._ =OLIVIA.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =5/= ‘A beautiful story, an ideal gift-book for girls.’--_British Weekly._ =BETTY=: a School Girl. By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by Everard Hopkins. =5/= ‘This is an admirable tale of school-girl life: her history involves an excellent moral skilfully conveyed.’--_Glasgow Herald._ =WESTERN STORIES.= By WILLIAM ATKINSON. With Frontispiece. =5/= ‘These stories touch a very high point of excellence. They are natural, vivid, and thoroughly interesting.’--_Speaker._ =BLANCHE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Robin Redbreast_, _The Next-Door House_, &c. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =5/= ‘Eminently healthy ... pretty and interesting, free from sentimentality.’--_Queen._ [Illustration: Sol sat staring straight at Wat with his mouth open. _From_ VINCE THE REBEL, _by G. Manville Fenn; price 5s._ PAGE 167.] =DIAMOND DYKE=, or the Lone Farm on the Veldt: a Story of South African Adventure. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _The Rajah of Dah_, _Dingo Boys_, &c. With eight Illustrations by W. Boucher. =5/= ‘There is not a dull page in the book.’--_Aberdeen Free Press._ =REAL GOLD=: a Story of Adventure. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. With eight Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =5/= ‘In the author’s best style, and brimful of life and adventure.... Equal to any of the tales of adventure Mr Fenn has yet written.’--_Standard._ =POMONA.= By the author of _Laddie_, _Rose and Lavender_, _Zoe_, _Baby John_, &c. With eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =5/= ‘A bright, healthy story for girls.’--_Bookseller._ =DOMESTIC ANNALS OF SCOTLAND=, from the Reformation to the Rebellion of 1745. By ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D. Abridged from the original octavo edition in three volumes. =5/= =ALL ROUND THE YEAR.= A Monthly Garland by THOMAS MILLER, author of _English Country Life_, &c. And Key to the Calendar. With Twelve Allegorical Designs by John Leighton, F.S.A., and other Illustrations. =5/= Price 3s. 6d. =HUNTED THROUGH FIJI=, or ’Twixt Convict and Cannibal. By REGINALD HORSLEY, author of _The Yellow God_, _The Blue Balloon_, &c. With six Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =3/6= Dr Horsley is here at his best in following the fortunes of three young lads pursued by convicts and natives through Fiji in the cannibal days. The pages are crowded with adventures and hairbreadth escapes, sufficient to carry any reader from beginning to close without abatement of interest. =HOODIE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With seventeen Illustrations by Lewis Baumer. =3/6= The story, very simply and naturally told, is of a rather naughty little girl who at first has a mistaken idea that she is out of favour with everybody, but who gets brought to a better mind by an illness. The little heroine displays great character. =THE ‘ROVER’S’ QUEST=: a Story of Foam, Fire, and Fight. By HUGH ST LEGER, author of _Sou’wester and Sword_, &c. With six Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =3/6= A tough yarn, which relates how Noel Hamilton is picked up from a boat in the Channel by a passing merchant ship and carried into eastern seas, where he encounters all the horrors of a mutiny, a sea-quake, and shipwreck, his loneliness on a barren island being shared by two fine old salts named Sam Port and Eli Grouse. How they are rescued by the _Rover_, out on a strange quest, and how this quest is accomplished, form the thread of an interesting narrative of sea life. =A DAUGHTER OF THE KLEPHTS=, or A Girl of Modern Greece. By ISABELLA FYVIE MAYO (Edward Garrett), author of _Occupations of a Retired Life_, _By Still Waters_, &c. Crown 8vo, art linen, gilt. With six Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6= ‘A well-written, sensible piece of work, likely to please educated and thoughtful girls.’--_The Globe._ ‘The book is interesting as a dramatic representation of incidents both tragical and heroic.’--_Inverness Courier._ ‘The numerous characters in the story are vivid portraitures, the very humblest has nothing of the puppet in him or her, and the story from the first page to the last is highly interesting, realistic, and natural.’--_Scotsman._ =YOUNG DENYS=: a Story of the Days of Napoleon. By ELEANOR C. PRICE, author of _In the Lion’s Mouth_, _Miss Latimer of Bryans_, _The Little One_, _A Lost Battle_, &c. With six Illustrations by G. Nicolet. =3/6= ‘An interesting tale of the great Napoleon.’--_Punch._ ‘Children of any age can enjoy its quiet vigour and character sketches.’--_Spectator._ =A SOLDIER OF THE LEGION=: a Romance. By DAVID LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author of _The Brotherhood of the Coast_, _The Rebel Commodore_, &c. With seventeen Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6= ‘A spirited romance of adventure ... which follows the career of a young Englishman in the Carlist wars.’--_Scotsman._ ‘Distinguished alike for accuracy in detail and for vivid imagination.’--_The Standard._ =SWEPT OUT TO SEA.