32 CHARLES ORIFFm <fc CO:S GENERAL PUBLICATIONS. 



THE SHILLING MANUALS. 

 By JOHN TIMES, F.S.A., 



Author of "The Curiosities of London,'' &c. 



A Series of Hand-Books, containing Facts and Anecdotes interesting to 

 all Readers. Second Edition. Fcap 8vo. Bound in neat cloth. 



IUce One Shilling each. 



I.— TIMES' CHARACTERISTICS OF EMINENT MEN. 



II.— TIMBS' CURIOSITIES OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE 

 LIFE. 



IIL— TIMBS' ODDITIES OF HISTORY AND STRANGE STORIES 

 FOR ALL CLASSES. 



IV.— TIMBS' ONE THOUSAND DOMESTIC HINTS on the Choice 

 of Provisions, Cookery, and Housekeeping ; new Inventions and 

 Improvements ; and various branches of Household Management. 



v.— TIMES' POPULAR SCIENCE: Recent Researches on the Sun, 

 Moon, Stars, and Meteors; the Earth; Phenomena of Life, 

 Sight, and Sound ; Inventions and Discoveries. 



VI.— TIMBS' THOUGHTS FOR TIMES AND SEASONS. 



Opinions of the Press on the Series. 



" It is difficult to determine which of these volumes is the most attractive. Will be 

 found equally enjoyable on a railway journey or by the fireside." — Mining' yourttal, 



"These additions to the Library, produced by Mr. Timbs' industry and ability, are 

 useful, and in his pages many a hint and suggestion, and_ many a fact of importance is 

 stored up that would otherwise have been lost to the i^nhVic."— Builder. 



" Capital little books of about a hundred pages each, wherein the indefatigable 

 Author is seen at his best." — Mechanic's Magazi7i€. 



" Extremely interesting volumes." — Evening Standard. 



"Amusing, instructive, and interesting. ... As food for thought and pleasant 

 reading, we can heartily recommend the ' Shilling Manuals.' " — Birmingham Daily 

 Gazette. 



TIMBS (John, F.S.A.): PLEASANT HALF- 



HOURS FOR THE FAMILY CIRCLE. Containing Popular Science, 

 One Thousand Domestic Hints, Thoughts for Times and Seasons, 

 Oddities of History, and Characteristics of Great Men. Second Edition. 

 Fcap 8vo. Cloth gilt, and gUt edges, 5/. 



" Contains a wealth of useful reading of the greatest possible variety." — Plymouth 

 Mercury. 



WANDERINGS IN EVERY CLIME; Or, 



Voyages, Travels, and Adventures All Round the World. Edited by W. 

 F. AiNSWORTH, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., &c., and embellished v\fith upwards 

 of Two Hundred Illustrations by the first Artists, including several from 

 the master-pencil of Gustave Dor^. Demy 4to. 800 pages. Cloth 

 and gold, bevelled boards, 21/. 



