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XXIIL GRANDMOTHER'S MONEY. 



BY F. W. ROBINSON. 



" We commend ' Grandmother's Money ' to readers in search of a good novel. The 

 characters are true to human nature, and the story is interesting." Athenaeum. 



XXIV. A BOOK ABOUT DOCTORS. 



BY JOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON. 



' A book to be read and re-read ; fit for the study as well as the drawing-room table and 

 the circulating library." Lancet. 



" This is a pleasant book for the fireside season, and for the seaside season. Mr. Jeaffre- 

 HOU has, out of hundreds of volumes, collected thousands of good things, adding thereto 

 much that appears in print for the first time, and which, of course, gives increased value 

 to this very readable book." Athenaeum. 



XXV. NO CHURCH. 



BY F. W. ROBINSON. 



"We advise all who have the opportunity to read this book. It ia well worth the 

 itudy." Athenaeum. 

 " A work of great originality, merit, and power." Standard. 



XXVI. MISTRESS AND MAID. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." 



" A good wholesome book, gracefully written, and as pleasant to read as it is instruc- 

 tive.' ' A thenceum. 



" A charming tale, charmingly told." Standard. 



" All lovers of a good novel will hail with delight another of Mra Craik'a charming 

 tories." John Bull 



XXVII. LOST AND SAVED. 



BY THE HON. MRS. NORTON. 



'"Lost and Saved' will be read with eager interest by those who love a touching story. 

 It is a vigorous novel." Times. 



" This story is animated, full of exciting situations and stirring incidents. The charac- 

 ters are delineated with great power. Above and beyond these elements of a good novel, 

 there is that indefinable charm with which true genius invests all it touches."- Daily Newt. 



XXVIII. LES MISERABLES. 



BY VICTOR HUGO. 

 Authorised Copyright English Translation. 



" The merits of ' Les Miserables ' do not merely consist in the conception of it as a 

 whole ; it abounds with details of unequalled beauty. M. Victor Hugo has stamped upon 

 every page the hall-mark of genius." Quarterly Review. 



XXIX. BARBARA'S HISTORY. 



BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS. 



"It is not often that we light upon a novel of so much merit and interest as 

 Barbara's History.' It is a work conspicuous for taste and literary culture. It is a very 

 graceful and charming book, with a well-managed story, clearly-cut characters, and 

 sentiments expressed with an exquisite elocution. The dialogues especially sparkle witti 

 repartee. It is a book whi^h the world will like. This ia high praise of a work of art 

 and so we intend it" The Times. 