= By DAVID KER, author of _Prisoner among Pirates_, _Cossack and Czar_, _Vanished_, _The Wizard King_, &c. With six Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =3/6= ‘A fine stirring story of adventure on sea and land.... The local colour of the West Indies is laid on delicately and truthfully.’--_Birmingham Gazette._ ‘Crowded with adventure and excitement.’--_Black and White._ =TWO BOY TRAMPS.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, author of _Bert Lloyd’s Boyhood_, _Fergus Mactavish_, &c. With six Illustrations by H. Sandham. =3/6= ‘An uncommonly good tale.’--_School Board Chronicle._ ‘There is plenty of incident, and the interest is throughout well kept up.’--_Spectator._ =THE BLUE BALLOON=: a Tale of the Shenandoah Valley. By REGINALD HORSLEY. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= ‘We have seldom read a finer tale. It is a kind of masterpiece.’--_Methodist Times._ =THE WIZARD KING=: a Story of the Last Moslem Invasion of Europe. By DAVID KER. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= ‘This volume ought to find an army of admiring readers.’--_Liverpool Mercury._ =THE REBEL COMMODORE= (Paul Jones); being Memoirs of the Earlier Adventures of Sir Ascott Dalrymple. By D. LAWSON JOHNSTONE. With six Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6= ‘It is a good story, full of hairbreadth escapes and perilous adventures.’--_To-day._ [Illustration: ‘My land, William, I’ve got the drop on you.’ _From_ HUNTED THROUGH FIJI, _by Reginald Horsley: price 3s. 6d._] =ROBIN REDBREAST.= By MRS MOLESWORTH, author of _Imogen_, _Next-Door House_, _The Cuckoo Clock_, &c. With six original Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =3/6= ‘It is a long time since we read a story for girls more simple, natural, or interesting.’--_Publishers’ Circular._ =THE WHITE KAID OF THE ATLAS.= By J. MACLAREN COBBAN. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= ‘A well-told tale of adventure and daring in Morocco, in which the late and the present Sultan both figure.... A very pleasant book to read.’--_Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review._ =THE YELLOW GOD=: a Tale of some Strange Adventures. By REGINALD HORSLEY. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= ‘Admirably designed, and set forth with life-like force.... A first-rate book for boys.’--_Saturday Review._ =PRISONER AMONG PIRATES.= By DAVID KER, author of _Cossack and Czar_, _The Wild Horseman of the Pampas_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= ‘A singularly good story, calculated to encourage what is noble and manly in boys.’--_Athenæum._ =JOSIAH MASON: A BIOGRAPHY.= With Sketches of the History of the Steel Pen and Electroplating Trades. By JOHN THACKRAY BUNCE. With Portrait and Illustrations. =3/6= =FOUR ON AN ISLAND=: a Story of Adventure. By L. T. MEADE, author of _Daddy’s Boy_, _Scamp and I_, _Wilton Chase_, &c. With six original Illustrations by W. Rainey. =3/6= ‘This is a very bright description of modern Crusoes.’--_Graphic._ =IN THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN PLUME=: a Tale of Adventure. By DAVID LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author of _The Paradise of the North_, _The Mountain Kingdom_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= ‘Most thrilling, and excellently worked out.’--_Graphic._ =THE DINGO BOYS=; or the Squatters of Wallaby Range. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _The Rajah of Dah_, _In the King’s Name_, &c. With six original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= =THE CHILDREN OF WILTON CHASE.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Four on an Island_, _Scamp and I_, &c. With six Illustrations by Everard Hopkins. =3/6= ‘Both entertaining and instructive.’--_Spectator._ =THE PARADISE OF THE NORTH=: a Story of Discovery and Adventure around the Pole. By D. LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author of _Richard Tregellas_, _The Mountain Kingdom_, &c. With fifteen Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6= ‘Marked by a Verne-like fertility of fancy.’--_Saturday Review._ =THE RAJAH OF DAH.= By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _In the King’s Name_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6= Price 2s. 6d. =ANIMAL STORIES.= Selected and edited by ROBERT COCHRANE, editor of _Great Thinkers and Workers_, _Romance of Industry and Invention_, &c. Profusely Illustrated. =2/6= A selection of varied true stories of animal life, illustrating sagacity, instinct, the almost human traits of monkeys, speaking powers of parrots, the usefulness and cleverness of many dogs, horses, elephants, and hairbreadth escapes from lions, tigers, bears, and snakes. The examples are drawn from a wide field, and the narratives are brightly written. =ELSIE’S MAGICIAN.= By FRED WHISHAW, author of _Boris the Bear Hunter_, _A Tsar’s Gratitude_, &c. With ten Illustrations by Lewis Baumer. =2/6= A pretty story told with real humour and vivacity of how a little London girl managed to provide for her mother a much-needed holiday abroad, and brought together a father and daughter who had been alienated for many years to the sorrow and misfortune of both. =THE ROMANCE OF COMMERCE.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, LL.B., B.A. With fifteen Illustrations. =2/6= ‘Sure to fascinate young lads fond of tales of adventure and daring.’