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MEN WHO HAVE EISEN : A Boole for 

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The Eise of the Peel Family. The Beginning of the 

 Eothschilds. Stephenson, the Railway Pioneer. Davy, 

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WOMEN OF WORTH: A Book for 

 Girls. 

 The Worthy Daughter — Charlotte Bronte. The Jail 

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THE POPULAR PREACHERS OF THE 

 ANCIENT CHURCH : their Lives, their Manner, 

 and their Work. By the Rev. William Wilson, M.A. 



The Christian Philanthropist — Cyprian of Carthage. 

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rriHE BOOK OF CHILDREN'S HYMNS 

 i AND RHYMES. Collected by the Daughter of a 

 Clergyman. 



*.^* The Editor and Publishers have to acknowledge 

 the courtesy of various Authors and Publishers in allowing 

 them to include in this Collection numerous pieces which 

 are Copyright — such as the Poems by Mrs. Hewitt, Mrs. 

 Duncan, etc., etc. Many of these contributions to the 

 Literature of Hymns and Rhymes lay scattered through a 

 variety of hooks too numerous to fall within the limits of 

 most Juvenile Libraries. The permission to reprint, which 

 has been kindly given, thus enables the Editor to carry out 

 her design of making this Volume a comprehensive collec- 

 tion of the " Children's Favourites.^' 



The volume is profusely Illustrated by Wood Engrav- 

 ings, and printed in clear bold type. 



ROSES AND THORNS; or Five T&les of the 

 Start in Life. 



" Blessed are the pure in heart." 



I.— AKIN FOR EVER. 



" Bo of good cheer." 



II.~TWO TIMES IN MY LIFE. 



"Let Patience have its perfect work." 



III.— RACHEL ASTON' S ENGAGEMENT. 



"Behold the power of Love." 



IV.— THE CHRISTMAS BRIDE. 



" Stay at home, for ' the rolling stone gathers no moss.' " 



v.— A STORY IN A SNUFF-BOX. 



QMALL BEGINNINGS; or, The Way to 



O Get On. 



John Walter, of the " Times "-the Sovereign of " The 

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 Stephen Girard, the Cabin-boy. John Leyden, the 

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 James Montgomery, Poet and Editor. John Ray, tho 

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 David Wilkie, the Painter of Daily Life. William Knibb, 

 the Slave's Missionary. John Pounds and his Ragged 

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 the Successful Printer. George Birkbeck, and the Origin 

 of Mechanics' Institutes. 



PICTURES OF HEROES AND LESSONS 

 L FROM THEIR LIVES. 



An Imperial Convert; or, the Youth and Manhood of 

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rPHE SEA AND HER FAMOUS SA.ILORS: 

 JL A History of Maritime Adventure and Exploration. 

 With Incidents in the Lives of Distinguished Naval 

 Heroes and Discoverers. By Fhank B. Goodiuck. 



*^* This Volume, whether viewed as a careful, concisa 

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 ventures, possesses many Attractive as well as Useful 

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 ness, in connection with the Annals of various Nations— the 

 Enterprise and Endurance which won and maintained Naval 

 Power — and the Innumerable Episodes of Brilliant Daring 

 which mark the Career of our Early Adventurers. 



The Illustrations represent Memorable Scenes of Naval 

 History, also a Group of Seven Portraits, embracing Colum- 

 bus, Vaaco da Gama, Magellan, Anson, Drake, Cook, and 

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