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The Noble and Joyous History of King Arthur. 



The Book of Marvellous Adventures and other Books 

 of the Morte D'Aithur. Edited by Ernest Rhys. Crown 8vo, pp xxiv. — 325, 

 xiii. — 384. (London : Walter Scott.) Price is. 6d. each. 



These two volumes of the " Scott Library " contain the complete text of 

 the Morte d'Arthur, and, save for modernising of the old spelling and a few 

 unimportant omissions, are a fairly faithful version of the 1634 edition. 



Cassell's New Technical Educator is now published in 



Monthly parts, at Sixpence. Part L contains papers on a great variety of 

 useful subjects. These papers are well illustrated, and are written by gentle- 

 men who thoroughly understand what they are writing about. 



The Fireside Pictorial Annual. 1892. Edited by 



Rev. Charles Bullock, B.D. Crown 4to, pp. 858. (London : Home Words 

 Office.) Price 7s. 6d. 



This very excellent Magazine is full of most entertaining reading ; besides 

 several continued tales, there are Biographical Sketches of Great Authors, 

 chapters on Books of the Season, and a host of other interesting things, with 

 a number of full-page and other illustrations. 



The Rose-Bud Annual. 1893. Crown 410, pp. 192. 



(London : James Clarke and Co.) Price 4s. 



A capital book for the little ones. It contains nearly 300 illustrations, 

 with plenty of music and poetry. 



The Day of Days. Crown 4to, pp. 186. Price 2s. 

 Home Words. Crown 4to, pp. 284. Price 2s. (London : 



Home /^f^(7r^j- PubHshing Office. 1S92. ) 



Two yearly volumes of these prettily illustrated and interesting monthly 

 magazines so suitable for young people. 



Sinai from the Fourth Egyptian Dynasty to the Present Day, 

 By Henry Spencer Palmer. Fcap. 8vo, pp. 224. (London : Society for Pro- 

 moting Christian Knowledge. 1892.) Price 2s. 



An interesting account is given of the physical character and present inha- 

 bitants of the peninsula of Sinai as well as its past history. 



Band of Mercy. Crown 4to, pp. 96. (London : S. W. 

 Partridge and Co. 1892.) 



This attractively got-up volume cannot fail to please all young people, 

 being full of pictures and stories about animals. It is issued by the Royal 

 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 



The Zoo. By the Rev. J. G. Wood and Rev. Theodore Wood, 

 F.E.S. Fcap. 4to, pp. 100. (London : Society for Promoting Christian 

 Knowledge. 1892.) Price 2s. 6d. 



This is the third series of " The Zoo," full of pictures, both plain and 

 coloured, of birds and animals, and is just the book to please our young friends. 



