rUBLISKED BY JAMES HOGG AND SONS, LONDON. 
In roj'ul 18mo, strongly bound, ornamental side, and Coloured Engraviiigg, 
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, 
nitla Four Coloured Engravings on Wood, designed and engraved by Dalziel Brothers, ana 
124 pages of clear, bold letterpress, printed upon stout 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 in modem Juvenile Literature. 
1. — Ally and Her School -fellow. 
A Tale for the Yoimg. By Miss 
M. Betham-Edwards, Author of 
" Holidays among the Mountains," 
" Charlie and Earnest," &c. With 
Four Coloured Pictures. 
2. — Loyal Charlie Bentham. 
By iMrs Webb, Author of " The 
Beloved Disciple," " Naomi," " Ido- 
line,"&c. And THE CHILDKEN'S 
ISLAND. A Tiaie Story. Edited 
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 Clergjinan. 
With Four Coloured Pictures. 
5. — Prince Arthur; or, The 
Four Trials. By Catherine Mary 
Stirling. And TALES BY THE 
FLOWERS. By Caroline B.Tem- 
pler. With Four Coloured Pic- 
tures. 
6. — The Stoiy 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, Noiihumberland. With Four 
Coloured Pictures. 
8. — Twelve Links of the Golden 
Chain. By Anna J. Bucklund. 
With Four Coloured Pictures. 
At the fresh rose-bud needs the silvery shower. 
The golden sunshine, and the pearly dew. 
The joyous day» with all its changee new. 
Ere it can blooni into the perfect flower, 
So with the human rose-bud t from sweet airs 
Of heaven will fragrant purity b« caught^ 
And influences benign of t;'nJer thought 
Inform the soul, like angels, unawares. 
Maky How I r». 
9. — Easy Talks for Little Folks. 
By the Author of " A Visit to the 
Sea-side," " Little Crumbs," &c. 
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 Eliz* 
beth. Four Coloured Pictures. 
12. — The Life of Eohinson 
Crusoe: In Short Words. By 
Sarah Crorapton, 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 SYIMPATHY : 
A Tale. By E. A. M. With Four 
Coloured Pictures. 
14. — Little Paul and his Moss- 
wreaths ; or, The King and the Boy 
who kept his Word. By Angclika 
von Lagerstriim. Together vnih the 
STORY OF LITTLE GEORGE 
BELL. Four Coloured Pictures. 
15. — Six Short Stories for Short 
People. By the Rev. F. W. B. 
Bouverie, Author of " Life and its 
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- 
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