--_Evening News._ =ABIGAIL TEMPLETON=; or Brave Efforts. A Story of To-day. By EMMA MARSHALL, author of _Under Salisbury Spire_, &c. With four Illustrations by J. Finnemore. =2/6= ‘A bright and happy narrative.... Told with great spirit.’--_Birmingham Gazette._ =THE ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY AND INVENTION.= Selected by ROBERT COCHRANE, editor of _Great Thinkers and Workers_, _Beneficent and Useful Lives_, _Adventure and Adventurers_, _Recent Travel and Adventure_, _Good and Great Women_, _Heroic Lives_, &c. With 34 process and woodcut Illustrations. =2/6= ‘It is hard to say which chapter is the best, for each seems more interesting than the last.’--_The Queen._ ‘A most interesting and inspiring book.’--_Colliery Guardian._ ‘We can recommend this work as at once instructive and interesting.’--_New Age._ =THROUGH THICK AND THIN=: The Story of a School Campaign. By ANDREW HOME, author of _From Fag to Monitor_, _Disturbers of the Peace_, &c. With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. =2/6= ‘This is just the kind of book for boys to rave over; it does not cram moral axioms down their throats, the characters act them instead.’--_Glasgow Daily Mail._ =PLAYMATES=: A Story for Boys and Girls. By L. T. MEADE. With six Illustrations by G. Nicolet. =2/6= ‘The charm of Mrs Meade’s stories for children is well sustained in this pretty and instructive tale.’--_Liverpool Mercury._ =OUTSKERRY=: The Story of an Island. By HELEN WATERS. With four Illustrations by R. Burns. =2/6= ‘The diversion provided is varied beyond expectation (and indeed belief). We read of an “Arabian Night’s Entertainment,” but here is enough for an Arctic night.’--_The Times._ [Illustration: ‘There’ll be more than one dead corpse amongst you afore you can say knife, mark me!’ _From_ THE ‘ROVER’S’ QUEST, _by Hugh St Leger; price 3s. 6d._ Page 91.] =WHITE TURRETS.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Carrots_, _Olivia_, &c. With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. =2/6= ‘A charming story.... A capital antidote to the unrest that inspires young folks that seek for some great thing to do, while the great thing for them is at their hand and at their home.’--_Scotsman._ =HUGH MELVILLE’S QUEST=: a Boy’s Adventures in the Days of the Armada. By F. M. HOLMES. With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. =2/6= ‘A refreshing, stirring story ... and one sure to delight young boys and young girls too.’--_Spectator._ =ELOCUTION=, a Book for Reciters and Readers. Edited by R. C. H. MORISON. =2/6= ‘No elocutionist’s library can be said to be complete without this neatly bound volume of 500 pages.... An introduction on the art of elocution is a gem of conciseness and intellectual teaching.’--_Era._ ‘One of the best books of its kind in the English language.’--_Glasgow Citizen._ =VANISHED=, or the Strange Adventures of Arthur Hawkesleigh. By DAVID KER. Illustrated by W. Boucher. =2/6= ‘It must be ranked high amongst its kind.’--_Spectator._ ‘A quite entrancing tale of adventure.’--_Athenæum._ =THISTLE AND ROSE.= By AMY WALTON. Illustrated by Robert Barnes. =2/6= ‘Is as desirable a present to make to a girl as any one could wish.’--_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._ =ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS=; being True Tales of Daring, Peril, and Heroism. With Illustrations. =2/6= ‘The narratives are as fascinating as fiction.’--_British Weekly._ =BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY=: a Story of Three Homes. By AMY WALTON, author of _White Lilac_, _A Pair of Clogs_, &c. With four Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =2/6= =OUT OF REACH=: a Story. By ESMÈ STUART, author of _Through the Flood_, _A Little Brown Girl_, &c. With four Illustrations by Robert Barnes. =2/6= ‘The story is a very good one, and the book can be recommended for girls’ reading.’--_Standard._ =IMOGEN=, or Only Eighteen. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With four Illustrations by H. A. Bone. =2/6= ‘The book is an extremely clever one.’--_Daily Chronicle._ ‘A readable and very pretty story.’--_Black and White._ =THE LOST TRADER=, or the Mystery of the _Lombardy_. By HENRY FRITH, author of _The Cruise of the ‘Wasp,’_ _The Log of the ‘Bombastes,’_ &c. With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. =2/6= ‘Mr Frith writes good sea-stories, and this is the best of them that we have read.’--_Academy._ =BASIL WOOLLCOMBE, MIDSHIPMAN.= By ARTHUR LEE KNIGHT, author of _The Adventures of a Midshipmite_, &c. With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey, and other Illustrations. =2/6= =THE NEXT-DOOR HOUSE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With six Illustrations by W. Hatherell. =2/6= ‘I venture to predict for it as loving a welcome as that received by the inimitable _Carrots_.’--_Manchester Courier._ =COSSACK AND CZAR.= By DAVID KER, author of _The Boy Slave in Bokhara_, _The Wild Horseman of the Pampas_, &c. With original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =2/6= ‘There is not an uninteresting line in it.’--_Spectator._ =THROUGH THE FLOOD=, the Story of an Out-of-the-way Place. By ESMÈ STUART. With Illustrations. =2/6= ‘A bright story of two girls, and shows how goodness rather than beauty in a face can heal old strifes.’