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reading more wholesome and highly entertaining reading for young people could not be found."--_Northern Chronicle._ =Down and Up Again:= Being some Account of the Felton Family, and the Odd People they Met. By Gregson Gow. "The story is very neatly told, with some fairly dramatic incidents, and calculated altogether to please young people."--_Scotsman._ =The Troubles and Triumphs of Little Tim.= A City Story. By Gregson Gow. "An undercurrent of sympathy with the struggles of the poor, and an ability to describe their feelings, eminently characteristic of Dickens, are marked features in Mr. Gow's story."--_N.B. Mail._ =The Happy Lad:= A Story of Peasant Life in Norway. From the Norwegian of Bjoernson. "This pretty story has natural eloquence which seems to carry us back to some of the love stories of the Bible."--_Aberdeen Free Press._ =The Patriot Martyr:= And other Narratives of Female Heroism in Peace and War. "It should be read with interest by every girl who loves to learn what her sex can accomplish in times of danger."--_Bristol Times._ =Madge's Mistake:= A Recollection of Girlhood. By Annie E. Armstrong. "We cannot speak too highly of this delightful little tale. It abounds in interesting and laughable incidents."--_Bristol Times._ =Box of Stories.= Packed for Young Folk by Horace Happyman. =When I was a Boy in China.= By Yan Phou Lee, a native of China, now resident in the United States. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, _1s. 6d._ "This little book has the advantage of having been written not only by a Chinaman, but by a man of culture. His book is as interesting to adults as it is to children."--_The Guardian._ "Not only exceedingly interesting, but of great informative value, for it gives to English readers a peep into the interior and private life of China such as has perhaps never before been afforded."--_The Scottish Leader._ * * * * * THE SHILLING SERIES OF BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Square 16mo, neatly bound in cloth extra. Each book contains 128 pages and a Coloured Illustration. * * * * * New Volumes. =Mr. Lipscombe's Apples.= By Julia Goddard. =Gladys: or the Sister's Charge.= By E. O'Byrne. =A Gypsy against Her Will.= By Emma Leslie. =The Castle on the Shore.= By Isabel Hornibrook.
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