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z. Almost Faultless : A Story of the Present Day, By the 



Author of ' A Book for Governesses.' 



1 The author has written a capital story in a high moral tone.' The 

 Court Journal. 



SECOND EDITION. 



2. Lives of Old English Worthies before the Conquest, 



By W. H. DAVENPORT AAAMS. 



' The author's aim is to illuminate, what may be regarded as obscure, 

 certain periods of historic England, accompanied with biographical 

 sketches.' Courant. 



SECOND EDITION. 



3. Every-Day Objects ; or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural 



History. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. 

 FIFTH EDITION. 



4. My Schoolboy Friends : A Story of Whitminster Grammar 



School. By ASCOTT B. HOPE, Author of 'A Book about Domi- 

 nies,' ' Stories of School Life,' etc. 



4 This is a most interesting book. Boys, for whom it is especially 

 written, will thoroughly enjoy it.' Westminster Review. 



SECOND EDITION. 



5. Drifted and Sifted: A Domestic Chronicle of the Seven- 



teenth Century. 



'The author of this interesting, and we may add pathetic, story 

 appears to possess the art of reproducing bygone times with much 

 ability.' The Record. 



6. Warrior, Priest, and Statesman ; or, English Heroes in the 



Thirteenth Century. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. 



7. Totty Testudo. The Life and Wonderful Adventures of 



Totty Testudo. An Autobiography by FLORA F. WTLDK. 

 4 The book is of engrossing interest, and the reader will be astonished, 

 as he lays it down, to find that he has been able to get so much 

 entertainment and instruction from the personal adventures of a 

 tortoise.' Inverness Courier. 



8. On Holy Ground ; or, Scenes and Incidents in the Land 



of Promise. By EDWIN HODDER, Author of ' Memories of New 

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