--_Friendly Leaves._ =WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.= By Mrs O’REILLY, author of _Joan and Jerry_, _Phœbe’s Fortunes_, &c. With four Illustrations by H. A. Bone. =2/6= ‘A delightfully natural and attractive story.’--_Journal of Education._ =ROSE AND LAVENDER.= By the author of _Laddie_, _Miss Toosey’s Mission_, &c. With four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. =2/6= ‘A brightly-written tale, the characters in which, taken from humble life, are sketched with lifelike naturalness.’--_Manchester Examiner._ =JOAN AND JERRY.= By Mrs O’REILLY, author of _Sussex Stories_, &c. With four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. =2/6= ‘An unusually satisfactory story for girls.’--_Manchester Guardian._ =THE YOUNG RANCHMEN=, or Perils of Pioneering in the Wild West. By CHARLES R. KENYON. With four original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey, and other Illustrations. =2/6= =MEMOIR OF WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS.= With Autobiographic Reminiscences of William Chambers, and Supplemental Chapter. 15th edition. With Portraits and Illustrations. 2/6 =POPULAR RHYMES OF SCOTLAND.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. =2/6= =TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. _New Edition._ With Illustrations. 2/6 =GOOD AND GREAT WOMEN=: a Book for Girls. Comprises brief lives of Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Mrs Beecher-Stowe, Jenny Lind, Charlotte Brontë, Mrs Hemans, Dorothy Pattison. Numerous Illustrations. =2/6= ‘A brightly written volume, full to the brim of interesting and instructive matter; and either as reader, reward, or library book, is equally suitable.’--_Teachers’ Aid._ =LIVES OF LEADING NATURALISTS.= By H. ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. Illustrated. =2/6= ‘Popular and interesting by the skilful manner in which notices of the lives of distinguished naturalists, from John Ray and Francis Willoughby to Charles Darwin, are interwoven with the methodical exposition of the progress of the science to which they are devoted.’--_Scotsman._ =HISTORY OF THE REBELLION OF 1745-6.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. _New Edition_, with Index and Illustrations. 2/6 ‘There is not to be found anywhere a better account of the events of ’45 than that given here.’--_Newcastle Chronicle._ =BENEFICENT AND USEFUL LIVES.= Comprising Lord Shaftesbury, George Peabody, Andrew Carnegie, Walter Besant, Samuel Morley, Sir James Y. Simpson, Dr Arnold of Rugby, &c. By R. COCHRANE. With numerous Illustrations. =2/6= ‘Nothing could be better than the author’s selection of facts setting forth the beneficent lives of those generous men in the narrow compass which the capacity of the volume allows.’--_School Board Chronicle._ =GREAT THINKERS AND WORKERS=; being the Lives of Thomas Carlyle, Lord Armstrong, Lord Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Sir Titus Salt, W. M. Thackeray, Sir Henry Bessemer, John Ruskin, James Nasmyth, Charles Kingsley, Builders of the Forth Bridge, &c. With numerous Illustrations. =2/6= ‘One of the most fitting presents for a thoughtful boy that we have come across.’--_Review of Reviews._ =RECENT TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.= Comprising Stanley and the Congo, Lieutenant Greely, Joseph Thomson, Livingstone, Lady Brassey, Vambéry, Burton, &c. Illustrated. Cloth. =2/6= ‘It is wonderful how much that is of absorbing interest has been packed into this small volume.’--_Scotsman._ =LITERARY CELEBRITIES=; being brief biographies of Wordsworth, Campbell, Moore, Jeffrey, and Macaulay. Illustrated. =2/6= =SONGS OF SCOTLAND= prior to Burns, with the Tunes, edited by ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D. With Illustrations. =2/6= This volume embodies the whole of the pre-Burnsian songs of Scotland that possess merit and are presentable, along with the music; each accompanied by its own history. =GREAT HISTORIC EVENTS.= The Conquest of India, Indian Mutiny, French Revolution, the Crusades, the Conquest of Mexico, Napoleon’s Russian Campaign. Illustrated. =2/6= =HISTORICAL CELEBRITIES.= Comprising lives of Oliver Cromwell, Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Duke of Wellington. Illustrated. 2/6 ‘The story of their life-work is told in such a way as to teach important historical, as well as personal, lessons bearing upon the political history of this country.’--_Schoolmaster._ =STORIES OF REMARKABLE PERSONS.= The Herschels, Mary Somerville, Sir Walter Scott, A. T. Stewart, &c. By WILLIAM CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/6= Embraces about two dozen lives, and the biographical sketches are freely interspersed with anecdotes, so as to make it popular and stimulating reading for both young and old. =STORIES OF OLD FAMILIES.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/6= The Setons--Lady Jean Gordon--Countess of Nithsdale--Lady Grisell Baillie--Grisell Cochrane--the Keiths--Lady Grange--Lady Jane Douglas--Story of Wedderburn--Story of Erskine--Countess of Eglintoun--Lady Forbes--the Dalrymples--Montrose--Buccleuch Family--Argyll Family, &c. =YOUTH’S COMPANION AND COUNSELLOR.