NKW SERIES OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS. 



10. OUR UNTITLED NOBILITY. 



BY JOHN TILLOTSOX, 



Author of " Lives of Eminent lien," " Bible Stories," " Tales about Animals,' 1 &c. &c, 

 CONTENTS. 



I. William Smith, the Father of Knglish 



Geologists. 



J. Henry Cort, the Story of an Inventor. 

 J. Thomas Dick, the Christian Philosopher. 



4. Marshall Hall, the Physical Enthusiast. 



5. The Two Brunels ; a Study for Young 



Engineers. 



6. George Wilson, the Chemist; or, the 



Power of the Soul over the Body. 



7. William Scoresby, (he Sailor Clergyman. 



8. Thomas Waghorn. the Pioneer of the 



Overland Route. 



9. Thomas Kaikes, the Founder of Sun- 



day Schools. 



10. Captain Coram and the Foundling Hos- 



pital. 



11. Founders of the City Mission, Church 



Missionary Society, Sec. &c. 



11. HALF-HOURS WITH OUR SACRED POETS. 



BY ALEXANDER H. GRANT, M.A. 



65~ This volume aims at being representative of our best Sacred Poetry from the 

 earliest consolidation of the language to the present time; and at giving, in concise 

 notices, particulars of the Lives and Poetical Characteristics of the Authors. The latter 

 purpose stamps it, amongst sacred selections, as well-nigh unique. Whilst in the speci- 

 mens it will offer it will be as fresh and responsible as if it had no predecessor; it will 

 gratefully take advantage ot the labours of former collectors. Excellence is its first con- 

 sideration ; but where poetical claims are equal, it will give a decision in favour of the 

 less known. It relies for distinctiveness and individuality upon the ground of offering, 

 of things equally good and beautiful, not those which are most easy, but those which are 

 most difficult of access of giving specimens of poetical piety from sources which have 

 been unsuspected or overlooked. 



12. THE FLOWER OF CHRISTIAN CHIVALRY. 



BY MRS. W. R. LLOYD, 

 Author of " Pictures of Heroes," &c. &c. 



ff~ This Volume will portray the Character and trace the Lives and Labours of 

 various Pioneers in the field of philanthropy of those whose earnest and well-directed 

 efforts are now at maturity, and bearing rich fruit in the world of to-day. At home the 

 story of the English energy and thoroughness of such a man as Granville Sharp will serve 

 to throw the reader back to the stirring scenes and the gallant band who led " the forlorn 

 hope " in many a social struggle and Christian enterprise now adding lustre to the grace 

 and glory of the records of Christian chivalry. Abroad, the humane and self-sacrificing 

 labours of such men as Abbe de 1'lCpee, Pinel, and Bernard of Menthon, will serve to 

 exhibit phases of life which ennoble our common nature, and cast into the shade all 

 differences of creed. These and other representatives of those who strove to develop 

 some of tlie most beneficent ameliorations which mark the present day, will form the 

 subjects of this work. The few here mentioned will suffice to indicate its scope and 

 spirit. 



** The Publishers are encouraged to present these carefully-edited Volumes to the 

 Public by the great success which has attended their efforts In the publication of works 

 of a somewhat similar nature at the same price. During the last three years upwards 

 of- Two HUNDRED AND FIFTT THOUSAND COPIES of their miscellaneous 3s. 6d. Juvenile 

 Books have been sold, and the majority of them remain in continuous demand. 



Guided by the suggestions of this experience, the endeavour will be, in the present 

 Series of 



BOOKS WITH A MEANING, 



to unite in a high degree all the excellences, Literary, Artistic, and Mechanical, which 

 can render it at once agreeable and valuable pleasing to the young, and a help to the old. 



LONDON : JAMES HOGG AND SONS. 



