with a little knowledge of natural
history and other matters gently introduced and divested of
dryness."--_Practical Teacher._

=BLACKIE'S EIGHTEENPENNY SERIES.=

With Illustrations in Colour, and black and tint. In crown 8vo, cloth
elegant.

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New Volumes.

=Tales of Daring and Danger.= By G.A. Henty.

A selection of five of Mr. Henty's short stories of adventure by
land and sea. The volume contains the narrative of an officer's
bear-shooting expedition, and his subsequent captivity among the
Dacoits; a strange tale of an Indian fakir and two British
officers; a tale of the gold-diggings at Pine-tree Gulch, in which
a boy saves, at the cost of his own life, a miner who had
befriended him, and two others.

=The Seven Golden Keys.= By James E. Arnold.

Hilda gains entrance into fairy-land, and is there shown a golden
casket with seven locks. To obtain the treasure it contains, it is
necessary that she should make seven journeys to find the keys, and
in her travels she passes through a number of adventures and learns
seven important lessons--to speak the truth, to be kind, not to
trust to appearances, to hold fast to all that is good, &c. It is
one of the most interesting of recent fairy-books, as well as one
of the most instructive.

=The Story of a Queen.= By Mary C. Rowsell.

A pleasant version for young people of the romantic story of Marie
of Brabant, the young queen of Philip the Bold of France. Though
the interest centres in a heroine rather than in a hero, the book
has no lack of adventure, and will be read with no less eagerness
by boys than by girls. To the latter it will give a fine example of
patient, strong and noble woman-hood, to the former it will teach
many lessons in truthfulness and chivalry.

=Joan's Adventures=, At the North Pole and Elsewhere. By Alice
Corkran.

"This is a most delightful fairy story. The charming style and easy
prose narrative makes its resemblance striking to Hans
Andersen's."--_Spectator._

=Edwy:= Or, Was he a Coward? By Annette Lyster.

"This is a charming story, and sufficiently varied to suit children
of all ages."--_The Academy._

=Filled with Gold.= By Jennie Perrett.

"The tale is interesting, and gracefully told. Miss Perrett's
description of life on the quie