= By WILLIAM CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/6= =TALES FOR TRAVELLERS.= Selected from Chambers’s _Papers for the People_. 2 volumes, each =2/6= Containing twelve tales by the author of _John Halifax, Gentleman_, George Cupples, and other well-known writers. Price 2s. =BUNYAN’S PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.= With Index; and Prefatory Memoir by Rev. JOHN BROWN, D.D., Bedford. Illustrated by J. D. Watson. =2/= A careful reprint, giving the best text of Bunyan’s masterpiece, with a useful index for ready reference. =BRUCE’S TRAVELS.= Travels of James Bruce through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile. Illustrated. =2/= ‘An ideal volume for a school prize.’--_Publishers’ Circular._ ‘The record of his journey in this volume is full of fascination and freshness. Few travellers have followed in Bruce’s footsteps; none have seen with a clearer eye or left more vivid impressions of what he saw.’--_Aberdeen Free Press._ ‘A healthier or more entertaining book it would be impossible to place in the hands of any youth. When we look to the 358 pages of clear letterpress, the capital illustrations, and the pretty binding, the book seems a marvel of cheapness.’--_Perthshire Courier._ =THE HALF-CASTE=: an Old Governess’s Story, and other Tales. By the author of _John Halifax, Gentleman_. =2/= ‘Cannot but edify, while it must of necessity gratify and please the fortunate reader.’--_Liverpool Mercury._ ‘The volume contains six short stories, which may be unhesitatingly recommended to such as relish fiction that is free from all morbidness, and is at the same time interesting.’--_Publishers’ Circular._ =THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF MUNGO PARK IN AFRICA.= With Illustrations, Introduction, and concluding chapter on the Present Position of Affairs in the Niger Territory. =2/= ‘Few books of travel have acquired so speedy and extensive a reputation as this of Park’s.’--THOMAS CARLYLE. ‘A notable work well worthy of recommendation.’--_Birmingham Gazette._ =TWO ROYAL LIVES=: Queen Victoria, William I., German Emperor. =2/= =FOUR GREAT PHILANTHROPISTS=: Lord Shaftesbury, George Peabody, John Howard, J. F. Oberlin. Illustrated. =2/= Shows the good accomplished through the agency of the lives and labours of a noble Earl, a millionaire, a prison reformer, and the humble pastor of the remote Ban de la Roche. =TWO GREAT AUTHORS.= Lives of Scott and Carlyle. =2/= ‘Youthful readers will find these accounts of the boyhood and youth of two of the three Scotch literary giants full of interest.’--_Schoolmaster._ =EMINENT ENGINEERS.= Lives of Watt, Stephenson, Telford, and Brindley. =2/= ‘All young persons should read it, for it is in an excellent sense educational. It were devoutly to be wished that young people would take delight in such biographies.’--_Indian Engineer._ =TALES OF THE GREAT AND BRAVE.= By MARGARET FRASER TYTLER. =2/= A collection of interesting biographies and anecdotes of great men and women of history, in the style of Scott’s _Tales of a Grandfather_, written by a niece of the historian of Scotland. =THROUGH STORM AND STRESS.= By J. S. FLETCHER. With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey. =2/= ‘Full of excitement and incident.’--_Dundee Advertiser._ =GREAT WARRIORS=: Nelson, Wellington, Napoleon. =2/= ‘One of the most instructive books published this season.’--_Liverpool Mercury._ =HEROIC LIVES=: Livingstone, Stanley, General Gordon, Lord Dundonald. =2/= ‘It would be difficult to name four other lives in which we find more enterprise, adventure, achievement.... The book is sure to please.’--_Leeds Mercury._ =THE REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF WALTER TRELAWNEY=, Parish ’Prentice of Plymouth, in the year of the Great Armada. Re-told by J. S. FLETCHER, author of _Through Storm and Stress_, &c. With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey. =2/= ‘A wonderfully vivid story of the year of the Great Armada; far more effective than the unwholesome trash which so often does duty for boys’ books nowadays.’--_Idler._ =FIVE VICTIMS=: a School-room Story. By M. BRAMSTON, author of _Boys and Girls_, _Uncle Ivan_, &c. With Frontispiece by H. A. Bone. =2/= ‘A delightful book for children. Miss Bramston has told her simple story extremely well.’--_Associates’ Journal._ =SOME BRAVE BOYS AND GIRLS.= By EDITH C. KENYON, author of _The Little Knight_, _Wilfrid Clifford_, &c. =2/= ‘A capital book: will be read with delight by both boys and girls.’--_Manchester Examiner._ =ELIZABETH=, or Cloud and Sunshine. By HENLEY I. ARDEN, author of _Leather Mill Farm_, _Aunt Bell_, &c. With Frontispiece by Herbert A. Bone. =2/= ‘This is a charming story, and in every way suitable as a gift-book or prize for girls.’--_Schoolmaster._ =HEROES OF ROMANTIC ADVENTURE=, being Biographical Sketches of Lord Clive, founder of British supremacy in India; Captain John Smith, founder of the colony of Virginia; the Good Knight Bayard; and Garibaldi, the Italian patriot. Illustrated. =2/= =FAMOUS MEN.= Illustrated. =2/= Biographical Sketches of Lord Dundonald, George Stephenson, Lord Nelson, Louis Napoleon, Captain Cook, George Washington, Sir Walter Scott, Peter the Great, &c. =LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.