PUBLISHED BY JAMES HOGG AND SONS, LONDON. 



In royal 18mo, strongly bound, ornamental side, and Coloured Engravings, 



THE ROSE-BUD STORIES. 



A New and Attractive Series of Juvenile Books, each volume Illustrated with Coloured 

 Engravings. SIXTEEN VARIETIES, uniform in size and style. 



One Shilling and Sixpence each. 



Every Volume contains one or more Tales complete, is strongly bound in cloth boards, 

 with Four Coloured Engravings on Wood, designed and engraved by Dalziel Brothers, acd 

 124 pages of clear, bold letterpress, printed upon otout paper. 



The Tales are written by various Authors, 

 most of them expressly for the Series, and 

 for cheapness, attractiveness, and sterling 

 interest, they present, perhaps, one of the 

 most pleasing and useful collections of 

 Stories iu modern Juvenile Literature. 



1 . Ally and Her School-fellow. 



A Tale for the Young. By Miss 

 M. Betham-Edwards, Author of 

 " Holidays among the Mountains," 

 " Charlie and Earnest," &c. With 

 Four Coloured Pictures. 



2. Loyal Charlie Bentham. 



By Mrs Webb, Author of " The 

 Beloved Disciple," " Naomi," " Ido- 

 line," &c. And THE CHILDREN'S 

 ISLAND. A True Story. Bated 

 by L. Nugent. With Four Col- 

 oured Pictures. 



3. Simple Stories for Children. 



By Mary E. Mills. With Four 

 Coloured Pictures. 



4. A Child's First Book about 



Birds. By a Country Clergyman. 

 With Four Cnloured Pictures. 



5. Prince Arthur; or, The 



Four Trials. By Catherine Mary 

 Stirling. And TALES BY THE 

 FLOWERS. By Caroline B. Tern- 

 pier. With Four Coloured Pic- 

 tures. 



6. The Story of Henrietta and 



the Ayah ; or, Do Not Trust to 

 Appearances. And MY LITTLE 

 SCHOOL-FELLOW ; or One Good 

 Turn deserves Another. By Ma- 

 dame de Chatelain. With Four 

 Coloured Pictures. 



7. Stories from English His- 

 tory. For Young Children. Ed- 

 ited by the Rev. Robert Henniker, 

 M.A., Incumbent of South Charl- 

 ton, Northumberland. With Four 

 Coloured Pictures. 



8. Twelve Links of the Golden 



Chain. By Anna J. Buckland. 

 With Four Coloured Pictures. 



As the fresh rose-bud needs the silvery shower, 

 The golden sunshine, and the pearly dew, 

 The joyous clay, with all its changes new, 



Ere it can bloom into the perfect flower, 



So with the human rose-bud I from sweet ain 

 Of heaven will fragrant purity be caught, 

 And influences benign of tender thought 



Inform the soul, like angels, unawares. 



JlABV IIOIVITT 



9. Easy Talks for Little Folks. 



By the Author of " A Visit to the 

 Sea-side," " Little Crumbs," &o. 

 And MAY-DAY ; or, Anecdotes of 

 Miss Lydia Lively. Edited by L. 

 Nugent. Four Coloured Pictures. 



10. Susan and the Doll; or, 



Do Not be Covetous. And THE 

 LITTLE ORPHAN'S HISTORY; 

 or, Everything for the Best. By 

 Caroline Leicester. With Four 

 Coloured Pictures. 



11. Juvenile Tales for Juve- 

 nile Readers. By Charlotte Eliza 

 beth. Four Coloured Pictures. 



12. The Life of Robinson 



Crusoe: In Short Words. By 

 Sarah Crompton, Author of " A 

 Plan to Combine Education with 

 Instruction," " Life of Columbus," 

 " Life of Luther," in Short Words, 

 &c. With Four Coloured Pictures. 



13. A Winter's Wreath of 



Illustrative Tales. Edited by Lady 

 Charlotte Law. And SYMPATHY : 

 A Tale. By E. A. M. With Four 

 Coloured Pictures. 



14. Little Paul and his Moss- 



\vToaths ; or, The King and the Boy 

 who kept his Word. By Angelika 

 von LarjcrBtriJm. Together with the 

 STORY OF LITTLE GEORGE 

 BELL. Four Coloured Pictures. 



15. Six Short Stories for Short 



People. By the Rer. F. W. B. 

 Bouverie, Author of " Life and ita 

 Lessons." Four Coloured Pictures. 



10. The Captive Sky -Lark; 



or, Do as You Would be Done by. 

 A Tale. By Madame de Chatelain. 

 With Four Coloured Pictures. 



