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-_Church and State Gazette._ "The book is exactly what the author proposed it should be, full of good information, good feeling, and good temper."--_Allen's Indian Mail._ "Even well-known topics are treated with a graceful air of novelty."--_Athenaeum._ SOLDIERS AND SAILORS; OR, ANECDOTES, DETAILS, AND RECOLLECTIONS OF NAVAL AND MILITARY LIFE, AS RELATED TO HIS NEPHEWS BY AN OLD OFFICER. With 50 beautiful Wood-cuts, from Designs by JOHN GILBERT. Foolscap 8vo. 6_s._ cloth; 6_s._ 6_d._ gilt edges. "Cheerfully do we award the meed of praise to this volume. It is the best book of its class we have yet read, containing a rich fund of interesting amusement for the young, and is not without its attractions for those of a more mature age."--_United Service Gazette._ TALES FROM THE COURT OF OBERON: Containing the Favourite Histories of TOM THUMB, GRACIOSA AND PERCINET, VALENTINE AND ORSON, and CHILDREN IN THE WOOD. With Sixteen Illustrations by ALFRED CROWQUILL. Small 4to. 3_s._ 6_d._ plain; 4_s._ 6_d._ coloured. =M. FRASER TYTLER.= THE WONDER SEEKER; or, THE HISTORY OF CHARLES DOUGLAS. By M. FRASER TYTLER, Author of "TALES OF THE GREAT AND BRAVE." With Illustrations by ABSOLON. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. Price 4_s._ 6_d._ cloth; 5_s._ 6_d._ coloured, gilt edges. "It it precisely the book that town boys would like, because it tells them of the country; and country boys cherish, because it teaches them to enjoy in the country what perhaps they never enjoyed before."--_Art Union._ "Books such as this are always delightful."--_Athenaeum._ "The moral tone of the book is bracing, and its spirit excellent; the work cannot fail to delight as well as to benefit the young."--_Spectator._ GLIMPSES OF NATURE, AND OBJECTS OF INTEREST DESCRIBED, DURING A VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. Designed to assist and encourage Young Persons in forming habits of observation. By MRS. LOUDON, Second Edition enlarged, with 41 Illustrations. 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth. "We could not recommend a more valuable little volume. It is full of information conveyed in the most agreeable manner."--_Literary Gazette._ "A more fitting present, or one more adapted to stimulate the faculties of 'little people,' could not be published."--_Bath and Cheltenham Gazette._ THE YOUNG LADIES' READER: With observat
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