= Illustrated. =2/= ‘A fine example of attractive biographical writing.... A short address, “The Way to Wealth,” should be read by every young man in the kingdom.’--_Teachers’ Aid._ =EMINENT WOMEN=, and Tales for Girls. Illustrated. =2/= ‘The lives include those of Grace Darling, Joan of Arc, Flora Macdonald, Helen Gray, Madame Roland, and others.’--_Teachers’ Aid._ =TALES FROM CHAMBERS’S JOURNAL.= 4 vols., each =2/= Comprise interesting short stories by James Payn, Hugh Conway, D. Christie Murray, Walter Thornbury, G. Manville Fenn, Dutton Cook, J. B. Harwood, and other popular writers. =BIOGRAPHY, EXEMPLARY AND INSTRUCTIVE.= Edited by W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/= The Editor gives in this volume a selection of biographies of those who, while exemplary in their private lives, became the benefactors of their species by the still more exemplary efforts of their intellect. =OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS=--the Dog, Cat, Horse, and Elephant. With numerous Illustrations. =2/= =AILIE GILROY.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/= ‘The life of a poor Scotch lassie ... a book that will be highly esteemed for its goodness as well as for its attractiveness.’--_Teachers’ Aid._ =ESSAYS, FAMILIAR AND HUMOROUS.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D. 2 vols., each =2/= Contains some of the finest essays, tales, and social sketches of the author of _Traditions of Edinburgh_, reprinted from _Chambers’s Journal_. =MARITIME DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE.= Illustrated. =2/= Columbus--Balboa--Richard Falconer--North-east Passage--South Sea Marauders--Alexander Selkirk--Crossing the Line--Genuine Crusoes--Castaway--Scene with a Pirate, &c. =SHIPWRECKS AND TALES OF THE SEA.= Illustrated. =2/= ‘A collection of narratives of many famous shipwrecks, with other tales of the sea.... The tales of fortitude under difficulties, and in times of extreme peril, as well as the records of adherence to duty, contained in this volume, cannot but be of service.’--_Practical Teacher._ =SKETCHES, LIGHT AND DESCRIPTIVE.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =2/= A selection from contributions to _Chambers’s Journal_, ranging over a period of thirty years. =MISCELLANY OF INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING TRACTS.= Each =2/= These Tracts comprise Tales, Poetry, Ballads, Remarkable Episodes in History, Papers on Social Economy, Domestic Management, Science, Travel, &c. The articles contain wholesome and attractive reading for Mechanics’, Parish, School, and Cottage Libraries. _s._ _d._ 20 Vols. cloth 20 0 10 Vols. cloth 20 0 10 Vols. cloth, gilt edges 25 0 10 Vols, half-calf 45 0 160 Nos. each 0 1 Which may be had separately. Price 1s. 6d. With Illustrations. =SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON.= Their Life and Adventures on a Desert Island. =1/6= =SKETCHES OF ANIMAL LIFE AND HABITS.= By ANDREW WILSON, Ph.D., &c =1/6= A popular natural history text-book, and a guide to the use of the observing powers. Compiled with a view of affording the young and the general reader trustworthy ideas of the animal world. =RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY MEN.= =1/6= ‘A readable and entertaining book.’--_Manchester Guardian._ =EXPERIENCES OF A BARRISTER.= =1/6= Eleven tales embracing experiences of a barrister and attorney. =BEGUMBAGH=, a Tale of the Indian Mutiny. =1/6= A thrilling tale by GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. =THE BUFFALO HUNTERS=, and other Tales. =1/6= Fourteen short stories reprinted from _Chambers’s Journal_. =TALES OF THE COASTGUARD=, and other Stories. =1/6= Fifteen interesting stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. =THE CONSCRIPT=, and other Tales. =1/6= Twenty-two short stories specially adapted for perusal by the young. =THE DETECTIVE OFFICER=, by ‘WATERS;’ and other Tales. =1/6= Nine entertaining detective stories, with three others. =FIRESIDE TALES AND SKETCHES.= =1/6= Contains eighteen tales and sketches by R. Chambers, LL.D., and others by P. B. St John, A. M. Sargeant, &c. =THE GOLD-SEEKERS=, and other Tales. =1/6= Seventeen interesting tales from _Chambers’s Journal_. =THE HOPE OF LEASCOMBE=, and other Stories. =1/6= The principal tale inculcates the lesson that we cannot have everything our own way, and that passion and impulse are not reliable counsellors. =THE ITALIAN’S CHILD=, and other Tales. =1/6= Fifteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. =JURY-ROOM TALES.= =1/6= Entertaining stories by James Payn, G. M. Fenn, and others. =KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =1/6= ‘Illustrates, by means of a series of anecdotes, the intelligence, gentleness, and docility of the brute creation.’--_Sunday Times._ =THE MIDNIGHT JOURNEY.= By LEITCH RITCHIE; and other Tales. =1/6= Sixteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. =OLDEN STORIES.= =1/6= Sixteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. [Illustration: Patience was sitting idly crooning a monotonous wailing sound to which she put no words. _From_ A DAUGHTER OF THE KLEPHTS, _by Mrs Isabella Fyvie Mayo; price 3s. 6d._ P. 148] =THE RIVAL CLERKS=, and other Tales. =1/6= The first tale shows how dishonesty and roguery are punished, and virtue triumphs in the end. =ROBINSON CRUSOE.