ADVEETISEMENTS. 



Packets of Books in Ornamental Wrappers, very attraetire, 

 adapted to the comprehension of Children from the ages of Four to 

 Ten or Twelve years, known as — 



BUDS AND BLOSSOMS, AND STORIES FOR SUMMER 

 DAYS AND WINTER NIGHTS, 



SIX Packets, each Packet containing SIX Stories for SIXPENCE, 

 all Illustrated. 



Packet 1 contains The Story of a Daisy— Rover and his Friends 

 —Little Frank— Little Fortune Seekers— Blackberry Gathering— 

 The Fir Tree's Story. 



Packet 2 contains The Child's Search for Fairies— The Fisher- 

 man's Children— Little Peepy — Eabbits and Peewits — Alice and her 

 Bird— Little Charley. 



Packet 3 contains A Doll's Story— The Faithful Dog— Spring 

 and Summer— The Hero without Courage — The Children's visit to 

 the Sea— Bu«y Bees. 



Packkt 4 contains The New Ascent of Mont Blane— Much ado 

 about Nothintf—Husbaby— Twelfth Night— Donald, the Shetland 

 Pony — Briery Wood. ^ 



Packet 5 contains Buttercups and Daisies — A Visit to Queen 

 Victoria— Katey's Voyage— How to Catch a Butterfly— Sandy, the 

 Cat— Cousin Johnny and his Indian Nuise. 



Packet 6 contains Tommy and his Baby Brother — The Christmas 

 Pavtv — Parrots and Nightinuales— Light Wing and Bright Eye — 

 The Happy Orchard— Tottie May. 

 %* Any Packet may be had separately of any bookseller, ^d. each. 



ELEVEN Packets, each Packet containing THREE Stories for 

 SIXPENCE. The first of this Advanced Series being— 



Packet 7 containing The Coral Necklace — Visit to the Water 

 Fowl — The Lost Letter. 



Packet 8 contains Walter and Mary — Lady Eva — The Cottager's 

 Christmas. 



Packet 9 contains More Haste Less Speed — The Story of a 

 Hyacinth — Primrose Gathering. 



Packet 10 contains The Queen of the May — The Cherry Orchard 

 —Midsummer Holidajs at Beechwood Farm. 



Packet 11 contains The Young Gardener — Mary's Visit to the 

 Gold Fields— The Little Black People. 



Packet 12 contains The Young Prince — Penfold Farm — Ernest's 

 Dream, a Christmas Story. 



Packet 13 contains Adventures in the Moss Hut — The Losses of 

 a Day — The Smoke and the Kite. 



Packet 14 contains Carl Thorn's Revenge — Ally's Birth-day — 

 William Tell. 



Packet 15 contains Right is Right, Part I. — Eight is Right, 

 Part II. — Wishing and Working. 



Packet 16 contains Elm Villa — Lost and Found — Little Tim 

 and his Friend the Cobbler. 



Packet 17 contains The Story of Peter Lawley — My Young 

 Masters— David Allen, a Village Tale. 



EIGHT PACKETS, each Packet containing FOUR Stories for 

 ONE SHILLING, known as 



STOEIES FOR SUMMITR DAYS AND WINTER 

 NIGHTS. 



PaCKBt 1 contains The Young Emigrants— The Sea Kings — 

 Madelaine Tube and her Blind Brother^- 'Ihe Boy and the Book. 



Packet 2 contains The Ship and the Island — Oscar, a Tale of 

 Norway— The Crusaders — The Kairy Craft of Nature. 



Packet 3 contains The Widow's Son — The Children and the 

 Sage— Halcyon Days — LouisDuval, a Story of the FrenchRevolution. 



Packet 4 contains The Prophet and the Lost City — The Found, 

 ling of the Wreck — In School and Out of School — The Young Artist. 



Packet 5 contains Home at the Haven — The Seeker and the 

 Finder— The Poacher and his Family — The King and the Bondmen. 



Packet 6 contains The Self-Helpers — The Rewards of Industry 

 —The Vacant Throne and its Claimants — Rising and Thriving. 



Packet 7 contains Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children — The Story 

 of Wellington— The Sisters— The Story of Moffiit. 



Packet 8 contains The Irish Emigrants — Alfred the Great— 

 Anna Webster — Round the World. 



V THE ENTIRE SERIES, as detailed above, comprises One 

 Hundred and One Stories, and may be had of any Booksdler, price 

 IGs. &d. The separate Stories are One Penny, Twopence, and 

 Threepence each. 



London ; Gbooubsicob & Soirs, Publishers, 6, Paternoster Bow. 



Next week, one large voltune, 8vo, 2I»., cloth, 



A CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE PHYSICAL 

 SCIENCES, 



Comprising Acoustics, Astronomy, Dynamics, Electricity, Heat, 

 Hydrodynamics, Magnetism, Mathematics, Meteorology, Optics, 

 Pneumatics, Statics. 



Edited by John Pbingii! Nichol, LL.D., Professor of Practical 

 Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, assisted by Sir W. Rowan 

 Hamilton, Dr. Robinson, Professors Rankine, Stokes, Taylor, and 

 Thomson, and other contributors. 



Illustrated by numerous Maps, Engravings, and Woodcuts. 

 Second Edition, revised and greatly enlarged. 



London: Eichabd GEirFiN & Co., Stationers' Hall Court, and 

 Glasgow. 



Illustrated with 100 Engravings, crown 8vo, It. Cd., 



THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS 

 OF THE EYE, 



Illustrative of the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God. 

 BY SPENCER THOMSON, M.D. 



With Illustrations in Colours, imp. 16mo, cloth, 7». 6i., 



TELESCOPE TEACHINGS: 



A Familiar Sketch of Astronomical Discovery. Combining a Special 

 Notice of Objects coming within the Range of a Small Telescope. 



BY THE HON. MRS. WARD. 



Dedicated, by permission, to the Earl of Rosse. 



Imperial 16mo, cloth, 3». Gcf., 



A WORLD OF WONDERS REVEALED 



BY THE MICROSCOPE. 



BY THE HON. MRS. WARD. 



Second Edition, with Coloured Plates, delineating 130 Microscopic 

 Objects. 



Illustrated with 40 Engravings, fcap. 8vo, cloth, 4a. 6d., 



THE STEAM ENGINE: 



Its Construction, Action, and History. 



Post 8vo, cloth, 4s., 



DICTIONARY OF BOTANICAL 

 TERMS. 



Illustrated by nearly 200 Woodcuts. 

 BY THE EEV. J. S. HENSLOW, 1II.A. 



Royal 8vo, cloth, 21»., 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH 

 GRASSES. 



With Coloured Illustrations, 

 London: Gboombridrh & Sons, Publiflhers, 6, Paternoster Eow. 



