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mHE WORLD AT HOME : Pictures and Scenes from Far-otf 

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THE TIMES. "An admirable collection of adventures and incidents in foreign 

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BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. "A very charming book; one of the best 

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COMPANION VOLUME TO " THE WORLD AT HOME." 



THE SEA AND ITS WONDERS. By MAKT and ELIZABETH 

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MORNING POST. " If literary and artistic effect can induce one to take to the 

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Beautifully Illustrated by Giacomelli, Illustrator of " The Bird " by Michelet 



BIRDS AND FLOWERS. By MARY HOWITT. With Eighty- 

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SATURDAY REVIEW. " The illustrations are true to nature, andfull of spirit." 

 ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. " An extremely pretty book. Mrs. Howiti's 

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NELSON'S HOUSEHOLD SERIES OF STANDARD FAVOURITES, 



THE HOUSEHOLD ROBINSON CRUSOE, CAREFULLY REPRINTED FROM 

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LIFE AND STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSOX 

 CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. WITH AN 



IXTRODUCTORY MEMOIR OF DANIEL DE FOE, A MEMOIR OF ALEXANDER SEL- 



KIRK, AN ACCOUNT OF PETER SERRANO, and other Interesting Additions. 



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THE HOUSEHOLD SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, A NEW AND UNABRIDGED 

 TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL. 



THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON ; or, Adventures of a Ship- 

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