= By DANIEL DEFOE. =1/6= A handy edition, profusely illustrated. =PARLOUR TALES AND STORIES.= =1/6= Seventeen short tales from the old series of _Chambers’s Journal_, by Anna Maria Sargeant, Mrs Crowe, Percy B. St John, Leitch Ritchie, &c. =THE SQUIRE’S DAUGHTER=, and other Tales. =1/6= Fifteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_. =TALES FOR HOME READING.= =1/6= Sixteen short stories from the old series of _Chambers’s Journal_, by A. M. Sargeant, Frances Brown, Percy B. St John, Mrs Crowe, and others. =TALES FOR YOUNG AND OLD.= =1/6= Fourteen short stories from _Chambers’s Journal_, by Mrs Crowe, Miss Sargeant, Percy B. St John, &c. =TALES OF ADVENTURE.= =1/6= Twenty-one tales, comprising wonderful escapes from wolves and bears, American Indians, and pirates; life on a desert island; extraordinary swimming adventures, &c. =TALES OF THE SEA.= =1/6= Five thrilling sea tales, by G. Manville Fenn, J. B. Harwood, and others. =TALES AND STORIES TO SHORTEN THE WAY.= =1/6= Fifteen interesting tales from _Chambers’s Journal_. =TALES FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY.= =1/6= Twenty-two tales and sketches, by R. CHAMBERS, LL.D., and other writers. =HOME-NURSING.= By RACHEL A. NEUMAN. Paper, =1/=; cloth, =1/6= A work intended to help the inexperienced and those who in a sudden emergency are called upon to do the work of home-nursing. Price 1s. =COOKERY FOR YOUNG HOUSEWIVES.= By ANNIE M. GRIGGS. =1/= A book of practical utility, showing how tasteful and nutritious dishes may be prepared at little expense. NEW SERIES OF CHAMBERS’S LIBRARY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ILLUSTRATED. Price 1s. ‘Excellent popular biographies.’--_British Weekly._ POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES. =WALLACE AND BRUCE=: Heroes of Scotland. By MARY COCHRANE, L.L.A. Illustrated. =1/= This little book gives the main outlines of the lives of the founders of Scottish political freedom. In its preparation the best authorities have been consulted, and here is given in small bulk the results of research only to be found in larger volumes more difficult of access. =WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE=: the Story of his Life and Times. By EVAN J. CUTHBERTSON. With Portrait and numerous Illustrations. =1/= Gives in brief and compact form what history, tradition, and research are able to tell us of the life-story of the world’s greatest dramatist. An attempt is made to picture the England he lived in, the scenes among which he moved, the people he associated with, and the customs that bound him. =QUEEN VICTORIA=: the Story of her Life and Reign. =1/= ‘A sympathetic and popular sketch of the life and rule of our Queen up to the present day.’--_Manchester Guardian._ =LORD SHAFTESBURY AND GEORGE PEABODY.= Being the Story of Two Great Public Benefactors. With Portraits. =1/= ‘Cheap, interesting, and readable biographies.’--_Methodist Times._ ‘May be recommended to young readers as being as inspiring as it is interesting.’--_Scotsman._ =WILLIAM I., GERMAN EMPEROR, AND HIS SUCCESSORS.= By MARY COCHRANE, L.L.A. Illustrated. =1/= ‘Must take a prominent place among compilations on the same subject.... Compact and comprehensive.’--_Daily Chronicle._ =THOMAS CARLYLE=: the Story of his Life and Writings. =1/= ‘We don’t know where to find a better biography of any man at the price.’--_Methodist Times._ =THOMAS ALVA EDISON=: the Story of his Life and Inventions. By E. C. KENYON. =1/= ‘It will repay any one who is interested in Edison’s various works to read this little book.’--_Inventions._ =THE STORY OF WATT AND STEPHENSON.= =1/= ‘As a gift-book for boys this is simply first-rate.’--_Schoolmaster._ =THE STORY OF NELSON AND WELLINGTON.= =1/= ‘This book is cheap, artistic, and instructive. It should be in the library of every home and school.’--_Schoolmaster._ =GENERAL GORDON AND LORD DUNDONALD=: the Story of Two Heroic Lives. =1/= =THOMAS TELFORD AND JAMES BRINDLEY.= =1/= ‘This is a capital book for boys of active and inquiring mind.’--_Saturday Review._ =LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY=: the Story of the opening up of the Dark Continent. =1/= =COLUMBUS AND COOK=: the Story of their Lives, Voyages, and Discoveries. =1/= ‘Models of compact biography.’--_Christian World._ ‘Is a fascinating and historical account of daring adventure.’--_Bristol Mercury._ =THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D. Revised, with additions, including the AUTOBIOGRAPHY. =1/= Besides the AUTOBIOGRAPHY, many interesting and characteristic anecdotes of the boyhood of Scott, which challenge the attention of the young reader, have been added; while the whole has been revised and brought up to date. =THE STORY OF HOWARD AND OBERLIN.= =1/= The book is equally divided between the lives of Howard the prison reformer, and Oberlin the pastor and philanthropist, who worked such a wonderful reformation amongst the dwellers in a valley of the Vosges Mountains. =THE STORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.