ting, and the
heroine, Ruth, a lady by birth, though brought up in a humble
station, well deserves the more elevated position in which the end
of the book leaves her. The pictures are very spirited."--_Saturday
Review._

=Dora:= Or a Girl without a Home. By Mrs. R.H. Read. With 6
full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, _3s. 6d._

"It is no slight thing, in an age of rubbish, to get a story so
pure and healthy as this."--_The Academy._

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BY ELIZABETH J. LYSAGHT.

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=Brother and Sister:= Or the Trials of the Moore Family. By
Elizabeth J. Lysaght. With 6 full-page Illustrations. Crown
8vo, cloth extra, _3s. 6d._

"A pretty story, and well told. The plot is cleverly constructed,
and the moral is excellent."--_Athenaeum._

=Laugh and Learn:= A Home-book of Instruction and Amusement for the
Little Ones. By Jennett Humphreys. Charmingly Illustrated.
Square crown 8vo, cloth extra, _3s. 6d._

_Laugh and Learn_, a most comprehensive book for the nursery,
supplies, what has long been wanted, a means whereby the mother or
the governess may, in a series of pleasing lessons, commence and
carry on systematic home instruction of the little ones. The
various chapters of the _Learn_ section carry the child through the
"three R's" to easy stories for reading, and stories which the
mother may read aloud, or which more advanced children may read to
themselves. The Laugh section comprises simple drawing lessons,
home amusements of every kind, innumerable pleasant games and
occupations, rhymes to be learnt, songs for the very little ones,
action songs, and music drill.

=The Search for the Talisman:= A Story of Labrador. By Henry
Frith. With 6 full-page Illustrations by J. Schoenberg.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, _3s. 6d._

"Mr. Frith's volume will be among those most read and highest
valued. The adventures among seals, whales, and icebergs in
Labrador will delight many a young reader, and at the same time
give him an opportunity to widen his knowledge of the Esquimaux,
the heroes of many tales."--_Pall Mall Gazette._

=Self-Exiled:= A Story of the High Seas and East Africa. By J.A.
Steuart. With 6 full-page Illustrations by J. Schoenberg.
Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, _3s. 6d._

"It is cram full of thrilling situation