Price 2*. &d. each, illustrated with full-page Engravings and Vignettes, appropriately 

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THE MAGNET STORIES, 



FOR SUM MER DAYS AND WINT ER NIGHTS. 



CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



WHEN" WE WERE YOUNG. By the Author of "A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam.' 



LOTTIE'S HALF-SOVEREIGN. By Mrs. Russell Gray. 



MAMMA MILLY. By Mrs. S. C. Hall. 



HAVERING HALL. By G. E. Sargent. 



BLIND URSULA. By Mrs. Webb (Author of " Naomi"). 



THE CLOCKMAKER OF LYONS. By E. M. Piper. 



THE MICE AT PLAY. By the Author of " The Heir of Redclyffe." 



CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME* 



UNION JACK. By Mrs. S. C. Hall. 



THE CAPTIVE'S DAUGHTER. By W. Heard Hillyard. 



DEAR CHARLOTTE'S BOYS. By Emily Taylor. 



THE TOWN OF TOYS. By Sara Wood. 



NOT CLEVER. By Frances M. Wilbraham. 



SEA-SHELL ISLAND. By G. E. Sargent. 



THE PEDLAR'S HOARD. By Mark Lemon. 



CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. 



THE STORY OF NELSON. By W. H G. Kingston. 



LOST IN THE WOOD. By Mrs. Alex. Gilchrist. 



THE SHEPHERD LORD. By Julia Corner. 



COUSIN DAVIS'S WARDS. By Margaret Howitt. 



HOPE DEFERRED. By Sara Wood. 



WHICH WAS THE BRAVEST ? By L. A. Hall. 



THE STRAYED FALCON. By the Author of " The Heir of Redclyffe," etc. 



CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME. 



THE ANGEL UNAWARES. By Mary Howitt. 



THE LITTLE TRAPPER. By W. Heard Hillyard. 



MUSIC FROM THE MOUNTAINS. By Mr*. Russell Gray. 



HEREWARD THE BRAVE. By Julia Corner. 



DEAF AND DUMB. By Mrs. Webb (Author of " Naomi"). 



AN ADVENTURE ON THE BLACK MOUNTAIN. By F. M. Wilbraham. 



NO-MAN'S LAND. By Thomas Miller. 



CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME. 



CORALINE. By the Author of " A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam." 



THE ORPHANS OF ELFHOLM. By Frances Browne. 



THE STORY OF A PEBBLE. By L. A. Hall. 



THE SEA SPLEENWORT. By the Author of « The Heir of Redclyffe" etc., etc. 



THE CHRISTMAS ROSE. By H. J. Wood. 



ELLIS GORDON OF BOLTON FARM. By Emily Taylor. 



THE GRATEFUL INDIAN. By W. H. G. Kingston. 



CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME. 



FANNY'S FANCIES. By Mrs. S. C. Hall. 



SWEET SPRING TIME. By Thomas Miller. 



CALDAS, A STORY OF STONEHENGE. By Julia Corner. 



THE POOR COUSIN. By Frances Browne. 



THE PLANTER'S SON. By W. Heard Hillyard. 



THE MERIVALES. By Sara Wood. 



PETER DRAKE'S DREAM. By Francis Freeling Broderip. 



%* Each Volume is so bound as to form a distinct and handsome Gift Book. The Six Volumes ton* 

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