Price Is. each, with Four Illustrations, 



BALLANTYNE'S MISCELLANY 



FOR THE WORKING CLASSES. 



VOLUMES OF THE SERIES. 



PUBLISHED. 



1 FIGHTING THE WHALES ; or, Doings and Dangers on a Fishing 



Cruise. 



2 AWAY IN THE WILDERNESS ; or, Life among the Bed Indians 



and Fur-Traders of North America. 



3 FAST IN THE ICE ; or, Adventures in the Polar Kegions. 



4 CHASING THE SUN ; or, Rambles in Norway. 



IN PREPARATION. 



5 VOYAGING IN THE CLOUDS ; or, Balloon Experiences. 



6 LOST IN THE FOREST ; or, Adventures in Brazil. 



7 DOWN IN THE DEEP; or, The Dangers and Wonders of Diving. 



8 OUT UPON THE SEA; or, The Fights and Fancies of a British Tar. 



9 DOWN IN THE MINES; or, Leaves from the Journal of a Collier. 



10 OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS ; or, The Stronghold of the 



Savage. 



11 DIGGING FOR GOLD ; or, Adventures in California. 



12 UP THE NILE ; or, The Land of Egypt. 



13 THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS ; or, Sights and Scenes in One of the 



Dark Places of the Earth. 



14 HUNTING THE LIONS; or, The Land of the Negro. 



15 THE SEA-KING ; a Norse Tale of the Olden Time, &c. &c. 



PROSPECTUS. 



The Author of this MISCELLANY desires to provide for the Working Classes a 

 species of lite'ature of which, he believes, there is far too little at present existing. 



While there is, undoubtedly, a large amount of literature in the form of Tracts, 

 Newspapers, and Magazines, in circulation amongst the Poor, there is a great dearth 

 of amusing tales and stories of an instructive character and a healthy tone. 



To amuse, interest, and inform, will be the Author's aim. In each volume a 

 distinct subject will be taken ; the salient and most interesting points will be 

 gathered up and interwoven in a tale or story, in which the characters will speak 

 and act for themselves. 



The simple design of the MISCELLANY is, to present the Working Classes, in an 

 entertaining and attractive form, with miscellaneous information of a kind which 

 their position and circumstances render it difficult or impossible for them to obtain. 



Eacli Volume will form a complete story, totally unconnected with the other 

 volumes of the MISCELLANY. It will contain upwards of 120 pages of letter-press, 

 and four Illustrations, and will cost Is. One volume will be issued periodically 

 perhaps Monthly. The Series will contain about Twenty Volumes. 



The Author's hope is, not only that the Working Classes will purchase the 

 MISCELLANY for themselves, but (chiefly) that those who take an interest in the well- 

 being and happiness of th^se Classes will present and lend the volumes to them, or 

 render them accessible by introducing the Series into their Educational Institutes 

 and Reading-rooms, and by placing it on the shelves of District, Congregational, 

 and Sunday-School Libraries. It is hoped that the MISCELLANY although in- 

 tended for men and women- may be found not unsuitable for boys and girls. 



To increase the taste for reading and to elevate the mind being the Author's 

 object, he will earnestly endeavour, in all that he writes, to bear in remembrance 

 those words of Scripture, " Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." 