= =1/= A brief and graphic life of the first Napoleon, set in a history of his own times: the battle of Waterloo, as of special interest to English readers, being fully narrated. =PERSEVERANCE AND SUCCESS=: the Life of William Hutton. =1/= =STORY OF A LONG AND BUSY LIFE.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =1/= STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. =WONDERFUL STORIES FOR CHILDREN.= By HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. Translated by Mary Howitt. Illustrated. =1/= One of the first forms in which these ever-delightful stories of Hans Andersen were given to the British public. =A FAIRY GRANDMOTHER=; or, Madge Ridd, a Little London Waif. By L. E. TIDDEMAN, author of _A Humble Heroine_. =1/= A realistic story of a London waif, who runs off from a drunken mother, and who after many adventures is adopted by a good old lady in the country, who proves herself a fairy grandmother indeed. =THE CHILDREN OF MELBY HALL.= By M. and J. M’KEAN. Illustrated. =1/= These talks and stories of plant and animal life afford simple lessons on the importance of ‘Eyes and No Eyes,’ and show what an immense interest the study of natural history, even in its simplest forms, will produce in the minds of young folks. =MARK WESTCROFT, CORDWAINER=: a Village Story. By F. SCARLETT POTTER. =1/= =A HUMBLE HEROINE.= By L. E. TIDDEMAN. =1/= =BABY JOHN.= By the author of _Laddie_, _Tip-Cat_, _Rose and Lavender_, &c. With Frontispiece by H. A. Bone. =1/= ‘Told with quite an unusual amount of pathos.’--_Spectator._ =THE GREEN CASKET=; =LEO’S POST-OFFICE=; =BRAVE LITTLE DENIS=. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. =1/= Three charming stories by the author of the _Cuckoo Clock_, each teaching an important moral lesson. =JOHN’S ADVENTURES=: a Tale of Old England. By THOMAS MILLER, author of _Boy’s Country Book_, &c. =1/= =THE BEWITCHED LAMP.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With Frontispiece by Robert Barnes. =1/= =ERNEST’S GOLDEN THREAD.= =1/= =LITTLE MARY=, and other Stories. By L. T. MEADE. =1/= =THE LITTLE KNIGHT.= By EDITH C. KENYON. =1/= ‘Has an admirable moral.... Natural, amusing, pathetic.’--_Manchester Guardian._ =WILFRID CLIFFORD=, or The Little Knight Again. By EDITH C. KENYON. With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey. =1/= =ZOE.= By the author of _Tip-Cat_, _Laddie_, &c. =1/= ‘A charming and touching study of child life.’--_Scotsman._ =UNCLE SAM’S MONEY-BOX.= By Mrs S. C. Hall. =1/= =THEIR HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS.= By EDNA LYALL, author of _Donovan_, &c. =1/= =FIRESIDE AMUSEMENTS=; a Book of Indoor Games. =1/= ‘A thoroughly useful work, which should be welcomed by all who have the organisation of children’s parties.’--_Review of Reviews._ =THE STEADFAST GABRIEL=: a Tale of Wichnor Wood. By MARY HOWITT. =1/= =GRANDMAMMA’S POCKETS.= By Mrs S. C. HALL. =1/= =THE SWAN’S EGG.= By Mrs S. C. HALL. =1/= =MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY=, and =LIFE OF A SAILOR BOY=. =1/= =DUTY AND AFFECTION=, or the Drummer-boy. =1/= A thrilling narrative of the wars of the first Napoleon. =FAMOUS POETRY.= Being a collection of the best English verse. Illustrated. =1/= Price 9d. Cloth, Illustrated. =YOUNG KING ARTHUR.= =THE LITTLE CAPTIVE KING.= =FOUND ON THE BATTLEFIELD.= =ALICE ERROL=, and other Tales. =THE WHISPERER.= By Mrs S. C. HALL. =TRUE HEROISM=, and other Stories. =PICCIOLA=, and other Tales. =TWELFTH NIGHT KING.= =JOE FULWOOD’S TRUST.= =PAUL ARNOLD.= =CLEVER BOYS.= =THE LITTLE ROBINSON.= =MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY.= =MY BIRTHDAY BOOK.= Price 6d. Cloth, with Illustrations. ‘For good literature at a cheap rate, commend us to a little series published by W. & R. Chambers, which consists of a number of readable stories by good writers.’--_Review of Reviews._ ‘One contains three little stories from the pen of Mrs Molesworth, one of the most charming of writers for the little ones; and the name of L. T. Meade is a guarantee of good reading of a kind which children are sure to enjoy.’--_School Board Chronicle._ =CASSIE, and LITTLE MARY.= By L. T. MEADE. =A LONELY PUPPY=, and =THE TAMBOURINE GIRL=. By L. T. MEADE. =LEO’S POST-OFFICE=, and =BRAVE LITTLE DENIS=. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. =GERALD AND DOT.= By Mrs FAIRBAIRN. =KITTY AND HARRY.= By EMMA GELLIBRAND, author of _J. Cole_. =DICKORY DOCK.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Scamp and I_, &c. =FRED STAMFORD’S START IN LIFE.= By Mrs FAIRBAIRN. =NESTA=; or Fragments of a Little Life. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. =NIGHT-HAWKS.= By the Hon. EVA KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN. =A FARTHINGFUL.= By L. T. MEADE. =POOR MISS CAROLINA.= By L. T. MEADE. =THE GOLDEN LADY.= By L. T. MEADE. =MALCOLM AND DORIS=; or Learning to Help. By DAVINA WATERSON. =WILLIE NICHOLLS=; or False Shame and True Shame. =SELF-DENIAL.= By Miss EDGEWORTH. _W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London and Edinburgh._ * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: Captions for illustrations have been made consistent. Punctuation has been made consistent. Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of W. & R. Chambers' Catalogue. - 1897, by W. & R. Chambers *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 52405 ***